Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-28
EXAMINING TRIAL
OF PAUL NJ ALL|STER
CHARGED WITH KILLING CITY
MARSHAL CRIXELL
Chief Witness, Travelling Man from
Chicago, Who Was Within Ten
Feet of Spot, Tells Story of
Tragedy in Desail.

ing and Killing CITY Marshal Joe L..
Crixell on the night of August g.,
was begun in the district court room
yesterday Jus ice of the Peace VAL
entin Gavito presided. Adjourn
ment was taken at six o'clock, and
the hearing will be resumed at 10
O'Clock this morning.
An unusual action was taken
when orders were given that every
person who came into the court
room be searched for fire arms. The
work was under the direction of the
rangers. Only a few guns were Sc
cured, all being the property of Of
ficers of the law. The court room
was crowded all day. and many
could not obtain seats.
The defense was represented by
w. r. Jones, of the firm of West,
Jones & West, of this city, and Jas.
NJ. Taylor of Corpus Christi. The
prosecution had an array of coun-
sci, which included County Attorney
E. K Goodrich, Judge Noah Allen,
r. Z. Holland and r. B. Creager.
The state introduced six witness
es during the day. The testimony
for the prosecu ion occupied the en-
tire day. DR.. j. L. Rentfro, DR.. w
NJ Spohn, Capt. j. NJ Fox, ]. NJ
Dwyer, j. H. Krafts and NJ. S. Hunt
testified. The two latter were eye
witnesses to the shooting.
Dr.. Rentfro was the first called
to the stand He stated that he was
the county physician and held that
position at the time of the shooting.
His wife heard the shots, just after
he arrived home that night, and he
Immediately got into his automobile
and went down town. He found the
city marshal dead when he arrived
on the scene. He made a brief ex-
animation of the body and accom-
panied it to the Hinkley undertake
ing establishment. DR.. Rentfro was
on the witness stand about an hour.
In explaining in detail the
wounds, he stated that one bullet
entered the anterior surface Of the
left arm, and came out at the pos
terror surface, just above the arm
pit. This bullet fell out.
One entered the neck two inches
below the angle of the right jaw, on
line with the shoulder joint, frac-
turing several cervical vertebrae, or,
in other words, breaking the neck.
This was fatal wound The bullet
was extracted, and was found to be
flattened out.
One entered three inches above
the right nipple. Ii came out an
inch from the right arm pit, and did
not enter the chest.
One entered three inches above the
lower end of the breast bone, and
came out three inches below, the
right nipple.
One entered one inch above the
navel, slightly to the right. 1t came
out three inches from the right of
the spinal column and at the edge
of the pelvic bone, having passed
through the abdomen.
One entered two inches to the left
Of the spinal column on line with
the eleventh dorsal yertebrae, rang
ing down through the muscles about
about eight inches.
Another entered the back on a
level with the sixth dorsal vertebrae
and lodged in the muscles. Thi;
bullet was extracted.
Still another entered the back or
level with the fifth dorsal verte-
brae, and came out four inches above
the right apex of the shoulder blade
One entered the palm Of the righ
hand an inch from the wrist joint
on little finger side of the hand. |
came out the back of the hand a.
inch above the lower end of III
ulnar bone of the forearm, on the lit
tie finger side OF hand.
Another entered the middle Of tn
back Of the right hand, and came ou
one inch above the wrist joint o
the thumb side of the hand.
The witness testified that thre
bullets were extracted. and all wer
45-calibre steel jacketed bullets.
DR.. Rentfro stated that by as-C
ciating the two wounds in the han
with other wounds in the bod.
there were evidences Of eight bu
les having entered the body.
The fracture of the neck, ID
Rentfro, said. was the most probab'
cause of death. The wound throug