Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-29
TRE EDWARDS CASE.
TESTIMONY STILL BEING TAKEN
by THE STATE.
sheriff Hughes Testifles-Thc wife
of Tom Spears Placed on the
stand-rhe Case win Bea
Lengthy One.



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sherman, Tex. Nov. 2S.--At $50 |
| O'clock this morning tie Edwards case
| 80. ,,.,,,,..l 4. ~ 49,. -. .
We hn wv instinct Vvur'-looii
| WIN MIS- Mary Spears on the stand. |
! She testified Il heard Of Dick Edwards |
| bcfnre kne,, bi,, ,,,,, ,.o,,,,, 80 az. Ia.
I'M saw SONY u n's ''
WIS pcipre SAW itm, learned from |
| Tom Spears, my husband. that he aud |
| Edwards were schoolmates
NJ. NJ. -,
'iiN- -N"! ispNuinsi VIC OF 'he uelehu-
/ ant. was placed on the stand aud tcsti- |
| fed "Wns married 10 defendant in Feb
r,tnrv tsnt IN Ti,ob. va ,,nrriod ~. 4.
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justice OF vne peace; my maiden name
WIS Knox witness was handed a mar
rinae certificate. which sse roens,,ized nj
| 80. -, $50.
"''9'' saw my husband IN June lN'-'
only saw him for q few days; he came
Oh the 9Th aud lcft ON The 1ath of mnc.
he came 10 INN snAs,,s, bonse, in.t Sew
FNN'' "N"'Nf 'SeN -"
delehiaut At Colbert station, before he
was arrested; / never saw him from Or
tober, 1891, until June 1882: | left Utah
N October 1891 started from there to
the Spears at this lime. / was raised In
| Utah; / came alone from Utah to Don
| ison; my husband was In the saloon hnsi-
ness when | left Utah; know where Dick
Edwards was On the 18th day OF May
| received q letter from him. II was written
| from Houston, Tex; / destroy all letters
| ] receive; after he left DenisOn he sent
me money from Duluth. | told Tom
| Spears about 10 don't know what the
mans ,no9ie was who. was, with my ius-
| band In DcnisOn, think his name WAS
Billy; don't know the rest Of ais name;
never had o conversation with die man;
never say the nnu until he came viii.
the man Dick Edwards; l FIRST saw
| Dick on the porch, he introduced Slngner
10 me as Billy Clarke; / never saw any
Of Dick Edwards relatives; | ran away
from home to marry defendant; we, were
not on good terms with my people
Sheriff Hnges testified 81 found a
scar on defendants right foot; did not
examine his left foot Hero Tie witness
| ideniihed Hle scar on defendants loot
watch was shown him.)
Clarence Spears testified; was not
al home when der EDWARDS got TO
Denison; ] got there little after :
| O'Clock; another man came home viii.
| him; | don't know this mans nance he
| was introduced TO me by Edwardsi thls
| man was ut Tom Spears three or four
tines knew his name nj the umei don {
| remember u now,
Bob Jones tcstihed: \ live IN Sher-
man; l run "a restaurant on the north
side OF the square; know Clarence
Spears; J talked 10 him qbont going
down TO the jail 10 see DICK Edwnrds'
he said he, was a brother OF Henry
Spears; sad he was going TO the jail 10
soc cousin of his; never told anyone
about this until last night; | was sub
pOcnNed few minutes after; ). u.
Cox nc. ri nc tell Il and asked ine to re-
peat ~. 49,, ,..,o ar
Sheriff Hughes testified: know Mrs.
| Annie Edwards; was at the jail when che
was there to Identify defendant; she
picked out none of the guards for the de-
PENDANT; was az the Jail when Mrs
Williams went 20 the jail for the same
purpose. She could not identify de-
PENDANT positively as the man who was at
her house"
Alex Regcnsberger testified: 81 live
in Deuison; am ia the clothing business;
was In Dcnis1n the night OF the Haynes
and llawlcy killing; lived next door to
the Hnwley house, l saw man shoot
into the house, he fired two shots. tlerc
was u light In the house; ] saw a man do
ing the shootlng the light shined on him;
l got fairly good view of the man; the
general size and make Of the man | saw
shoot compares somewhat with the de
fendnnt; he was about the huild Of the de.
PENDANT; me man mad on SLOUGH hat and
dark clothes; i had been asleep and was
I h'''''
looked out OF my window and then went
into my -parlor where J would be closer
20 the Hawley house; ! saw someone In
their gown in the house; saw man APP
nroach the window OF the room whore
the screaming was; saw him raise his
arm. and then heard the shot and saw
the fash; was within twenty-five feet Of
the man who did the shooting; had good
view Of the man. after the first shot he
went 10 the next window and fired an
; other shot into the window; had a side
view of him when he fired the first shot"
The defense In tho case was still pre-
, | senting testimony at press hour yesterday.
Several unlmportanl witnesses were ey-
amined. Al the night session the fol-
loving testimony WIS adduced:
Mrs NJ. A. Williams testified: II
/, have lived in Dallas over one yenr; for
Incrly lived IN penison' was in Denison
in May, 1892; ! know Mrs. Anna lld-
wards; boarded next door to her for
several days: I know Henry Hackney
and Mr.. Lawrence; they visited me In
Dallas; ] knew man named Stagner
In Denison in 1892 / saw him every dag
for about eight days; he took several
meals at my house; this was in the last
telegraph liueman; he was about siS
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