The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-08-08

| he had signed the confession, that he had
signed il but that it was false!
A-After writing the first confession
Mr. Hume was in the house mt the time
| and las | say, he wrote something thai
did not correspond with what he mad ac
| knOwledged. II amounted 10 guilt, buI
not in substance Of what he h"d &C
knowledged to me. When he wrote it,
said: "Mr. Chintz, that will not do"
Odd he not say after he had signed
it. II have signed this paper, but it is not
irue?"
A-After signing the second paper he
said: Il have signed it, but i is not
right"
Q-You had prepared a form, and he
copied it?
Al cannot say that he copied IT; say
that / put down in substance what he had
acknowledged. ] said. "Here is something
you can 20 by" preferred it IN his own
writing.
o. will ask you now, doctor, if this
man did not tell you that his wife was an
invalid, and that if he had to go to Jail
it would kill her?
A-NOt a word of it, sir.
Odd he not sign it rather than 20
to Jail and run the risk of injury to the
health Of his wife?
A-NO. sir; he did not.
Q-When did YOU next see Mr.. Lucy
after this man signed the paper?
Al saw Mr.. Lucy. think, after dark
that evening. He said, How did you
come out with your maa? ?"
Q-Why did you demand Of :his man
that he would leave this town?
A-FOr the simple reason that my self
respect as an honest man would not allow
me TO let him go into another mans store
and rob him as he had robbed TObin's
drug store.
Odd you not learn that other clerks
in that store had transferred their claims
against it to this man, and tkat he would
3rng suit and attack The validity of this
deed of trust?
A-No, sir: | knew nothing about this.
Q-1Ou did not know this man would
bring suit?
AA-No. sir: l knew nothing about it,
Q-Why did you take it 1pon yourself
to settle this matter?
A-Simply for the interest of the prop-
from, doctor? . ans '''' ''''' ioI
, A|t,rom Mr.. Bell; no one rlse: Mr.
SCI said something was crooked.
., Q-Dld you not know that Mr.. Bell and
ms man were unfriendly?
81 am not aware Of that fact
MS initials? " ii"' are
All. w. Bell.
Q-1ou say that the reason Won had
y y eNacting from him a promise 70 Iea~o
ne country was that as an honest citizan
gu could not allow him to 90 in anothnr,s
tore and rob it as he had done Tohin,S
lrug store. '' 'Din
~ ~, could not allow that man to stay
inns town. and see him rob others as
ne had Tobin's drug store. Go
Q-Dld Bell say this man was crooked .
a-ie said he thought so.
Q-Why did he think so?
, Al earned from Mr. Bell that whom
ms man Schintz was ON duty. which
dMhk was every other morning. he was
n dIIy about one hour or one hour and
, mali Deotre any of the other clerks GOT
mere; During that time he made sales
OF the entire store. Mr.. Bell noticed, |
ne n1ld me- THAT during the time when |
yer MI Cthntz was on duty there was |
carceiy any money. taken in in addition
= tLlut OF the night before. And that
men any other clerks. or Mr.. .Tohn
Rotor, who relieved him every other
forming, and anyone else who relieved
,mntZ, there was always an increase
the sales from ST. $3.50 or 81 bnforo
ne regular clerks got there in the morn
lg. ''i' i'ioili-
Odd You not know that this man
az little Old buggy that he bought for
Id or 80 for which he sold some of the
lrmture out of his house ito buv, and
nat he gave $50 for a horse. 500 of which l.
pald to Weisiger in check given him
Or. j. j. Tobin, and did you not know
lrther THAT during the time he boarded
IS horse at the livery stable that he
ND 80 a month.
Al know nothing about this.
Wv NY did you state on Saturday that
III knew tha't he was stealing because
man could mott keep a horse and buggy
Every stable and live ON $65 a
A-ThiS was one of my reasons: NO man
,uld support a family, to my mind, ON
ID q month and keep horse and buggy
livery stable. / supposed he nSid
II them. p''1u
Q-1ou say this medicine was branded
| both sides 50 bottle?
A-1eS sir | can see this brand.
Q-See whether or not YOU can see if J
lthout your other spectacles.
A. could not tell with these glasses
neither or not.
Q-ElOw Odl are you, doctor.
years old Ii
Cl-ls your eyesight good?
ight be. eO' "' 1t
Us IT not a rule that all patent med
mes OF like size with that sell for 81?
A-NO sir, not by any means: some
,ckages like that sell for 81, others @
ore. n
Q-You say DR.. Flower has a prepara- n
IN which is liver medicine? Ii
Ale has something like that; he III
lis it for 81. N
lg-You have a man by THE name
Dallas in the store? +
Ayes sir, | believe we have. n
us Dallas an old druggist?
Al have understood that he is AN OK !,
rienced druggist.
Q-Iou are manager of the store at I
nsent are you?
A-1es sir, have charge of it in MIR. "
lmes absence; l am the head man in h
absence.
l-Ihls as q new medicine. is it not,
ctor! (Nleaning Dr. Flowers Blood {,
Irifer) y
Anew to me.
lis it not a fact THAT 1T has not been
the market more than three months? Il
III do not know anything about how II
g it has been on the market.
l-How many articles in that store
this sort sell for 81? 4
A-lhere are a great many: some larger o