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

that 1 would be hung before 1 could
get to the courthouse. | told you lie
when 1 said that was thinking of te IL
ing lie. 1t was lie. You can call
il what you please. 1 don't recollect
telling you and Judge Faulk in the jail
today did Eot know Arthur Greenhaw
and had not seen him in three years
that l knew of.
81 first met Sam Hall that night
about 10 o'clock. The place where we
met is about seven or eight miles sfr,m
the Humpbries.' 1t was about 200
yards from the house where John
Rhodes lived when he was kill
| ed.
81 had known William Brooks for
some time. / met Bob Stevens that
night for the f rst time, also John Cad
dis.
ST had seen Walter Wilkinson be-
fore, Ialreaiy knew all the rest of
them except Manan.
"When we went to Jim Humphries'
house all the rest of the party went to
the front but me aad John and Arthur
Greenhaw and Mr.. Wilkinson.
II have never been before indicted
for crime. l was raised about ten
miles west of COrsicana. My parents
are dead. l have brother about 10 or
20 years old, who lives there, west of
Corsicana. l have Il sister there, too.
k"ow several persons in Corsicans.
They are: Joe Goodman, Jim Robert
ton. MI. Tatum, who runs a hardware
store, fellow If the names OF Thomas,
Melvin Weaver, Mr.. Shepherd and one
other whose name l don't recollect. /
also know several people who live near
Corsicana. They are. Will and Marion
Nash, Dan Jackson, Nicely Thomas.
Louis Marshall and Walter and Joe
Shepherd, a DR.. Bryan, two men, both
=;
man named Tumble and John Tyler.
81 was one of the men that did the
lynching. l was not expecting any re-
ward and l am at the mercy of the
court. l was not told by any one to
make this statement. | sent the Of
fcers word by the young fellow that
stays at the jail that l wanted to make
this statement. The man l sent for
was Mr.. Green.
Faulk and yourself that the jailer told
me it would be better for me to M AXE
q statement about this matter ard that
If did not [ would get hung"
On redirect eXamipa alton he testifi
ed:
SIN that conversation between my
self aud Mr.. Wood and Judge Faux
they told me that if 1 gave up and
MADE a statement 1 was fool. They
Sdlo IL WOulo OTedh ueCh VI seuu
me to the penitentary for ninety-nine
years. They said if 1 came up here
and said that I was forced into making
this statement they would not bring it
up against me.
"Then they went on to say that they
could get me out of it [ made this
statement because 1 thought it the best
thing 1 could do to own up to il. L.
stead OF Offering inducements or try
ing to scare me, the officers warned me
that whatever L said could be used
against me.'
On recross-examination the witness
said:
THE first man who told me that the
prisoners were giving the thing away
was Mr.. Starr, one of the defendants
la yers. He said that be had got
telegram from Faulk and Faulk said
that there was not anything in John
Greenhaw's statement. When 1 made
this statement to them l said that l
would throw myself on the mercy OF
the COURT
After Weeks left the stand it was
ascertained that before the hearing
began, the defendants, Polk Weeks,
John Greenhaw and Arthur Greenhaw,
had waived a hearing ond had been re-