The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-05-08

Thing about no one being allowed Oh
he street. Richenstein then tooh
lhoId of a wire which had been
istrune to keep the crowd back Du'
4 made no attempt to pass under II, 81
the witness said. Manley then
atruck him across the shoulder WIN
his gun and witness thought Rlch-
eustein said something to Nancy
labout .eyou are nice soldier 10
hit a man with your gun" witness
Idid not remember the exact ian-
euage used. Manley then drew ma
gnn and thrust the bayonet through
Richenstein's body.
While the witness was testllylhs
lthe rifle with bayonet attached
which is said to have been used by
Manley, stood in one corner OIL tne
witness box 1t was used by the VII
ness and the attorneys to Demon
str,tie before the jury just no"
ManIey made his movements when
bo struck Richenstein and then
stabbed him.
# was stated Tuesday afternoon
that the dying declaration OF Rlch-
enstsin had been lost from the rec
ords. and that secondary evidence
would have to be used instead
The following is said to be
copy of the statement made by
Richeinstein:
.'St. Ps.ul's Sanitarium, Oct 10
1907. Louis Reichensteln, no"
realizing that l am probably at the
point of death, declare that | was
stabbed by one of the soldiers at
the Fair Grounds today and WITH
ont wanton act of mine that could
be regarded as hostile or a proVoca-
ton. / asked the soldier to permit
me to cross the line to catch car
and he refused and struck me across
the right shoulder with his gun. 1
made the remark to him, WASH
that a nice thing to do! and there
upon, without any word or warning,
he ran his bayonet right through
me. (Signed)
81. REICHENSTEIN.'
Subscribed and sworn to before
me, notary public.
"T. J. MURMANE."
The one hundred veniremen We're
exhausted before the jury was Sc
cured and eighteen talesmen were
summoned by the sheriff. The last
Juror wa secured about $3.50. or
he veniremen examined thirty-eight
we're excused for cause and about
fifteen or these were opposed to the
Heath penalty. Most of the venire-
men who lived in the city disquali-
led for service because of having
formed an opinion as to
the guilt or innocence of the de-
PENDANT Prof. ]. B. Baker and ].
G. Brasher of Waxahachie were the
only town men selected on the jury
The personnel of the jury is as
follows: w c. Conner. J. G. Brash
\ err f.. p. Clark, w. J. Pollock. b
\ w. BrYant, G. S. johnson, j. A
\ Bradford. l.. G. Christian, T. j
: Lloyd, G. L. Calvin, ] b. Baker an
. T. II. Hickman.
DR.. w w. Samuells of Dalla
{ was the the first witness called b
, t1e state Wednesday morning. III
testimony was for the purpose .
Ishowing the location of the wounC
THAT caused Richenstein s death.
| He was followed by another star
witness for the state, Rhynea--
son. Witness testified that he and
his wife and little girl were sitting
in their surrey only about twenty
five feet from the scene of the con-
troyersy between Richenstein and
Manley. He said a wire bad Teen
to keep people out of the
street, but had been let down for
autos to pass over. 1t was not MOI 9
than knee high where the trouble
occurred He saw deceased and J. |
w. Cooper when they walked up to
he wire. He heard the converse
lion between Richenstein and Man |
ley but could not distinguish what
they were saying. The crowd |
around was not dense. He saw
stoop to pick up the
wire Saw defendant strike deceas-
&C with his gun and then thrust
him with the bayonet. Did not sec
hlCneUSLeln make any movements
with his hands after being struck
E. o. Clinkscales testimony was
along the same line, and Represent
alive Geo A. Harmon's testimony
vas in corroboration of some OF the
facts testified to by the other wit
nesses. Mr.. Harmon was a member
of a reception committee and hap
pened to be passing along the
street when the trouble occurred.