Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-05
THE eAzrrrr roRr WORTH TEXAS Midday ocTonER Iso4

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smith. Colonel II. NJ wynue, Smith
and / were discussing the bank atairs
IN the oficc OF the bank aud smith
drew out stenograpner's bill and said
II secmcd 10 have been settled. Upon
ms j snld / considered the bill oNorbi-
tnnt and TINT In the future ! would
look into such matters myself Smiih
became onended al my remark and
said I wanted to insult him. denied
that wanted to insult him, but he
rose, reached 10 a drawer and got a
pistol. All the time | was excleiming
! that / did not want to Insult him.
I He tried 10 get the pistol against
MY brenst. hut knocked II away, and
| he liftld It up and brought IT down
upon my head, and | knocked II out
( Of his hand Smith pulled out another
/ pistol and ] got the one on the noori
! several shots were fred, one bullet
/ struck me, passed Through my pants
| and cut the skin. Altogether l fired
I three shots al him from his own pia-
tol and he iired six tlmcs at me, /
/ was hit once After this we were ON
! friendly terms, but / thought II was
1 well to be on my guard although we
( had resumed business relations On the
] Saturday before the killing OF smith
! / came TO town to attend business
/ meeting OF the bank directors. smith
| was present at the meeting. That
/ morning / mad sent my nephew 10 the
/ American National bank TO Get state
| ment Of our balance at that bank and
/ this statement | had IN my pocket. l
asked Smith Tor z statement and after
| he had made It drew from my pocket
| the statement / had gotten from the
/ American National bank, and called
] the attention OF the directors to the
/ differences between them. II amounted
/ 90 $500 or more. Smith then aclfnoWl-
D a.. 40 81 A..
| statement was correct, Colonel Port
wood one OF the directors, remarked
10 smith: Mr. Smith, | want you 10
/ understand that In the future / VIII
1 watch you Ike a hawk. An honest
/ man don't need to object TO 1t, but =
1 rogue will" We kept our accounts
/ with the American National bank. We
were not doing banking business
| then. Nothing else was said at that
/ meeting about Mr. Smiths manage
! mont OF the banks affairs.
/ next saw MIR, Smith on the 18th Of
/ March. l came down town In my bug
/ gy with my nephew. drove up Lamar
and down Seventh street. stopped at
] the post office and drove around to the
| Hlrsohneld building ] went up into
the building and went up stairs. Smith
was IN the onlce. He did not extend
the usual greeting. | hegltptod 20 enter
! He closed the drawer In desk, where
In lay revolver; the drawer was
! open / stood with my hand on the
| door knob. / dld not Hike the situation.
! lie reached down and closed the draw
or l walked IN and took a seat IN a
chair, four or i've feet from the draw
| err lie took q seat after he had closed
tho drawer, / saw II was not closed
entirely; the revolver was atlll there
sat down ard began TO talk about
| the indebtedness Of the Huffman es-
tate and We talked the matter over
| He closed by saying. j can do MOTH
ing with Caswel." I was excited; It
looked TO me like l was In a death
trap. I stepped TO the door: he reach
cd Tor his revolver, l said, you are
| laying Tor me-" ! got my revolver out
and aimed at his head. He snapped his
pistol fred. I knew ! had TO aim
at Vital spot; he fired at me and
| 1 fred a second shot. aiming al his
body He came plunElng toward me-
fred another shot, and thcn again
after no struck the floor | stepped
into the hall and called Mr. Tldbull
I said 20 him, He Is safely done for
He tried to XIII me and have killed
| him" I fired the first shot, because
he was trying to XIII me, and ] fired
tho other shots because feared he
would XII me,
any trouble with him on the 9Th day
OF July, 1893, The Inst saw him,
ue Was sung out VNe DICK uooF OK
when ! fred the last two shots no
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