The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-23
Told by Catherine Anderson About the
Murder Of Her Husband.
HER HEAD RESTED ON THE SAME PILLOW
Process of Chopping on his
Head.


her husband who was sleeping, resting
with her head upon the same pillow. and
watched the process OF his head being
chopped off with an AK: without any APP
pearance OF remorse. she says she did
this, being n party to the plot to put him
out OF the way.
She was mistaken In her statement or
confession made before Justice Malsh on
Tuesday night. wherein she swore To the
fact that she and Jim Davis her brother
in-law had concocted the plot two weeks
before to kill her husband william Andor-
son, and that in obedience to this tlot
Jim Davis committed the Iced.
The preliminary hearing OF both these
defendants was held yesterday In Jurtce
Malsch's court.
The affidavit sworn to by Sheriff An
derson, ms read by County Attorney
Schwander charged Catherine Anderson
and Jim Davis Jointly with numbering
William Anderson by chopping him with
an AK
Catherine Anderson was represented by
the Messrs. Heidingsfelder and Jim Davis
by W. Il. Love.
Thomas Jones colored, was the nrst
witness FOR the State lie said he knew
tho defendants and that William Andcr-
son, deceased, MAS his hair brother. ON
Saturday night, between ii and l. o'clock.
Catherine Anderson came to witness
house crying and told him that there
was somebody down thoro numbering MIR.
Anderson. Witness got up aud he and a
helBhbor named Gilmore aud several other
neighbors started to the scene OF the kin
Ing. Witness went to Davis house TO get
gun. Davis told witness he could have
his gun, but IT di1 not have any caps ON it,
Witness then got an AK and he aud his
neighbors went TO Anderson = house. There.
were i've in the party. When witness got
to Andefson's house he called his brother
nut received no anawer Tiny then struck
light and saw the body on the gallery
lie went around the house to get tho baby
lie saw pillow on the back gallery and
woman slippers on the ground lie also
found the bloody AK in the yard. The
next morning Catherine said when she
left her house she had jumpod the hack
fence Witness lived about goo yards from
where the deceased lived Deceased was
buried SUNDAY afternoon Jim Dayls was
brother-in-law Of the deceased They
married sisters, When witness went To
Davis house to get n gun Davis cana 10
the door and told him his gun was not in
- "lnoaN ana not see Jim Davis
Dnvts ,yas u"uee az any ume
not 90 to Andersons house saturday might
wnen witness told him that somebody was
kllllng Anderson. After the killing Davis
asked witness II they had got onto nny
track az TO who killed Anderson.
,,o,.',t',s laws 1lu not apnear TO be
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yysro No, gu 1--WE ma Anderson
Nv" 'Vuu,y ihey hhd had some
MAJ o,,, N, uea'I laVis rr Catherine
u"ho au9 'nIeAls against Anderson cath
,,o,',,, SOU 'nu "lu Aud arion would
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W. ~" ne uIu ,"Upa lht deceased
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- W. 1'u 'u"t lhe'' We're two men
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g., +" N"u'l SUI mousse. Ander- |
no hDtn .o'W NJ '"'l 'hr,e was had fret-
tHe T,tNuN" hh ana JAWS. Anderson
aacb NJ "g,'' n'u huth 10 40 with
a. C V,Vs. AVE NoIhIu lol Nt car
Nv luC V'aNHeu ltR snpperS that
Nyi,o "a W -N'u''HoH lront yard, .
na '.Ie's u'u upi NloW t9at Anderson and
~ i, sis.rn t'eh o'ner' Ander-
bis par tu'n %.IpesS , Una, DAVIS was after
a.
"'.' ne "tlV married
'iNu N"sun, Voloreu' the next Wit !
m s utu uo' NuuW that anderson was dead
~ ~ 9uIun{ uornlnG' re saw Jim Davis I
r, '@s nioru'nB pul DAVIS ava not s1tm to
VII VII Wv 'alH 70 witness d'Jpt TIC MISTER /
49, 20, .utu idElS nat ne had heard /
sha as"V, i"v nav oSeh ar ,stei and thai
Low " pluouy iress' witness tried /
hn, ho nS s 70 go 10 Nnuerson' house /
eSo,t V Vouiu uot no u a'u refused 20 u TX /
Snaar Nv nISyeI' witness never saw
,,,aen Nv i'"N's toSether though they
Co. r n
49, i ,'' He'eu strangely when Wit |
go go ny ~ o'Vueu lne uhulnS OF the bloody
,,,Ns az JUMPED up ana ran pway from /
Nvttnas, Inv ~, y man VINO nai stolen a@hog I
49,, "H"' WIN Sne1t' anderson to
sbnrIe 80 ~, ~ h9u a pistol mat the
49, ulul, ndvlS WAS chopplng
~ 49, " r w., "i,n,ss went alteF MN, ia |
ness s'u viii, IN =" tb a"a Was coming toward wit
tbro,,. ~ ~ az ralse1' When witness
been in the penltentiary witpsss vo,nn
teered to go with sheriff Anderson to holp
sil9st DaNl y, witness did MOI tell sheriff /
guilty. Witness told tbc sborisf ,n,s was
would not 20 around Auderson's house and |
tndt ne ala not go 10 the funeral.