The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-17

and yard. He examined the nisto, n'i,s |
which the murder was done. also INC
wound. The defense attempted to shny
tnat therc were no snapped cartridges in
,he gun, as reeves had sworn and as VIII
liams had told him Captain Baker bad a.
tempted TO kill him but the weapon tailed
10 ire until he had pulled the trigger him.
sen. Mr. Townsend said that in his min
,'h .here were no snapped cartridges He
nau seen great many wounds and thought
.he ones IN Captain Bakers head were due
10 the use OF the pistol as a club and
~. haiie' The pistol. MIR. Townsend
saiu' mad been crammed into the mans
ieit eye and fired. the bullet passing
'n,,".ush the head In a downward course.
When Captain Hutchcson took the Wit
ness ne reviewed the offer made nv him
10 ar Townsend, that IL he would ferret
ou' me crime aud deliver the perpet rator
70 70 s smst,ce ne should be given the reward
| vi S-o"v' Mr.. Townsend concurred and testi
ned that he thought all the time he knew
where the right man was and so stated
10 ME- Campbell who refused to give I'm
money to follow his cews. In rcply 10 n
erect question of Captain Hutchinson he
saia thaV the money had been rendered
MIN for the arrest of the criminal.
Henrietta Mitchell the "colored woman
IN the case who. in giving ner testimony
created some amusement by her answers
and suilen disposition. was next called
Sne testified that she was living Gu Jeffer.
son avenue last May. She remembered the
killing of Captain Baker and was positive
! in her testimony that Williams came home
that night at IL o'clock She knew nothing
OF the murder until she had called at the
! ofhee OF Dr. Daviss for treatment OF her
| eyes the next day, hen he told her of
| it. She returned homo between IL and 10
O'Clock and told Williams. When she en-
| tered her home she found Williams with
g, IL, to- tt
he said no was going TO Captain Bakers
home to see il the folks needed any assist
| 6nce.
On the cross examination the witness said
she was positive about The time Lewis came
| home as she had asked him and he had told
| Ter il was L. o'clock and n few minutes
later the market clock struck the midnight
hour. At this point the state sprung the
dream someone in that household had had
the night before about Captain Baker be-
ing dead, which was objected to by the de-.
tense and overruled by the court 1t de-
velopcd that the witness had had a dream
about her ancestry when she was IL years
of age. and wss telling about 1t the next
morning, which drew out the fact that
| Lewis had had n dream the night before
the killing about Some Of his white folks,
which WAS TO the effect that someone was
dead at Captain Bakers house. and that
he had seen. in his dream, consultation
between Captain Baker and third party,
over the firing OF cook. Tho State con-
tended that the midnight visitation was
q vivid and realistic crime in which man
had been murdered, whilo the witness ten
aciously held to her statement that 1T was
over the employment of cook -,
The dream was allowed 10 rest for awhile
and Captain Hutchinson took up the time OF
! Lewis arrival at the house OF the VII
ness. which she still maintained was IL
o'clock. She said she did not know BASS
Reeves hut was acquainted with jim th-
derwood He came TO her house one cay
when she was washing and told her that
he had killed a man. but did not say where.
on redirect examination the witness
testified that the officers had paid her Il
visit searching her house through. They
took her little boy, about II years OF age
handcufIed him and hung him by the neck.
presumably TO get what iniormaLoh ne
nossessed, and then took him away ior 'nree
dsvs. He was not released until an appeal
had heen made TO Lawyer faBan' wiz "
tended to the matter.
when Tho defense attempted to show the
condition Of the boys throat by the moth
er's testimony. the state objected. 'he I. VI !,
ovorruling The witness next a'eo tnat
che and her sons had been taken 10 lhe
Indian Territory by Scissor, unner 'he p'o
,eyt of giving them work. and promising
|
soid thev never received. Captain Hutchc-
con asked the witness why she lett inc
STATE and she replied to become non
} resident. so she could sue Charlie lieiin anu
frank Smith for hanging her son o"V va"
released from the stand after haVlns pe'"
there for an hour and twenty "'u''9'
1oris Mitchell lived With his mother on
,sr.rsor avenue and remembers the nisht
~ 49,. pakor killing we'll. Williams was
living there also, and on ina, hlsht nc ea,ae
; home from the u. i. F. hall, where an en-
treatment had been In progress u. - :,
o'clock. This he knew by the s'iiN'"e VI
the town clock, ,,,..hou ,rs,s, .
cd tbat he did not tell any one IN captain
uutrheson's Office that 1t was 'ate a' nlsne
v.hen Williams arrived home and fur'ner-
more aid not say that he knew VINO inc
murderer was Williams, he sad was III
bed the next morning wnen ne 'ei' ho''''
} at 3 o'clock. .,.,,,;od
Inn Johnson. the next witness, testified
that he remembered the entertainment AT
the hall He and Williams, in company
with the formers sister left the han at
II 80 that night and went home.
Jack williams, when called by inc ae-
, fanse exhibited to the court that he pos
, sessed an important piece of information,
which the attorneys failed to push ana ae-
veIon He testified that last week he had
, received a letter from Mr.. Williams. lie
read it and tore 1t up, and, strange, 10 re-
! late. did not remember what the contents
, we're. He did not read ii TO any one ano
. when Attorney Pagan asked If II contained
threats If he did not swear certain way
ON ,te stand the state objected They were
withdrawn and Williams said that the let,
ter contained no such threats He insistee
, that the letter came from Mr.. W'sahs
nut said he destroyed 1t without first havlnt
,, familidrized himself as to its contents h'
: was allowed to pass.
Emma Timmons. the young mans moth
err. was placed on the stand, ana said sht
heard the letter read but was not per-
= mitted 10 say what ii contained.
The court here adjourned for the moor
. hour.
W. 6. Wall. undertaken. was called ane
r testified as 70 the time Williams called t
e view the body of Captain Baker which was
& between and o'clock in the Afternoon
e Lewis Williams. the defendant, vas rex
a placed on the stand to swear In his oWi
: behalf. II was IT. substance as follows: