The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-16

.At. mt NiooTt anu MT. bertrand were
both near the shooting. MIR. Moore Was
near me. | saw no one but MIR Priddy
about the premises. The house which
Priddy occupied and the field from which
the corn was being gathered belonged to
the l.. a. Ellis plantation.
Cross examination SIR. Ellis asked me
TO get In his buggy and rice with MIN over
the plantation. This vas frequent oc-
currenco That's how came to be there
Mr.. Ellis got out Of the buggy. took his
gun out with him and held It in his left
hand. He had nothing in his right hand ;
he did not have pistol in his right hand. |
can mention no special date when MIR
Ellis asked me TO ride with him in his
buggy. Sometimes It was twice a day
sometimes once week; frequently went to
the sugar house ard sometimes to Sugar
land. The barn was about twenty feet
from the post from behind which priddy
lirst hred. Defendant went behind the
barn. | saw him when he went behind
the barn but did not see him after he got
behind it, When the first shot was asd
WAS 20 or 70 feet from Ellis, In his rear
but not directly behind him. was nearly
opposite the barn. / was wcst Of the barn.
Mr.. Moore was also in the buggy with Mr.
Ellis and myself. The rear wall OF the
barn was facing me. The defendant after
hiring the first shot moved to the right and
got behind the barn. Mr.. Ellis asked Nh
Moore to 20 in the buggy with us. / could
not see Mr.. Priddy when the last three
shots were hred. but they came from be-
hind the barn where BE- vent Ne had
several times before. all three of us been
In the buggy together riding over the plan
tation. After Mr Priddy fred the first
shot Mr.. Ellis, In very short time. Aired
his gun; then said he was Killed, drHped
BIS gun and ran in An opposite direction
from the barn. | continued sitting on the
ground after Mr.. Ellis ran and fell |
r az Err-
the first gun fired Mr.. Moore was be
tween Mr.. Ellis aud myself closer to me
than he was to Ellis / was i'm my Office
at work aud Mr. Ellis asked me to get in
the buggy aud ride over the plantation
with him and ne told Moore II ne wanted
10 be could 70 too. | got out Of the buggy
because Mr.. Ellis said that was as far as he
wanted TO go He was down there where
some corn was being gathered. | don
know why Moore got out. knew OF no
trouble Was expecting no trouble when
ieft the store We take our pistols with
US wherever we go on the PLANTATION, All
the managers do IT. Nr tllis VAS some
10 10 1850 yards from Mr.. PrIidy when the
first shot was fred and he was In about
the same position when he fired his gun
II is not A fact that ! ran and jumped IN
ditch did not run Ellis went - os
90 feet after Prddy fired the first shot aud
before he fired his second shot IT. was
nor long between Prdiy's hrs' and second
shots He had time 10 90 from the pos,
aohird the barn and FIRE There Was some
iiifle time. perhaps minute, between
Priidy second and third shots The thlrG
and fourth Shots % Priddy were close to-
gethcr ! do not romemrer where J vas
when the third aud fourth shots were fred
whether ! had got up ana gone 20 Mr. Ellis
oud put him In the buggy or whether the
shots we're fired when I went there. l do
rot know where Mr Moore Nks when 'hoao