The herald., 1897-01-25

start up town again, to gee whether
or not their footsteps were really being
dl3gged This was done, but as soon as
they rounded the corner the men follow
ing must have started after them on a
run, for before they had reached half
the distance of the short block between
Vine and Alameda, streets a. step was
heard behind them and Howerton turn
ed just in time to partially dodge blow
delivered from cudgel. Howerton was
knocked down, but regained his feet in
an instant and ran off up the street,
thinking Jim had, also taken, to his heels.
At the corner of Third street ana
Wolfskill avenue he tried to give the
alarm at q. saloon but found the place
tightly closed. He was bareheaded,
having lost his straw hat in the melee.
and also had a severe bruise on the left
thumb, where he had instinctively
thrown up his hand to ward off the
threatened blow. Finding no one around
he atruck cut for home and arrived be-
tween 2:15 and 2:30. He routed out
Foster, who was asleep, telling him that
he and Bellew had, been in fight and
as he had found that Jimmy had not got
home he wanted help to go out and
search for him. Foster got up and the
men retraced their steps to where the
fracas had occurred, but save several
pools of blood there was, NO sign. Final
~ they decided to go to the police eta
tion arriving there about o'clock and
finding Bellew lying bandaged up on
cot. t.in.the receiving hospital. The senior
Beilew was not notified of the affair un-
til a. m when Foster and Howerton
returned home.
HOWERTON is INTERVIEWED
Lying in bed at his home, under the
Bellew roof Mat Howerton was inter
viewed shortly before 10 o'clock last
night. The news of Bellows death was
first impaired to him by the reporter
which he received'without visible change
of countenance. Asked if he would be
willing to tell what he knew of the terri
BILE affair he signified acquiescence, but
told the tale only after each fact had
been elected in response to direct
question.
He said that he had gone uptown early
in the evening in company with BelleW,
Foster and Shaw, but spent the greater
part of the night in Jimmie's company.
Asked whether he had intended going
to the theater he said no. they first went
to barber shop on First street and af-
terward to a Salvation army meeting.
They were waiting in front of the Or
pheum for Mrs. Bellew and Mrs. Fos-
ter when the latter'si husband and Shaw
came along and said they would see the
women safely home.
This was about 10:30. He and Jimmy
sauntered off down Main street and
spent an hour or more In several differ
ent places, being in saloon concert hall,
q poker joint and pool room. BY this
time they were nearly up to- the Plaza
SO went down through Chinatown. look
ing in at a couple of places and finally
starting down Alameda street toward
First. Just between First and Second
streets Bellew looked back and made
! h. ,.1- hot txfar. hai fol
lowed. He did not believe that the men
had any designs on them, but at Bellows
request turned up Second street.
They We're on the north side of the
street, and about the middle of the block
when he heard a quick step behind him
and turned only to receive glancing
blow on the head which knocked him
clear off the sidewalk. Jim was on his
right hand or inside of the sidewalk,
but after scrambling to his feet he did
not see any more of him and ran to
escape. He stopped at the saloon as
related, trying to give the alarm and
when part way home stopped for some
in the shade of a row of trees
in order to see whether the men were still
after him. No one came in sight and he
went to the house and aroused Foster
and both came uptown.
Asked whether he could assign any
reason for the attack, HOwerton replied
no. BelleW had no enemies that he knew
of and had had no quarrels with any
one. Jimmy was a good boy and he did
not think a girl could have been al the
bottom of the affair as SO far as he
knew Bellew had always been fancy
free Both of them had taken several
drinks of whisky, but always out of
bottles, as they drank none in saloons.
He had on his person $40 and a watch
and chain. Bellew had only so cents.
The object of the assailants could not
have been robbery, melted by the sight
of his money, for he had been careful
not to expose it to view He freely ac-
he was somewhat dazed and thought
that Bellew had also made his escape.
AS near as he could Judge the affray
occurred shortly before / o'clock.
FOSTER TELLS WHAT HE KNOWS.
William Foster, the brother law,
could throw no light on the tragedy,
simply corroborating Howerton as to his
having awakened him at 2:30 and told
him that a couple OF men had attacked
Jimmy and himself with clubs while
they were on the way home. Howerton
complained that his thumb and shoul-
der had been injured by blow. The
first time he saw Bellew after he left
him in front of the theater al 10: 80 o'clock
was in the receiving hospital.
OTHER WITNESSES.
Mounted Officer Woodward was the
one who telephoned for the patrol wag-
on to convey what he supposed was d
dead drunk to the police station. He
was on his way from the Arcade to the
Santa Fe depot when approached by
man, whose appearance indicated that
he was driver of a SWill cart, who in
formed him that on Second street d
man was lying In the gutter. Woodward
went to the place indicated and spoke
to Bellew, receiving no reply. Then he
rode to the Stimson lumber yard, at
Third street and Santa Fe avenue, and
telephoned for the wagon.
Officer Robbins went with the vehicle
to the spot and found the victim on his
knees in the gutter, his head to the
ground and pressed against the curb.
He saw the great pools of blood and
picked up the pieces of broken billiard
cue, one of which was lying alongside
the body, the other on the sidewalk.
Gathering together everything he could
find in the line OF evidence, he took the
wounded man to the hospital.
Night Watchman Whalen of the Slim
son lumber yard states that about 2:10
yesterday morning he heard the foot
steps of man walking rapidly down
Third street toward the east. The fellow
was not exactly running, but walking as
fast as possible. Whalen looked through
the picket fence surrounding the yard
and saw the fellow pass on the side
walk. At the same time he saw another
man walking abreast of the first in the
same direction, but in the middle of the
street. There was a heavy fog in the
air and despite the glare of the electric