Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-21

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officer of the law came and took them.
q What did YOU do after YOU picked
this automatic pistol and laid il on the
tablet
a. Well, sir. | saw that ~Schoenbohm
was totally dead. and | went back then
60 the body IF Dnbose to see il there was
anything thar could be lone for him. and
J moved him around and changed him
into "A more comfortable position than
he was living. and Strengthened his head
for him. made two or three attempts
To get him "a speak, or show conscious
ness. but he did not.
Q.-Now. when you went up there in
the Office. did You see this man Shana.
han up there?
4. Yrs. sir. lie il the man that |
spoke % after ] got up there.
q. What conversation did YOU have?
ANY between you twOg Before YOU went
back % III. q. Dubose. did YOU ask him
any ~queStionSg
A. | asked him who the man was thai
was lying IN the floor. He said he did
mol know. Then | asked him if anybody
else was shot. and he said not that ne
knew of. | then asked him III he knew
NAAN - w NAIflf uF UINtAt. anu IT.
said he did not hear "A word spoken be-
fore the shooting Perhaps | asked him
one or two other questions along that
same line. bnt we did not converse much
az the time.
q. Was anyone else there. besides You.
~Shannahan. and Ed Dubose?
a. Why. yes. There were two or
three women down in the front part of
the Office or hall. | do not know whether
they were there when | went up or not.
but while talking 10 Mr.. S~hannahan I
looked over that way and they either
came in then or else they were there
already. They were standing mp and ap-
pcarcd to be excited. | did not know any
Of them
q Who came up there after you did?
a. Upstairs?
q. Yes. sir.
A. Well. il seems to me like there were
ten. M least. perhaps fifteen minutes. be
Tore anyone came up at all. and then the
nrst man who came uD. | did not know
Ihen there were "A number Of men who
came in almost at the same time. or "a.
Their to the steps.
O. Whom did you know among this
number?
a. Well. l noticed Mr.. Parker. and
Mr.. Ashheim, and then they crowded in
like everything. Ii seems to me ms if
everybody tried to get in.
O. How long after YOU were there. did
Pat Haley get there?
4. 1 should judge about fifteen min.
nteS.
q. Did he 60 with this bunch Of men?
A.. Yes. sir.
q. Did Harry Wallis come up with
Pat Haley?
A.. I do not know whether he came IN
with him. but il seems 10 me M If Mr.
Fat Haley came in before. but | could
not be positive about that. as | was up
stairs.
2. Did You know this man Schoen-
bohm's room?
A. No, sir.
q. Did you know when Pat Haley and
Harry Wallis went in there?
A. No, sir, ] did not know.
q. DO YOU know If this man Schoen-
bohm had any baggage
A.. No. sir. l never saw any.
q. Doctor. here il an exhibit marked
a, Of the State introduced AZ evidence.
u il the post mortem medical examin-
alton report made by You aud Doctor
Works?
A. Yes. sir.
U l. that "A correct report?
\. Yes, sir. That is correct. This re.
port ~ pencil i the original notes that
were made al the examination. and signed
nv n. IN
Y. Where was this examination held.
doctor?
A. III was held IN the undertaking
rooms Of Mr.. Hinklcy.
q. What are this man S~choenbohm'S
initials?
a. ! 40 NOT know.
u. How long after the shooting was
tie post norton exaIninatiun heidi
A. We began on the post norton about
six o'clock. and the shooting was M about
five.-about ~ hour afterwards.
Cross Examination by Attorney Rent
fro:
q. Did You say that there were sew.
eraI shots, and then a pause. and then
more shooting. and then d pause. and
then more shots. Were those pauses ~
any duration. or just m%omentary?
a. The second pause seemed 10 be-
about ten seconds. The first pause
though. was very short-not more than
a second or two. | should Judge about
the difference between what il would
take a man from the time one man would
shoot and the time another man could
get another gun and shoot.
Y You say there were several shots
m first. and then some more firing
A. Yes. sir. The first shots were not