Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-05
SENSATION
Produced by Mrs. Davis
Testimony.
-'as. FAULKNER MET DECEASED
IN A PRIVATE ROOM.
DEFENDANT SPEAKS.
now HE DISCOVERS WAKE AND
HIS DAUGHTER IN A HOTEL
TOGETHER.
Took III. Son with Him Bccausc He
Was Not u strong Man
DEFE NDANT SPEAKS.

Corsicana, Tex, Nov. 4,-Cspecial)-
The district court has continued with
unabated interest. The court room Is
thronged with people and sentiment is
divided. The Thompson case made u
sensational A. sudden turn Saturday
night on the testimony OF NJ, w. Davis,
very interesting and intelligent wit
ness living In Galveston.
Thompson was placed ON the stand.
who swore as follows: Ally runs
back OF my residence; had watched
Wake come; saw him one night; was
within six feet OF him; had "A gun. 1
asked Wake what he was doing and
drew my gun on Mn. He replied,
Nothing 1 then told him l would Kill
him II ever l caught him there again.
on the morning of the killing j had no
ticket up to MeXia; went with the con-
ductor to next coach and told him l
did not wish to be seen. l wanted to
see what hotel my daughter would go
to; saw her and Wake meet about ten
or fifteen feet from corner; they walk
ed together; l and my son were forty or
nifty feet away. They stopped at the
Mathews hotel; saw them 30 upstairs.
asked Mrs. Matthews where they went.
She replied, room 70,;' we went up;
knocked at the door: | am not stout.
was in the war four years, and want
ed Andy with me TO help me; he was at
my left side when the shot was fired:
l knew Wake went armed; have seen
him put on his pistol hundreds OF
times"
on REORGANIZATION Thompson
said; ~ was pretty badly shot up in
the war; my condition was pretty
good ON the Sunday morning Of the
killing; / had no more right TO doubt
the virtue OF my daughter than | had
to doubt that OF my wife; ] believe her
a true woman; II was not known that
my daughter was good woman; !
cursed Wake once while he was play
ing dominoes In n saloon. told him
never to come to my house again"
The state then placed on the stand
Sheriff Weaver and eN-Sheriff II. +.
West of Navarro county. to prove a
Smith & Weston pistol, good make.
policeman Tom Luster having sworn
to the contrary
The theory OF the state is that had
Wake fired the shot II would have
torn Andy Thompson's arm off.
Then followed the sensational testi-
mony OF Mrs. Davis of Galveston.
Witness said from January to July
of this year she lived Mt Mrs. Dabbs'
Ut trTOtspttth. Sllt rs u HlsttI-lH-ldW.
Wake also boarded there until his
death In the Matthews hotel. on Sat
urday morning before the killing Mrs.
Faulkner, daughter of Thompson, came
over to Mrs. Dobbs and talked In
room privately with Wake. who went
back short distance with her and
babe her good bye. After the killing
Mrs. Dobbs and one Mr.. outz of Thorn
ton broke open Wakes trunk and
found a bundle OF letters. The last one
written said:
"You go up to Corsicana ON Sum
day evening and / will go up on Mon
day morning, and be with you several
hours. on my way to Gilmer. You need
not think you can escape; l will fol-
(Signed) PET"
Witness knew Mrs. Faulkner's hand
writing when ghe saw II. Mrs. Dobbs
took the letters from Wakes trunk
and placed them In her own, but her
trunk was subsequently broken open
and letters stolen, except one. to which
Mrs. Dobbs reserved, and has yet The
letters were signed by the same Pet
Mrs. Faulkner.
Upon cross examination the witness
said. Mrs. Dobbs kept the letter be-
cause It had indecent reflections upon
her.
The court adjourned over till today.
No more testimony was taken today.
Mrs. Davis testimony was allowed to
stand without attempt at impeachment
Arugment OF the case then began,
District Attorney Hardy for state, fol-
lowed by Klmbal of Groesbeeck and
alternating with Major Britt OF Paris,
Call and Prince OF corsicana and Hon.
Jake Hodges of Paris closed tor the
state.
The court room is thronged with anx-
ious listeners.
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