Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-22
WITNESSED THE DEED.
4. /. Costa Saw the Butchery
the Payucs'
CHARGED WITH THE GRIM
.,a Mack Jones 6'n.- '"r''
pflt~ Y,nd 10 Await Giand
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jay Inves"sA
Houston. Texas, February 20,
u,,,ooe and Mack Jones, bo'h
AZ ~ an exam ming trial before
y. aahoncy Yesterday .',, morning ing
IT,. Of the murder of William ,, ua ,o
aiH 49, and were rcmanded to
e., ny ne benefit of bend. .,,,,
in0u' remembered that william
W y n. wife were residents of the
,.,ny near the Emancipation
I. .ahout the limits of the Third
:. NE night OF January 80 they
W murdered. the man lying near
NJ with his throat cut from ear
ia Ma skull fractured In several
nlfe was found In the house,
a,,np from fractures on the
,s,r,n Ell shson was notified and
y, scene OF the tragedy. and I'M
,r.,r,etlons Deputies Archie An
ii n. Parker took the case In
.~,,,lug In the arrest of Br.scoe
These men were brought be-
-..,cs Mohoney yesterday morning,
s,,oruey sehwander appearing for
4. nd william Z. Garter. for BITS.
snr,re Underwood for. Jones, ~
.,rIne OF the hearing Jones maue
w., sfter being warned by JusIlce
y hat whatever he said couIu pe
nj MN. He stated;
IN and honesty before GOO uon !
Wing about this kllllng, 50 ihr
~ am charged with doing IT,
'slhIng mere about ~ man any %
-,encn here, and l nope 10 ule "
Iii you Is not true. J. nm a narn
man and have never oeeh III
= owing testimony was then ad-
/. ne Costa testified az follows;
Jonss and Briscoe and William
-s.ss PAYNE. william and Frances
~ 5ead. william Payne's throat
,ss,d Frances payne's head was
y II THIS happened In Harris
~ weeks ago. They were muir
:, ,h.ir home. She saw Abe l3ris-
~. William Payne on the held
.nb Briscoe was talking to
.h,n, buying some land. They nf-
" wsiked Into the yard. Brlscoe
,,.,r,i PAYNE In the head and af-
y. soi his throat. Frances Payne
sa slsier N witness. Mack Jones
u Frances PAYNE In the head with
hsrlle witness heard Frances
s,lI for william Payne. Witncss
"a ktr and saw Jones knock the
Al, Inc heal with an AK handle.
y pr,coc or Jones were any kin to
4, ibe Tunsdov before the kill
~ and Payne had a dispute about
Jones was ncighhor OF the
N witness' house was In tho back
4 N. Paynes. AFTER Brisco" y J \
n piyre he ran out OF the front
hfr Jones Killed Frances Payne
rrsd The fonre. Roth ran In the
.rsflcn, The killing occurred be-
y md il o'clock NJ night. They
mt 10 Rriscoe's house. After the
~ went to PrlSr0e's house End
ssi that the Pavnes had been
Rf,coe was thore and he came
Sue house Rriscoe was n preacher.
\, REORGANIZATION witness sad
M wry mnch excited at the time
Hllrf. She saw Briscoe kill old
hrs but she vent to Briscoe's
VI after the krlir~ to give the
y, vas too fr' ghtened at the
va tie officers that Brlscoe did
sfn Before tho killing witness
lssry that there were some peo-
MI IN ge' rid NJ, md he never
rrrtlng unless he did it.
kiStpr testified: He knew the de-
h u heard Brlscoe ask Jones
RI hin that night, as he wanted
rastody, This was on Wednes-
rtrirr Jones said, mo, IL you
'ff 70 kill somebody am going to
/. Heights 10 see about some
Witness never heard Of any
between the defendants and the
Witness lived at Jones' house.
Jet to bed about o'clock on the
The killing. Jones was not there
Wines went to bed, nor was he
rsn Martha DeCosta came to the
% give the alarm Of the killing.
nofnlng after the killing Eriscoo
Witness. You had better not know
y about this or YOU will be killed. "
up.s-eramlnat!on Witness admit
he had not made this statement
nhd been locked up In Jail Bris-
lanes ii,s S, aa, VIZ W W. s ,,n,,55
tvss w. AZ, III usS w, ar ~
Piyrsy ,,an ess uiu i,o' ~ wv, w
s,y,n p'aee "heh 'he hrst "'a' III
mn; pr,,coo oor,o "a Ioro.. ,ouse
s re nlornlng after the killing. He
,st in,a r., snow mnni n, al, % apy.
ieui this thing ri xiii You :" Jones'
W fitness to cut wood that niFht,
~, ~h 70 g he'd early thnt might,
N ,f,.r n. , nn,er w k,m,ne o, Or
vNst Ma IN ,".etnent sn Nv
wrrsss nr"ir o, " me-.
k.or. tha ru,ns Kn'te IN ne
'"e "'''ii's' pu' Ho' at'e'
n irrhle Anderson ,os,,cos ,ba,
sa,hdant Jones had been arrested
Witness where he could find the
witness found the knife near
~ upon Il that appeared TO be
~ knife waq in tho gnrppr Of n