Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-19
DAMAGING EVIDENCE
SCOTT brown TELLS THE STORY
OF THE KILLING As Nh
SAW 1T.
Price First Tried to Get Into n Quar-
rel with brown, Hut Failed,
So IL L. Testified.

The preliminary trial of Charles
Price for the killing OF the negro Aaron
Geer, last Saturday attracted a large
crowd TO the court house yesterday.
and Intense interest was manifested
throughout. The mother. sister and
wife OF the defendant were present and
seemed to realize his position.
The accused was brought into the
criminal court room before Justice
Adams yesterday morning at 10 o'clock.
Early In the proceedings 1t was de-
veloped that the defendant had emf
ployed no counsel Judge Adams adj
Journed court for an hour to give him
an opportunity to secure lawyer.
At II MIR. Benjamin u. Shropshire
appeared for the defendant and the
trial proceeded. County Attorney Ter
rel appeared for tho prosecution
only two Witnesses were examined
during the day. About I o'clock the
court announced an adjournment until
this morning, and the prisoner was
carried back to jail.
The first witness called was Scott
Brown, who Is the barkeeper at the
Faul schubert saloon, In front Of which
the killing was done, Mr. Bruwn tes-
tined In substance as follows:
witness was In the saloon saturday
Afternoon whom Charles Price, the de-
iendunl, came la. The latter went out
IN few minuteA and across the street,
where he procured pistol and then
came back to the saloon. The defend.
ant then commanded witness TO get hls
pistol Hnd they would 10 out the back
door and hght duel.
bfown wanted TO know why they
should light d duel and Price answered.
,liecausc you have wronged my wife,
Brown protested that he had not
wife.
Price insisted on Brown getting his
pistol. and Brown said he had no pistol.
Price then went behind the bar and
got pistol out NJ the drawer and told
him TO come and Fight II out.
Just about that time the negro. Aaron
Heer. came In, with pitcher and
placed 1t on the bar. asking for n
dimes worth Of beer, Price Mt once
pointed his pistol at the negro. Geer
bhid, Il don't like TO have that thing
pointed at me, white man" Price snii
mat he hadn't killed negro that day
ana now he wac going to XIII deer.
The latter said he had no quarrel with
Price and lodged down behind the bar.
40 Price came around the bar Inc
negro walked 10 the door and told
Price that II he would come ontside he
Uhe negro would settle with him.
Prico ran up behind aud put his pistol
against the npgro's left side. Witness
turned his head away and heard the
shot fired
Geer ran some distnrce from the ga-
loon md fell Price came back In tho
saloon and said;
Brown. l. am your friend. don't
want you 10 give me the worst OF this
thing" witness replied that he would
tell the truth. Price said that N he
drown did him damage he would
nave MS brothers TO go for him
tBrown) Price then went out around
corner towards the old waterworks
ON eross-eNaminntlon witness said
mat defendant did not walk like n
drunk man az he walked away. Wit
nean Identified the pistol with which
the killing was dNne.
j. H. Martindalc. a merchant tailor
was called. He happened to be pass,
ing about tho time OF the killing no
added nothing important 10 tho testl.
moiy' lie Rnw the ncgro.un the ground
ana went up ana cut his clothes uboyo
the wound, He saw somebody In tho
saloon jump back, but didn't know
whether the party was armed 'rhc
court then adjourned.
From the questions asked IL IA
Judged that the defense will act nm n
plea OF self-defense. :"