San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-12
WITNESS SAYS
NJ DANIEL MADE
DEATH THREATS
Mother Of Dead Woman Tes-
titles in Scissors Muir
der" Case.
DEFENDANT ON STAND
Claims Wife Killed Herself
and He Tried to Pre-
vent 1t.
DEFENDANT ON STAND

and defense sought to strengthen their
case by additional witnesses.
Testimony that when Clayton G. c.
Mcdaniel went TO Beeville to the home
of his wife's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Woodbridge, that he said he was going
to kill his wife if she did not with
draw divorce action pending against
him, was introduced by the state FRI
day morning.
Mr.. Woodbridge, stepfathrr Of the
deceased, was questioned by District
Attorney d. A. McAskill as to a visit
the couple made to the Woodbridge
home in Beevill in the carly part of
September. He said that Mcdaniel
came to the house about 4 or > o'clock
in the morning and asked his aid to
get Charlotte down to Beeville. He
said that McDanield told him TO tele-
phone to Charlotte, telling her that her
mother was very low, which he did.
WAS her mother very low?" asked
Mr.. McAskill.
NO"
"What, if anything. did he say to
you about what he was going 10 do?"
He wanted to get her down there
so we could tate care Of her"
Did he say anything about what
he was going to dor
Say Defendant Made Threats.
"He said he was going 10 kill her
if she didn't withdraw a divorce she
had applied for"
What was his condition in refer
ence to being armed:"
a SIS. five-shot."
The witness testified that he later
gave the pistol to him in return for
rail fare back to San Antonio. He said
he loaned him the money for the couple
to come back.
Mrs. Woodbridge, mother of the dead
woman. was called to the stand.
mcdaniel came to Beevile TO my
house on Friday" she said. He told
Us my daughter was leaving him and
that she had run away from where they
were rooming. He wanted us TO get
her to come TO Beevill. ! got home al
6 o'clock Friday night and they met
me at the Southern Pacific station. We
went 10 the house and he began TO talk
TO her about some quarrel they had
before. He came down there with
a So" .s.g-- ~.
what did he say?' @,
He said he intended to kill her il she
put that divorce case through. He
would take her life He said. We'll, il
she can't live with me, she can't live
Mcdaniel Wanted to Leave City.
The witness told Of visit she made
TO the couple while they lived in San
Antonio. the summer of 1922. She told
of her daughter coming into q room one
night about = O'Clock in n very ner.
vous and frightened condition, and
asted 10 get in bed with her for O
while. After time she got up and
went back into hos own bedroom, she
said.
On the morning of the departure she
said Clayton MCDANIEL got up and put
on bath robe and a pair Of bedroom
slippers. She testified TO kissing Lot.
tie, patting her on the back and say
ing, "Lottie, be q good girl"
She then said she asked Mac" to
promise her that he would behave him
self
He answered, she said at will never
be until she gets up and leaves this
town with me-" This part, of the tes-
timony dealing with the departure was
ruled out.
Mrs. Woodbridge testified that her
daughter weighed about .140 pounds,
was not very tall and was kind of
fleshy.
Asked in regard to her arms the wit
ness testified:
Her left arm was perfectly help
less. Two inches of the bone was out
of the arm about here" (pointing TO
clbow.D
What use did she have of her arm?"
mo use whatever"
What use did she have of her fin
gerS?"
she could use her fingers by pick
ing her arm up and moving it around. "
Gould she lift her arm up like this?"
Here Mr.. McAsklll lifted his arm above
his head.
"She could not"
Court Refuses 70 Exclude Evidence.
The witness was excused by the state.
W. z. Mahaffey of the defense then
read into the record a motion that
the testimony given by the witness be
excluded. This was Overruled.
Il. Il. Simmons of the defense took
the witness on crOSs-examinatiOn. Mrs.
Woodbridge testified that her daughter,
Charlotte. was % years old last May.
How long has it been that she has
lived away from you?"
Il can't say exactly, about six or
seven years"
Had she been married before?'
Yes"
And didn't she have a boy about
10 years old?'
He was 8 years old. June 6. last. "
"Now, Mrs. Woodbridge, ! want you
to refresh your memory and see if
when MCDANIEL came down to your
house he didn't ask You and also Mr..
Woodbridge TO try and help HIM get
Lottie back"
mo"
Mr.. Simmons questioned the witness
about meeting the couple at the sta
ton. Upon further questioning she
said that Mcdaniel said that his wife
had lost her mind.
Told Her Children to BE Good"
Then the witness was asked if it were
not a fact that Clayton MCDANIEL had
told them that his wife had gone to
a bawdy house. The witness replied in
the negative.
"Do you mean to tell this jury that
the boy did not tell you where his wife
had gomez" The witness maintained her
former stand.