The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-10
M'FARLANE MURDER TRIAL.
All the Testimony In and the Attor-
ncys lic.in Argument.

All the Testimony Tn and the Attor-
ncys Hcgin Argument.
Beaumont, Texas. December a.-When |
district court reconvened this morning at
$50 o'clock, taking of evidence in the case !
of John NcTarlane, charged with killing |
Irene Raiford. was resumed
Before resting the State placed on the
stand Policeman Anthony Miles, Jusilcc Ct
the Peace Dowlcn, =. a. Blackburn and c.
II. Soliday. Testimony OF the first three
witnesses was not Important BlaoErurn
merely telling what he knew about an al
legged ill-feeling between defendant ard one
J. X. Nightingale. solday Is the man
whom defendant In his motion for new
trial designated as the lover of the de-
censed lie testified as follows; II was
not in the city when the killing occurred.
Night before the killing went to the prem
ises OF the deceased and peeping through
the window blinds saw defendant sitting on
deceaseds bed l heard defendant ask de-
ceased what she wanted with him. She re-
| piled that she wanted 10 see and talk with
| him. Defendant retortcd that 1t was funny
she wanted to see him when sol (meanlng
| NlNitsSl was III tbNhf wat ch' N'"'' h''f
fooling with him CdcfendanU until he killed
both her and witness"
| Cross examined. witness said when he
| heard these words he won't In the house and
gave defendant a good lr.shman's lick
ing" Witness had been ultimately aSso-
! cUtcd with deceased Tor three years but
| had never married her. She had never at
tempted to shoot him. but pistol went fl
/ while they were scutflng. Purchased fur
/ nj md he'd clothes deceased Wn H.
living and took possession OF her thugs af
Ter she was killed.
For the defense, Mime Gray testified as
follows: II was III doceased's room he
tween IL ana / o'clock November II. De-
! PENDANT and several girls were N the room.
Defendant asktd deceased TO take a drink,
She REUSED and defendant threw the vhis-
Ky on her. Deceased took pistol from
the drawer ard turning to defendant raid
! You $500 ---- -. II you fool with me,
III Kill you,
Annie Cook colored, servant Of the de-
coGsrd, said she was in deceased's room
filing lamps a few minutes previous to the
shooting. Defendant and deceased werc
standing al the hall door. She heard de-
ceased say, I'm tired OF you coming
around here hurrahing and bulldozing. I've
had the officers take YOU out OF here two
or three times. You ---- -- -. 1t
looks as If You come here TO hurrah me.
She pushed nj defendant. then came over to
me- saying, Get out of here believe I've
killed the $780, - She also testified
that Soidny came to her after the killing
and said he heard that some niggors knew
something ubout the killing and they had
bettcr keep 1t to themselves
Mabel Gray testified that she knew &C.
ceased for five years and regarded Ter as n
dangerous woman.
Several witnesses we're pla ed on the
stand TO prove that deceased made no
CHI 1nfputYnt al oh
disturbance on her premises the night pre-
oedng the killing.
John McFarlanc. the defendant, was then
placed on the stand and made the follow =
ing statement
II knew Irene Raiford and know of her
death. The night preceding the killing she
had me arrested. | visited her the next
morning and told her 1t was abcl. time
she was going to court She told mo II !
would go up ana plead guilty she would
pay my fine. I told her ! would not. that
! he'd money to pay my own fine; that
proposed taking tho care to the district
court, where 1t would be tried right aud
could advertise some more OF her friends.
went up town and meeting the city mar
shall he told ne that no charges had been
proforrci and could come back in the
afternoon. At | o'clock in the afternoon
went TO the mayors office and asked II
charges had been preferred against me and
= | was informed that there had not been.
! returned TO the home OF deceased m !
told her she need not so to court poured
OFT glass Of whisky md offered it to her
and rho refused It, | then wit ont oft
the gallery. Deceased came out, but went
back. Telling two girls that ! believed I
would get drink Of water | started in
the house 10 the water-coolcr. AS ] step
rel In the front door deceased came out
OF her door and | asked If she had any
water In her room. She replied. no; but
! IL | he'd, you couldn't get IT. | replied
that | guess ] could II ! wanted to, She
threw the door open. but | saw no weapon
in her hand Suddenly her right hand sleS
and felt something running" down
nv bcdv. I fell against the -.rlor door.
saving You've Killed me" then went intt
the parior and was sitting on the sofa
with my hand over tho wound when
, heard one OF the girls ask deceased II she
Rad stabbed mo. She replied, Yes; and III
20 hack now and finish the g. OF b.
| pulled my pistol and held II In my hand
not for tho purpose OF killing deceased
, hut for the purpose OF preventing her from
, CARRYING out the threat to finish me
Had SO desired could have shot her
when she stabbed me- She came In and
. told her that she had probably stabbed ms
fatally and not TO cut me any more. she
walked up ard grabbed the pistol with hei
rrht hand. the weapon DISCHARGED ana th'
, woman fell TO the floor and walked GU
~ the room and into ;he street"
In response 10 nuestins deceased SALE
| mai The njrht Soiday assaulted him h
was at deeeased's house by written invi'
,atJon and produced the note. note from
A deceased requesting defendant TO meet hel
y AZ a bridge, was also produced
/. This closed the testimony ana argumen