El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-05

as soon as go down to the drug store
and come back
HE had something in his right hip
pocket and was going to pull it out
but told him do not want to see 1T.
Talked About Picture.
John T. McCutcheon: Il saw Har-
reu the day of the killing. We had
several conversations about Mitchlm.
Just before the publication Of the News
saw Harren on the corner OF Texas
street and Mesa avenue. He said thal
he told Mitchim If he printed the pic
ture he would beat his head off, KICK
his head off or shoot his heart out, ne
did not know. I told him that was ali
foolishness and he said he would not
stand for the picture He was very
angry.
THAT was early In the day"
Derrscks Recalls Tragedy.
Frank Derricks was. then placed on
the stand and testified: It conducted
the Silver King saloon in May, 1908
recall Harrell's being killed. 1 saw
HarreH a day or so before tnat during
the noon hour in my saloon
s'He came in there He said if Mitchlm
printed the picture he would Kill him
Ny porter Tom McClennan, was there.
He did not say why he objected to the
picture. did not know Mitchim at
that time"
Tom McClennan was then placed on
the stand ard said: 4 saw Harrel1 In
the saloonl He had a conversation with
Mr.. Derricks and said something about
a picture of the dance hall They talked
for about a half hour and went out the
back way
"He said Mitchim had taken pic
ture of the dance hall and said some
thing about his picture being in there
did not pay any attention to II
Says He Is a Farmer.
M Tom Powers was called and said:
.sT am farmer. saw Harren some
time before dark the day the picture
was printed. He was at Che Coney
Island and showed me paper he
said he had stuck it IN Mitchim's face
and said: Well. you can act the gen
tleman when you have to. He SAID, 1
told him If he published it 1 would Kill
him, the day before
II said. you're not going to kill him.
He said. No, but ought to- 1 nick
ramed him the spit-inyour-face kid,
because he would get close up to you
and talk"
wanted to Borrow Pistol.
Joe NJ Brown testified: Il was IN
charge of the Coney Island store room
in MAY. 1903 1 saw him about o'clock,
he wanted to borrow my sixshooter and
said be wanted to kill Mitchim 1
would not let him have il"
King Horton, who was bartender at
the Apex bar in May, 1908, was called
to the stand and testified: 81 convereed
with Harrell in the Apex the evening
of the killing. The night they made
the flashlight of the dance hall, he told
me Of it and said he was caught IN II
and that he would not let it be printed.
Repeats the Threat.
'"The day it came out he was IN the
saloon and said I thought you were
not going to allow that picture to be
printed and he walked into my office
and said am going to kill that =
- I said where are you? He
grabbed the paper and showed me-
II left him and Ryan in the barroom
just before the shooting. Harrell gave
the paper back to me and went out.
81 saw Harren on the sidewalk after
the shooting I saw Mitchim leaning
against the window with his gun by
his side. l went back to the saloon
DR.. E. H Hoffecker was then sum-
moned and testified: Il had CONVEX
sation with Harrell the day before the
killing. He said be had been to
Mitchim's office and told him if he
printed the picture he would Kill him."
Nfitchim Warned.
II. c. Myles was the next witness and
he said: '''I had known Harrell init
mately. In one conversation with Har-
rell a couple of day before his death,
he came into my office, told me he
had been in the dance hall and he was
in the picture and if Mitchim printed
it he was going to kill him.
II told him, You ought not talk that
way. You ought not to have been
there He said, Well. if. he prints it
I will kill him I saw Mitchim the next
day and told him OF it.
IT saw Harren the morning of the
day he was killed He was in the Peo-
pies drug store and said he had heard
Mitchim was going to print the picture
and If he did he was going TO kill him.
Said He Would Obliterate Faces.
when 1 told Mitchim about what
Harrc1l had said he replied that he
would obliterate the face so no one
would recognize Harrell. In fact, there
will not be any faces that will be
recognized"
T. C. Spivey then took the stand and
said: II saw Bill Harrell at the Shell
was killed. He said I have been to the
News office and told him if he printed
that picture I am going to beat him to
death and will do it, Then he said: I
am going down right now tried to
keep him but he went out He said he
was going to the News office and beat
UP Mitchim. That was about $50 on
the day he was killed. He showed me