The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-26

10 you see MIN anywhere!
We" IVES. sir; l see him."
There he SETS" said the girl, pointing
her index finger at Burt. HE is sitting
in the. chair there by the table, the third
man from the front"
At this point the defendant called
halt in the questioning until Maj. Wal
ton, one of the defenses attorneys, could
return to the court room, and as it was
very near the dinner hour the judge or
dered that the court stand adjourned
until . o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
1t was promptly 2:05 O'Clock when
Minnie Simms resumed the witness box
and chair. She was cautioned to speak
out loud and distinctly, and then the ex-
| citing session of the afternoon was opened
with question as to Eugene Burt's gen.
eral treatment of his wife. She replied
| that she had never noticed anything I'M
usual in Burt's treatment of his wife:
that he was uniformly kind to her. TO
several of Mr.. Burelsons questions. the
defense, during Minnie Simms' testi-
mony, objected. and the objections
were sustained by the court and
| the prosecution warned to desist. This
very important witness testimony was,
in substance, as follows, without stating
| LIE luest,Ous hShtu
Eugene Burt was at home the Friday
morning of the killing and cat break
fast there. Nothing unusal occurred and
she noted nothing different in his appear
ance. He went down town after break
fast, but was home for dinner. He went
out after dinner, she knows, as he was
not at the house when she took the child
rem out for walk, which was between
= and 3 o'clock She kept the children
out with her until between s and
o'clock that night When she went out
with the children she left Mrs. Burt at
the house by herself. When she returned
home with the children Mr.. Burt was
with Mrs. Burt in the sewing room on
the ground floor. Here her attention was
called to the exhibit drawing of the house
and it was explained to her by Mr.. Bur
Lesson. She then said the room the Burt
couple were i'll when she returned home
with the children was the front room
down stairs next to Mr.. Warmoth's
and saw Mrs. Burt at the window as
she came in the gate. Mr.. Burt opened
the door to let them in She gave the
smallest child, Elenor, to Mrs. Burt, and
took the other girl, Lucille, on back tc
her room at the end of the hall at the
back of the house. Her brother had
come in with her and the children, and
, | he went DHCh u HtT TOOIl WIFI
When she had left Lucille in her room
she came back to the front of the house
Mrs. Burt had prepared supper before
she brought the children home. Eugene
Burt went into the dining room to gel
the milk and put it in the bottle for thu
baby, Elenor, before she was put to bed
He was in the room for little Will,
with Mrs Burt and she then took tn,
baby upstairs to put her to bed. Mrs
| IL. h.. hi ii hnI 1nh 9
: good time, and then said: Minnie, on
ifs will stop now, as we are goins
, to take the Scott house tomorrow" Sh,
seemed very glad everything was settled
I | for the moving. Everything had beel
packed ready to be moved, except wha
, things were needed every day for gen
a eral use. When Burt took the baby up
/ stairs she Minnie Simms) went to he
. room and brought Lucille out and CAV
: time she ever saw either of the children
n or Mrs. Burt. Then she went to he
:. room and dressed and went with he
G brother to Mrs. Stagner's on East Pc
! can street. She got to the Stagner
n about 8 o'clock and stayed there abou
an hour and Il half She then came o.
home, stopping for few moments a
= Whey Duncan's. When she got home II
lights were burning in the house. am
L asked if she heard any noise during tn
night she said, no, nothing at all. Blu
f then said that since the discovery of tn
L bodies she had thought she heard durin
: the night the sound of baby crying
d but she could not be sure of this, as sh
d might have dreamed it or thought OF
e after the discovery of the killing. IN
n first thing she was sure of was in tn
+ morning about Z o'clock, when Mr.. Bur
e was calling her to get up. He woke he
:, I'D calling from the door in the hall lead
e ing to her room, saying, Minnie, get u
k and come 20 to the market, please Sh
e said she had not been in the habit o
going to market. When she got dresse
i and came out of her room he was in tn
e dining room. and that was the first TIM
o she had seen him since she saw him tax
:. the baby upstairs the night before. Whe
l. she got in the dining room he said to hel
Il II got in little trouble last night an
n sent my family over to San Antonio thi
e morning. They will be back Tuesdn
II or Wednesday, You go to market now
$ please. and fix up my breakfast as
It have to 90 to town. ! asked him why 4
: did not call me and let me help dress tn
children and he said: II did not wan
!, TO disturb YOU | sent them over on IN
J. < o'clock train He gave me som
t money for meat and / went down I
t Uaigier's market and was gone about te
I minutes. When | got back with tn
:. meat | made the fire and started to &c
:. breakfast. AS | turned from the stov
e TO fill the teakettle at the cistern pun
I he came to the kitchen door and said
= minnie, don't use the cistern water; MS
d the hydrant water l came down las
n night to get some milk for the baby an
e n cat Jumped into the cistern." AS ate
t that she did not go to the pump she dl
e not remember whether the handle wa
V there or not AS she finished cooki2
t the breakfast and put it on waiter t
t take it in to him, he came to the door an,
e gave her note and told her to give
n TO some eXpressman and tell him to TAX
S it to his brothers store and bring mn
!. some boxes, as he wanted to send som
: things away. At the same time he gay
n bor n nickel to buy some nails and ais
S told her to go by X. 9. Miller's second
hand store and tell him to come up t
j the house with his wagon, as he wante'
h 70 sell him his furniture. She wen
: past Millers to deliver the message
: bought the nails, got Alexander, I'm
/, ldrayman to take the note ana thei
! came home. When she got back 81
Y noticed nothing unusual about Burt OK
I cent that his face seemed flushed ike n
} was very warm. He had eaten ~
1 | hrea kfast while she was gone. lie tol'
| her not to trouble about washing TN
: brea kfast dishes, but to begin to unpacl
, the dishes in the old dining room, 81
1 Miller could look at them and buy them
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