The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-02-18

where he was going. When [ got
off the train at Dilley, Lyons
spoke to me and said he
was going to Millett to
get hands for the round up. was to
go and fix up the horse pasture. Mr..
Lyons told me 1 could stay there until
he came back or go to the camps. /
saw Mr.. Miller's little girl with Alice
and Lyons. She was wanting an
orange and Mr.. Alice said he would
get her one on the train. Lyons
handed me money to get the orange
and | got on the train to get one. l
went on the smoking car platform and
Mr.. Alice got on the platform of the
ladies car. [ went down the smoker
and the train began to move and l
started back, as / didn't have time to
get the orange. When | got
to the car door and stepped on the
platform l saw man in the rear of
the ladies car throw up pistol. He
was seated in the rear OF the coach
with his face towards me. Mr.. Alice
was in the aisle and moment after
the man fired. The man was
seated and held the pistol in
both hands. Alice jumped forward
towards him and drew his pistol.
Alice grabbed the man and caught
his pistol and there were several
shots. L saw Lyons afterwards with
pistol and | saw him shoot. Alice
and Lyons were shooting from me. /
do not know how many times they
shot nor DO know how many times
the man J. first saw shot. Alice and
Lyons got off the car and Alice had
two pistols, one in the left
hand holding it by the muz-
zle and the other in the right
hand holding it by the handle.
The one in his left hand was half
cooked. told him to hand it to me
or he would shoot himself as thought
it was fully cooked. He handed it to
me to load it and handed me some
cartridges. threw the shells out of
it. | think it was two shells | took
out. The cartridges Alice handed me
would not fit it. Mr.. Alice then
handed me the pistol. 1t was hung
with shell. There were five empty
chambers and one loaded one. The
hung cartridge had bursted because
it was too small for the pistol. [ had
used the pistol the day before to kill a
beef and snake and after using it L
loaded it with No. Al cartridges while
the pistol was As.
1 did not Jump off the car onto q
barrel with pistol in my hand for L
had no pistol. Lyons jumped off the
car and over barrel with a pistol in
his hand. The train was moving at
the time. | did not know the Bow
ems, and Alice had never mentioned
them to me. | did not know who the
man was at the time he threw his pis-
tol down on Alice. The man who
was sitting by the man killed jumped
forward towards Lyons with some
thing in his hand.
had no pistol until l got the one
from Alice after the shooting. Inever
had heard Alice or Lyons mention
the name of Bowen. Lyons was boss
on the ranch.
Mr.. Franklin then asked witness if
he realized that if he went down to
Dilley to inform Alice that Bowen
was on the train SO that he could
board it and have trouble with Bowen
that he would be guilty also.
Witness said he did.
Witness continuing on cross exam.
nation said: III got on the train at
Pearsall, think on the smoker, and
I looked into the ladies' car to see il
[ could see anybody / knew. At
Dilley Mr.. Alice spoke to me, while
on the ground, and when
was handing him the letters.
was not standing on the platform. |
think Mr.. Ellis was there. did not
get the orange. 1 got about as far
into the car as the door which sepa-
rates the negro side when the cal
began to move, and turned around
and started to get off. When l
reached the car door l happened to
throw my eye into the ladies car
When | cot to the door first L saw Mr.
Alice in the aisle Of the ladies car. l
heard the evidence in the examining
trial. and when 1 got on the stand
here l knew the evidence. l had
heard of the barber shop diff.
Guilty. MI. Millett had told
me. never heard of the
article in the paper until after the Kill
ing. | never did see Alice gong
around with the paper in his hand
swearing he was going to make him
eat it. When the man shot first Mr.
Alice had not drawn his pistol. Mr.
Alice jumped forward and grabbed
the man and when he jumped forward
he drew his pistol. do not know
what the man did after that, as firing
then commenced. When L saw Mr..
Lyons he was between the seats.
saw Bowen lump forward at Lyons
with something in his hand
and | saw him fall.
did not stand in the dool
and watch the trouble. / didn't stay
there long. Alice did not want to GO
back to the car, nor did / stop him
from going back. l did not see w.
B. Bowen go from one car to another
I never went back to hunt for the
shells but l think Mr.. Alice went
back. 1t was some fifteen minutes
after the trouble and after the train
had left. Mr.. Alice Knocked all the
empty cartridge shells out o.
his pistol but one and that
was the bursted one. don'
know that they were gathered up
/ staid at Capt. Millett's about &
month ago and talked about the
trouble, but 1 did not say l pulled Al
lee off the car. / did not tell him tha