Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-05

There We're not many people present
when court met In the afternoon but
the room gradually began TO M up as
time passed, until, when the testimony
was begun. there was large crowd
present
Mr.. Page appeared to be- calm and
chnttcd PLEASANTLY with hlg lending
counsel, Hon. Honcry NJ. Furman.
:. \. owens, who stated that he was
ticket agent At the Union depot, said
he roomod In the HirHhncld building;
that he was ON duty all uight. his
hours being from 1880 to l.sO al night
lie left the depot at O'Clock In the
morning, and went To his room where
he usually went 10 sleep uutll g %. M.
or go; was In his room on the morning
Of the killing, occupied rooms / ana
his bedroom being In No 9: this room
adioined the office OF 4. II. smith. he
was lying ON the bod; tho hend was
against tho west wall, which was be-
tween MS and smiths room; whom he
was awake he could ordinarily bonr
Noiceh IN Smiths room. couldn't al
ways hear all OF u conversation. ba1
heard no words ON the morning OF ihe
diiicultyi had been In bed about dve
minutes when he heard the first shot
there were four shots: the first vns n
llttle before the second and third. nnd
the fourth WAS shortly after inc fbirI /.
heard no talldug or conversation he
fore the shooting
Diu You hear any rumbllng or noise
OF any sort r. asked Mr.. McCart whn
put the lnterrogatlons for the state
The defense objected, but Witness yvau
allowed TO state that he heard no noise
or any character. Smltha desk Was
AGAINST the partition near the wltnoss'
bed, on the other side The pnttItton
was OF laths and plastering. A win
dow In the witneas' room looked to,ynr1
tho west. There We're two Nvtndo,vs "a,
Smiths room There was a eut tn t,a
side of the building from tho wcst
after hc had answered uuniber az
dnesuonA m regard TO the location OF
the windows witness said the window
In his room was up, Couidn't saN
down w o'
The partition wall was about s,v
inches thick when he honra Tho shot
he didn't think Il was a shot. aus he
was NOT expecting any trouble. II
bounded like the alamming ~ "a door
Ia the back part OF tho building. when
he opened his door and went I'm tbc
hall. witness says he saw n man In the
hail and asked him. what Ia this -
lie won't IN the room whore Smith Law
nent down over him and saw the li.fht
OF intelligenco in his eyes. He thought
at nrst that Smith had shielded liz
asked him who did Il. but received no
reply, Witness said the man he snw
In the hall. alcns with Mrs. Davis. nnd
Whoac name he Understood 10 he
Hubert. WIS IN the room with him when
he spoke to Smith. He received no
reply from Smith. BEFORE roinr out
into the hall he heard voice saving.
'lts all over; come here, come here .
In response 20 question by MIR.
Furman the witness said the fioor az
Smiths Office was bare, there was no
carpet on the floor or anything TO
deaden the sound.
Witness had gone to bed to 20 10
aleen because he was tired The chair
IN Smiths room az his desk WINS turned
over II was u wooden chair. With N
spring back. There was another com
mon wooden chair about six feet away
from the desk chair when Aiai. Tld-
hall camc In witness asked him II he
had boon there before. and said that
he had gone after tho doctor. Smitb
was lying on his hncls, with hts hands
by his side open, Tho pistol was about
two 20 two and a half feet away.
chief OF Police Maddox and DR.
Adams testified also.
Chief az Police Maddox waa reeoii,d
and stated that ~ we IN The rhhrn
after the killing, lie had wade ar ~
animation Of the hunet hole In tho wan
and had extracted the bullet IL was
about hnlr Of o bullet and was stick
ing through the plasterng lIe pulled
" ont with hiH fingers II was not
more than iive feet high. ne thoueht
bnt could not say exactly how hlRh.
az ne dig not pay narticular attention
AAked whether he had had a conversn-
uon Win Mr.. Mozart and Mr.. Mnrtin
~ regard TO tho pistol being shot, Ne
sac - supposed he aid tell then. tho