El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-16
CONSPIRACY TOMURDER CHARGE
AGAINST CLARK AND TEXAS MEN
Prisoner of Cote County Officers and Themselves Due
Here Tonight; Arrested by Midland Sheriff on Ell
Paso Warrant; T. A. Morrison Denounces
Clark at Writ of Inquiry Here

testimony adduced at this hearing was
Went to See Clark off.
Morrison testified that he went to
Ysleta Friday with a Stevenson,
Mrs. Jones and her two daughters
I went there at my own sugges-
ton" he said Il had heard before
that ". G. Clark was to be taken
there and put on the train. I don't
know who told me- met Boone
Cathey there. I went to the depot
to see whether they did send Clark
off or not. We all went to the depot
together There I saw Jack Neal l
think the idea OF everyone was to see
all made 1t up together to go down
there and see II Clark left on that
train.
said He Was Told of Murder
'I at first was going to take the
train and go to Ysleta, but Stevenson
said he would take US down in a car.
Some one, whose name I cannot re-
call, said he wanted to go and see the
-, but there wasn't room in our
car so he got another. A man came
to me three or four months ago.
named Garrett at Melrose, \. n. and
told me that Clark had done this
murder Lambeth, sheriff from Roby,
told me, We are here after him,
meaning Clark 1 don't believe that
a single man who went to Ysleta yes
terday went to hurt hair on Clark
head Old man Mayhem was down
there. too"
Heard of No Threats.
Jack Neal testified he went TO
Ysleta and in the party were a l.
Mayhem. Elmer Lowe and a deputy
sheriff from Cook county and a fellow
named Tasting.
The deputy sheriff Franklin looked
like he had a gum he said. Lam
beth told me yesterday that they had
arrested Clark for murder in Cottle
county and some one said Let US 90
down and see him off on the train
Then Lambeth said, We are not going
TO load here, but we are going to
load him at Tsleta- So we went
down there. heard OF no impending
trouble or threats in regard to what
was going to be done in Ysleta- Lam
beth said TO me when I saw him here,
Suppose you know what I'm doing
here and I said, No don't have any
idea
He left the impression with me
that he had worked up the case
son at Ysleta yesterday. This deputy
sheriff from Cook county paid for
the auto in which we went although
for IL"
Mayhem Invited to Ride.
a. l. Mayhem testified: After court
yesterday I was sitting, reading in
the clerks office and some one came
10 me and asked II I wanted to take
a car ride ! think il was Neal who
asked me I had never known any Of
he men I went in the car with. ex-
cept Hastings. Lowe and Neal. / got
IN the car and did not know where
they were going After I was IN the
car they were talking about the fact
tnat clark was 10 be loaded on the
train at Ysleta- They said they were
going down to see Clark off. In our
crowd was Jack Neal. Franklin, the !
deputy sheriff, Hastings and another /
man whose name don't know-Elmer /
Love was his name. He lives at Mer- I
keL had never met that deputy I
sheriff until I got into the car. I sun /
pose they were all witnesses in this /
Jones case live in Cisco, Tex. Some /
one IN the crowd went in and asked I
ne agent at Hsleta il that train /
stopped there and the agent said no.
Don know why we waited in Ysleta
after We found out that the train was
not going to stop. / saw Tom Nor
rison at Ysleta yesterday. I have
known him ever since 1 was a bow"