El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-05

| Tue OeIeQco Wnen court reCOnVeneQ at
2 O'Clock. He ia light com plex ioned
mulatto with soft black curly hair.
he shows his negro blood q little more
prominently than Ripper, in that his
lips are thick and prominent.
He testified that he had been arrest
ed by Capt. Loughborough at the post
and that the captain had promised him
full protection and complete i'm
munity from punishment II
he would tell all he knew about the
trouble and had intimated to him he
might get reward. He did not DIN
the raid.
| BE said that he WAS In town on the
evening of the 10th and was with Kip
per. He knew of Dyson's arrest and
told some of his comrades of it but
denied that he bad suggested taking
him out. He saw Ripper on the morn
ing of the 18th of February at the
railroad crossing on the road to the
post. He thought it was o'clock
He did not see him again until after
reveille.
| Wright testified to having received
three letters from Powell since his ar
rest. Powell asked for their return
and he made copies of them.
Mr.. Dean made the witness write
| from diction a number of phrases as
specimens Of his penmsnship for COM
parison.
! The witness said that Powell was
known familisrly known among his
comrades as Tom and Old Tom.
Wright identified letters handed
him by Mr.. Stanton as the ones in
question. Mr.. Stanton then
read them to the jury. The state de-
MED their authenticity but allowed
them to be introduced in evidence.
The substance of them is that he only
Intended to implicate Ripper, Hull
and McElroy in his confession and as
sured the others that they need not be
afraid. AS McElroy had skipped out,
and Hull was dead this tended to show
that Powell had come motive for try
ing to throw all the blame onto Kip
per. Although Powell denied the |
authorship of these letters his con-
fession makes the three named thel
leaders.
WAS NOT DRUNK. |
George Harris wss now recalled. He |
was on guard on the 7th and 18th OF |
February stationed near the house OF |
Darby Ford.
Judge Wilcox made q most search !
ing examination of the witness. BE
finally admitted having had q conver.
satiOn with Mr.. Ford at the hospital.
'Did you not then tell Mr. Ford that |
you were very drunk on the night of |
the 10th and gambling and that you |
had not gone to bed until O'Clock in |
the morning."
No, sir.'
The witness persisted in denying the |
charge of being drunk and gambling.
but finally admitted that he had been
playing some and lost all he had, but
he did not call that gam bling. He also
denied that he had told Mr.. Ford that
he did not know anything about the
killing of Stewart. He further denied
that he had stated had he known
Dyson was in all he would have come
in and helped take him.
TO IMPEACH HARRIS.
Darby Ford, the proprietor of the
saloon near Fort Bliss, was next called.
His testimony was direct, unequivocal
of HAIRLESS statement as
given above. He eaid that he had seen |
on the morning of the |
17th. His appearance was that
of man who had been up
all night on a drunken debauch.
Harris said that he had baen drunk
and gambling up to 3 o'clock that
Witness did not ask Harris
this and. the latter simply volunteered |
the information. Harris also said that
he did not know anything about the
trouble IL town until he was told Of it
and intimated that had he
known that Dyson was in Jail he would |
have come in and helped take him
out.
kIPPER TELLS HIS STORY.
Here came the event of the day when
the defendant himself took the stand
and told his story. This was sfter q
consultation with lawyer He was
cool and collected and his story wss
certainly we'll told. Ee showed no
trace of nervousness aud did not be-
come ratified at any time. He spoke
in clear, distinct voice and was plainly
heard by all.
He was native OF Gale sburg. Ill,
and was twenty-six years of age He
had served in the army four years in |
Mnntapa Kou Wast Euo 49, Co..