El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-10

Worth"
Did You come from Lubbock di-
Il believe 1 came by way OF Fort
Worth"
when did you come heree'
"In December"
'Had you been to Douglass"
yes, TO look at Norwood Halls
cattle. We had intended TO get all the
cattle we could out OF Old Mexico"
Did you know Z. e. Houghton?''
'Yes-many years. since about
1894. His brother and my brother
used TO have a ranch together at
Colorado"
We're you here New Years night
and New Years day.
Yes"
Hears Of HoughtOn's Injuries.
did YOU not hear that Houghton
had been seriously injured in a fight
at Zeiser hotcl2'
Yes. inquired where he was.
Burt Orndorff, I believe, told me
could get a jitnc to take me there.
Hotel Dieu. One OF the sisters took
me to his room"
What condition did you find him
ine"
an very bad shape, it looked to
me. He told me his leg was broken
and his nose was broken. He was
suffering intensely. went there
Just like you would naturally 10 see
a friend.
HE told about how it happened
He said Louis ZeiEer and the uiEEers
had beat him up and thrown him out
I'm the alley, broke his leg and left
him.
Nothing About QuaIey.
WAS anything said about a man
named Charley Qualeye'
Not that I remember. y Buchoz
came and wrote the names Of Kline
and Smith on a card, and I asked
who the district attorney was and
wrote his name on the card. ] said:
Mr. HoIEhton, that's a poor bunch
you were with TO run away ID
not going to stand for it,"
What did you do when you came
back2"
Il went 20 see Louis Zeiger, to have
a talk with him before / had the
niggers arrested I was going TO see
him TO find out why he allowed that
TO be done. and I wanted him 10 fire
the nigzers. and II I found out IL was
his fault, I was going TO get my
friends and cowmen TO leave the
@Did you 20 there to do any viO-
lence TO anyOneE
NO sir. 1 did not
did you see Mrs. Franklin there?'
yes"
What did you mean by telling her
you were willing TO 80 the limit Tor
your friends2"
Tells What He Meant.
"I meant I was TO have the niggers
fired and Zeiger prosecuted I thought
HouEhton was going 10 die
did you and Mr. Gilchrist have
in your room
II believe I took him TO my room
We must have talked an hour We
talked about this thing, and about
cattle matters. I told him / thought
the cowmen would withdraw their
patronage from the Zeiger.
says Made No Threats.
did you threaten to kill anybody
mo indeed"
Did YOU, or not, threaten to kill
Mr.. Gilchrist2'
NO indeed: there was no occasion
for it. as we were friends"
Did you have pistol-
al think so. I generally have a
pistol when I'm away on cattle mat
ION January .. what particular bus
mess did you haveN
i wanted 20 get Roy Williams TO
20 look at some cattle on the Mes
calero reservation Sadler and Col
Hunt had the cattle listed and I was
10 get half the commission II a sale
were made
T.
eyes. sir. at the Sheldon. Then We
we're hunting for Williams.
Along late in the evening were you
in your room
Play Cards for Matches.
yes There we're three soldiers
there. One was from Lubbock, my
home town. He " as broke here and
had not yet been assigned and told
him 70 stay in ~ room. The others
we're his associates. We played cards
there a couple Of hours for matches
while you were playing did any
one come TO your roomZ
Yes, a woman I had TO leave TO
hunt Roy Williams and she said. III
play your friend CLater) 1 told them
and I would pay for the supper.
looked around for Mr.. Williams and
couldn't find him I met Hub Sad
Ter in the west lobby and asked him II
he had seen Williams. He said he
wanted me TO 90 70 see Col Hunt be-
fore I went TO supper
Claims He Was Called.
Then we got I'd, walked out OF the
door and walked south. He was lit
tie ahead OF me. We went right on
down and two people on the right that
I didn't know were talking very earn
estly, like II they were quarrelinE-
AS I passed further south, heard,
RUSSELL and then heard one Of them
say. oh. Russell. come here
Il turned around and said. What is
.t-' 1 didn't recognize either one Of
the men then"
Did you know QuaIey?"
NO, sir"
When you turned. what happened7'
Says Fired to Save Self.
'He said, I understand you are
hunting Louis Zeiger and making a
lot OF talk about Houghtou being beat
up 7 said, Houghton is my friend
He said. Zeiger is my friend 7 said
What's that your business He
said. III dam soon make IL my
business and he turned about 10 the
right. At that instant / pulled my
gun and fired. I thought he was
drawing a sun and I fired 70 save Z
my life"
says Didn't Know Man.
~Did you know the MANI"
no. sir"
would you have fired il you had /
not thought your life was in dan
ser2"
''No. sir"
What happened when you shot2"
He reeled around, caught hold Of a I
nan and fen"
What did YOU dO?"
ct looked around for an officer to I
give up and there was none and / !
vent up to my room
Did you smile as you walked /
.way2"
-Nu, sir; I never was more serious
n my life"
Witness said when an officer came