The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-04-15
CONTRADICTORY TESTIMONY
Witnesses for Defense hake
Conflicting Statements.

killing OF Jim and Claud Shaw which
occurred near Ennis on the evening
of December n several witnesses APP
peared before that inqulsitorial body
who were atterward summoned to
testify in behalf of the defendant in
the trial of the case. When some of
these witnesses testified before the
grand jury they evidently never
thought that they would be con-
fronted with their signed statements
when they went on the stand in the
trial of the case. But that very
thing happened, and very much to
the discontinue of the witnesses.
While on the stand two or more of
their testimony which got them
into rather an uncomfortable posi-
tion before County Attorney Bowd
Farrar got through plying them with
rapid fire questions on cross exam
nation. In one instance Ote Null
lens made a statement before the
grand jury which in substance was
that when he heard the two first
shots and looked around he saw one
of the Shaw boys down and the 9TH
er was falling. The first one that
fell was on his knees and had his
hands uplifted. According to Null
lens testimony he saw neither of
the Shaw boys doing any shooting.
When on the stand Monday after
noon he testified to hearing the first
| two shots and that one of them was
made by a pistol. AS he looked
around he saw one OF the boys on
his knees and the other was stand
| ing up shooting with a pistol. On
cross examination he claimed that
he did not see the pistol but only
saw the boys hand extended and, to
use his expression, saw smoke going
from the hand Jim Markham, an
| other witness for the defendant was
before the grand jury December 81.
1t appears that he met Henry VIII
| lis at John Snipes' house few
| minutes after the killing. When in
terrogated in the presence of the big
| twelve be stated that be did not see
Henry Willis with pistol and did
not know of any trouble between the
Shaw and Willis families. Last
night he was on the witness stand
| and testified that while they were at
Snipes' house Willis gave him a pis-
| toll which he took to the home of the
defendants father the next morning
after the killing. He also claimed
that he knew trouble existed between
the two families.
Mr.. Schultz, who was placed on
the stand yesterday afternoon by
the state, testified in substance as
follows:
There was a dance at my house
about one month before the killing;
the Shaw boys and Willis boys were
there; after the dance was over the
Shaw boys remained in the house;
the boys asked me to go out of the
boys were; when / went around the
corner of the house / saw Henry
Willis looking in at window; he
left the window and walked across
the yard; in "a minute or two he re-
turned to the window and looked in
again; he then left and joined par
ty of three or four men at the yard
gate; from their voices | thought /
recognized them as Jim Markham
and the other Willis boys; when |
went back in the house Jim and
Claud were there; Jim wanted to
stay all night but Claud wanted TO
go home; they had a consultation In
the yard and then left together; l
saw Jack Willis at the dance.
A young man named Steele was
then introduced by the defense. He
testified to being at the dance and
that heIsaw the Shaw boys and VIII
lis boys there. Jack Willis was not
at the dance.
John Snipes testified for the de-
tense IN substance as follows:
live about three miles east of
Ennis; Mr.. Shaw lives about four
hundred yards east OF my house, |
own a shotgun; bought 1t December
e.; / wa0 in Ennis the Saturday
morning of the killing; went home
about two O'Clock; returned to En-
mis- about 400 that AFTERNOON; took
my gun with me; thought l needed
1t for protection against Mr.. Shaw.
Ebert Willis, a brother to the de-
PENDANT, under oath said:
| know when the Shaw boys we're
killed; was at a dance at Schultz's
before the killing; Ed Willis
went with me Jim Markham went
with Henry; Jack was not there.
Sam Reisman, who clerks for Pete
Freeman at Ennis, was next intro