Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-29
ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
Mrs. Emma LaRose Admitted to Bond
In Two Thousand Dollars
HER VERSION OF THE SHOOTING.


NfAAH NAFAAitAAH 70 lHt muir SGT LOT
the hearing the court room was nllod
with people anxious to set view OF tho
woman about whom 80 much has leen
said ana written Of late.
II was nearly II o'clock when Mss. La
Rose, attired In neat mourning dress.
supported by her father and sister, and
closely followed by her attorney. Mr..
Edgar Watkins, entered the court room.
She took u seat near the west window
and with bowed head heard the evidence.
which consumed about an hour and !,
half In taking Her confinement Va ia,i
has had marked eject upon her phy-
| steal condition. The lustcr OF her eyes IL
dimmcd, her checks are sunken, the ioss
OF sleep Is painfully apparent and she
looks physical wreck,
No umc was lost In needless ptclimln.
aries. County Attorney Bradford Han
cock representing the state read the
charge, and the examination OF witnesses
was begun.
DR. Cannon. house surgeon Mt the John
se0ly hospital, testified as TO the cause
! OF death.
Mrs Phlllistine la Rose, mother OF de-.
ceased, was next called. She testified
substantially tile same as her state.
monts heretofore printed, with the pdit.
ton that when witness took hold OF her
sons head she asked him II he had any
thing 10 tell his mother. and he replied,
MA, everything goes to YOU"
The next witness was Mrs Iuhn
Mayer When the iirst shot was fired she
was In her house. opposite the la Rose
residence. She saw la Rose through an
open window and he was covered wi Il
blood. lie came down stairs and stag
gorcd across the street, and said TO WIT
ness, Everything goes TO my mother, 90
lie then staggered back across the street
aud fell.
John Mayer testified he heard the nr1,t
aNs fEs. O. 4 - "a.
| house. hts shirt covered with blood Mrs.
Id Rose followed him with gun IN hcr
hand and ntcd the second shot
La Rose was turning the steps ON
Fourteenth street when the second shot
was fired. Witness took the pistol nwhy
from Mrs, La Rose and said, ''womtn,
stop aud think what you are doing" She
replied ~ want to XIII him" After the
second shot was fired La Rose waited
w to Fourteenth street and took gfnf.
Did not sec him walk across the street.
Witness did not know where Mrs rhills-
tine La Rose and his wife were ut tiuH
time.
Attorney Watkins put Mrs Emma In
Rose the defendant on the stand,
She arose from her seat near tho vim
dow md took the witness chair, Tho
large throng In the court room hon, Tor
ward. anxious 10 catch every word that
escaped from her lips. Here Is hci story
"On the morning OF Auguat ~ I was
preparing tn do the family washing. aud
won't upstairs ON an crruud. while I was
upBtoirs 1 heard Mrs. phillistlEc 1t. Rose
ray to her son. Albert l want you to uuit
that woman, ana u you DON'T ! VIII pack
up my trunk ana leave N made grnG
remark which could not catch. Then he
went to tho closet, and IN few minutes
came upstairs. lilo took his false teolh
out and put them In mug ard VA a short
time put them back In his mouth nGnn.
He took a ieat In a tockins Ch1ir and 1
said to him, Albert, | hgyc teen living
with YOU seven yents and now hear
your mother talking about me. lie then
turned his back ON mo and said IL him;
give me 800 and / Will call Il square
At this he jumped out OF the chair and
Kicked me between the knees, remarlSlng
that | ought to take tumble TO myrelG
When he kicked me Z threw myFof upon
the bed and commenced 10 cry, lie then
went to tho wardrobe and turned the key
and asked mo about shirt. ! Told atm
that all Of his shirts were at the China
mans. WhercupOn he said Who In tho
hi and Cd d--n Ia talking 10 yOuC ana
TO further emphasize his remarks ho
Kicked mo twice and struck me m tho
eye. lie then said. You ---- ---.
viii FIX you and he went 10 his trunll
and smashed the tray l knew that he
always kept gun thorc and ran 10 the
machine, got "A revolver and. clouinR my
eyes, fired, | ran down stairs as Lust na I
could md he followed me. The first tlmr
he Kicked me was In the little rom, AMI
1t was In an adjoining room that he
knocked mo down. Two days before the
shooting he took two raz0rs cut Of the
wardrobe and put them In the trunk. AZ
ter the first shot was flrod ran down
stairs. md La HosN was behind me. lilo
chokcd me once and took t0i from mo
ard skipped out TO California. The second
time his mother held my hands when he
whipped me-"
Upon being cross-oSnmined Mrs. la
Rose said La Rose was trying To head
her of when she fred tho second shot.
She denied telling Mr.. Mayer that she
wanted TO XIII Al La Rore.
Dr. Barrel was called and testified as
TO the bruises on the body Of Mrs. La
Rose when he made nm examination the
dag following the shooting.
Mrs Al La Rose was recalled. and said
the sidewalk upon which she fell was
composed OF soft sand and not shell. and
bruises upon her body were not caused by
her falling upon II.
After officer Frank Hommers testified
as 20 the arrest Mrs. phllllatine la lose
was recalled and said the conversation
alluded 10 by Mrs. Al La Rose with her
son occurred on the morning prior 20 the
shooting. Other witnesses were examined
After arguments made by state and do
PENDANTS attorneys. Recorder Johnson on
tered an order admitting Mrs. La Rose
tn bond IN the sum OF 5000 Her attorney |
told a Post man that she would give bond |
Mrs la Rose gave bond tonigh. aid
was released.
DIR. LAMAR RESIGNS.
Rev Dr. A. w T-nnnr, who has been |
the pastor ~ the First Baptist church |
OF this city for the past three years has
rendered his resignation 10 the congTega- |
tion, and they at an open meeting on last |
sunday accepted II with regret. Or. La |
mar since he has been In the city has |
been subject to nervous troubles. These
his physician thinks are aggravated by |
the climate. and this " The cause Of the
Tegigr alton.
Formerly the reverend gentleman
preached In Omaha, from which place he
came 10 accept the paatora,c here
The resignation IL 10 take eject on
October l, and no effort will be made 10
MI the vacancy until the many members
Of the CONGREGATION now absent from the
city have returned.
WILL INVESTIGATE.
Mr.. j. n. Meyers Vice president and
manager OF the Texas CITY Inn
provement company, has riiurns1 from
q months visit to the North. rhis N, IN
Ing a Tribune man asked him 70 .ell the
people something OF what he Heard OF
deep water while away.
Where Is 40 much general intoTest
IN deep water down Lo-t,"
said he. that I hardly know 1uHt what J
ought TO say great many people feel
nm Interest 10 the appropriation for ro-
moving the bar, and bccauFe they are
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