Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-12
HAvRE- HEARING
is IN PROGRESS
Witnesses Testify That viii TuIlis, the
Dead Man, Had Made Threats Against
Henry Hawe-Testimony Differs Slight
" from Previous Statements.

VIII Tullis one mile west Of Brownsville
az II o'clock last Monday morning. j. in
progress this afternoon. with indications
that the hearing will not d. concluded be-
fore very late IN the day. The hearing l.
before Justice OF the Peace Gavito.
Charles Dorset, an eye witness TO the
shooting, testified a. to certain remarks,
made bv Tulli- before the shooting. and
testimony favorable to the defendant.
tending to show that Tulii- had made
threats against Havre. was given by Pa
triri0 Flores, also IN the vicinity nj the
time the shooting occurred.
Flores testified that about-a month be-
fore the shooting he heard Tullis and
%Ilavrc engaged in a heated discussion. and
when he went into the room where they
were arguing, he testified. he heard Tullis
tell Henry ~llayrc, "Yon - . Ill
kill you and feed yon 10 tho dogs"
Dorset testified that he reached a ca
nal about one miles west If West Browns
Vile al II o'clock on the morning of the
shooting and there he found Louis Cortez
"a work on the canal. tie said that 49,
stopped and talked To Corfcz about five
minute when Henry Havrc arrived na
or-eback. going toward town. lie tc-ti-
fled that he talked to IIavre about five
minute. when Patricio Flores and Willie
Tuili. arrived ii a buggy.
'Ih.y Sahted,' testified Dorset ss-ar-
ing good morning. which We answered.
Then Tullis addressed liavre saying.
What IN the hell are you doing on that
horse
"llcnry answered him." testified the
witness, that a. there was no other
horse I'd ride AT the place ne had taken
that one. Tullis then told him. II yoa
had said something 10 me about II. :
would have seen that Won got another
horse. or something to that effect. Tails
and ! then got ID talking. I wanted "a
taik to him on business. Tullis then got
out Of the buggy aud We both went a lit
lie ways from il. He had told me he had
seen the mare, and he had talked a il he
knew who had gotten II. ana that l. why
! got him on the road.
"lle told me Jose S:sldana had told
hmm he had seen the marc and / told him
wanted the mare. that il belonged 20 n
man who worked for me. and that | want
rd H. then asked him vino had The Rla-
lack field. and TulliS answered. We have
leased IT, ! told him | wanted II pasture
mS milk COWS in that field and he told
me that Henry had gone there and seen
the cows and said something 10 my men
about it,
Dorsett then testified that TuIIi~ said.
That = the way with Henry h. l. always
buiting m. raising hell. ana We are going
to dissolve partnership DorSett said he
told Tnlli~ not to talk loud. that Havre
would hear him. aud that 'he went On
talking about Henry. saving NJ had ~
eonfiidence IN Henry. that he could not RELY
on him, and that Henry was q --.-
using an unprintable word.
Dorset continued: sThen he continued
saying 4 whole lot mere thing. about
Henry and that ~ did not want anvthino
more to do with him. | told him that
Henry might hear all this. and he said. i
give a damn il he hears me- An
during The time the conversation was 90
me ~ Henry lIavre was standing 4 short
distance from a.. Then 1uIli- told M
ne was going home. lie started off. and
! Started TO mount my horse. As the horse
turned of | heard the shooting. A.
turned saw the two men seuffling. Dur
ing the shooting | cot OF To one side and
then Henry called me. | went ~ him and
what he wanted me for. and he said
i want 10 surrender lie then put III.
pistol IN hi~ saddlcbas.'
"Dcrsett testified that Tnllis must have
been shot tive times. "Nhen oat III
I'M body hc was dying the witness te~ti-
ned. "and h. never said ANYTHING ~ me
then asked Henry what WAS the tronhle.
md Henry sand 10 me: 4 had To shoot him
because iIe had threatened my life. saving
NJ was going ID kill me and lct the l.e-
me-"
In closing his testimony Dor.ett seS-
iiied that iiavre did not appear in the
excited when he came up 10 Dorset.
the shooting. and that Tnllis' voice
rather sirone when ~ asked Havrn
What ths latter was doing On the hor~.
)orsett testified that llavre answered
Inllis N an explanatory tone. He test.
ned also that Il seemed t. him that TuIli-
Havre ~ hear the conversation
'etween Iulll~ and Dorse-.
Patricio Flores Wa on the stand mos.
y the afternoon. He testified with r.fev-
nee 70 the alleged threats made hv Tui-
"nd 'aise eorroboraied Dorsett's teSti-
nony Regarding the incidents that trans
before the shooting. .i