Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-06
TESTIMONY FOR THE DEFENSE.
HEARD rs THE TRttL OF p. ".
HEAD YESTERDAY.
Witnesses swear That He Was Sick
and nj Home ON the Occasion of
the Hnnging-fnries' Nerncity for
Truth and yerncity Impeached.


The counsel for the state IN the E.
r. Head trial. having rested just prior
TO adjournment Tuesday evening. yes
terday morning the examination OF
Witnesses for the defense was COM
menced.
O. Il. Kelley. FIRST witness for the de-
Tense testified that he lived in Eastiand
county. three or four miles form Coyote
Peak; he heard OF the hanging and
found the bodies Of Andrew Cade and
BIN Deal: was at the house OF the de-
PENDANT on Saturday ana remained
there until O'Clock Saturday evening
when he went in the defendant. f. 4.
Head was IN his bed vomiting: he
couehed and continued to vornlt: de-
PENDANTS wife made him a pallet; Jack
Harris came in while the witness was
there. and VIII Head. defendants son.
came in also; witness thought WIN
brought his father some medicine; wit
ness saw four men between his house
and defendants; they were riding and
two OF them had guns; witness was ac-
| quainted with all the people in that
settlement for a radius OF I'VE OF six
miles. From the direction In which the
men were going they would have gone
70 Coyote Peak; they were not travling
IN a road, and were not coming towards
defendants. but were travelling rather
southeast.
Cross-exnmined. Witness went from
ms house that day 20 Mr.. Griiiths;
j ate an carly dinner az MIR. GrifHths
] and went from there directly to Mr..
Heads The wife Of the defendant is
| living; MS family was present and also
! MS EMBELLISHMENTS Tie defendant
was complaining II his side and lungs.
ms wife made him pallet between /
! ana O'Clock; witness remained there
] an the evening and left defendants
/ about . O'Clock: the sun was about an
! hour nigh when witness reached home.
! " required about one hour to ride the
distance between Heads house and
I mouse Of Witness z. Il. Harrison came
l IN from the north In the direction OF
the Meadon place; he got there about
5.sO y. M witness was within 100 yards
OF me Tour men he saw; did not recog-
l ni2e them. but thought they acted
strangely: they rode or turned from
/ witness rather than meet him. and
] .pehrtened" a little, going from witness
IN a trot; witness had testified In
{ FORMER trial OF this cause and testified
| To mat fact on the former trial: Wit
ness WAS on the Jury Of inauegt. ala
not mention the fact Of seeing The -four
tuspicious characters: may have talked
ABOUT IL to other iurymen; witness was
not impressed that those four mon ana
inc hanging: ala not 20 In the objection
OF me peak to hunt the bodies OF Cade
and Deal on account OF seeing those
men. Considerable effort WINS made
10 Ind the bodies; witness may have
called the attention OF Philllps, did uot
put himself to the trouble OF hunting
up officers and telling them Of the fact
OF seeing the four men.
=. ~ Harrison was the neyt yvitpess
and testified as follows: NV name ls
H. H. Harrison; / live six or seven
miles south OF Cisco. in East land COIN
~ and lived right there I'm NAV. 1855
! am acquainted with y, f.. Head. and
neard about the hanging " Andrew
/ nnde ana Bill Dral: hoard OF II on
tuesday or Wednesday / got to Sand !
run Springs on Saturday eveuInpn bout |
tue middle OF tho evening G. u. <el- |
ley was there, and WIN Head, defend
ants son, came about half an hour
AFTER came He came from the dlrec- |
uon or Rising Star. The defendant
was lying down when I was there.
saw that Mr. Kelley was n1mInistprlats
the medicine TO the defendant stay- |
~ IN the room with the defendant an |
night Defendant ala not leave Ife |
might have got up. hut no dld not
leave the place WIN Head and wife
ana two little GIRLS and two little bovR,
NOT certain about tho number OF chill !
dron, but there were three or four OF
them. WIN Head and w. II. Head is
the same person. / do not recollcct l
anyone coming the next morning..
Cross-eN0mirCd; / live some ton or
fourteen miles from the defendant, 1
cnll II ten or twelve mllea l was hunt /
ing cow az Saudrun Springs and left
homo that morning about o'clock
did NOT expect 20 gO To t.. u. Heads I
! hunted the cow some that evening. !
| Got 10 Snndrun Springs about 2 or 3 |
o'clock. Hunted two or three houra, /
not sure how long. and couldn't nnd /
the COW, so ! concluded expected To- |
md the cow mud carry hcr home that !
evening. DO not know whether the /
defendant was lying on the porch or
not. ! saw W. II Head ride IN from /
the direction OF the star I couldn't |
say what time went to bcd--about |
or 10 o'clock. I do not remember /
whether walked during the night or I
not. / don't know whether Mr.. H. II. /
Head left the house, DO not remember
where ! was the night before l went /
70 Il, y. Heads hut think | was at
fcndant was charged with the crime /
TN he was arrested I told no Que OF
having been at DEFENDANTS house on
tho Saturday hight he was sick. / cum
not remember any other facts that oc-
cured ten years ago.
Mlntcr Rca testified, 7 live IN Fort
Worth ON the South Side OF the city.
! lived III the southeastern portion of
Enstland county IN 1855. l ann ac-
quainted with L. Il Head. ! heard OF
Andrew CRde ana Bill Deal being hung
l was at Mr., u. r.. Heads on the sat
urdny before 1 heard Of the haugine
on Tuesday I got thorc between
and 10 O'clock Sunday before | heard
OF the hanging. | remember other
fNcts that occurred ten years ago.
went mp to Coyote Peak whore the
boys were hanging and got my saddle
which ! loaned TO Mr.. Griffin I FIRST
charged with the murder. There was
heard IN 1892 Of the defendant being
nothing TO impress me with the fact OF
being NJ defendants house except the
excitement in the neighborhood.
y. ID. Futon testified: | live I'm tho
southeastern part OF Eastlaud county
about three or fonF mites fi1l;tll Of CIV
otto Peak. J remember the cIrcun.
stances VI Cades and Deals death
Mynatts house wes about one or one
aud one-half miles from T. r. Hcad's
about half mile from the center
OF Mynatts iicld 20 defendants house
one mile from second field. a. u. Parlys
reputation was bad.
Cross-eNa.nined; hardly ever passed