San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-24

ne was dHh0u W CboNO "hob bhO
said was the reason that the sigr
in front of her house was taken down
TObj ected to, overruled] She told me
that her husband, meaning the de-
PENDANT, had torn it down and said be
would furnish her the money TO live
on. think this was last Monday q
week. The yard of her house is dark
1 retired Saturday night about II
o'clock. l did not see any one about
her premises after night fall thai
night
On cross. examination he said that
it was about forty feet from my house
to the house OF deceased. i have been
living there several months. The de-
ceased occupied the house for or
months. The woman and little girl
were the only occupants of the house
until recently. l think l have seen
some lady visitors there. She had
company every Sunday. MY line OF
business Is contractor and builder.
[ Am at home early In the MORN
ing and from o'clock in The eve
ming. 1 have heard the name of
defendant but do not remember it,
She called him Romie. [ have seen
the defendant there rs late as ten
o'clock. 1 am in the habit of going
out in my back yard at night, but
did not go that night l might be
safe in saying that 1 saw him there
every night. | never spoKe to him.
1 heard no noise that night. If it was
loud enough l would probably have
heard 1t. The children make q good
deal of noise around there On re-
direct examination he said, iden THY
that man, pointing to defeDdanD, as
occupying that house with deceased,
1t was usually very early when saw
him. He bOughs eggs from US for the
purpose of having them cooked for
his breakfast. / LIDO not think / ever
did see him eat meal there.
Policeman John A. O'Conner was
next on the stand and said, I sm
not acquainted with q woman name
Annita Rodrigues, but saw her that
morning. She is dead. l started to
bre ak fact, was on AGAR. 1 heard little
girl scream, saying that some one
had killed her mother. 1 walked in
the house and found the woman Iy-
lug on the floor, and very bloody.
She had two or three scalp cuts. She
was in a north room. There was an
old mattress in there on q bed stead.
with blood on it. The blood was
clotted. The front door was not wide
open. looked around but saw no
weapons, whatever. l did not arrest
this defendant, 1 did not see the de-
fendant. When the little girl told
me what happened, the man was not
present.
On cross examination witness stat
ed. The wounds were on the right
hand side of the head. l understood
q Ratchet was found on the premises
She was lying on her back. 1t
looked as If she had been on the bed.
Two or three gallons of blood were on
the bed. Deceased was in her night
Officer J. F. Brown was next on the
stand and stated that ne was on
duty Sunday morning. / know
the prisoner. l and Cadena arrested
him about o'clock sunday morning.
The defendant was at his home OH
San Marcos street when / arrested
him. saw Sarah Rodrigues at Mic
Peters store, defendant was present.
The girl said when she fret saw de-
why did you beat my man.
map" defendant replied that he had
not beat her. She said. "I heard you
with her" then told de-
and hold him.
Defendants attorney did not cross
examine the witness. Adjourned.
Sara Gomez was on the stand this
morning from the opening of court.
Her testimony positively identified
Romulo Espitia as the man last at the
house. When he came in the house
late and took her In the other room.
she got in bed and covered her head
up. The light went out when he hit
her. She went to sleep, because she
was frightened, and did not wake up
until next morning. / know Felipa
Guajardo de Leon. jose Gomez is my
papa. Luis Is an Ice cream man. l
know him. 1 know Simon, q tailor.
Don't know Nicanor. No other men
called on my mother. The hatcneb
was found out by the fence. l did
not see Romulo throw 1t there, but
know he did. The policeman found
it. He went off after he hit my
mother. l was afraid he would hit
me. He went away up by the street
car track. l was awake and waiting
tor mamma to come 20 bed. She was
waiting for Romulo to come to sup
per. know Pedro Lujan. He's got
my earrings. He took mammals pic
lure. He had q room In our house.
Ronulo came into the room where
mamma and 1 were. He took
mamma. out to the next room.
My mother and l slept together
in the same room. When my
mother went TO bed she had q
skirt and chemise on. He came
in that night. Mamma was asleep.
He had Ratchet, cur Ratchet, in his
hand. He quarreled with mamma.
know Ramon Guerra. He paid
for the pillows and chairs. He was
there ana told my mother people were