The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-29

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got nearly up the steps saw Fowzer,
Hogan, and, l think, Tom Mason, just
coming around the corner at the top of
the stairs. l heard Hogan say to
Buck: 81 have this man under arrest,
/ am an officer and have his revolv-
err" Buck was then between the
landing and the steps, going up, aud
had a pistol in his hand He was
holding it so it pointed up stairs to-
ward the men coming down. Mr..
Buck then went out by them and said,
think, "Get out of my house. or
something, when they got at the head
of stairway coming down, Fowzer said
handle me carefully, am shot all to
pieces. From the time first saw de.
PENDANT standing at the foot of stairs
as have above stated, until the time
that he went up stairs was about FIVE
minutes. l went out with DR.. Taylor
and went up the sidewalk one or two
doors and then went back to the hotel
just as Buck was starting up.
| am not sure that Buck stsid at
foot of stairs five minutes. There
was good deal of confusion. l think
it was about five minutes from what
happened during the time. During
the whole confusion women we're
screaming up stairs. The night clerk
was motioning his hand and saying,
go up there. This was while Buck
was at foot of stairs, and after Buck
was up stairs Policeman Briggs was
there and asked him why he did not
go up there. He said something to
me which l can't here remember, and
went on towards the front door
Tom Mason was next sworn for
state, and testified | have lived in
Waco since 80. Have known Buck
ever since he has been here. l was
at the Pacific hotel the night of the
25th January, 1892, when the difficult
ty occurred. l was in Ed Hatton's
saloon, and some one came and said
there was shooting at the hotel, and
some of us went down to the hotel.
When l got there Buck was walking
around the rotunds looking up stairs
and up the stairway. He had a pistol
in his hand. Buck started up stairs
and | started behind him. He got
nearly to the top and kind of fell and l
helped him up on his feet. said, what
is the matter? and he said am shot
in the leg. He turned to the right at
the head Of the stair. | stopped and
let him get in ahead of me. About
the time l got in the hallway the
shooting commenced. Buck was about
eight or ten feet away from me.
There was some shooting done but /
don't know who did did it. got out
of the way in little Offset in the hall.
| did not see the FIRST shot, l heard
some women screaming up stairs. l
did not hear Buck say anything nor
did hear anybody say anything to
him. After the shooting was over
Hogan walked over to Fowzer and /
followed him. Hogan said: 81 am an
officer and | summon you to help me
arrest this man." / took Fowzer by
the left arm, which was shot, and
Hogan and l took him down stairs. l
did not see anybody on the stairs;
did not see anything of Buck on the
stairway. | walked down the stairs
and put Fowzer in hack in front of
the hotel. AS soon as caught hold
of Fowzer l discovered his arm was
broken. He said: Don't pull me
around; my arm is broken" l don't
know that anybody else started up the
steps with me and Buck. Buck was
ahead of me and I stopped on the
stairs to let him get in ahead of me.
| stopped on the top step to let Buck
get further ahead of me. went up
to see what was going on and found
out. | did not wish to know after I
got up.
first saw Phil Hogan that night
when he went through the hall to Fow-
ger. l did not see Hogan when |
went up the steps. Hogan was met
at the foot of the steps talking with
Mr.. Buck, and when | went up the
steps l did not see him there. / did
not see Hogan when the firing was
going on. | was standing directly
opposite the head of the steps swhile
the firing was going on. was stand
ing in recess with my face to the
wall, looking toward Fourth street;
the firing began about ten seconds af-
ter Buck landed at the head of tho