El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-08

sell at Houghton's room the names
Of ID. B. smith and Charles Kinne+
"The name Of Charles oualey was
not mentioned thereeT
-'No. sir
''Why did Mr.. Jenkins have TO take
YOU home that night2"
Because he suggested 1 ought 10
so home
When Mr.. Buchoz left the stand. the
state announced il rested its case,
and the court ordered a recess until
o'clock TO allow the defence 10 mar
shall its witnesses
Houghton First Witness.
The state opened its case Friday az
teruOou by placing T. C.. HouEhtOn on
the witness stand District attorney
Leigh Clark conducted the examina-
81. Hougtou testified he lives at
Mes pa Park n. AZ. visits FL Paso
frequently and on the evening OF De-
cember 81 last at about o'clock he
was an the Zeiger hotel i'm the rooms
back OF the kitchen, where, he said,
he went with ID. B. Smith, Charles
Kline and possibly others.
state in your own way as nearly as
you can what happened there De
fence objected TO this was overruled
and witness replied
says He slapped Qualey.
1--WE were in one OF those little
rooms and 7 heard laughing and talk
ing I'm another room and ] went out
I'm NOT sure II Charlie Qualey was
there. There were some women there
I remember hearing I'm the corridor
some one say. You Scotch --
-" and 7 slapped Qualey i'm the
face Louis ZeiEe- came and said
n#HHH
member fighting my way out TO the
alley
.The next T remember heard some
one say. don't hit him with that I
think 10 was the negro. Mac. Then
remember Kline leaning over me and
asked him TO take off my shoe He
took Off the wrong one Next i re-
member was at Hotel Dieu."
Russell Visits HouEhfon.
''Who was the first person TO visit
you there"
'Of outside persons II was Russell.
next morning.. He seemed much
worked uD over the row and he
wanted the truth. I told him I had
butted into Qualey's party and
would be obliged IL my friends would
drop IT, He said he was going TO find
out the truth Of 10 and make them
close I'D and fire the negroes He
said something about being a special
officer and having certain rights, but
he was not trying 10 run II Paso al
that
Witness said he had known Russell
a long time. and didn't know II Rus
sell and Qualey were acquainted with
''DId YOU hear Qualey make any
threats against Russell2'
Qualey Didn't Mention Russell.
Did you ever hear QuaIey mention
Russelrs nance
81 never did"
state what. II anything. Russell
said he intended 10 do with reference
sslIr. Russell made the statement
that had had a tough deal and my
friends were not going 70 stand for
IT, He made some reference 20 some
thing that had happened at AlbuQuer-
cue with reference 70 IeiEer- iOolee-
tion 90 anything referring 70 other
matters than those relating TO the
Zeigcr transaction was here sus-
tanned by the court) He said he was
a friend OF mine and was going TO
make them close and fire the negroes
T told him ] was rather the agEressor
so far as Qualev was concerned and ]
would rather my friends did nothing"
secs Qualey With Women
On cross examination conducted by
r. z Thomson. witness said he and
Russell had been friendly
at the Zeiger?'
go"
IN another and different booth
were Louis Zeiger and Charley Qua
icy and two women
ct saw Qualey and two women
There came TO your booth two
women. Mildred Johnson and Hazel
Salazar2
Possibly"
They were different from the two
in The other BOOTH
I've been told"
QuaIey-s Words start Row.
81 think went into Qualey's booth
and [ think he came out ana then ]
think he then spoke TO Smith" Wit
ness. continued. adding that what Qua
ley said started the row.
What discussion, II any do you re-
call with reference 10 a picture OF
the kaiser Louis Zeiger had had hang
Ing on the wall2'
IF there was any don't know"
when Qualey called smith a
slapped Qualeye"
After that"
when drinking Qualey was quar-
he had that reputation don't
when YOU slapped ouaIey. zeiger
was on the scene-
Not quick enough to be present
Before YOU knew it you were
knocked unconscious.
Yes
slaps ZeiEer. Too.
'You slapped only Qualey
-Zel ger. too He took my wrists
after 7 hit Qualey."
'When did you see the nigEers2'
''Whue I was tusslinE with Zeiger-"
"Nhen you got loose from Zeiger
XkToAL IT,