El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-05
THE SLAYER
OF O'CONNOR
Was Arraigned on the Charge
of Murder This Morning
HELD WITHOUT BAIL

10 Await the Action OF the GRAND
Jury-Defendant Has Secured
Remains of the Dead
Man to be Shipped Tomorrow.
The chief of the fire department has
ordered every fireman in Ell Paso to
report at headquarters in full uniform
promptly at 1870 O'Clock tomorrow to
act as an escort to the body of Edward
E. O'COnnOr.
The body will be conveyed from
Emerson and Berrien' 5 to the fire de-
partment headquarters, and thence to
will be shipped to Paris, Kentucky. for
at Paris.
NO LYNCHING.
Talk of lynching was freely ind ulged
in again last night, but nothing
transpired to break the serenity of the
quiet night.
The rangers and deputies slept On
their arms at the jail, as on the previ-
GUS night, and while thus guarded the
prisoner must have slept peacefully,
knowing that he was perfectly secure
from mob violence.
INQUEST AND PRELIMINARY.
Spencer concluded the inquest as to
the cause of O'Connor's death and
preliminary examination of the pri-
soner.
The proceedings were held behind
the bars on the second floor OF the Jail,
as it is not deemed advisable to convey
the prisoner from point to point about
the city.
Garcia has retained w. D. Howe to
dot nd h nd he 1or
ed him in court this morning. County
Attorney Edwards conducted the ex-
animation for the prosecution and kept
record of the proceedings IL long
hand.
The prisoner was brought in guarded
by two officers. He looked scared and
sat down on an empty cracker box
which was pushed toward him. His
face was carewOrn, but the expression
of his eyes was still bold and ne CLAN
ced nonchslently about the rooms,
gazing at the faces around him and
letting his glance rest for moment
on the stacks of Winchesters and shot
guns in the corner, left there By the
rangers.
The prisoner is extremely youthful
looking and handsome, after mis- own
cut and regular, but his face is that of
q criminal. His dark hair curls about
his high, bare head and his teeth are
regular and white. The boy sat dur
ing the proceedings twirling his we'll
worn hat and occasionally moving his
feet. His father sat on the opposite
side of the room and three officers sat
on the bed.
LUMP IN HIS THROAT.
Attorney Edwards commenced the
proceedings by explaining to the pri-
soner that at the former examination
he had been charged only with 'tas-
sault," but now he was charged with
murder"
AS the solemn word fell on the ears
of the boy he Rulped down lump in
his throat and seemed to finch.
"You have the privilege" said the
attorney, "of makingIa voluntary state
ment, out sI warn you that anything
you say may be used against you or in
the grand jury roOm.''
Attorney Howe answered that his
client declined to say anything relative
to the murder.
DIR. STEVENSON.
DR.. Stevenson was called to the stand
and testified that he was called to
Hotel Dieu to attend O'Connor Sunday
night and from indications believed
that the man was suffering from gun
shot wound in the head. The patient,
be said, had since died from the effects
of the same wound, all of which trans
pired in Ell Paso county, state of
Texas.
He was excused and both sides an
that no further evidence
would be introduced.
The magistrate then ordered the de-
fendant held without bail to the grand
jury, which will be in session again
next Saturday Wbereupon the crowd
In the iron barred up stairs room dis
persed and three officers escorted the
prisoner back to the steel cage in the
new west wing of the county bastile.
DESCRIPTION OF PRISONER.
Whenever prisoner passes into the
corridor Of the county Jail, destined for
; cell, he is halted at the desk and re-
yistered.
Garcia, the alleged slayer of O'Cou-
Tor, is described as follows:
Name, Jose EdelbertO Garcia: age.
g: heighth, 5 feet 5 inches: color of
hair. black; color of eyes, dark brown;
complexion. light brown; born in San
Ilizario.
LINE OF DEFENSE.
1t is understood that counsel for the
lefense will either attempt to prove an
'libi or attempt to set up that it is
'ase OF mistaken identity and that eye
witnesses who endeavored to identity
iarcia as the man who fred the fatal
hot, mistOok him for another.
1t is admitted that as yet the prison
n has not been identified beyond the
hadow of q doubt. and although sew
'ral parties have been fOund who saw
he shooting, not one Of them,it Is said,
q prepared to swear positively that
'Oung Garcia is the slayer of O'Con
Tor. Thus it will be seen that III ere
et remains open q loophole through
which the prisoner may escape.