The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-18

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your kind and welcome letter and
was glad to hear from you and to
know that You and the baby was
getting along all right and were satisfied
with the place whore you were nt and I
am satisfied for you to stay anywhere In
the world where YOU can be- coutcntcd.
SaUey, don't you pay any attention TO
Maggie or any one else that tries to get
you TO do anything wrong, for you know
that ! VIII come 10 YOU as soon as l get
out. Galley, that man Endy Is here. He
has got seven years, and Doc Miles is In
me pentcnilary, too. have had long
talk about Baker, You see Mr.. Weeks and
ten MIN WHO TINS party Is ] ann working
IN the foundry aud getting along we'll
Disc and | appreciate your letter, I have
the utmost confidence In my wife and she
Is capable of attending to her own business,
as Major WickS is her legal advisor. Galley,
Kiss the baby for nc So will close hop
Jug to hear from you every week So good
bye. From your husband until death,
Counsel for the defense contcndcd that
| mis- letter proved the fact of the marriage
ana they asked that all of the testimony of
the witness be stricken out.
The Cowt-Procced with the case.
The witness was here excused and the
court adjourned to . p. IN.
The afternoon hour to which the morn
in. session had adjourned was considerably
overdue before court reconycucd. The
numerous witnesses hlled the small court
room pretty thoroughly, and barred the
]
have been In attendance had there been
| "a sufficlency of room. Several ladies' We're
among the witnesses and with them were
two or three very small children VINO
cried rather dismally at being i'm court.
Frank DUNN knew Sol Edel Ia his
life time ] never had his alleged contes-
sion In my possession; never knew that one
was made.
WIN Nolun-I lived Mt my fathcr,in-law's
II The cross-iimbers n lsud, ! knew, Rob
McCasland at that dime. I knew !. n.
/ Eastwood In May, 1896, he had dun pony,
/ land had him after Eastwood left here.
| The Post for q number Of years, and was
ut the time Sol Edel committed suicide
! My recollection Is that / passed In the
/ statement Of Sol Edel at the time It was
| printed. My recollection Is that part of 1t
was eliminated. can't say what part was
that ! was afraid to publish My recollec-
| tou Is that this statement was furnished
/ by Mr.. Edels lawyer haven't the paper
The Post We don't keep anything of the
kind. Ny Gcollection IS that gave II back
TO Mr.. Bryan, the city Gedltor. ! eliminated
showing that something was left out My
recollection is that Mr.. Perryman Jet Mr..
Bryan. have i. | couldn't be explicit as to
the examinations. II there We're accusa-
lions, I eliminated them ] did not Instruct
that the paper be preserved. It was NOT
turned over 70 Mr.. Ellis, the district clerk,
or to Mr. Gillaspie, thc district attorney,
by any Instructions OF mine. Under Inc
Texas libel law. since we have heen per
secuted every managing editor is cautious,
perhaps over cautious In matters of TINS
kind
The statement ot Mrs. {, Ah IAlntcfro
was submitted In WHtlns ns loUoWS'
on the night previous To- learning ot M
death Of Mt Ike Baker ! was SlVlnE w
with sick child, when about I O'Clock
] lay down ON i4e bed anh was very wide
awake when suddenly ] heard the sounds
of houts and wheels coming on CRAWFORD
street from the direction Of walker ave
nue. For % great many nights previous
10 that night, had heard q heayy wager
OF some kind go past AT a fapld put h"
I hurried gait and mad CURIOSITY I" know
what II was. but not suthclenl to en- use
me to got mo- 10 LOOK ont NJ H. III mac
passed down Crawford street ana turge'
at Mckinney avenue, going IN the dlrecINf
of Hamilton street ON the night before
learned Of Mr.. bakers death when !
heard u vehicle coming on crawford street
| jumped up win me thought IN my mrt
that II was the same wagon h2d Deel
hearing, but before ] could reach the WIN
u lighter weight one, before J could rcacl
The window It had turned At The corner
OF Crawford street and Mckinney avenue
and gone in he direction Of Main street
therefore did not see 1t anu only Judge
The direction In which went by me
direction from whence the sound came
do not know from whore II came MOI
where II went 70. as | dld not see ". Ih'
FIRST sound heard secuted to come from
me corner OF walker avenue and CRAWFORD
street, hut | can not say for certain shat
IL entered Crawford street from Walker
avenue or If II had been on Crawford street
before Walker avenue was reached
My room, In which was when
heard IT, is situated upstairs ON the corner
of Crawford street and Mckinney avenue
ana when was first attracted by the
sound. N seemed 10 come from near the
corner Of Walker avenue and Crawford
street. did not see the wagon or buggy
or whatever II was that heard going by
at all, su ! can not state whcrhcr II was
empty or whether II had one or more
horses or whether II was pulled hy one
ar more mules or q horse ard mule or h
any usy, loggril, o1I ne g,, a.