El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-05

II saw one at the time, but next day
at the undertaking parlors, saw the
other in the arm
A bullet was then shown 20 the
witness, who identified it as having
been given him by L. s Stewart, who
had secured II when DR.. WitherspOOn
took Il Il ON Qualey's body. Mr.. Stew
art had marked the under side of the
bullet with a cross for Identification.
1t Is a steel jacket, soft nose. or
mushroom bullet" said the sheriff
On cross examination the witness
said he had not intended TO indicate
that more than one shot had entered
the body. Witness knew QUaley, but
not Russell. he said
Stewart Marks Bullet.
Mr. Stewart testified, in part as
follows; = was on the scene after
the shooting. I saw the body next
morning at Mclean, simmons *
Hartford's. Or. L. C. Witherspoon
was there. / saw the bullet taken
from under the skin Of the arm. Il
was handed to me and L marked it
FOR Identification. I gave II to the
sheriff at his request" Mr.. Stewart
was not cross examined
Testifies to Wounds.
Il examined the body at McBean's
next witness. There was q bullet
wound about one and one-quarter
I4c4es above the left nipple and a
half inch to the left of the nipple.
The point Of exit was between the
ninth and tenth right ribs Thence
IL entered the right arm and / ex-
trT c.ed il from under the skin on the
outside Of the arm about four inches
abo.e the elbow. The bullet must
I have passed through the left lung, the
uearts the right lung and the upper
part Of the liver. The ninth and
T 1nF - "a
wound in the heart would have caused
death from shock at once. or he might
have died from bleeding from othe'
OF gans.' The witness was not cross
examined.
wallace Says saw shot.
Several persons who were al the
Sheldon at the time Of the shooting
had been previously examined. ".
W. Wallace. an attorney, said he was
standing near the west entrance OF
the hotel at the time and had
started towards the Hotel Paso del
Norte- He said; 4 noticed three
men standing on the street One OF
them, a large man, had gun in his
right hant and pointed towards one
Of the others and fired-at least I
heard the report I heard nothing
said either before or after the shoot
ing The man who did the shooting
then walked towards the hotel en-
trance
On cross examination, the witness
testified he knew none Of the three
men he had seen and that he had
heard nothing said either before or
after the shooting.
Soldier Witnesses Shooting.
Private Charles Davidson. m. man
who opened Qualey's collar after the
shooting. was the next witness. He is
a member OF ambulance company No.
] % and a son OF J. / Davidson. Of Yer
non, Tex It was coming around the
: west side Of the hotel at about 1875
/ o'clock" said witness, and was at a
I point near the entrance 10 the base
menJ cafe OF the hotel I saw a man
Z pull q gun, and he fired almost as
/ quick as he could pull Il out I saw
[ the man who was shot step back two
4 OF three steps and then he fell"
Indicates Russell rs Shooter.
| The witness here indicated Russell
as the one who did the shooting and
resumed: Then he slipped the pis-
| tol in mis- left side and went into the
{ west entrance Of the hotel I and a
/ provost guard went ID and picked up
/ the man who was shot He was lying
. opened the shirt and saw where he
I was shot I then went into the hotel
and telephoned for tho police. The
wound was in the breast near the nip
I pie"
When the witness returned from
I telephoninE, he said he found two
I ieutenants in the medical service,
I witness not knowing them, al the
body. Davidson further testified that
| the man who was shot didn't make
any moves at all HIS hands were