The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-07-04

the deceased in the back and felled him
to the ground. His assaiiant tnen GalnS
I'D, his pistol still drawn, and demanded
the money and valuables of the deceased;
he procured from the doctor $50, three
So bills and five silver dollars, took ms
watch, chain and charm and lett in the
direction from whence he came, firing one
shot at the deceased as he went OFF, say
ing: "Now, d-n you, take the best care
of yourself you can" While he was re-
ieving the deceased of his watch and
money he asked the deceased his name ma :,
and in reply TO the answer said: wv ell,
| d-n YOU, I've got you, anyhow" The
deceased said that one of the bills taken
| from him had q corner torn off and that
he had gotten it from Tom Singletary
at Blacks saloon in Rusk just before he
took the train that evening.
After leaving the penitentary, March
16. King went to Tyler and procured work
on the farm of Mr.. J. w. Storey, two
miles north of Tyler and lived there with
Mr.. Storey from March II till August ii.
While at Storey's he got a new pistol.
He told Storey and other members of his
family that it came from Chicago mouse
and with other articles cost about Slo; A
short time before leaving Storey's he mad
bottle of mucilage which he boaSted of
being the best in the country and cost 10
cents at J0hnson's drug store in Tyler.
Sunday morning early after Drewry was
shot. citizens of Wells and vicinity went
to the scene of the shooting and found
where the ties were across the track or
| the railroad q most peculiar mans track
made by a No. Z or s shoe and about
eighty yards west of there in the brush by
standing large oak tree they found an
ambush built Of brush, green poles and
leaves about three or four days o!d cut
with a knife, in which was this same
track; the person making it seemed to
have been living there for three or four
days. This same track led from this am
bush to the place where the ties were put
| on the track and back to the ambush and
| thence from the ambush in westerly
direction through the woods. The man or
person making this track would place his
| foot very soldly down on the ground and
except on very soft ground the toe part of
the shoe would not show at all, and when
the impress of the toe was made on soft
ground it indicated that the mans left
shoe was turned straight up at the toe
and the other shoe turned angling; with
| in a few feet of the ties was found a
cartridge and empty shell of 45-caliber
pistol; between the ties and ambush on
the track of the man leaving the place
of the shooting was found shoe strap;
WlbnEl IL lew paruS west ol lhe aulpuSll
We're found a false beard and a false
mustache (the deceased stated in his
dying statement that this assailant Wore
a false beard and was a man about his
size, with light hair; further west
about 100 yards from the ambush and
near the same mans track. was found
bottle of mucilage with a cost mark
written in black ink on a red label. This
track was followed through the woods
to the Tyler Southeastern railway and
thence up said road about 10 miles in
the direction of Rusk and Tyler. King
was seen by several parties coming to-
wards Rusk the following night with a
small black valise in his hand and was
seen south of RuSk the following Mon
day morning travelling through the weeds
and grass with the same valise in his
hand. He boarded the train at Dials.
eight miles north of Rusk, and was at
once pOunced upon by Deputy Sheriff
DOnOugh of Cherokee county. In his coat
pocket was found a handful of cartridges
tallying to the description of those found
at the place of the killing.
! On his person was also found new
siXshooter, that he had had at Storey's,
with four chambers recently discharged;
a purse with eight silver dollars and 60
cents in his pants pocket, which he de-
clared was all the money he had. He
| Hlihle II lulHDer Ol statements OH ulle uaI
of his arrest to the officers. which on
the trial proved to be false. The watch,
chain and charm of the deceased. which
We're Immediately recognized by the Off
Ger, who was familiar with the deceased,
We're found suspended from Kings draw
ers waist inside the legs. Before the
watch was found King disclamed having
any watch and after its discovery said
he had owned the watch, chain and charm
| for several years; but was known to have
owned none while in the pen or while at
work for StOney. In novel in his black
valise were found three So bills, one with
the corner torn off. and these were identi-
| fed by both Black and Smallton as the
bills paid Drewy on the evening of the
| shooting.
1t was shown that an order was made
| by King to the Chicago house for the
| false beard, etc, and the bottle of mu-
cilage was shown to have been purchased
by King from Johnson's drug store, and
| the defendants shoe was minus one
strap the other of which Tailed with the
one found near the scene of the murder,
and the shoe worn by the condemned man
met the description of the track seen
near the killing perfectly.
| On the whole, this was one of the most
remarkable and strongest cases of cir
| cumstantia evidence ever occurring in
Texas. Great credit is due Sheriff Reagan
and his deputies in hunting down the
perpetrator of this crime, and to Prose
cutting Attorney ImbOden in the manage
ment of the case. The court of Grim
inal appeals, upon affirming this case,
took occasion to compliment the con-
demned mans attorneys on their man
agement of the case. They were ap-
pointed by the court and used every effort
to obtain q fair trial for the accused.