The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-12
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arrested HOLLY nor tho defendant
save me any money WIS Ia the
city iail -four or five days Was not
tn Aronoffs store about 3 O'Clock
IN the afternoon Of the killing Was
never in the store IN my life Did
not ASK for a match Was IN the
city iail when MRS Aronoff called
to look az the prisoners oates was
there She did not identify any one
she said the man was not IN the
crowd ! was indicted on the same
charge as Holly and Oates made
contract with the county attorney
to testify against Oates IN considcra-
tion OF which the case agains. me
was to be dismissed Did not testi-
fv In the Vann case Nann's case
was on trial when made the con
tract with the state. My contract |
was that ! testify against Oates. |
Was afterwards indicted, tried and |
convicted for theft from the person. |
Was given three years. Was arrest
ed and indicted for killing Earl Ma |
bry. In jail on that charge now. |
Have been in jail most of the time
since 1904.
Redirect. Have been tried on a
charge of murder three times. All |
resulted in hung iuries. When Oates |
was brought before Mrs. Aronoff 1t |
was the evening following the kill
ing. AT that time he had on white |
zap and ovcrcoat.
Recross; A cap was put on him
there,
Epps G. Knight testified that he |
lived in Dallas and that he was chief
of police in 1904. WIS called to
Aronoffs house by telephone. Ar
rived about five minutes after the
killing. Examined the body of
Aronoff think the wound was in |
the left breast near the nipple. | took
IT to be a 3S-caliber hole. Saw the
cash drawer, it had been rifled.
His testimony on cross examina-
ton was practically the same as TO
the location of the wound. He SAID
he was at the city jail when Mrs.
Aronoff called. He did not know If |
she identified any one She gave
her information to the county.
At this point counsel for the de-
Tense asked that Frank McCue be |
brought back to the stand. He was
asked if he made any statement to
Chief Knight when he had been ar
rested. He said he told the chief
he did not know anything about 1t.
Chief Knight again took the stand
and in reply to a question from the
defense he said McCue told him
something about five-cent tobacco
deal, but said he knew nothing
about the Aronoff robbery.
County Attorney pippen announc-
ed that the state was ready to rest
with the understanding that the
right be reserved to put Judge Nelms
on the stand. 1t was explained that
he was engaged in the trial of
murder case in Dallas
Attorney Basket said this ar
rangement was agreeable to him and
said he was ready to begin the in
PRODUCTION of testimony if given per-
mission to introduce some documen-
tary evidence when certain papers
arrived from Austin.
j. G. Alexander, chief of detect
ives at Dallas, was the first witness
called for the defense. He said he
had been chief of detectives going
on seventeen years. He was chlet
when Sol Aronoff was killed in
1904. r. L. Cornwell was lieuten-
ant of detectives then. He is now
dead. He has been dead over year.
He is the same Cornwell who testi-
fled in former trials of the case.
Witness remembered the killing OF
Aronoff. Several arrests were made
Was at the city hall when Mrs,
Aronoff called to see the prisoners
Oates was there. She did not iden-
ify the negro
d. S. Arnold, captain of the police
force said that in 1904 he was one