The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-06-18
freeze TRIAL
is RESUMED
State Closed lis Case Yesterday
Evening and Defense
Now TNStItIES

At yesterday evenings court SEES
sion of the trial of Ueorso Freeze,
Bert Wilson was oaiicu TO the stand.
Ne witnessed the shooting and de-
clared defendant and deceased we're
not above ten feet apart when gun
was fired. Warren worked for the
witness in his livery business. In
mis- cross examination by Reedor, he
said he first saw deceased on the
evening Of June 4, at about o'clock
on one OF his (witness0 rigs It was
later in the evening that Jordan,
Warren and he we're talking on
Fourth street, when Warren took off
his coat, handed the same TO Jordan,
and witness then noticed Freeze, tho
defendant on the other side OF the
street Warren then started across
the street in the direction that Freeze
was coming from, lie did not know
why deceased went over the road
toward Freeze, but a moment later
ne heard the gun fired, Afterwards
witness. becoming excited, went to-
ward his barn and later home.
The court declined TO allow wit
ness to answer a question concern
ing what he told his wife on reach
ing home.
Witness would not swear that de.
ceased made any remark to his COM
panionB before starting across the
street in Freezes direction. Wit
ness did not hear defendant say,
You beat mo up once before, I'm
not going to let YOU do It again"
neither did no hear defendant say,
Shady Bill, I've got yCp now" Wit
ness said tho habits OF the man we're
somewhat overbearing and ugly
when he was under the influence Of
liquor.
Thomas Morrison was an eye wit
ness OF the occurrence. He deposod
TO seeing defendant on Polk street
near Fourth between 2 and 3 O'Clock
on tho morning of the 5th OF June,
He saw deceased approach defendant
coming across the street in so doing.
Fred Dewitt testified to being a
member Of the local troop, as also
was tho defendant on the night OF
June 4, last, after attending drill he
went home shortly aftor 2 o'clock.
About 2:30 that same morning the
defendant visited witness room at
sos Tyler and asked witness for the
armory key. Defendant did not say
what he wanted with the key. Wit
ness had never heard Freeze make
ANY remarks about Elgin warren, the
deceased. In cross examination he
said defendant, as quartermaster SER
geant Of the troop, was custodian Of
the keys OF the armory, The COM
pany had arranged for a target prac-
tice on June g. There was a mem
Der Of the regular army in town at
the time. In answer to the court,
witness said he did not ask defend
ant what he wanted the key for,
NJ. n, Duke, pressman of the Join
er Printing company, was busy work
ing on the early morning of June 5,
when he heard shot fired. The
sound apparently came from the
west. Before the shot was fired he
saw three young fellows in uniform,
They stopped before the door OF the
office where he was working Wit
ness heard some remarks made and
was about TO repeat what he over
heard when the attorneys for the de-
PENDANT objected. The objection was
overruled. Witness said young
man, bareheaded, carrying a gun,
said loud enough for him to hear,
IF see him, I'll shoot him" About
five minutes later he heard the shot,
The state rested It's case at this
stage.
Dr.. r. y. Gist was the first wit
ness for the defense The CONVEX
sation he had over the phone with
some party on the morning OF June
was objected to being given as tes-
timony and the objection was sus-
tanned.
r. G. Craig, butcher, testified
that on the night OF the 4th OF June
he saw Warren in the red light dis.
trict, having been sent to recover a
buggy Warren had driven up there,
Several objections were raised by
the state as to the admissability Of
certain conversations, the outcome