Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-08
A MURDER CHARGE
Against Horace Bell Is Being
Tried IN The Fory.Eighth.
THE KILLING OF LEE WALLER
Is Undergoing Calm judicial Scrutiny That
the Exact Truth nay DO known
and Punishment Properly
Molod

The worl, of mpanncllmg jury In
the ctac of the Sintc Vs. Horace Bell
charged with the murder of Police
Officer Leo Waller luur -. iSD2, begun
Monday afternoon. WNH completed NvH'
to-day morning when the court took
rceess 90 = D. m
The Jury as completed IT, DICK Sui
liyon. ,. ~ hoydHtgn, NJ, l.. Ihoekcr,
VIM. rhgn r. n. Nouughoul, George
Avery &. Rumducu, ". H. liorrou.
John Lowe, j. q. Brock and w y.
CriFs
The first witness WIS
H. G. TOWNS,
who was the police onicor who was on
the same beat with lee Waller when he
was ahot nr knew Lee Waller, ho was
policeman aud died from u gun-Hhpt
wound on the morning al Iuur 20 last
year 1--WE worked the same beat from
Twelfth street south tu Trout street,
cruising from East % Mcl Rusk Main,
Houston and NO on We pnlrollcd 90
gcthor Know The defendant Horace
Bell, also WIN Cumnbell aud. Jim lopta,
alias Jim Rnrris4 Waller aud had boon
10 Twelfth aud Jones aud were going
west on Twelfth nj the time of diili-
Guilty
Hero objection was made BY Attorney
ShrOpshlrp 90 any testimony un the sub.
iect of difficulty between Waller nnd
1uots unless % could bee shown that hor-
nce Bell wns actually present
Attorney Stevenson, who was assisting
County Attorney Gillespie held that Il
,yna competent for the state to tell the
whole story 80 that d mlglt Boz presented
intpliNcuuy iu the court III would Dec
shown thai the difficulty between Waller
mid IOOtH WIS the motive for The killing,
and that llonvc llpll was fully informed
a. Al u H..I.
took pnn in Tho subsequent killing, 20
Tools motive became tho defendants
motive.
Tho court sustained The defendants OBJ
lection.
After about fifteen or twenty minutes
discussion, Towns resumed his evidence
~ wns with Waller AT Thirteenth nnd
liusk whom Ice WIS shot. II WIS about
! o'clock Frank Bryant was along with
ns, We were going south Oh Rnsk' Wal.
Ter wnR u little Ia advance we started
irOm Twelfth tngclhpri We saw three
mon coming 40 The middle uf the street
Bryant ana ! stopped to lp0k ~ them,
AMI 70 got q liitle behind. Waller WIS
nhont tlir edge Of the slide walk ht
Ihiri0tuih when The shooting began"
Hero ruinr another Interruption in
which Tho c1nnWl for The duirlte stated
what the state could prove iu this cnHs
and what be- desired u0no
Attorney Stevenson Your honor, we
propose 40 show ilils man WAS present
M ihe shooting. ana. moreover. wa want
10 conduct gur side Of Inc case after our
own mpus
The coGnsd Tor the def0nse disclaimnd
any aNmupl ut declaration ana lhe court
cit The iltile rongio short Ia q very nun-
mary mmmrr
Towns foauncd ~ was walking south
on tbe west e.de 0f linsh fncine q little
OuW 4 salY tine lash Of ihn first
shot, n cnme directly from fhn iront
! ran uronnd un Wnlrrh right and be-
Fnn shooting myself
The witness hero paused 10 draw din.
gram of fh0 plaoo Of The murder.
"1he negroes / anw were coming up The
slreot when lhe first nqni was liied Tho
lmny who shot WHa directly south. near
ihr side walk ~ Thirteenth. and we were
going south on The Weei side of iiuslt
eirnnt There WlH about eisldren or
twenty feet between ih0m could uee the
bulk ~ some Gnei i WAS dark, nud you'd
n0i distinguish the man. I un around
op ihe right iAni side VI Waller 10 avoid
shooting him aud shots also came from
fho stable Sling toward uH Waller
had flot in the lcff shoulder behind
and there were ahOiH from hehind as
well nF from across the street Some
one shot from bohiud BIZ telegraph
Nuln lINi WIS HtfpfF iNc hiffNii
ticrp another diagram wnH made, aud
while the witness WIS working on II q
ton iniuufeH ncee8 was taken.
There was shooting from the front
FROM The gate ~ the wagon yard on The
taei side of Rusk street aud from the
Telephone post luai arr0fs the street.
aud there was one saDt from iNhInd thpt
must have come from one ~ the iiitle
housas north az ~ There must hasc
been twelve on iftern shuts fired o. us.
qhe pary ID front bred three 0r four
shots That WAS ffOta dim bnfrlas
aiias 1Opia. Could nH F9y how mhnyf
we're dpd from iha Wagon ynfd seven
So eight and one from behind. khe hrst
shot hit Walker ~ he tod ME AFTER we
goi 10 ihe central hfp hnll, two aHd one.
haif blocks away iNhFn ilw iltsf SHOT
was hrl Waller fired. aDd his nud
'f00ts second shots were about lhe famn
iime rberr were alont ia % eight
negroes % tl,r party coming Op ihp street.
Only Recognized one lieoise Davis and
anOihef we've ln front and tNo others,
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