Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-13
THE TRACKS OF A MURDERER.
r1rn STATE TRYING TO PROVE
THEY WE'RE J. ID. HEADS.
more Testimony introduced by the
Prosecution yeHtorday--Parks Was
shot from an Ambush and Tracks
Led to the Town of Rising Star.

The first witness introduced In the
y. d. Head trial yesterday was ]. r.
piii who testified: am 10 years old;
live In Coyote Peak community; know
j. d. Head. About middle OF May
20 18Th OF June We were digging q well
on my fathers place-before PARIS
was killed yoar. Parks lived about
mile from the well; he passed there
very often. Remember Head said
somdthing ss 70 tho mob and Packs
connection with II. lie said something
about PaTits giving the mob away and
Parks besrs killed FOR giving It away
cannot say definitely what Defendant
did say.
c. T. whit; Live at Rising Star;
know the defendant; he lived In Rising
star on goth OF inst May; remember OF
the killing OF Parks. Before the muir
dor had a talk with Head; two or three
months before the killing he was In
1Iarris' barber shop; be said II Parks
kept on doing the way he was doing
mo would get the top OF his head shot
of; saw defendant tho day Parks was
Killed: he said he was going 10 Van
Turner'S on aome business; It was the
road 10 Parks; saw MIN come back
on that road about IL O'Clock that day
saw him that might after supper at
the postonice; defendant did not say
who would kin Parks. d. u. Head at
that time was charged with being a
member OF the mob accused OF hanging
Deal and cade. Turner's place Is al
soimng Parlsa; road running between
them.
ross.exanined; Defendant was nd
iag snyder'a horse; IN forenoon OF tho
Gay Parks was killed; the conversation
in the barber nhop was long In tho sum
NOR ills year. ". II. Head hal been
tried for the murder OF Cade; don't
mink any one else WAS IN the barber
chop at the dime; know John stockton;
might have had a conversation with
him; dtd not AtDte 10 him that I would
Hwear a Ia amy tima for fficnd
when / saw Parks returning ON that
day Bill Agncw was with him. Don't
know that The defendant was principal
Witness against my brother-in-lnw.
Redirect: Jihd time | saw defendant
going IN direction of Parks house was
between D ahlu y n Nluch IN we ANhln4AHt
he returned about y o'clock.
VIII RoN.ih. Lived AZ RiHins star ON
Che 2eth OF last May. 8. Roach IS NY
lf1lcr: he ana j. V. Hulse Ute en-
gagged IN general mcrchandtis; l am
assistant postmaster; have ln) ~ the
defendant ever since 1854; saw HIN at
Huiae a Itohnh'A store the dAv Pnsls~
was hiptd; Il was between 1 AMI :
o'clock; aiN was there about trlc;y min-
uieF, others were there, Have heard
dofcufant aplink Of the mcb cafe5
often after ~. ". Head uncle OF de-
fenuant, and Stevens weTe inflicted.
have hesr defendant apeaL Pa IS
Ms bad man; don't remember any
thrtyits he made; defendant said hang
;ng 70 shooting would not be too good
nor him. 1'he mob cascu were pending
IN Eagiland court at tho time OF the
killing; defendants uncle was to be
tried Saw defendant that day again
just before sun down. about O'Clock.
From my desk had n fun view Of the
s'hne htoro, don't remember Of leaving
fhe ston, that Afternoon. The detcn-
dnni came no ~ the store Eallcry that
evening Late do not know the eNac,
tinlu, Defendant was coming from the
cast; ne had conversation In gen
cfgli way; think he wore thc same hat
then thnt he wore earlier In the day,
Ne were talking Of the killing when
n,,niiihn In tho store, defendant had
not purehaqed amy from mo; thin. ne
called on sir. Uulsc for som, ammuni.
zion, at an time he 9ad some ehclis
in hia hand. NJ. came In about ton dayi
before th4 ltilhng AMI wanted som,
bucI,yhoti 4, ~ tho aheiis; said he wat
goiu- huutinT saw MIN nut four s,io
an tie gacli: they ala moi NJ: saw hin
nut Hnd,ie ANAL SHOT In thu ahell; dom
rcmenber seeinv him buy any ynd
ding, no aid nnt not my from me
heard linn Inquire for buckrhot, II,
had some anall buclsahot and snid Ii,
wanted some larger than them. Tnlnl
he aakcd two dlffcfvnt daya FOR buck
a,ot. DO mt know whether ha wen
hunting or not Defendant aalA thu
a,olivcr had better I've ssire he coui,
prove hla whereabouts, that Bollve
nud PARKS Ind btgn chtrying guns 10
carh other There was tank than dn,
about the defeated candidates IA III
primariea ard thuy We're guylng them
aNno,nbar llr, fNratcr came 10 In
store: thlnk defendant was thcrel Nj
FNrater came thorc about / o'clock,
snado M the Pioneer mall that daN
Il had zone o.,t about fifteen minute
when Mir. rrator came m; the achedul