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

Witnes continuing said: "Mr. Alice
never informed me that Millett didn't
want man until we got on the train.
[ don't know whether he told me be-
fore he got on the car or not. He
might have had time to have told me
Millett didn't want man before he
got on tie car. L asked him to go
down with me. / called him to me
and he might have had time to have
told me Millett didn't want a man be-
tween the time l called him and when
he got on the train"
j. r. Graham testified he knew
Bowen and Alice. w. G. Bowen
tried to buy pistol from me last May
in Cotulla. He said he wanted pis-
tQl, but had none to sell. He then
n asked me to buy him one, aud offered
pme money. but L refused to take it,.
He said he had been mistreated by
Mr.. Alice on the streets and he was
going to get revenge. [ have heard
of the barber shop trouble but | do
not know whether it was before
Bowen came to me for a pistol. L
think 1 had heard of the difficulty be-
fore Bowencame to me. was bailiff
for the grand jury at the time.
Mr.. Franklin-"Did not Sheriff Nc
Mullen come to you and abuse you
and say you would have to go to the
examining trial and testify that Bowen
came to you to buy pistol to kill
Allee?n
Witness-"Yes sir. He said he'd
be id if L didn't have to go.
We were both ON q whizz at the
time. L was trying to keep
away from the trial. 1 did not want
to go but the sheriff said would have
to 60 and testify.
Mr.. Manly was put on the stand
and said he knew Bowen and Alice.
1 have heard Bowen make threats
against Alice. / had been out of
town two or three days, and when |
returned my wife told me of the arti-
Gle in Mr.. Bowen's paper. The next
morning / went to his office and said
to Mr.. Bowen, Il understand you have
a gun in your office for the purpose of
killing Allee.' He said, Yes, | have,
and all good citizens want him dead.'
This was after the district court"
Mr.. Franklin-"Have you not, Mr.
Manly, been indicted in six cases for
theft of cattle?"
A. Witness-''I have been indicted in
Nhree cases."
III. Franklin-"Did you tell anyone
about your conversation with Mr..
Bowen?n
Witness-"I may have told it to
Captain Daniels and also to Captain
Runnells."
ing county and did not appear at the
examination and habeas corpus
trials?"
Witness-"No, sir; was not at the
trials.n
Franklin-"Did yon ever work for
Alice or Armstrong;"
Witness-"No, sir; told my con-
versation with Bowen to Captains
Daniels and Runnells at the time
they were trying to impeach the tes-
timony of Frank Moore. l don't know
what trial that was at"
Mrs. Howard testified she was post
mistress at Cotulla in June, 1891. l
knew w. G, Bowen. L was not &C
quainted with Mr.. Alice. | heard
Bowen make threat against Alice in
the postof1ice about o'clock in the
evening. 1 think it was a day or
two after the district court.
He came in late after his
mail, and when he left he met a man
at the door who asked him about
Alice. Bowen said, eyes, and I'll
kill him on sight. I'll kill him if he
gsts in twenty rods of me-" | didnot
Zlow the man Bowen was talking to.
L first told about it to d. G.. Smith.
Mr.. Franklin: Ibid you not first tell
to Mr.. Taylor, your son-in-law, and
did you not so state at the examining
trial?"
Witness: ~ first told Mr.. Smith,"
Mr.. Franklin: care you positive
you stated on the examining trial that
Mr.. Bowen said, 'Ill kill him if he
comes in twenty rods of me;' no more,
no lessm
Witness-"Yes SIR" Mr.. Franklin
read the testimony taken at the eX-
aiming trial where it said 10 rods.
Mrs. Howell stated if that was
there it was the fault of the person
who wrote it and not hers.
Mr.. Franklin-"When you first
heard of the death of Mr.. Bowen did
you not clasp your hands and eXclaim
thank God, Pm glad of it?"
Witness-"No sir; did not" Wit
ness testified she was not friendly to
Bowen.
Frank Moore testified he had been
reared in Atascosa county, but had
lived in Cotulla about three years.
He heard of the barber shop difficulty
between Bowen and Alice. II was
going to blacksmith shop. TO get
some tools and passed Mr.. BoWen's
office. He called me in and asked me
if L had seen the piece in his paper
that morning on Mr.. Alice. | told
him yes. He then asked if anybody
else had seen it, and what they
thought about it, L said yes, and
from the way they talked they
thought it would make trouble, and
about this time Capt Brooks OF the
( rangers came in and left: to go to
'&ork digging a cistern.
The next day L went to
Bowen's office again. There were
others in the office, and after they left
Bowen said he would make trade
with me that would beat well dig
ging. / asked him what it was. lie
said IF Alice comes in let me know,
and if YOU can Get in conversation