The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-29
OF o. w. Buck Continued Today
And Will
TAKE A PART OF NEXT WEEK
Its Taxing Tedious-AII the Wit
nesses Yet Examined Were for the
State-Defepdant has Some linz
portant Testimony When the
Time Comes.

oil Phll ,. Hogan when was not con-
cluded in the forenoon was resumed
and was as follows:
The pistol | took from Fowzer was
DO caliber; one chamber was empty
(no shell in i) and two contained
empty shells. have the pistol now
in my possession. do not know
whose pistol it was. He (Fowzer)
had but one pistol. | only saw him
shoot once. | don't know how many
shots were fired up stairs.
DIR. II. l.. Taylor, next sworn for
the state, testified:
live in Waco and have known de.
PENDANT two years; was at Pacific
hotel on night OF difficulty; | was
standing on the sidewalk in front of
the Pacific hotel when | heard two
shots fired and ran in the hotel lobby
and saw Mr.. Buck standing at the
foot of the stairs with a pistol in his
hand; went to him and asked him to
go away and quit that; he shov-
ed me and said let me alone; he
did this several times when he finally
showed me pretty hard and showed me
down; | got up and started at him but
was caught by some parties, and l did
not see any more of it until the shoot
ing was over; was taken out on the
sidewalk and when we got out there
the shooting commenced up stairs
again and l rushed up stairs; when l
got there saw great deal of confus.
ion; | saw Mr.. Smith go into a room
like he was hurt and / went in to
him; saw Mr.. Buck after | had been
in the up stairs hall about minute
when | went into the rotunda, at first
he was standing at the foot of the
stairs pistol in hand, looking up stairs;
there were four or five shots after !
was taken out on the sidewalk and
probably more. l don't think there
were but two shots fred before | went
into the hotel the first time.
The cross examination elected the
following:
Mr.. We'll, Alley Dunnica, and
don't know who else, pulled me out Of
the office. | saw no one in the office
but Mr.. Buck when | went in. There
were several came running out the
door as we went in, but | don't know
who they we're. / heard nothing that |
can remember said in the Office at tn at
time, but what Mr. Buck said to M O.,
| heard women screaming up stairs.
| did not see Phil Hogan or Tom Ma
son when they came into the office.
The two shots heard before entering
hotel proved to be up stairs from the
sound. heard no one tell Mr.. Buck
while down stairs to "look out he is
going to shoot you" from above nor
anything like that. When l went up
stairs | remember seeing DR.. Hengst,
Chas, Hobson, Pat Massey, Andy
Smith, defendant, Mrs. and Miss Buck.
| saw several l did not know.
f. H. Kingsbury was the next wit
ness called and testified as follows
was at the Pacific hotel on the
night of the difficulty. When the
first shot was fred | was standing in
front OF Anson's barber shop talking
to Eugene Wlel. | heard one shot
and | ran into the hotel. / heard
women screaming up stairs. When l
got into the hotel. l first saw defen-
dant standing at foot of stairs on the
right hand side running down with a
pistol in his hand. He had the pistol
pointed up the stairs and was looking
up stairs. DIR. Taylor passed me and
went up and asked Buck what was
the matter. Buck told him time or
two to get away, motionlng him away
and to the best of my recollection,
said there is some one up stairs try
ing to run me out of my house. He
then pushed DR.. Taylor and Taylor
fell down. Several of us took Taylor
out on the sidewalk, and when / came
back Buck was starting up the steps.
Tom Mason was going up and / think
Mr.. Flint was right behind Mr.. Buck.
| started up the steps and about that
time the firing commenced up stairs
and went down. | think there were
SIX shots fred, there might have been
more or there might have been less.
The next | saw, Buck came down the
steps and said something to Esser
about more cartridges, or that his pts.
toll was empty. The night clerk was
then standing in the door of the din
ing room. Defendant and Esser