Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-10-14
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Constable R. H. Burch Placed Under
S., 600 Bond as the Result of the
Bob Carter Inquest.

The inquest on the death OF
Bob Carter, who was shot tc
death in the rear of the county
jail Sunday night, was held be-
hind closed doors in Justice W,
R. Ewing's Office Tuesday. AS
result of the enquiry Justice Ew-
ing rendered a verdict that the
deceased came to his death from
gun shot wounds received at the
hands of R. H. Burch.
Sheriff league filed an affida-
Wit against Constable Burch,
charging him with murder. The
defendant waived an examining
trial and gave bond in the sum
of 81, 900 for his appearance be-
fore the grand jury with the fol-
lowing securities: F. Haubelt,
W. E. Dryer, W. A. Wood, D.
c. Giddings, Jr., Ed. Amsler,
Joe Geick.
The following lawyers have
volunteered to conduct the de-
fence: Searcy C Garrett, Rog-
ers & Herbst, Campbell & Pen
nington, W. c. Henderson and j.
M. Mathis.
Only two witnesses were ex-
AHMED at the inquest with the
following testimony:
R. S. Farmer being sworn,
testified as follows: My name
is R. S. Farmer; live in Bren-
ham, Texas. Jim Rankin tele-
phoned to me at my home Sun
day night, and told me that Jim
Burch had been killed. l came
up town and was told who did
the killing. They said Bob Car
ter was the man who did the kill
ing. went on up to his house
and found out that he had been
there. His brother, Simon Car
ter, told me that he was going to
make him surrender to me. ST.
mon Carter started off to look for
him and told me if he found him
he would let me know. He sent
me word that he had found him,
and went and got him. I took
him up behind me on my horse
and started to take him to the
back door of the Jail. My inten-
ton was to avoid being seen as 1
was afraid some person would
try to do the prisoner harm. l
rode up in about 20 steps of the
gate back of the jail, and saw a
man there sitting on his horse.
This man got down off his horse
and started towards me. II
pulled my pistol and told him to
halt. l asked who it was and he
'eplied it was Dick Robertson.
He said, Have you got him?' 1
'aid Got who?' and he said Bob
Carter, and l said yes. AS soon
IS l saw who it was | lowered my
,un. Mr.. Robertson had his !
sun in his hands and he also
owered his. Mr.. Robertson said
Get down." By that time Mr.. s
robertson was close enough to
ouch me. Bob Carter up to this S
inc was holding on to me with
9th hands, and while Mr.. Rob- g
rtson and l were talking l felt 8
i'm turn me loose. l looked
round and he had slipped off, 6
nd ran about 10 or 20 feet and
Sob BuFch shot him. He shot
i'm twice with a shot gun. Mr.. 8
robertson had a Winchester. I
aw no one there when the gun .
red but Bob Burch and Dick =
.obertson. l saw no one else
moot but Burch. / guess there /,
ere 10 or 20 shots fired at least. }
am not deputy sheriff. l was
My one of number of citizens =
ying to catch Bob Carter.
Understand that Bob Carter was
lie party who killed Bob ,e
urch's brother, Jim Burch.
l think Alex Simon and w. H. Ct
ockhart were the first persons 1 81
ct after the shooting, and were &c
le first persons l saw after the tt
ersons l have already named. l T,
ave stated all l know about the F,
ling of Bob Carter. Bob E,
urch is a brother to Jim Burch, T.
I'd Dick Robertson is a brother -
law tn lin Rurch E.