El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-29

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1.-The Hum phries said they were no
doing 1t: that hey wanted him caugE
just as bad as any body.
"Wilkinson said he knew better.
HE hasbeen sneaking around my house
and trying to kill me-
"The Humphries denied that
Then we carried them on down the
road a piece and stopped and sent a
man out to hunt tree. He soon found
q tree and we carried them down
there. We talked around for while
trying to get them to tell where Patti
son was. We told them to tell US or
we would hang them. They said they
did not know where he was.
"Finslly we got them up on horses
and took them under the tree. They
asked me to climb up the tree and tie
the rope, and 1 refused. Then they
asked Mr.. Brooks and he refused. Fin
ally they asked me again and [ climb
ed the tree and tied the ropes up there.
tied them. Then l climbed down and
they parleyed again about Patison, and
| the Humphries again claimed they did
not know where he was. Finally they
hit the horses and made them run out
from under the men,"
"Who did that?'
81 saw one man."
| "Who was hep
! "Joe Wilkinson. He hit one OF the
horses. 1 did not see the other. One
of the Humphries slipped down until
his feet were on the ground. L got
back up the tree and they raised him
up and l tied the rope up shorter and
then the hands of o .e'of them came I'M
tied, and they tied them together
again"
"Who was it that tied the hands
back?''
81 think it was MIR. Johns. l am not
certain about that. They just let the
Humphries hang there until they
died.
How about their feet being tied
up?"
tied up that l know of. [ think Mr..
Walter Wilkinson did it. That Is, he
said he did. Then We got on our horses
and left. We rode north as we'll as
could tell. This was only short tim
after the men were dead.
| "The persons no were in that party
were: Joe and Walter Wilkinson, Mr..
Brooks, john Greenhsw and Arthur
| Greenhew, Mr.. Johns, Mr.. Gaddis, Mr..
Stevens, MIR. Mahao, MIR Sam Hall and
myself.
| II was riding sort OF brown or dark
bay horse, about 143 or Is hands higI-
don't know what sort OF d horse MIR.
Brooks was riding. Mr.. Joe Wilkinson
was riding little bay mare and MIR.
Johns had a dark bay, little larger
than mine"
.sWere there any gus in that par
ty?"
Eyes, sie there were shot guns and
pistols. There were five shotguns, and
don't remember the number
of pistols. There was also one
winch ester rifle"
"Was there any whiskey in that
party?"
Eyes, sir; had a pint and Mr.. Will
kinson had half gallon. L think Mr..
Johns had some also, but l am not pos
tive about it. All this occurred in
Henderson county in the state of Tex
as, but 1 don't remember the exact
date. 1t was about month ago."
The witness was cross-eXamined by
Mr.. Woods. TIE examination was
substantially as follows:
Last year 1 lived south of Corsi-
cana. 1 was living with MIR. Johns at
the time of the hanging. L think that
L went to live with him about last Feb
rusry ana with the exception of few
short absences in the neighborhood
have been with him ever since.
"Wilkinson came to me and told me
him to get party and mob the men
and they wOulo see US out Of it. He
never called any officers names. He
gave 70 reason why the officers told
him this.
"He just stated that the Humphries
were running the country and stealing
everything and harboring men to kill
others. That's all the reason | heard.
1.-THE night of the lynching 1 met
Mr.. Hall for the first time, and l have
not seen him since. We met about 10
o'clock and it must have been about2
o'clock in the morning when we hung
the men.
"From the banging we went home. l
don't know which way some of them
went, but I went with Mr.. Johns.
"Mr. Wilkinson aud Walter went
with US as far as their house, which is
about four miles from Mr.. Johns
house. We got home about deybreak.
II first made this statement last
Friday night to Mr.. Green and Mr..
Crook down at the jail. No force was
used to get the statement from me and
| was not scared.
"Nobody told me 1 would not live 10
get to the courthouse and nobody told
me l would get pardon if l made it.
7 just made that statement because |
thought it was the best thing 1 could
do.
''When told you and Judge Faux
yesterday evening at the jail that |
had made the statement through
fear, l told a falsehood; and l told an
other lie when l said that one of the
men threatened me and that another of
them promised to give me pardon.
II told you aud Judge Faulk lie
when l said l made the statement
through the fear of the loss of nv life