The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-05-09
MANLEy ON THE STAND
IN HIS OWN BEHALF
DEFENDANT GIVES HIS VERSION
OF THE KILLING OF LOUIS
RICHENSTEIN.
Declaring that While the Wound
Was Accidentally Inflicted He
Believed His Life Was in
Danger.

While still maintaining that the
bayonetting of Louis Richenstein at
Dallas on October %, 1909, during
the visit of President Taft was
purely accidental J. D. Marley, the
defendant, added new theory to his
defense when he took the stand
Thursday morning to testify in his
own behalf
Manley was called and sworn as
soon as court convened. He was
questioned on direct examination by
Judge Muse. He told the jury his
name and said he was born in the
northeast part of Kaufman county.
Left there in 1905 and went to Dali
las. Was a member of the military
company at Terrell and after going
to Dallas he joined company
there. He was asked a number of
questions to show that he was on
guard duty the day of the presi-
dents visit to Dallas under orders
from superior officers. He said he
first knew of the call for service on
the streets when the company as
sembled at the armory. The entire
company responded. He then des-
cribed how the soldiers were assign
ed to duty on the streets and about
wire being stretched around an
enclosure in which the presidents
train would stop. After the wire had
been stretched the soldiers had or
ders to allow the people on the in
side to pass out but to permit no
one on the outside to pass in. He
testified that several minutes be-
fore the difficulty with Richenstein
he put a man out. He took him by
the arm and led him under the
wire. While walking along the
wire he saw J w. Cooper and Louis
Richenstein coming toward the wire
in an angling direction. He started
toward them and when about ten
feet away he said, there's nothing
doing; l can't let you pass here. =
He testified that he had orders to
keep people out. He said Richon-
stein then ran his hand in his pocket
as If to get some money and said
1--we age going to catch car" Wit
ness testified he told RichensteiI
1 there was no car there. He replie'
that he was mo fool and wa
not going to walk all around tow
to find car"
Witness testified that Richenstei
then took hold of the wire and b
showed him back with his gun. I'll
witness demonstrated before tn
jury how he used the gun in pusf
Ing deceased away from wire. H
testified that after he showed Rich
enstefn back he stepped back abou
I a step from the wire, and Richcn
stein began cursing him and calm,
| him 'tin soldier, rag doll" ant
q lot of vile names. He repeated
and Richepsteir said you are III
against bunch you can't make dc
| anything" He declared that Rich
onstein took hold of the wire again
and he kicked his hand off with the
butt of his gun. He said that Rich
| pocket. In order to be on
the defensive, he said,
| he brought his gun to the position
of bayonet charge and in some way
| it caught on the wire. He did not
know how it pierced Richenstein.
AS he pulled the gun back Richen-
setin walked toward him still hold
ing to the wire. He continued TO
pull on the gun and 1t seemed to
come from under the mans arm.
He said If he made any forward
movement with the gun he did it I'm
consciously He did not intend to