El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-07

there was going to be any trouble I
would not have gone.
There was a slcller on the front
seat don't know if the gun was IN
shooting tried TO tie the horse and ger
away As far as / can remember, all
Casey said when he asked US to 90
with him was come on fellows let's take
a ride
Anderson Partner Testifies.
Charles L Forester. partner of Vim.
j. ANDERSON in the Bellevue Messenger
service testified;
I knew ANDERSON from June Is, 1912.
He died Aug. 3, 1872. We owned the
Bellevue Messenger service. / was
there just before and just after the
shooting. 1 saw Casey there I was
{ sitting at the desk near the partition.
ANDERSON was IN the back room An
drew Mitchell had told him, look out,
Will He was not armed when he
went to the back room He asked me
Tor his gun / got it and gave it to him
Handed Pistol to Anderson.
Casey had a rifle After I handed
ANDERSON his pistol 1 walked out Ca
sey was talking to Jack Anderson
/ heard him say tell your brother to
come out. He said If you interfere
1 will get you, 1 went around to the
side of the building and told VIII 10
look out that Casey had q rifle. As 1
-
person YOU - come out or you are
4 went around to the Limousine
garage and telephoned the police three
times before could get them. While
I was telephoning heard the shooting.
Mitchell got into an automobile and
before he started away called look out,
Will
After heard the shots I went back
to the Bellevue ANDERSON was lying
against the partition apparently dead
OLE IT, n N.e
Fred Drescher and Darcy were there.
There was a shadow on ANDERSON,
made by the light in the back room"
Advised Anderson to Get Out.
On cross examination he said: Mr.
Casey was at the telephone pole in
front when l first saw him told
ANDERSON try to get out the back,
Will There was partition, seven
feet high, running from wall TO wall
with doorway but no door in the
center.
when I saw it was impossible for
Will ANDERSON to get out without ex-
posing himself I went to the telephone
TO notify the police.
so far as know Fred Drescher is in
Los Angeles. He retired from the
Bellevue company Oct g. 1912"
Says Dreseher Was Not Discharged
Victor Moore asked the witness if
he did not know that Drescher had tes-
tilted at the examining trial that no
weapons had been kept at the Bellevue
office Attorney Nealon objected on
the ground that this was hearSay tes-
timony.
Judge Jackson sent the jury out and
the witness said: 4 don't know what
the testimony of Fred Drescher was.
1 was not at the preliminary hearing.
1 never heard his testimony. He was
not discharged. He quit of his own
accord"
The judge ruled that he would allow
the defence to endeaYOr to show that
Dreseher had been discharged and that
FORESTER knew he had testified but he
would not allow 1t to be shown what
that testimony was. The jury was
then brought back and Forester con-
tinued:
we took Dreseher off the desk and
put him on messenger work.
ANDERSON was mad that afternoon
and said he ought to have stamped the
life out of him He said something
about having had an argument with
Mr. Casey.
Anderson was working on the night
shift Mr.. Greet picked up Amberson's
pistol. 1 heard two shots had been fired
from it.
Tried Twice to Get Police.
I tried to get the police station
twice while 1 was at the Bellevue Cen
tral told me the line was busy. called
CUISINE garage.
I told the Herald reporter the next
day that l did not want to say, any
I said the first trouble was about the
Myrtle avenue property.
Amberson's gun was in different
place that night from where it had
been kept 1 don't know whether Am
berson was shot once or twice, nor
do I remember exactly what kind OF a
gun he had It was a 30 or a 50 cal
iber.
From the marks made by bullets
three shots might have been fired from
the outside"
Redirect Examination.
On redirect examination he said: I
never saw any bullet hole in the Austin
a MARI building. That is on the corner
or Texas and Stanton streets one block
west from the messenger office.
The visit of Mr.. Casey, which re-
suited in Amberson's becoming angry
was about an hour and a half before
his return
Coroner Produces Bullet.
z B. McClintock, Justice of the
peace. was the next witness. He tes-
tiled. "As coroner 1 visited the scene
of the shooting on Sunday morning.
was present at the undertaker's when
Earl Maxim located this bullet (Here
he produced the bullet and the steel
Jacket) In my judgment it is 1880
caliber bullet. Both were taken out
of the right thigh. One was further
IN than the other. The bullet entered
in the center Of the body a little be-
low the navel It was such a wound
as would produce death That was the
only wound. They make a 1890 pistol