The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-11-26

Louisiana / left Louisiana just as
other people emigrates and leaves
places. / have not been indicted for
murder in Louisiana in the last five
or six years as | can remember.
did not have the least idea what Mr.
Conger was coming for when | saw
/ him that morning. He came up and
spoke to me in very friendly tone
me up and he would have to take me
{ to WaXabachie. ! did not tell him
right flat that | was not going. We
didn' have a long discussion. ! did
not tell Mr.. Conger | could get some
one else to so on my bond if Mr.
House had given ME up; did not tell
him | could get Mr.. Arthur Nolan
to go on my bond; we did rot have
that long a talk. When ne told me
to get up l did not get up and start
/ toward him with my left hand eX-
extended out. When he spoke to me
and says, Get up" he spoke as
( though he had become angry. | did
get up. | didn't make any effort TO
raise my hand When | got up | got
up very quickly and made right at
him as he was coming toward me.
made right at him and grabbed him
without ever stopping. Mr., Conger
did have his handouts presented this
way. When he said get up" Mr..
/ Conger spoke it as though he had
become angry; he was coming to-
wards ME with the handouts. When
! he presented his handouts he was
standing the distance of this gentle
man (stenographer) and he didn t
have to make any effort to come to-
ward me very much at all. He did
not have his handouts extended in
his hands-only in one hand. He
got the handouts out of his hip
pocket His other hand was down by
his side He held the handouts, just
presented them and | did catch hold
of him, | suppose. with both hands
and ! did come in possession of the
pistol by getting it from him, | sup
pose out of his scabbard. | got pos
session of the pistol with this hand
and he grabbed hold of his pistol
with his left hand, it must have
been. | grabbed him this way and
/ wifi a
he did catch hold of it. He grabbed
his pistol after | had caught him
around the body and had taken the
pistol from his scabbard and brought
it around When | grabbed the pis-
tol out of his scabbard We were in
a tussle there. Mr.. Conger was some
smaller than / was.
| don't remember shooting him
/ can't tell where | did shoot him at.
/ cant tell what Mr.. Conger did af-
ter | shot him the first time. He has
never fallen as | knows of, yet.
O. What made you take that
pistol out of his scabbard?
A. Coming into contact with {
man, just as any person
O. Don't answer me that way
what other people will do. Why did
you take that pistol out of his scab-
bard?
A. did it with fear
z. Fear of what?
A. Fear he was going to hurt
me-
Q. After you got the pistol out
of his scabbard why did you shoot
him then?
A. Being oyer-excited and in al
excited way, | did shoot
@. You knew when you got his
pistol that you wasn't in any dan
/ ger then, didn't you2
A. Why, l had not time to think
and express no opinion, not at that
/ time. He could have had anothe
pistol so far as | knew. | did not see
him with another pistol. He was in
his shirt sleeves. He did not have
any other one as | SEEN but as |
say, | only expressed my opinion in
the matter. Mr.. Conger never fell
that / remember. | was turning from
him and he went from me.
c. Tell me why it was you shot
Tom Conger? What did you shoot
him for?
A. Just in fear, is all.
@. Fear? A. Yes, sir.
Q. OF him? A. Yes, sir.
@. You heard him begging you
not TO shoot him; didn't you hear
him say time and again, "Oh, Nelse,
please don't shoot me any more?"
A. Nor sir He didn't make any
such remarks as that He only called
for Mr.. House, is all | heard him
say
@. You shot at him until you
were satisfied you had killed him,
didn't you?
had no fOrp-t nOupht-