Evening star., 1921-08-01
FORMER D. C. MAN
ADMITS Staying
H. ]. .Toussaint on Trial in
Texas for Numbering
... Father.
BY the Associated Press.


WICHITA FALLS. Tex. August l.
Confession that he murdered his
father. o. H. Toussaint. was present
ed today to the jury here trying the
case of Henry John Toussaint, a for
mer Washington man, who was
charged with the murder. The con-
fession has been in the hands Of the
district attorney of the thirtieth judi
ciai district of Texas since February
and was announced today. Accord
Ing to the confession the prisoner
murdered his father early in Febru-
ary. following a quarrel over domes-
tic affairs.
The confession says Toussa;nt was
porn In Washington thirty-three
except during the past six or seven
years. He came to Wichita Falls in
May. 1920, and entered the contract
ing business with his father.
We did not get along very we'll
together, due to his peculiar ways
the confession gays. Il felt that he
vas responsible for my mothers
death.
Claims He Was Threatened.
He had threatened to disinherit me
II did not give up my wife; so l gave
up my wife some three months ago.
Then later he and ] had a quarrel
over my mothers death, and he said
he was going to disinherit me after
this contract was completed felt
that l was not getting fair treatment,
and naturally began to figure some
way that / could overcome it. SO 1
decided to dispose of him. and with
ago to the Wichita Hardware Com
pany and bought pistol
AFTER the. quarrel over my mother
and wife about a month ago he never
tried to adjust himself, and it kept
growing on my mind: l decided ! would
my father was at Mr.. Eric Bruno's house
on Polk street and Avenue K, so / went
there and found my fathers car stand
ing on the north side of Bruno's
house.
81 disconnected several Of the electric
wires SO the car could not be operated.
then walked away from the house back
toward town. down Polk street probably
$50 feet and waited there for father. l
felt if he could not run The car he would
come afoot, which he did.
Shot Father.
After waiting possibly one-half an
hour he came along and when he was
within few feet of me. shot and he
fell. / dragged him to the side of the
road fired two shots in succession
before dragging him to the side of the
road. l turned him over and removed
his watch and turned to my left across
the field and went home
Got home about 10 o'clock. did
some chores around the house and re-
tired to bed about II o'clock; woke
up the next morning at the usual
time. about $50. cooked breakfast,
hung out some clothes I had washed
the previous afternoon and then went
IN 6Vnt Ioh at 0tn
gave instructions to couple Of the
men and then proceeded downtown;
went over to the South Side Lumber
Company and ordered some material;
where ] gave them instructions TO
deliver some material; then l tEturn-
ed to the Southside LumbeniF Com
pany and rode to the post Office in
Il got of at the post ofica. and
proceeded to Voekel and Dixon archi-
tects Office to obtain a sketch of an
alteration.
Goes to See Bedy.
Here r was informed that my ia
ther was shot and could be seen up
at Merkle Lunn's undertaking par
lors. where l proceeded. saw my
station. into the police commission
o'clock. Mr. Bradley and Mr.. voekel
, the architect. came back to Mr.. Bral-
ley's office with me. where I stayed
until o'clock.
After talking to Mr. HUFF. the chief
of police, for a while ] went out To
the alley in. the rear of 1910 Taylor
street and showed him where the gun
was that killed my father with and
the watch I had taken of my father
/ had hidden them as 1 ran through
the alley. returning home after shoot
ing my father.
There had been seven loads in the
gun 1 had shot two of them, and
tI,ere were still Ave in. it when
showed it to Mr.. Hun. had dug a
hole along the fence and buried it.
II identify the gold watch in the
possession of the district attorney
Fletcher S. Jones. as the watch 1 took
. off my father after shooting him and
buried in the alley and turned over
to Mr.. Hut. That is all know about
the whole matter"