El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-09
Restaurant Man Testifies.


Buck Taylor. of 81 South FL Paso
street, testified: Il was standing In
front of nv restaurant door at the
above address when I saw a crowd
rushing toward Sixth street I then
dropped over that way. i saw negro
come out of a house with a stove, while
scattered around the street was china,
bed clothing and other articles He
tried to get the bedstead out of the
door when his wife called Charles,
please don't make fool Of yourself any
more He then used some very vile Ian
euaee Another man went into the
house and he threw him out. caught
hold of the negro and at that time two
officers came up 1 told one OF the
officers The best thing to do was TO
take the rrgro TO the police station.
One <of the officers stopped to talk to
the Negroes wife, asking her II she
would make a complaint against him
and sre said she would not.
"Just then 1 called attention of the
officer to the fart that the negro had
the other office< Overpowered- Then
the first shot v2s fired. the policeman's
horse went up in the air and reared
and I went toward him. the other po-
Iiceman running with me. Before we
got to him the second shot was fired and
the negro fell back about 90 feet from
the policeman, who was on his knees
II was about SO feet away from Gar
ner when the first shot was fired and
the other officer was right by nv side
II all occurred in seven or eight min:
utes. The nacro had been drinking,
but I do not think he was so drunk he
did not know what he was doing He
was stubborn but the officers treated
him kindly. 1 judge he weighed about
22O pounds and was about six feet
high"
Another Witness.
B. Baumgartner testified: Il saw the
killing. 1 was in my surrey driving
along Ell Paso street. We were dring
down the street and saw the officer
with the negro. We turned and were
coming back and had almost stopped at
The time the negro was saying some
thing to someone in the crowd de
seemed to have something in his hand
that looked like letters and put them in
his pocket and said with an oath: L
don't care IL I die now He made a
lunge toward the officer, who reached
for his gun. I heard one shot fired.
The negro was getting the best OF the
officer when / heard the second shot
fired. The negro ran across the street
and fell. The negro and Garner re
minded me of the pictures of the john
son-Burns fight The negro was much
larger than Carrier. There was scuffle
going on and evidently the negro had
hold of the officer when the shots were
fired because the fire was not above
the waist line. At the time the first
shot was fired Garner was bent back
as if being pushed over backward by
the negro.
THE negro was above Garner at the
time the second shot was fired
Negro From New Mexico.
The deceased, who was Al years of
z pa Ia
Hachita, \. NJ. and was employed al
the union station by the Pullman COM
pany as a linen counter. He is survived
by wife and six children, three boys
and three girls, the oldest Of whom is
a boy IL years of age and the young
est two years old.
Policeman Lon Garner has been a
member of the force nearly three years,
and while one of the smallest men
weighing only 40 pounds. is recognized
as a good peace officO->