El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-29
NEGRO killed;
TWO ARE HELD
John Robinson Is Dead and
Marshall johnson and
Wife Arrested.

John Robinson, a negro, was shot and
killed Thursday night about 6 o'clock
at Third and Oregon streets, during a
melee with those OF his race in which
Robinson was shot by a man, and fall
ing dead his body was beaten over the
/ head with the butt end of a revolver
! by a woman, according to witnesses OF
the affair Marshall Jackson, a negro,
and his wife. Ida jackson, negress, are
held by the police pending the investi-
cation which was begun Thursday
morning by the grand jury.
Justice E. B. McCHntock acting as
coroner in the case, had the police de-
tain the witnesses at the police station
until he could hold a preliminary hear
ing and get the evidence. Friday morn
ing he held Marshall jackson and his
wife, Ida Jackson, negroes, without
bond to await the action OF the grand
jury next Tuesday on a charge of muir
der.
Robinson had been released from the
county Jail Thursday, after having been
/ sentenced to serve a short term there on
a charge Of assaulting Ida jackson three
! weeks ago. He was % years of age, and
at one time had been employed in the
FL PasO & Southwestern railroad shops,
| but lately had not been working.
Shot Through Body.
The wound which caused his death
was made by a A caliber ball It en-
tered his right arm near the elbow. pen
Grated the right side, went between the
ribs, cut the back of the liver, went back
Of the heart and lodged near the upper
part Of the fifth rib on the left side,
lodging there after having split the nib.
Death was almost instantaneous.
Marshall jackson Is alleged to have
fired the fatal shot because his revolver,
which he handed to Sam Gilleau. a bar
tender at the Oregon bar after the
shooting, was Of that caliber and two
I shells had been exploded from it. The
woman had fired four shots and then
! beat the dead man over the head with
! her revolver, according to the testimony
OF Bias Marquee, a IA year old news
boy, who was the star witness for the
/ prosecution, and who identified the wo-
man. though he could not identity the
man.
Bullet Holes n Floor
The body of the dead man Law inside
the saloon where he had fallen There
were two bullet holes IN the floor where
the body lay, indicating that he had
been shot at after he fell, or while he
]
the glass door and struck a pillar In the
| saloon.
Has a Record.
Marshall jackson. one of the defend
ants. had been acquitted in the Gath
district court on November Is. 1910.
when he was tried on charge of shoot
ing and killing Madison Graham. also
a negro, on May 20, 1910. His defence
| at that time was self defence. he as
/ serted that Graham reached for a pistol
| The defence in the present case has not
been disclosed, as neither of the defend
ants took the stand at the preliminary
hearing Friday morning. However. no
pistol was found on the body of Robin
son after his death and there was no
testimony to show that he had a YEA
pom RObinson's mother teIegraphed
from San Antonio Friday morning to
have the body shipped there for inter.
meEt.
Heard Firecrackers.
When the investigation was begun
: Friday, N. S. Scott, the first to testify.
{ said; Il heard shots and at first thought
they were firecrackers. A shot went
| through the glass, and I went outside
/ and saw the deceased LAYING on the
4 ground. A bullet went through the door
/ and hit post, and there were two holes
I lying Marshall has a rOOming house
I over the saloon and a pool hall three
I doors south Of my saloon on Oregon
/ street
Sid Gilleau, who lives at 5I2 South
/ campbell street, and Is a bartender at
! the oregon bar. testified that he was
I on duty when Robinson was shot. and
! that Jackson came in and handed him
! PisJo1' winch he IN turn gave to ser
! geant ) D. Mc5reet. This was a little
/ after o'clock. John Moreland. held rs
/ witness, said he had not seen the
shooting.
Boy Star Witness.
Bias Marquee, a IA year old news
] boy, who lives at Fifth and Stanton
/ streets, was the star witness for tbe
/ prosecution. he pointed to Ida Jackson
as the woman who did the shooting. but
Ialled to identify her husband.
qldn see very well. but I did see
the shooting said the lad. Il was ON
/ oregon street with some other bovs We
] heard shot, and we saw a man ana
/ woman chasing another fellow. The man
I thaJ was being chased ran into a saloon.
AOo1I mat time the man after him
liIeu Two or three shots. Then I saw
I S S-le cololeq woman shoot at him. too.
Sne saw she didn't have any moro bTI-
/ lets IN her gun, and then started To biz
the man with the handle of the gun. I
can't tell who was the man who fired
the shots but 1 can tell the woman.
I Ihat sine 5 5he woman mar The boy pointed to
Iu4 JSc ::S J. they said they'd let me
! out OF Jail II 1 told what / knew" said
/ the bow Sdiu
W ?, Walker, a blacksmith with the
"a infantry, testified that he had
known jackson all his life. and that
! jackson came from San Antonio. Walker
was IN the rrooming house at the time
I OF ghe shooting, but his testimony had
! little Qlrect haarincr On IL. -. - -