El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-04
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said he was positive that Corpora al Hui
whom he saw lying dead was the man
he saw standing over him with our
when he awoke in the police sta
ton.
This closed the case for the day md
court adjourned until O'Clock this
morning.
When court convened at o'clock
| Fort Bliss testified on behalf of the
state to having received the keys to
the magazine at the post from Justice
Spencer ssnd delivering them to Capt.
Loughborough.
With this the state rested.
DEFENSE BEGINS ITS INNING.
The defense then began It's task of
overthrowing the chain of evidence
colored sergeant.
| Corporal Scarborough, on behalf of
the defense, testified that he had been
in the army twelve years and had
served in Cuba. He was summoned
before Capt. Tough borough, who had
promised him protection If he would
confess, but he knew nothing about i6
and when he convinced the captain of
| this he was released.
AN EFFORT AT IMPEACHMENT
Grant Bryant, negro soldier, was
| called to impeach Henry Freeman, of
the hospital corps, who first testified
| for the state. He was in the hospital
and said thatFreeman had not arisen
on that morning of the trouble until
much later than he had stated.
THE PLACE OF CONSULTATION.
w. n. Long was callei and testified
on behalf OF the defense that he lived
| about a block and half from the
court house. II will be remembered
that according to the testimony in the
case it was here that the ssoldiers stop
ped to lay their plans.
Sheriff Boone was then recalled on
behalf of the defense and on examina-
tion by Judge Wilcox he testified as to
the character of the fence around tbs
house of Mr.. Long.
PowELL'S PENMANSHIP.
Corporal Powell was again recalled
and denied having written any letters
to the other soldiers in jail. Judge
Wilcox handed him paper and pencil
and requested BIN to write, "My
friends and dear comrades" The wit
ness complied.
"Ah, ha, you are trying to write a
backhand today" remarked Mr.. Stan
ton.
That's my writing, "replied Powell.
SIS this your writing?" demanded
the lawyer handing the black soldier a
letter.
The witness denied Its authorship
and insisted that he had not sent 1t to
his com panions upstairs in the jail by
q Mexican trusty named Ramon or
that he had tried to get it back
Judge Wilcox then had him write
81 can't write any more. Tell Wright
everything is all right A piece in the
HERALD"
The witness complied and the atsor-
neys com pared the writing with that
on the letter.
You change your hand writing
every time you WRITE" said Judge
Wilcox.
That's not my writing"
But mean these two are differ
ent," said the attorney handing him |
the two specimens he had written. |
The witness examined them but the
question was not pushed.
Attorney Stanton then proce eded to |
closely question the negro as to the |
exact route followed by himself and |
his companions on their way to the |
jail. He said they went right through |
CSm pOell street lnGO overland street
TO the jail. The attorneys then tried |
to tackle Powell up and make him ad.
NIT that he had testified differently |
yesterday and succeededin getting him |
badly confused as to the details. |
Today. however, he was positive that |
the place where they stopped for con-
sultation was at the picket fence at |
Longs house. Judge Wilcox tried TO |
draw out that he had this place two |
hundred yards south of the court house |
yesterday, but the witness would not |
INIT 1t.
POWELL'S RECORD AS SOLDIER.
Mr.. Stanton asked the witness II he
had not been arrested at the fort for a |
jetced and the court sustatned the OBJ |
lection. An exception was taken to |
the ruling.
In the course of his testimony Powell |
stated that he was feet 4 inches in |
company.
MADE NO STATEMENTS.
He denied having made any state
ment, oral or written, to mis- comrades
at the post as to the trouble.
On examination by District Attorney
Dean Powell said that before his arrest
he only knew the name of one street in
town, Myrtle Avenue, and that he bad
been calling the police station, the
jail, city hall or courthouse Indifferent
ly which might account somewhat for
In his testimony. He
also said he had never been again to
tha plaoa where thav skOuDad for con- |