The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-03

take two or three HElS-
KELL'S Pills daily. They
purify the blood.
JOHNSTON, HOLLOWAY 1 co. 81 commerce st., fhisds-
told Rudicil that If he did not go to Yoa-
KUN wouldn't go. No, he never was in
my buggy and l never was in buggy
| with him. L never asked him to come
to see me-" Here the district at
torney asked the witness IT,. pointing
to Rudicirs brother, who was
sitting near him she had
not sent message to Jess by the broth
err to meet her ut the end of the street car
line only three days before the killing.
She denied most emphatically that she
had ever done such thing as send such
message to Rudicl by his brother
| Yes continued the witness, "he did
come in reply to the note that Nora
the note and sent it,"
The note in question read as follows:
:, City.
Mr.. Jesse Rudcl:
| Dear Bro. Jesse-plcase come out 10
I night. The old lady is going after Mr..
H. A. Please don't let anyone see this
or don't tell anybody about Annie wants
ANNIE & NORA.
/ Upon the reading of this note to the.
I jury the witness was relieved from
/ further testimony, and the defendant
| himself, Will Cooper, was placed on the
stand. lie testified that the lady that
had just left the stand was his wife. He
could not remember, as strange as it
might seem, the date of his marriage, but
he knew ii was in November, 1893, aud
they only had one child. lie said that
: being confined in Jail so long had rather
! bothered him as to dates and so forth. He
said that he had been told that some
, thing was wrong between Rudicil and his
wife. That his wife had told him. That
! the first thing he had heard about any
thing being out of the way was the af-
/ fair at Giddings. The second time he
I had heard of anything out Of the way
was the night before the killing. That
these were the only insults he had ever
heard Of. That up to the time OF the
killing he did. not believe that you could
find happier or more loving couple thar,
he and his wife were. That the utmost
confidence existed between them. That
he had gone to the depot with her when
she went for Yoakum, but did not Know
that Rudicil was on the train. when
at the depot" said the witness, "myl
! wife told me TO come to Yoakum as soon
wont hack 70 tho Store Yes I heard
! Of the matter before wont To Yoak,rnr
! through an anonymous communication.
put tnat was not what TOOK nc 10
I0akum, rs 1 intended gong any way
When ! got 10 foaknm my wiie toid me
aDout me matter ana referred 10 isuneh
az the DIRTY, stinking Jess Rudicii' Lnc
witness mere asked PERMISSION 10 eNpiaMs
now u was that ne was going 10
foakum, ana ne explained that, accord
ing 10 custom, Mr.. bapcock, tor whonf
NE moihs, niMuss sa,e MN "esh on
rhy ~, So",niel ~ spvnu as Nv puuses,
na' n,s VII mi"uSs wen. uo"m HUNT
anu Spehe sevcihI Weehs VERY sulli''cr,
anu NJ s'nelai;y h mJni uomn '"ure
sPem" mn WI ~, noiu"y ,,t Whu 1,ouSp.
nv sncn, un.h VIII i'i nm nm Wnch Snc "lt
aor ny up .ils ai'iic snc nJhe y III 10 ="
ooi tn VOW" a. 1Vo,, as poss'o', sum Tue
, mi.,en;; - naiPmcu, ! ~. an W
poI.u'li.. VI su.tins aMhy ~" uayA
t IN. mFi nnpeoen 'ou n,s ~ .anc ny
MONDAY l WANDERED around Town intend
inS w 30 nway .he lcAt uay lor hoahuir,
hiwr N"nueIils uIounu Town ~. uay
r'.urneu 10 .ne lore tiat ernlhY nhu
i ii IN "nons NOUS T rU ,, OF
s m,ur ;ncie ioi ,h ,i'' IN n''e' 'c"o'
So mM ni,er .ne io,l9 3 I:,a !.
.o.a.L. r.l liz. ~, ..ul.t...-
tohe'"'r az ''iuo =. .S,,, "as ,Tn,Gnn,,ngs
iooh 'HiEND'
The handwriting was q scrawiing one
like somebody was trying TO disguise their
handwriting. This letter worried ME,
considerably. There had never been any
cause for jealousy before. When
went home that evening | went over 10,
Mrs. Emerson. from whom rented the.
house | was living In. for the purpose.
of paving the rent. which | did weekly.
While there | asked her II she had seen.
any street car mon around NV house,
iJoro Tho dofendont's atIornovs told
him NOT 70 introduce INV bearsay tcsti-
mony The state said they had no OBJ
iection but the defense said that they
Aid have The witness then went on To-
sav that no had gone down 10 see his
ITO a. Yoaknm M tho homo Of h;ss
fotbor-;n-law w &; Broot;i,g. Tha..
mon arriving there he had Kissed his
child and wife md that night his wife
had told him that sbc had Something 10
toll him and That sbe might M we'll toll
him now ne lafor That She was terribly
cycited Int she went To work and told
tho glory of the Giddings insult. She
told him that The train Ind gotten some
distance away from Austin, but how FAR
she did not know before she saw Rudi--
c;l That when she did see him he was
standing ont on the platform looking IL
tho chr ma though looking for gomctody.
L.. T. 60, a., - .aIl,oJ A., lIn,. a..