The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-25
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DR.. Shaw testified that he reached tho
Dunn residence about fifteen minutes al.
ter the shooting. Witness heard six shots
fired. Witness did not find the weapops
| but they were found by some one there
The pistol was said to be under his body
| Hughes was lying on his back when vii :.
| ness first saw him. He turned the bcdy
over. Witness did not make a thorough
| examination of the wounds. Did NOT seo
| the wound In his hand Witness did not SEQ
| the pistol under the body when he turned n
over. The knife had been found before
| by some one who was searching the bodv
| FOR weapons. The pistol was found while
witness went into the house to look at the
| knife.
Ira r. Jones testified that he lived in the
| next block to Mr.. Dunn's. He was awak-
ened by the shooting and went down to Mr.
Dunn's. Saw the body lying on the gal-
| lery on its back. II suggested that we look
| for a pistol. Some man felt under him and
! found the knife. DIR. Shaw came and
turned the body over and We found the
knife in the pocket. went in to look al
the knife l Gid not see any pistol but
some one said pistol had been found under
the body. The shots witness heard APP
peared to him to be all alike. My wife saw
the flash Of the pistols on Mr.. Dunn's front
gallery. I think 1t was the first shot that
awakened me. ! thought heard eight or
| ten shots afterwards.
Chief Of Police Helm was then placed on
the stand. He knew Hughes slightly
Knew Edel had traded with him; knew
him when he had the cigar store on Main
street next to Mitchell's. 1t was about the
9Th OF February that witness got a note
| from Edel telling him he wanted to see
him. 1t was before this that Edel came
| down to tell him of the plot. He told Wit
| ness that the scheme was one of the biggest
on earth, and that il carried out one nun
dred men could not unearth 1t. Edel said
the plot had been evolved by Mr.. and Mrs.
| Hughes.
Witness was warned not to maze any
more statements discriminating Mrs.
Hughes upon Edel's statement unless
Mrs. Hughes was present at the time the
statement made.
''Edel told that the scheme was to make
Dunn put up $40 900 for his child When
Edel first told me of the plot l regarded 1t
as fairy story. and told him TO go on and
work It up, The first statement was made.
l think about February q. Edel said he
would be suspected If he met me at my
store or the police station, and at his sug
gestion l rented a room at the Hutchins
house. Before this he would send me notes
from time to time. When | first heard the
plot told my detectives First toll Ell
lson. l did not tell them until began to
believe there was something in 1t. The
notes were sealed and sent to me ~ police
officers. / have destroyed these notes after
I told Frank Dunn. As fast as / got these
notes | turned them over to him. AZ the
meeting at The Hutchins the second confer
ence had with Edel, he gave us a diagram
and told us of the arrangements made out
In the country Don't remember the time
hat ola cd bff I'm
had with Edel and the time We went out
into the country TO see the places for de-
post. Edel chiefly kept me posted by
notes.
| first regarded the matter as serious
when | went out and saw the place OF de-
post. | sent all the notes to Frank Dunn
as soon as got them. We went out to see
the places OF deposit on Friday. and l told
Mr. Dunn about the plot on the following
Sunday. ! got so many notes they began
10 get stale and l paid little attention to
them. ] intended to tell Mr.. Dunn Just as
soon as | was satisfied that the matter was
serious. When Edel told me of the plot
he told us that the original scheme was TO
steal Berry CAMPS child. told Mr.. Dunn
of the plot because | thought he should
know il. Did not tell Mr.. Berry Camp be-
cause the plan to steal his child had been
abandoned. Edel did not tell me why the
plot TO kidnap Mr.. Camps child was aban-
doned was a restaurant when l was
called up by phone the night of the shoot
ing. | saw Edel on the afternoon before
the killing He simply said ii was going
to come off that night He had been tell
ing me this for weeks and II got to be
chestnut. One reason of the delay was the
moving of u house in the neighborhood at
nights Edel never told me why he be-
trayed Hughes. He said Hughes was a
bad and desperate man. He did not tell
me that had better look out for Hughes.
that he was likely to kill my officers. He
simply said Hughes was bad man. ! did
not place much confidence in the statement
made me by Edel on the evening OF
March II that 1t would come off that night.
did not leave word at the station house
where could be found. | did not know
that Edel had confessed to Berry Camp be-
fore told it TO Frank Dunn. Don't think
Edel mentioned what weapons Hughes
would be armed with. Don't remember
that he said anything about knife or any
field glasses. ! did not know how Hughes
would be armed. | told my men to get
Hughes il possible without killing him.
| never asked Edel what pecuniary inter-
est he had in the plot. l thought Edels
motive was to prevent a horrible crime. l
iid not arrest tine parties because did not
believe there was sufficient ground for 1t.
Edel told me of the grave al Hughes
house | knew that Hughes would never
get the child / saw Edel at the station
"oVuI Il Hdil OF lITec-QuuTterS OIL an HOuf
alter the shooting. When ! got the phone
message OF the shooting | got In a cab and
went to the station. Some time after tins
Edei came down to the station house. lie
came down and told me OF the killing. He
simply said IT'S come or" | think he
SAID he was at Dicks house on Main street
when tho shooting occurred. He did not
tell mo how tho killing occurred He
seemed to be very much excited. | put him
ana TWO officers in a hack ana sent them
cut Of the place. This was about an hour
after the killing. | went out 10 the house
IN Tom Ravell's buggy with Mr.. Bryan Of
me fost 1t was several hours after the
shooting that went out TO Edel's house. ]
went out to tell Edcl TO come down next
morning to the inquest. Proctor and Eli
son went with me to Edels house. Edel
never told me the motive he had in be-
,raylng Hughes. He never said that he
hai any pecunary interest In the plot lie
never told me why Hughes had approached
him with the scheme. | went out TO Mr..
lamps house some time after the shooting.
| Mr.