Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-01-21
Says CHIPPS
MADE THREAT
TO KILL HIM
Alleges Lumber an
Had Hand on Hip
Pocket When Fatal
Shots We're Fired

COURTROOM. AUSTIN. Texas.
Ian 1i.--tl Dr. y. Frank Norris
iuncamsntalist pastor of Fort
Worth. cn the witness stand here TO-
dny. told hi story of how he killed
dexter y. Chipps In his church nf-
flee last July II.
Weeping and halEing over each
word, he related how Chipps had
come TO his office, had demanded
that he cease attacks on Ching
friends. had threatened 10 kill him.
ord az how h. shot Chipps when
ha said the latter came at him with
H. hand cn hiS hin pocket
Refpr~ giving this part oF the
story fa mad heard himself hitterly
lambastcd and warmly defended NV
attorneys Ia arguments over thn
admission or certain evidence. hn
sat silently in the witness box for
more than an hour listening 10
these argument in which much OF
his past was raked over. The Jury
Was absent during this discussion.
The debated evidence concerned a
rcsnote conversation alleged 20 have
oefurred between Mayor H. r.
Neacham or Fort Worth and Norris.
which the defense wanted to intro
ducc through Norris.
The judge ruled against the de-
fcnse, bnt nor before much of The
difficulties between Norris and
Meacham and the Fort Worth 30
litical situation had been aired in
addresses by attorneys TO the court.
The defense said they could link
Up the remote conversation IN
chain ~ evidence with the Killing
or Chips and in supporting this
statement Attorney Dayton Noses
uL the defense detailed "A narrariTr
in which Chipps, Mcachnm and Nor
ris frequently came into opposition
with each other.
Listens 70 Attack.
Norris sat erect and still while
attorneys for the state referred 10
him as this fellow" and spoke OF
ettaek he i alleged 20 have made
on Fort Worth citizens from his
pulpit. His face was tense.
The pastor appeared young and
slender ~ biz neat blue suit. hnr
hi hair was gray and his eyes rrd.
Dr. Norris cOughed considerably.
holding handkerchief to hig
mouth frequently.
-Dr. Norris, hDw Old are you W hlR
attorney. Dayton Moses. asked.
.Forty-niEe." He said Ne was born
IN Alabama.
Moses asked II his parents were
living and an objection By state that
Il was immaterial was sustained.
Norris parents moved 20 Texas in
IsSE. he said. The state Intcrpnsrd
many objections ON the ground that
hix personal history was irrcvcland.
Some were sustained
The witness told where W. had
hrrn educated. IIe graduated at
BAYLOR University. Waco.
''llow did you snstaln yourself ne
Bavlor7"
"Ohiect 70 that because Il Il IT.
reyeian;." shouted Prosecutor VIII
liam Mclean. Sustained.
Norris said he preached while GO
ing % college. He received HE doe
Tor of divinity degree I'd years nRo.
Norris then traced has early min
istry mud his course in The BaptiaE
theological seminary NJ Louisville.
KY.
Moses brought him down 10 hia
pAstorute ar Fort Worth, where
Norris said he had been pastor w
the First Baptist church for in
years.
Tells of Family.
Norris told Of his family, as 20
how NANNY children and where they
were. lie said he lived seven miles
ouL ~ Fort Worth on July I7. 1874
The witness was coughing and hiB
voice was weak. IIc answered with
\ difficulty aud most nf the court
room cuughed with him. making hiA
testimony difficult to hear.
Norris said nv knew Mayor H ny.
Meachaln 0f Fort Worth. Iie nnid
~ had never net and never knew
chips before July IL, last.
doctor. have you ever had any
controversy with II. G. Meacham ?"
Aoeea asked.
ives. About l820r
did MeAcham have "a conversation
Eith you At that time N"
Yes. Ak waA an THE street near
EearhAm'y store"
"Did you LHuw af that time n man
py thr name ~ Mcttg And Mrs.
-Yes. Mrs. Mott va employed ~
I yearhAm-"
"State tte car7crsntion ~ refer
rncr 70 Mrs. Mott"
.state objects" said Mclean.
QUESTION was Withdrawn.
Norris said MS next conversation
with Aearhnm Was Che latter part nf
1922 A question ahant this also wnR
withdrawn Just aH Norris replied
that MeArhHn at thr latter time wins
foreman nf rh4 RrnMH jury
IN Editor nf SemrrhIlRht
Norris testified he wAp editor uf
the SrarahIiFht. Moses asked him if
U w. wrote I'm editorial in tho
Scnrrhligar attacking Meacham ~
foreman. A Norris waa about 20
snswcr az 20 a conversation with
Meaeham on this. state objected that
Il hal nothing 20 d. with the case
and that "a violated the courts rni-
| ing NJ yesterday against going in-
\ 10 matters tnO remote.
Noses. Mclean. Sam SnYerB and
John shelton were un their fnet
arguing. MnAaa demanded the Jury
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