Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-28

looking in that direction waiting
for the band to start playing again,
when my attention was attracted by
a man calling 'Joei' 1 looked
around and noticed a man sitting in
a chair in the street at the edge of
the sidewalk, facing up Elizabeth
street in a northwesterly direction.
He was directly in front of me, and
just the width of the sidewalk be-
tween us. ! did not know this man.
LAS / turned toward him, he again
called, joel Right after this l saw
]. L. Crixell, city marshal, walking
toward him, coming from the direc-
ton in which the man who had
called him was facing. Mr.. Crixell
had his right hand in front of him,
hanging from his belt. He was
walking slowly in a natural man
ner, and made no unusual motion
OF any kind.
Il could see the men very plain
ly from the light from the saloon
and from the large electric sign, just
a few doors up Elizabeth street.
When Mr.. Crixell was within a very
few feet-it seemed to me not over
five or six feet from the man in
the chair, the latter began shooting
without rising from the chair. He
fired two shots from the chair, and
as Mr.. Crixell fell, he got out Of the
chair and fired four or five more
shots after Mr.. Crixell was on the
ground.
while the shooting was still go
ing on, l cried out, My God, what
are you doing? Don't do that I'm
meGately after the shooting two
men ran from the opposite side OF
the street and caught hold of the
man who did the shooting, while he
"a still in the street. They took
him across Elizabeth street and into
the Bank saloon" Mr.. Kraft said
there were no words between the
two men.
Cross examination Of Mr.. Kraft
brought out nothing new
NJ. S. Hunt, the next witness, tes-
titled that he saw the shooting from
the gallery in front of the Barnes
pool hall, just across the street and
some three or four doors down
Elizabeth street ftom the Club bar
At the time of the shooting, he was
in the company Of his brother, d. p
Hunt, and dad" Williams, who
works in the pool hall.
He stated that they had been lis
tening to the band which had been
playing at the Miller hotel. He hap
pened to be looking across the street
and saw some one, whom he did not
recognize, sitting in a chair in front
Of the Club bar. The chair was ir
the street, near the edge of the side
walk. He saw someone, who he
later learned was City Marshal
Crixell, walking down the street in
the direction of the man in the
chair.
The city marshal was, he judged
about ten feet from the edge Of the
sidewalk, and about thirty feet from
the man in the chair, when he first
noticed them. The marshal wa
walking naturally, neither fast MOI
especially slow. He walked VI
within what seemed to be about
three or four feet from the man II
the chair and stopped. Just as he
stopped the man in the chair com
menced shooting. He fired two or
three shots-witness could not be
sure of the exact number-then as
the city marshal fell to the ground
the man jumped out of the chair and
fired several more at the body IS il
lay on the ground. At the last sho.
he had stepped up close to the body
and aimed down, it seemed to the
witness, at it's head.
Immediately after the shooting
Captain Fox of the rangers ran VI
to and grabbed the man who did
the shooting, by the arm. AS they
crossed the street toward where
witness was standing, he recognized
the man who did the shooting as
Paul McAllister. He knew Meal
lister by sight, but did not know the
city marshal.
Mr.. Hunt stated that the marshal
made no motion of an unusual kind
as he walked toward McAllister.
After the first three or four shots
the witness heard someone call GU
halt" or stop" or something o.
that kind. He said it sounded like
Capt. Fox's voice.
This concluded the testimony for
yesterday, court adjourning at ST,
.