Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-29
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kRAFT'S EVIDENCE
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When the first shot rang out he
looked around and saw McAllister
and Crixell. Defendant was facing
in direction Of Weller's saloon.
diagonally r the street. He
was in a STOPPING position in front
OF his chair when Fox first saw him
after the shooting began. Defend
ant, he said, then STEPPED upon the
sidewalk and made a small circle
around the man at whom he was
shooting. AS witness jumped to the
gutter from where he had been
standing he halloed stop that"
Capt. Fox did not hear any one
call out Joe" twice just before the
shooting. He said he had reasonably
good hearing. He said he V
heard a sound before the shooting.
He was in the middle of the street
when the shooting stopped. He tes-
titled that McAllister did not shoot
while Crixell was lying in the gut
ter. Defendant was holding the
gun down in front Of his waist with
one hand when Fox Reached him.
Witness did not remember the po-
sition of :he other hand. He was
the first persont to reach McAllister,
no coin IIn avnnoinaJ loTo-lo-4s
gun in Jail. McAllister, he said, did
not change clipN or reload. Fox re-
moved the clip from the pistol and
later found one bullet in the barrel.
Did not know whether or not Nc
Allister had a full clip lin his pocket.
Witness stated that defendant could
not have fired more than seven shots.
Witness testified that he would
have seer Mr.. Kraft if the latter had
been standing in front of the Club
have seen anybody who came to the
body within two seconds after the
shooting. He did not know who
came first, as he saw no one. He
walked directly cross the street
with McAllister, and judged that it
took ten seconds to get to the saloon
through which he carried the pris-
oner. He said he positively could
have seen anyone had they been
there at the scene of the shooting,
and, in fact. was looking for some
one to send to the man who had been
shot.
The witness vas then turned over
to the prosecution, and was ques
toned by County Attorney Good
rich.
He said he did not know if any
one was on the gallery in front of
the billiard hall over the Bank bar,
but there might have been someone
there. He admitted having been
somewhat excited, but considered
himself reasonably cool.
Witness said that a man on the
sidewalk at time Of shooting might
have had time to get into the Club
bar by the time he reached Meal
lister. He testified that he was GER
tain no one was there. He said
there might have been some one be-
tween a barber pole and Crixell's
saloon. Capt. Fox could not tell if
anyone was occupying the vehicles
standing nearby.
Ranger Mercer accompanied Capt.
Fox and McAllister to the Jail. Wit
ness stated that Mercer was a few
feet to rear of him when he crossed
the street to the shooting.
Captain Fox was asked il, while
McAlliser was serving under him as
a ranger, he sent McAllister from
Brownsville. The witness answer
ed that he had been requested to do
so by city officials, or, to be correct,
Mayor Kowalski. McAllister was
only here for a few days stay, as his
sation was at Harlingen. McAllis-
ter later resigned from the force be-
cause the number of rangers was
cut down from fourteen to seven.
Defense again cross-examined the
witness, and asked that he tell de-
tails of the affair concerning which
he had just been questioned. He
stated that he met Mayor Kowalski
on the street one morning. The
mayor asked him to do him, the
mayor, a favor by removing Meal
lister. because if he sayed here SER
ious trouble might result.
Attorney Jones asked If Fox would
have heard Mr.. Kraft if the latter
had jumped up and halloed. Wit
ness answered that he would.
Fox retired and adjournment was
taken until 1880 in the afternoon.
Witness for Defense.
Jim Mercer, a member OF the