The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-26
HOUSTON DAILY POST THURSDAY 2e 1901


wood three Or four times. but was not In
tTTonncetl 10 hin. lie was living near Ran
/ dles place when Baker tens kitle1 at,,9t
81 or seven miles from Green bayou and
I W. Anl hnit miles on, maybe. three
I iF0u the city iimifs
Nrpssl don't know when Eastwood
inoEcl therp; he WIS ilving therr when /
nfst got acquainted. lie moved away
was Killed | think II was about th,. last
or June or early in July They all left
nnrfg ,2gether abont the last " June I
publication about dun horse Tber did
nvt icnxe for several days or n month after
.ne klllhS. We were looking for horse
t nad vas Claimed Tom Mcdonald had
lnKen on Mr.. Amos was looking for the
mare llonted the mare at dlffprpnt times
hlicf Il was claimed Tom Mcdonald had
IKE, ,,,4 ~ Amos was vita me at one time
gone when We were looking for the mare.
~ tue nHlIe was returned ! never heard
M u mink hunted the mare after
thcy left here, II has been -four or five
I'Nrs age and ! can't remember | think
I VIC murder was IN April. a short time
.eier Baker was killed | was notified that
lucy lu"ugnt th0y knew who killed Baker.
that thcy lived IN the extension Of smith
street and had worked in laundry. Thorn,
9S MGDnnaH said he thought he knew who
hlcd Baker. told the officers Mr.
, Erickson and Others aho matter ana
ABOUT me trunk In the Playground dIdl-
ll"a, J don't know just when il was.
u.
and he told Erickson. rented tho place
after they left. think IN September w.
a. Sapp had, hecn on the place before
q short time before Sapp went there.
don't know anything about the condition
OF me place, as 20 chickens. etc hunted
we we morse about year. don't know ex
oCtN Whcn they loft the county. II was
along about June or July or August Old
nun hamilton told me ahont the truak
know IN the spring Baker was Killed
Mcdonald liVgl Hf
dld not move him. I don't think It was
Ms early as May; They lived about two
ana q half mites from Randle's Il WIS
ten or twelve miles TO Green bayou!
went ont there several times to see Car
rct Scott and to look after my stock and
to see Handle. was in the spring that
J. went 10 Rnndle'S, whore Mcdonald was
living. Tom Mcdonald was living at Rau-
dles place when the Baker murder Or
Cured. | talked to Tom Mcdonald about
rhc Rocker murder. He came 10 my house
uI@r harness. l can't tell the month In
Nulch Baker was Killed. II might have
been March Tom Mcdonald rode up and
set box on my gatcpuSt and went on 10
town and came back In four or i've hours.
II was short dino after the Baker muir
der the children said 1T was silver of
some kind might hayc told Mrs. Parker
that the box contained counterfeit mods
ana my wife refused to let 1t go in the
Rccross-It mlglS have been week after
Baker was killed that ! was looking for
my horse and Eastwood was stil living
at the Randle place. u was q short time
after the Killing that Tom Mcdonald came
to my house after harness. He WAS fixing |
up an extra team. The box was left after
Bukcr's death and Thomas McDonnld aud
Eastwood still lived near the Rundlc place |
! went out there frequently. They had |
not taken possession Of the Lyons place
on Greens bayou for two, weeks after the !
lioker murder saw Them at Handles |
place. They were there four days after /
the killing. Mr.. Randle was living within !
II quarter Of II mile Of them.
Colonel Breeding-l am a lawyer; have
been practiclng law since 1874 The lease
was in writing. | saw 1t last in the stove !
saw it was no use and burned it. / |
have n memorandum. which I have OK. |
amlned within the past two hours The !
lease was executed May 20. 1SH6. ! leased /
go acres as attorney IN fact for John NJ |
Marks Mcdonald had not gone there at |
the time of the execution OF the lease. |
Several days after the execution of the |
Lease he came to my Office. furnished |
hhh provisions The land was In ltigu- |
ton and | thought possession advantageous |
10 my client, lie surrendered the lease to
mo and leased II Immediately to w. A
the circumstances Of Bakers death |
saw Mcdonald very frequently after the |
killing OF BAKER He came to my office !
ON two occasiqnS both ines he wanted I
money and a lamp. gave him q lamp: /
boxed It up tOr bin, IL was about u
week after the Baker murder He tool, /
It ont of my office packed In a box In |
which had received some books. He |
was on horseback
Cross was Informed that Sapp did |
not move there until after the cXerution ,
OF the lease. They left no chickens there
OF their own; what were left there be
lonErd 10 Bob McCasland; didn't know
member The dun horse publication. Mr..
Mcdonald WAS talking To me about tile
nuhurali9n The Houston Post throueh