Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-12

Redirect. The gates that went Into
} the pasture were near the fence. the
briars looked like they had been cut
IN two, 30 you could rec through; the
clump OF bushes was IN the rail fence:
Il was about half the length Of this
room from Mr.. Parks body; tes-
tined at Eastland in this case: don't re-
member whether / testified how high
the sun was; don't remember the horse
ever SHE'D with me before. after the
shot was iired 1 heard Mrs. Parks cry
Ing.
DR.. Terry: Reside at RiSing Star;
have lived in Eastland county since
September. 1883; lived there on goth Of
last May; have been practlcing medi-
cine. am a graduate OF the medical
school OF Vanderbilt university; on the
29th Of May l was at Rising Star; was
at home when heard OF the killing
Of Parks; was told by Burk Mcclure;
heard Il about o'clock or little az
ter; went out 10 the place with DIR.
Lyons and DR.. Whitehead: took not
over 30 minutes in going: between j.
\ II. Cooper's field and the VIM pas
tlre the horses did not seem to want
to 10 on. and we whipped them up;
southeast corner of Cooper's field is
bushy; road runs through; the horses
SHE'D at the front OF the bushes: tho
horses are very gentle; did not usually
shy. the northeast corner OF the VIM
pasture and Cooper's southwest corner
come together; the pioneer road runs
due west. ! did not get over the fence
when ! got there; saw Parks body
| lying there. DR.. Lyons and whitehead
snd he was dead; ! walked up and
saw where the gun had been pushed
half through the fence; saw where
the brlara had been powder burned and
where the party had crept up from
the south and dragged the gun after
them. there were Impressions OF hts
knees; tho knee impressions extended
only few feet; as far ms l noticed:
the pasture on the south was post oak;
the Impressions were probably 80 feet
from the brushy pasture; the gun was
fired 20 whore Parks was lying, about
rs feet: ! stayed there only about 30
minutes went back TO get the justice OF
tho peace; there were number OF
people there; ] saw the defendant at
night at the tostofflre after supper;
was at ROach's store between ana
0 o'clock that afternoon; / had been
at home only a short time before sum-
moned TO Parks; did not see the de-
PENDANT at any other time or place
that evening; nothing was said about
the mob cases In his presence; / drew
a diagram OF the location wiier. Parks
was killed Ia the defendants presence;
he was looking on with the rest; did
not notice whether the defendant left
while | was drawing the diagram; the
defendant did not say anything that 1
remember they were all eager to know
oil about Il; 1 do not know whether
the defendant afterwards himself drew
diagram OF the scene OF the murder;
there were four shots In Parks head:
one Just behind tho ear, one below the
temple. one under tho eye and another
In Tho jaw; there was hole in the
4fFa saF 40 a {. 81.
ward and upward, the bullets were toll
craby large; they were nattencd out;
the holes were large enough to put your
little finger in, there was q small dent
Ia the forehead, but no bullet could be
found under It: have had little expert
enoe with gunshot wounds. | knew
Parks for some time before his death:
do not recollcct having had any CONVEX
nation with Parks In the presence OF
defendant; Rising Star is about three
miles from where Parks wne Killed,
Cross examined: II was about g
o'clock when ] heard OF the killing; II
was not over 40 minutes before | got
there, remained there about 80 minutes:
the horses ahied a little at the road
crossins, the sun was about 1-2 hours
high. | got out OF the buggy and exc
amlncd the ground; all who were there
looked at the place; II was after the
supper that l saw the defendant: he
may have been there and did not sec
him: the post norton examination OF
Parks body was made the day after
he was buried, the body was taken up
FOR the purpose; that was on the 3lst
OF May,
Ben Frnter testified TINT he n post
master OF Rising Star; the postonico is
located In the store OF j. u. IIulsc
and s.. Roach: ON the day OF tho
killing OF Parks he had returned from
Cisco and ate dinner little after -
o'clock. and went to the office about
las, the defendant was In the store
when witness got there, but left sonn
after, witness next saw Head. the d.
PENDANT, coming from HIS home about
o'clock thnt evening; j. V. Hulae. j.
ID, Smith and several others We're there;
j +, Hulse was not there, nor was MIR.
Thofnaa Head there: saw u. +. Iiulse
there about 3 O'clock, when he came
TO get some corn; II was about an hour
o. two after the defendant was there;
tho town was considerably excited
about the murder. the defendant came
out took u seat on the store porch;
Constable II. II. Deans said something
about blood hounds, that they could
trail the person that did the killing;
the defendant discouraged II and said
II would not do any good; witness said
something about trailing with Al Az
news hounds and went into the Of
Ace; did not notice defendants clothes
aud did not remember his exact words.
Cross examined: j. W. Smith, ]. V.
Hulse MIR, Head and j. b. Barnes We're
at the storoi J Z, Hulse was not there:
II defendant and j. +. Hulse were there
togcther 1t must have been before wlt-
ness got there, with regard TO the
blood hounds defendant may have said
none could he obtained nearer than
Fort Worth or Dallas and he tint ttp,n