The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-22
KILLING Of ALLEE.
|, On Trial in the Court
| at Laredo
EryDA NJ IN HIS OWN BEHALF
Graphic Description OF
.nbed Alice to Death.
q. witnesses Testified

~. frontier and In southwest
s,ve been an officer for the past
years am the city marshal
had my office at the police
~. in Laredo at the city nan on
1896. MY physical condition at
vas bad; l had been in baa nea'th
.,-. n Idar is assistant mar
.w Alice. ] first saw him when
40, IN san Antonio in special
the killing of ne was
:, IN me. met him in 1926.
\ San Antonio with HIM The
saw him he asked me to heip
some cattle. The next time
arrested him. Mr.. Smelly
"a helm him arrest Alice, as he
.,erous man. We went to the
Ar Shelly read the warrant TO
ara Mr. Shelly read the warrant
Ss told him II he would give MS
,av in town he would NOT arrest
sarched him Immediately. as
earcheu naoro,,s man. We left
was ~ iaiI went because
tne eo'n' W. tnr assistance to ar
ieu Sn nav, time | saw Alice was
Frosted him outside the bank when
man named "Studobaker Ross.
N hit Ross | saw Alice make a
"A draw n pistol. Ross ran into
70 va" nro,ection Alice stopped
s,o.e ~ hnndle Of baseball bats
- W a and took them away from
l NJ NM n,rn :, hc wonld give me his
p'a he,nro tho recorder next
ap Mps,,,d no, arrest him. He gave
sou ~ ~" anrcared the next; morn
oiu. .i.e,arrcd saw him after
s sS. g. Antonio think | saw
n ~. T T lie appeared to he
az rta vi ,ime / saw him he
S..,as pnss. sol0on singing and
uI,, ceorgo richards. He was
s,,n Ir pierce tcl1 mo 10 look
.Vu', ~ ,ha teth ,ho dav of the
~ ,sr,onder NJ charles Moser's
y, as va va Aucs had pulled n plstol
~ Nv .hraa time. showed il nm
w. w. VI ava wanted to shoot il OF
~. ,haro pIaLelv and the bar-
w. a har,a,dor asked mo far nro-
NJ U,i,s ,oId ,nc IA lonk ont for
a.o,r , ,o,d mo that AlIcn hal said
nrsv,ons mat he was going 10 do
-, - loo Dartbclow
shat He told Mo-. Alice was
"a ~ Ioor out for him Wien
,Sh.rds came IA NV office I think
"a wa. ,bera He said "Don't
,out Alice for no will kill Won"
j an If he had two or three drinks
Sal, also told me NJ tho state
,so had mado IN Tho effect that he
had ,asen Mr. Shelly and my
% rad and done lis nm. went IN
kulnon when he sent for mo. He
ia he excited. Hs said, Look nj
Ms In NV counter y,horo he hna
ling with y nis,ol and J.'w6nt nro-
Nj MarsSnl" when ,srt XII
kald. look ont for him, no l..
When | lief, sulnon I went 70
aza, where I thought | might find
arrest i'm for CARRYING n ristoI
street west NJ ,ho r,a,.,,,,, harsa
|ay met Policemen Wornnn who
LAT beat and ,olJ h,n 70 tann az
ay. did not wish 10 bnmiliate
went to ReIwaIl's soloon o,non-
sitting in the dnor and AlIoe was
chair on the inside sro.o
book hands with O'Donrcll Thon
10 Alice and soi1. "Itsi,o ia
i spoke to mo and ovtended he
"a. He was on NV lef, behind tho
took hold of his rIrht hand win
spoke to hin and said / yonted
m. He said. "What fnro" 7 said.
10 arrest YOU" When I sai,> .hat
led his hand away from mo and
n angry tone ~ ,oo, hnra nc I" an iI
hdeuly and put hts hand bohind
was his right hand ,houpht he
TO draw weapon s'onned mn
or sill. had NV nIstol undor nav
my dagger was in INV him no.hn,
arose thought 1, was either no
luss thought from HE ron ~ ns
dangerous man ana ~" 49,, ri'usa,l o,
threats he had made ag,inst ~
Ion told me he was arn,aI n,d
dvanced pulled NV darrer Lou
fcabbard in nv pocket NAV
tho weapon an. con,inrn, ',. unN
until thought WIS nn, any, ., 81 i. IN
bn't know whether hn co,,, ", I hai5
4 special policeman camo ,h nO
Alice was falling md sajd q avn ,,a.
70 cut me-" Than rIsso og '" w..
ussle said he had , mat, tho ."S
ed It to me. tban sow or, NJ,
INTO the door with Meta, ~, s Go
Interpreted his mo 'yrpl ~ i'ont
don't remember what 7 sai, a. a.
ID not expect when bo WON, t" ~, 10
hlns would happen. I aIw Sny 'n ne,.
e e. when In tho country and
because it was I Ims pn' IA
hen | was with Mr. Me- sns ui''
since being an off,co,. ia a.. "y
but little show IN - 80, rs ne
bue. | did mo-, III crowd with
When | came ~, nn any ~ APR, nro'a .i,
under my vest and nv, nv sl.',,. my
= am not ashamod ~ S -,'ha ~
e II ever did bava v, NhaI
va, was In tho lisnha,re Of an NV. IN ~.
ilcer, l did not S eyn y, my uh,y
- His right hand was h ,btnd 1p h;l,
iFanced on him 40 o"ia, '',i ulil
Alec hayInp 'o s. pu.eN' 1 h1ve
aIsd in murder. l baye ba nonpi e;