The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-28

The report In yesterdays Post covere'
10 fully the midnight assassination OF Pat
rick j.. Gibson that there IS PRACTICAL!
very little more 70 be told OF the horribl,
affair unless the name OF the slayer coult
be given, together with the motive prompt
ting the cold FLOODED deed. neither Of which
can be furnished. for the reason that thu
assassin and his motive are as much I
mystery today as they were Immediately
after the killing. unless 1t be that the OFF,
GERS working I'D the case are In possession
OF information which they are not giving to
the public.
made and the cause Of the cold blooded
assassination Is simply a matter Of con-
lecture and speculation. half dozen
theories being advanced. all OF which are
more or less plausible.
Those nearest the deceased seem to be
as much In the DARK as to the perpctrator
of the crime and his motive for committing
It us the public Mt large.
By all. however. II Is regarded as most
deplorablc affair and while the officers
arc having no stone unturnd TO ferret out
the crime and apprehend the criminal the
public is left to speculate and theorize as
to the cause Of what appears TO be ut
present one Of the most unprovoked and
cold blooded demonstrations that has re-
Gently darkened the page Of Houston's his
tory.
Patrick Gibson was man not known to
have any enemy whore hatred and malice
would have prompted such u deed He
was mild unassuming Young .aan, I'M
aggressive In his manners and popular
with all who knew him. He was but 90
years of age and IA native OF Ireland, be-
ing born in the county of Antrim. lie was
member of division No. /, Ancient Order
OF Hibernians and OF ST. Patrick'R branch
No BOD, Catholic knights of America, both
OF which organizations will participate In
the funeral, which will take place from
the family residence corner OF Hardy and
Noble streets, at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
services will be held at st, patrick's ea,rcn
vt $3.50 and interment win take Mace IN
tnc old Catholic cemetery. The t,lbc;rlans
VIII assemble nj their hall TO narttninnte
~ INC funeral at p. IN. and the Catholic.
hnights at D. m.
me nall bearers are: John Powers. 1
=. ulilespie, Jr, r. r. Wall. N. 4, Lyons
o y. Russell, Michael owons
The investigation Into tbe kll,ipy ,,,.
commenced at an early hour yeste,,Iav
4iV'i'hs NY Jusiice Fitze, who reached the
Burke readencc. where the body was tenn
porariiy laid out. as soon as he could eo
there after receiving the information of ,be
killing.
Miss Mary Durlte's testimony was as fol-
lows; know Patrick j. Gibson, ,iocenscd
His age Is about % years, The deceased
accompanied me home from rythan han,
IN the Fifth ward, We came out on iao II
O'Clock car, arriving at Buffalo street about
li:lo O'Clock. We got Off aud my hrorher.
Ed Burke. WIS With us. After all OF us
stopped at the gate and talked 10. a few
minutes. the deceased babe us good night
and said that he was going TO catch The
car ON us return to town. My brother had
ALREADY gone to his house. and after bid
cling the deceased good night. | went INTO
the mouse. within few minutes after go
ns INTO the mousse | heard pistol shot In
the direction IN which the deceased went.
Il N hp fro, Ia. a
caught the car, nnd seeing that the car ran
by and that no one got On. / became
alarmed and ran up to where ne was Az
came near HIM saw II man stoog nnd
run. then found the deceased Wing on
the ground. and spoke TO him, but re-
ceived no answer. ] then gave the alarm
: did not Know then whether or not he ,sns
shortly afterwards
~ NJ. Burke testified that h. knew the
deceased, that he came home With him nnd
his sister on the IL o'clock car aud accom-
panied them to his (the wltness) mo, h, "a
residence. He storped a few moments ,ua
babe them good night. Witness Went 20 HIS
hcme. but was inside bu, few moments
when he heard his mother scream or him.
He rushed out and TO tho place where his
sister was holding up the head OF the de-
ceasrd. He immediately cailed for beip
ana cnrricH the body OF the deceased into
hia mothers residence where he expired m
. few moments
Drs Robert McElrpy and Fox held an
autorsy upcD the body and succeeded in To-
eating and extracting The hulIer. The hall
entered near the left nipple. penetrated the
left oracle OF the heart and en,eidcd H.
self In tho left lung. Such q wound would
have caused instant death. A severe hen-
orrhRge Was found In tho cavity. The bull 4
1T wAs that Of 3s-raliber pistol, thougb
tho wound nj the noint OF entrance wovil
have Indicated larger bullet This my
be explained upon the theory that the ball
may have turned and entered Sideways.
The men were not sufficiently close to-
pether when the shot was fired 70 produce
rowdsr burn upon tbs Clothing or flesh OF
tsibson.
Gathered In the modest cottage which
LIARS the number eoi6 Hardy street. Firth
RNrd, yesterday afternoon were many
stepds n 4 hereayed family In the par
~ of the home y casket contained the |
.pdy u Patrick J. Gibson. the circum-
'tapces surrounding whose tragic death
nm already been told 10 The Post This
yl>nda made The trials 81 the mother.
!eleF nnd brothers Of the deceased as