The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-02-22
'ARRISH MURDER TRIAL.
sNsATIONAL STORY OF THE DEFEN-
DANT ON THE STAND.
Says His Confessions Were False and In
stigstsd, as Was His Flight, by st.
Louis Dsteetive-The Case
Goes to the Jury.
Special TO The Statesman,

rish trial took a new turn today. The
prisoner was placed on the stand ant
declared his confession made to thj
grand jury was untrue. He said that
on the Tuesday night following the
SLangdon killing one James Fosdick, a
st. Louis detective, came to him. Eos.
dick said that it was necessary to con
meet w. G.. Parrish with the murder
Y 'of Langdon and offered the negro $4,000
to ASSIST il the work. He said the iron
y gas pipe purchased and the letters
| and kilograms to w. G. Parrish were
sill in the play. But W. G. Parrish
had nothing whatever to do with the
case. Fosdick paid him $500, he said.
HFhe prisoner also made the astound-
y ng declaration that he never told his
J attorneys that his confession was lie
\ until yesterday.
Under examination by Colonel
Kearby the negro broke down and be-
came badly confused.
This morning his sister, Rose Par
{ irish, testified that John was at home
( ION the night OF the murder and until
: 70 o'clock the following night, being
( sick. The prisoner contradicted her
I statement.
Miss Aunie Lee Rogers, at whose
house w. g. Parrish roomed testified
that to the best of her knowledge and
belief w. q. Parrish was there until
after 10 o'clock on the evening that
Langdon was murdered, Jno. Parrish,
the negro assss in, made a second
confession" on the stand today as fol.
lows: The defendant was put on the
stand, age % years; lived here since
1889; came from Navasota was at
home Oct. %; went home late Saturday
evening and beiug sick remained at
-, one until Monday noon; went at
;,9 re to Kate Murray's and saw her
's.ld Florence; then went to Ada Full
ler's on Jackson street. AT Kate MUIR
rays saw paper with an account of
the Langdon killing in it. The next
ne heard of the killing, James Fosdick |
called a his house Thursday evening |
and called him out to tell him some
ching particular Fosdick took him |
down TO the Oak Cliff railroad where |
ne told witness that he want
\ on w. G. Parrish. Fosdick thea
IudQe dH q appointment lOI IludS HISuO
~ meet defendant, when Fosdick told |
a;him he would give him $4,000 to swear |
{ the killing on Parrish, and he would |
see that the law did not get him. Fos-
dick gave him $50 and told him to
l have good time and meet him again
| Saturday night, and on Sunday night |
Fosdick gave him 500 and told him
to take trip to San Augelo
and write aud telegraph to Par
rish and he would get the letters
Fo5dtck was 10 send him $50 day for
i've days at San Angelo, and then wit
ness was to go to Lampasas and there
,hs arrested Witness next saw Fos-
a. ek in the Dallas Jail where he was
:" oing under the name of HarbOld or
some such name. When witness was
arrested his conscience smote him and
he tried to suicide. AT Vempls, Sheriff
ACabell and the two plumbers met the
WITNESS and it was understood !
that the plumbers We're TO identify 1
him as the man that got the gaspipe I
aad he was to acquie5ce. Ghe officers
told witness that he was foolish to try
to kill himself, as they were not after
him but af er another person. Wit i
ness saw Fosdick twice in Jail, where
he tolG him he was in for it, and to go t
on before the grand jury and make a {
statement and he would see that he
got written agreement that he would
not be prosecuted, and that was why i
he asked for such statement from the I
Jury. Never has seen Frosdick since.
Fosdick was Susan. Witness never
received letter from Parrish. Wit
ness sent Florence to Parrish to solicit
o loan of money, which Parrish sent
Nm. Parrish afterwards told him not
4 send any more women to his office.
y the men in the office might think
j was getting notes from women in
,T(he First ward.
~ Witness was handed a memorandum
look in which he made numerous en-
'EfTies while on his San Angelo
trip, 1t was understood he
was to do this to make evidence
AGAINST Parrish. Witness said the
noem that was published in The Ga.
zette was dictated to him by Fosdick
in order to make further evidence
aaainst Parrish. Witness said he had
tGo pistols, bought one and won one
at poker Soaked one with GoldsteiD.
Witness used to call himself Molle.
lFosdick said he would get Jno. Warn
Ter. Watt Goodson and Dudley Sher-
man, witnesses best friends, to cor.
robrate witnesses statement to the
grand jury. go,
Cross Witness said the
man that first represented himself as
FOsdick afterwards turned out to be
Harbold st. Louis detective. Wit
-.ass was urged by everybody to stick
/, n to his grand jury statement, but as
LAT statement was a lie he concluded
Ito deny it. Witness only got $500 out
| of the $4,000 he had been promised.
/ Witness said it was not q part of
ftbe program to cut his throat,
Fosdick called on witness in Jail and
asked how he felt and if he was going
before the grand jury AID make the
statement. Witness SAIL yes. Fos'
dick gave him all the details for the
grand jury statement. Fosdick sent
n Florence to Parrish twice in one day
Asklng for money, aud got 81 50 each
S,9. witness blew IN his money
~, spending $3.50 in two
Fosdick knew that
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