Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-12
SHOT As HE GUIDED THE PlOW.
q. d. HEAD ON TRIAL ron THE
MURDER OF A. Z. PARKS.
y sequel to the Eastiand Mob Cases.
There wero No Eye Witnesses 10
the Tragedy on the goth Of Last
May.


BY IL o'clock yesterday n Jury haS
been secured in the case OF the stat
VS.. j. d. Head, murder. in the Seven
teepth district court. The names OF th'
Jurors are: II. H. stubbs. J. NJ. Mingus
Henry Rogers. W. NJ Bryce, w. NJ
Little, J. w. Kiiter, ]. L. Dodson. $. NJ
Parker, ]. ID. Adams, r. s. Ferrel, ID
n. Gates, Il. e. Davis. The attorneys
for the state are County Attorney Ben
NJ Terrell, c. d. spann, prosecuting at
torney Of Eastland county. and }. II.
jackson. For the defense. Judge
Lindsioy Of Comanche. d. @. Hunt OF
Eastland and Henry NJ. Furman.
Some time in the afternoon was taken
up with calling the lists OF witnesses
and swearing them. there being a
large number for the state and about
as msny for the defense.
The first witness FOR the state was
Tomnie Parks. son OF the man who
was killed. He testified ms follows; My
name is Tommie Parks. / am IA years
old. on the 10th OF last May 1 was at
home. blowing In a field with my father.
lit NtuL 10 INV Hbn1t " ENA "a VA u
water. returned and plowed TO the end
OF the row. / heard a gun fre, plowcd
10 tho other end, the horse got scared
and turned and saw my father lying
on the ground dead. I ran to tho house.
met the boys and told them and ma he
was dead. when ] got 10 my father he
WIS dead. shot In the head. he was in
the east end n the field. II was about
one and a half hours by sun. After he
came back from the house II was about
fiyc minutes before I heard the shot.
About ten steps east from the fence,
he lay. II was worm rail fence.
did not notice where the shot came
from. Saw my mother coming from the
orchard. It was about 500 yards from
the house, We were blowing corn. high
rs your head. The Held was 20 or 35
acres large. When ! met my mother
she was about 100 yards from the
house. A boy named Bunk Mcclure
was working In the field. S'ather COM
mcnced In the corn feld about 10
o'clock. plowed TN ~, came field In
which he was killed. No one else was
blowing in the field. lie was shot In
the head. | did not notice any signs
about the fence where any shots had
been fred. I went with mother to where
my father was lying, 1 wAH about 800
yards from father when | heard the
gun IRE. the rows OF corn ran east and
west Mcclure was about 200 or 800
yards north OF father, between father
and the house, Heard the shot fired
east from US. The pasture was south
east OF us, did not pay any more at
tention after tho shot was fired, did not
think anything about IL. Rising Star
~ east of Fathers field. l spoke to
Mcclure and he went on TO tell Willie,
who was In another Held about $50 yards
AWAY. The field In which While was at
work was east OF the field In which we
were at work. Mr., ]. w. Boliver lived
ON our place. north side OF tho field
about 400 yards / went straight on to
our house after I found father was
killed. He Hta'd about half an hour
out OF the field when he went TO rot
the drink OF water. The body was
lying on the left side, the right aide OF
his head was shot. the horse was stand
Ing stil. the plnw turned over. one OF
the lines was around fathers wrist. 1
did not notice how far the horses held
was from the fonce. There were some
bushes near the fence. II was about
40 steps from where father was to the
pasture. There was n public road about
a mile on. there was another road. not
public, about 400 yards north from
where he was killed. The field was
nat In character,
Cross examinatlon--G was blowing in
another field before dinner. father
plowed there n little before dinner, lie
commenced plowlng near the south side.
ne was blowing south, the fence run
north ana south, run up to MIR. Boil
Nera house, going east from the fcuco
ihere was a 30 acre Held OF cotton.
Milie was working there about 500
Yards from whore father was shot,
Father plowcd about two houre In tho
ield, had been plowlng In evening I'M
between and O'clock Bunk Mcclure
was hoeing west. The rows were about
aVu yards, l plowed out to the end and
knocked the dirt from my shoes.
Mr. l3olivcr had boon rcntlnf. from
rather, do not know about any trouble
ne had with my father, do not know
the place
Redrect-Mr. Bolver was not work.
ing there that day. do not know where
ne was Tho field While worked In was
about 30 acres II was sufroundod Nv
timber, south and east sides. north ~
II was Mr. Turner's field, only n fence
between the two fields Lee DaviaI ara
Sihuu richardson were worldni. with
my brother l know Jim Dugnn nnd
.iukh Dpgan. Did not see them there
father was killed.
burt Mcclure tcstlncd. I win ne IA
next January; was stopping M Mir.
i''trks'; waa hoelng corn In tho neid
~ was Killed in. had been hoclnir aimee
uihher; the rows ran east and ,vaat,
! was about 900 or $50 yards ,yeat from
MINI was hoeing In tho other direction
from HIM fhe corn was about a. high
W. my mead; do not remember whether
wns laying It by or not The house
was one-tourth or one-half mile an,
saw Parks after he was shot; Tom
7olu me what was tho matter, eot |
on The horse and won't up TO town MI
Yer the doctor; went IN a run: don't
Know the distance to Rising star. pot
~ me dociorss went 10 Dr. Lyon'a nrst. |
me horse SHE'D out OF the road several |
times' ] stopped at Mr. Rushing's ana |
went TO Dr. Lyons oalce. then to Or |
'ierry; willie Parks was hueinr ent. |
Ton In the adjoining fied, east, they |
Were working beside MIR. Turner's fleld, |
pushes surrounded Il; there waa lana
between the fields; J. d. Heads sister
my brother
Cross eNamined: 1 was ston,i,v
mere. was hoeing cotton that morn.
ingi don't know where Mr.. Parks was
~ work; went to hooing corn after
dinner; don't know what time No
was killed; about sun down when
sol hack from Rislnk star; / heard n
kun nred; the sun was east; dld nor nav
Intention; thought II was some one
first knew It when saw
aurner running to the house; I went