The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-30


Tuesday both administered hyperder-
mically. He had kept him under the
influence of morphine from the time
Of the shooting.
Mr.. j. j. Gavin of Alvarado train
master of the Missouri Kansas and
Texas railroad testified that Ellsworth
and Fowzer came to his room in the
Pacific hotel on the night of the
shooting. Iu short time after they left
he heard shot, and in three or four
minutes he heard three more shots
fired. Ellsworth came to his room
aud witness got up and dressed.
Went TO Mr.. Bucks room. Officers
we're there and directly Mr.. Buck
came out and witness asked him if he
was shot. He said yes and pointed
to his leg. Witness then went to the
city hall where Fowzer had been
taken. On Tuesday morning about
10 o'clock he was in Fowzer's room at
the McCleland hotel in company
with r. +. Bradford and Fowzer said
to Bradford that he (Fowzer' realized
that he was going to die and
wished to tell him something
as he might have to use it. 81 was in
Mr. and Mrs. Gavin's room, came out
into the hall. Mr.. Buck met me aud
slapped me. l SAID to him what do
you mean? He said you -, l
will go and get my gun and kill you.
He started down stairs and came up
again. told him to 60 back, that
| did not want to kill him. He shot
me in the left arm before be reached
the top of the steps. l dropped my
pistol and stopped to pick it up and
he shot me again" Mr.. Bradford
asked him if he had any more to say
He said, mot now, after awhile"
witness continued, when Bradford
asked Fowzer who fired the first shot
he replied that be first said when he
pulled his pistol it went off and
broke the electric light and in answer
to the same question afterwards, said
that Buck broke his left arm with the
first shot. Witness said Fowzer was
conscious and spoke as rational as he
ever did.
Mr. r. + Bradford's testimony did
not d ffer materially from Gavin's,
except that Fowzer denied being
drunk.
Mr.. H. G. Wilson, for defendant,
vas examined yesterday evening. He
was in his room at che Pc. &c hotel
when the shooting took place. He
heard a shot between 0 and II O'Clock.
Immediately after he heard Mrs.
Bucks voice. She said, "What have
you done-killed my husband !" He
could not tell exactly where she
was, but she was in the
direction of the parlor. He heard
two or more shots fired directly after.
Witness got up and opened his room
door and saw man approaching with
pistol in his hand and witness asked
what he was shooting about. He re-
piled that he had right to shoot the
s. of b. and he was going to do
it, He then passed on into the parlor
and witness dressed himself and while
doing SO heard Mrs. Buck say "go
away from me, you are the cause of
all this trouble aud don't want you
to come near me-" Witness then went
out and met Mr. Buck in the hallway.
Witness described the halls and
stair ways and the positions of the
different parties. He said he did not
see the man after he went into the ro-
tunda, but before he disappeared and
when he was close to him he smelled
whisky very strong. Most of the
testimony of Mr.. Wilson was as to the
of shots, the position of the
parties and the direction the shots
were fred, the bullet holes in the
walls, the architecture of the hotel
and so forth. At the close of Mr..
Wilson's testimony Mr.. r E. Brad
ford was permitted to make a correction
in his testimony as given yesterday.
Instead of asking Mr.. Fowzer if he
fired the first shot witness asked, "who
fired the first shot?" The record was
corrected as desired.
Mr.. ID. W. Fisher, night clerk at
the Pacific hotel, WIS the next witness
for defendant. The trouble between
Mr., Buck and Mr.. Fowler occurred
about 1l;l5, on the night of Jan, %,
He was sitting in his private Office and
heard disturbance up stairs, sounded