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HUMPHRIES’ CASE ;TIIIO ST ATM €LOSKH IN THK OJiliE-IIKATKU I/KNUHINU T»»AUDefendants' Counsel Introduces Witnesses To Disprove Ev Idonoft Of th« Proseuutltm A« To Material Points,NIGHT SESSION ORDERED FOR THECAUSE CELEQRE AT PALESTINE,Likely That tho Matter Will Go To the Jury On Wednesday Noon. Evidence All In At Zluak In the Matthews Case.Pnleatlne, Tex., Pec. 39.—(Rpedat.)—In the ITurriphrlcB lynching s':£»no, the Stale closed llil« morning with IcKlhnony rountllnp: up thi* points niadci by Itlo Statelit the case of Ed Cain, alleged accom-pllcj. Dofendant'B eonnscl opened with testimony from wltnebs*K who were prea-ciU at the burial of James Humphrieii and his oops when the widow of tho deceased man stated In their preaonce that they did not recognize any of themob on tho night of the murder. Johnand William Tucker of Navarro county testified that the reputation of Folk Weeks for truth and veracity was had. On cross examination, the former slated that bo hud also heard Weeks welt spoken of; neither witness had seen much (if Weeks in the paat two years. John find George Henson staled that on tins night of the lynching Folk weeks, W. A. Johna and family find others wero at John Henson's at a fish fry. Weeks I* their brother-in-law. They hAd supper about midnight and engaged In a card game. Gr.bray- Henson left about 2 o'e.ioeic, And la sure ho loft John and Weeks thare. John Henson saw Folk Weeks leave there In company of Johnand his family,Will!* Johns, 15 years of age. twfilflcd ho tvnft present at tho fish fry. Ahout midnight he went home In company of his father, the rsfll of the family and Fullc Weeks. That night Weeks slept with him and his brother. George Hr.n-(.on rtnd blit mother were present Rt the fish try, and he believes they left before he Old.Bd Blythe of Kaufman county,.a school teacher, teat I fled thftt on fliiturdajr pro* vJouH to the lynching ho wan at Kemp nftr-hdtng a meeting of the Masonic lodge Bob Elevens, John OddfTFs And Ram Hdtl were present, Agreed to meetthe nbovo ftl the home of Btevcns, whowas to lecture him preparatory for lodge work. Goddls and Hall were to bo present. Did not go Tuesday night ae he agreed, as he had d sick child,Nick Adcy testified that he was present when the above agreement was made. James Elevens, brother of Bob Htcvens, on tha night of the lynching, vrns at hlk hro'.her'ri. Haw Gaddis and Hall there. They were waiting for Ed Blytho. Cross examined, stated that lfnll. BteVens and Gaddis find mustaches. Did not notice If they wor* clean shaven that night. -Believed Hall and Btevens rhaved clean since that night.. Did not remember Jdst When. Could not Ray ft* to Gaddis. Did not know why they rhavotl.Mrs. John Snowden testified on that fatal Tuesday bight she Was at Mrs. Maddox’s home attending the sick. About dark beard horses pass by and In an Interval of hulf an hour heard horses and creaking of aafldlcn again going In (ho direction as tho first. Heard Mr, Maddox mate there* wcro two In the first and tdno in the second group. Bid not sec any of the bcrncmen,George and W. A. Townsend testified that they knew tho Humphries, Hall, Elevens and Gaddis. witnesses mentioned several meetings of the above parties, showing a friendly disposition on ihc part of all, Court announced that a night session would, be held and asked counsel to appear promptly at 7:30After much quest! cm tug by tin counsel, Wllnens admitted ho was aware thal there was a mob, knew of it berore Kerris wa* driven away, but had nothing to do with; Witness did not know whether or not Cain sworo he was In that mob.Court p/ljourned until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.THIS .MATTHEW3 CASE.4444Defendant on the Stand Himself-Case Goes to Jury Today.Ttusic. Tox., Dee. li—(Special.)—The defendant. Ed Matthews, dosed hla ovl-tjc tiff! this, afternoon. The State will In- j traduce rebuttal evldtnco. tonight. It hell eyed that both Rides will get through with evidence tonight.Matthews war put on the stand him-felf. Ho claims ho and .1 amen Stafford, the deceased, were good friends, and on the day of the killing they had some words and Stafford drew his plutol and lie nhot Stafford, bCUovlng Stafford was going to shoot him.Argument will be limited to three hours on n r.lde. The Jury will get the case Rome time tomorrow.44444444tVAN ALBTYNE'S 8ENBATI0N.Arrant of a Party Chargr-rt With lb* Miifdcr of. Ben McComb-Rhfrrnan, Tex., Dec. IG.-CSitecIaU-Thei Interne excitement rmlt;l conn teritatf oft cauwn! (n tha town of Van AUlynt laU yesterday afternoon by the finding of Ben McCornb In hJs workshop, whnre be bntl been murdered, wso today further ftuginonted by the arrct of tho (load rnan’e twin brother, Jcig McComb, rharged with tho murder. The McComb brolberg, Joe and Be-n, were prominent citizen* of Van Alrtyne, having been reared there. They wcrs carpenter* by trade nml parinern In contracting andbuilding and at the Umo of the murderwere both working In thdr shop, JceMcComb, the- rnan'o brother, andwho I now under arrest, charged with the awful crime, made the following Ktelement before* an official InveailgaMon hehl today in Justice McDonald'* court: JT wax In the back end qlt; our shop mixing up Rome paint yesterday afternoon aboitt 5 o'clock. When I went back to tn\x the paint I left rhy brother Ben at Wufk In the front end of the Fhop. I never noticed or heard .anythin*; ununual until I hea^d Ben cr' out: ’Oh, Joe!* 1 turned around at once and *,aw him ]y!n* rather face downward. *1 caught a rather Indlhthmt gllmpfio of a man who went out the front door. To the host of roy recollection he had on a brown coat.When 1 got lo Ben X turned him ov*r.Ho ecuhl not apeak to me. I taw ho wan hurt and I rnrt after a doctor JueI a# soon fl« T could. T £ot Dr. Morrleon, That i» about all I know of It.Pomllng tho Jnciulry In the cane, manner, circumstance*, etc., of the death ofdcoeaaed, n complaint wan lodged In Juftflc© McDonald4s courl, charging Joe McComb with the murder zt hi* brother. Upon a warrant burned on the compUint, Joe McCorr.b w'cib arrested and hi* bond w'ft« «ct at ?J0»9, It Is believed no wilt make the bond easily. When asked Tf he wished to mflke a etatement he *#ald he iHd not Cftre to dI«cui\K the case.44444444444-*44i4MUHDICIt AT NCDVO I.AItEDO.Boy KUlft an Old Man and Ifificapce toTexaa*I/xrcdo, Tex., Dec. 19.—(Special.)—About 8 o'clock thl« morning; a. \Hy, 18 yoArs.oM, khot and Jnatantly killed an old man axamad Urbano Martine* Ih Nuevo La^ redo, Mexico, just acro^ the Bio Orande, opposite this city. They were neighbors mid lived on the rlvor bankt Th© caue4 of the killing wafi tho result of a guarrel over a rooster that belonged, to the boy and had crossed onto Martinet premise*. Tho weapon used wh» * 44-Cftllber winches tor. Thu boy fired three shot* at his victim and only tho deadly one, which penetrated hi* heart, took effect. He dropped hl» ?un on tho spot and escaped from the Mexican authorities by swimming the river to ihife country, where he 1s now at large, but tho Texaft officers arc after him and he will uurioubtoUiy soon be apprehended and extradited.HANGMAN'S NOOSR(JXtopc Sent From Fort Worth To Do Service at El Faso.Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. l*.~(Sheriff.-Rherlff Clark today sent the rope used in o’clock. Defendant counsel believe they ■ ,h{! cxecU(|0n 0f Rev. Morriscn at Vfer-YfiU close toraorroTR rriornlng. It is likely that the c**o will go to the Jury TV'ed-TittiHy noon.Palestine, Tex., Dec. ID.—(Special.)—At tho night session of Humphries' lynhclstg, Capt. Orfthftmj Cumberland Presbyterian minister at Kemp, toAllfiC'd that Sajn Hall a momber of hla church nod his reputation tor peace und Quietude was Klt;0lt;l. Did not know* anything about tho lynching. Did not see Joe Wilkerson at Kemp Wednesday, the following day of the murder.13, U. Dane, bhiotainUh, was put on tho aUnd mid the entire action was nearly taken up by the rigid cross-examination of witness by the State’s counsel. At the time of the lynching witness lived on Joe Wilkerson'place. Tho substance of hl« testimony woe ihat he was up tho night of tho lynching as his wife who very 111. Bfitweon XX and 12 o'clock he saw Joe Wilkerson and his fcoffnon and Jim Garllngton here to Sheriff J. H. Boone of E! pASo. who has a hanging on hand for Jan. 6.A Mexican named Antonto Flores la the condemned man and murder was his crimo.ISAACS* ESCAPE ECHO.Man Arrested in Arizona $or Aiding and Abet tine Texas Convict.Fort Worth, Tex-, Dec. 59.-(Special.)— Information reached here today that ft man wan under arrest at Tucson, Ariw on an alleged charge of being tho manftwho insisted George Isaac* to escape from the penltentiaxy so me three monthsago by using a forged pardon certificate. ARDMORE'S HORRIBLE MURDETLMn Killed and Placed on RailroadTrack To Cover Up the Crime. Ardmore. I* T.. Dec, W.-4Sp©cU10—A,horrible murder was committed near drive by, going homo. Recognized their j wynncVfood last night, the victim boil'llvoices. Saw* Joe Wilkerson plowing tho j (-eorg0 MBler. aged 2«, a laborer who next morning about sun-up. An hour of | resided at Wyimewood About twaivesunrise, also paw Brooks* in the field j months, having moved there from Coat-talking to WUkoraon. During the early I- T.. where hl« relativoa reside,part of the night saw a man south of I hi is house going toward the Trinity river ! in tho direction of John Grocnhaws.Here tho counsel fur Siato introducedMiller's dead body was found on the railroad track by a passer by. who at once notified the officers, who mode % speedy investigation and placed four menwlUiesV sworn statement at the inquest j under arrest, charging them with the held last June- Judgu Morris, for the j i^irde^ one of whom baa since confessedState, (piled questions rapidly, asking , hie RUpt and Implicated the other three, witness tq tell the jury if that statement? Miller's body presented a sickening *p-wa» true In every particular* He sug- ^ p^siance, hiving been shot from behind, gosted when tho witness mopped his 1 thi'oat cut from car to tar. tocth knocked brow that ho had best unbutton hia coat out aRd Wa healt;J horribly beaten. The it he felt warm. After hard work on the 1 four nicn under Arrest are supposed to pari of tho counsel on both sides witness whisky pcddlars, and murdered Militated that whal he jtold at the Snqwst j fvarlng he wculd give them a way to was true. »thlt;3 offlcertf, and then placed Mr bodj-Jarne# Mike! tcftUfSed to meeting Ed the railroad ti'ack to cover up Ih-Jr Cain on Sunday iu«M, March W; saw .bloody crime.___him at «lfthl about S o'clock. The ronton j NBW TOrk; RECENT FAIl/URR. he was sure of she date was that there ' —w»« « death in the netghborhood and he I\corffanSa.tU©B Cotpmitteo Examining was At work tnnluns a coffin. j Froducc Kxehanco Trust.\V. 0. Ftlnl of Kaufman county stated ; New York. Dec. H.—The reorKanlsaitlon that the latter iart of March, about commute* of the Produce Kxchahc* th* middle of the lest wesk, O*In ctuno , Trust Company held a formal maotlne to his place to meet one Hod to, who wa* ' this aftermwm. after spending * (rreater there an a hired hand. In croes-oxamlna- 1 vart of the tiny in an examination of the tion the witness was a eked: “If a man ccsnpttny’n Account* And books. At theJoined a mob of which yon wore a member, would you not help him out if lu. WA» caught up with In anotherT Wit-pe*» vephod. iXsn’t know, as I #«tr have been t*Mcd.“‘T» it not a (act that you and ICd CalQclose of the meet Inf thochHtrman, Kdwln Gould, declined to make any stafehienV.Gna of the eauifntttee, Jioweter. ral.t that the crmmtttee were more th*n ever oonsdnced that the company could l» placed on a strong b*«4« a*d ha tspreftsedi
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