The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-06-17

TELLS Of WANOERINCs
In Statement Made to Reporter Gold
en- Relates How He Evsded His
Pursuers-Admits that He
Killed Officer.

! Milton Golden, the negro who
shot and mortally wounded Consta-
BILE Tom Conger OF Red Oak on the
Batchler farm near Henry on the
morning of the sixth of last June, is
now a prisoner in the county jail.
| Golden was brought to WaXahachie
over the Trinity and Brazos Valley
Thursday morning by Sheriff For
/ bes and Constable McCalpin. He
was handcuffed to Sheriff Forbes A
large crowd of the curiously inclined
was at the depot when the train
! bearing the officers and their pris-
oner came in. Golden was taken di-
rectly from the train TO County At
, torney Pippen's office where he
made "A written statement concerning
the tragedy This statement is priv
ate property and its contents cannot
be mate public
A. soon as the negro signed his
statement he was taken to the coun'
ty Jail and locked up with the other
prisoners
shortly after Golden iucarcera-
ton he was visited by reporter for
this paper and asked for statement
concerning his wanderings since the
shooting of the officer Al first the
negro manifested sulleu disposi-
ton and said he had no statement TO
make. He attempted to evade the re-
Iporters questions by referring him
to the county attorney, saying he
had made a statement to this Off
cial and did not care to say anything
more For awhile his memory was a
little bit faulty and he could tell
nothing concerning the manner in
which he escaped from his pursuers
on the day he committed the assault
upon the officer The reporter then
changed his tactics aud began ask
ing Golden a few questions relative
to his arrest in Oklahoma. He was
also presented with a cigar and
while moistening the base burner
loosen up. In few minutes be was
talking quite freely and gave the re-
porter all the information desired
In the statement which he made
to the reporter he admitted that he
shot the officer, but said he could
not explain Just why he did it. He
uCaid he bod baau eicl, cayaral DAVIS
and was easily irritated and then he
did not think ne was being treated
fairly He said Constable Conger
was not trying to get his handcutfs,
but had drawn his gun and was hold
ing it in his hand. He said as soon
as he saw the gun he seized the Of
ficer, wrenched the weapon from his
grasp and began shooting. He admit
ted that he held the officer with his
left arm while using the weapon.
He thinks he fired only three times
and says two of the shots took eff
feet. He said ne held the officer SO
tightly there was no chance for him
to defend himself,
"What did you do with the Off
GERS gum" asked the reporter.
"Oh, that's somewhere in Trinity
river" replied Golden You bet
took care to put it where it could not
be found, | threw it into the river
somewhere below Dallas, and
guess il is there in the mud yet"
Did tie searching party GROVE
you very closely that day." contin
ued the reporter.
well, now YOU SOC it's. mighty
hard for me to remember all tina
took place that day for | was great,
excited and was thinking only o
getting away, don't remembeI
hearing or seeing any of the Grove
that was after me-"
"Where did you spend Saturday
night?"
Now, you are too hard for mt
again. | don't know | must have
slept out in the woods"