The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 356, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 10, 1923 Page: 2 of 16
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DYINGWOMAN
SAID HUSBAND
STABBED HER
Witness Testifies Mrs. Mc-
Daniel Told Officer
of Injuries.
THRONGS ATTEND TRIAL
State Expected to End Tes-
timony Wednesday in
“Scissors Killing.”
Testimony ten.linsr to establish the ex-
act words of Charlotte McDaniel and
Clayton G. C. McDaniel shortly after
the struggle between the two which
ended in the death of Mrs. McDaniel
was introduced in the "scissors trrur-
dcr" trial in the Thirty-seventh Dis-
trict Court Wednesday morning.
J. F. McMurray city detective was
placed on the stand by the state and
questioned by District Attorney D. A.
McAskill. McMurray testified to mak-
ing the call and finding traces of blood
leading into the Hutledge home. He
aaid that he we: . into the room and
found a woman on the bed with a towel
around her throat. He then said he
went into the hall of the Rutledge home
and found Clayton McDaniel.
“What did you say to him?” a-ked
Mr. McAskill.
"I asked him what was the matter."
"What did he say?”
Defense Claims Woman Killed Self.
"He said his wife tried to kill him
and herself.”
On cross-examination by defense
counsel McMurray was asked. "You say
yo saw McDaniel in the hall of the
Ratledge home?”
"Yes.”
"Are not these the exact words be
said. 'My wife tried t. kilbherself and
me too.' ”
"I remember he said she tried to kill
him and herself.”
"What were the exact words.”
"My wife tried to kill me and hcr-
"Did he say ‘My wife tried to kill
herself and me too.’ ”
"Not as I remember it.”
Says Husband Stabbed Her.
W. C. Dickman motorcycle officer
was the first witness Wednesday
Upon being questioned by Mr. Mc-
. Askill he said that he went on the call
and entered a room at the house of Mrs.
Rutledge across the street from the Mc-
Daniel's home.
"What did you find?”
“I saw Mrs. McDaniel lying on the
bed. stabbed.”
“Who if anybody said anything to
her?”
"Captain Stevens. He asked her who
stabbed her.”
"What did she say?”
"My husband.”
"Did abe say anything else?”
“She Aid ‘My God take me to a doc-
tor
On cross-examination Officer Dick-
man was asked:
"Did you ever hear of a woman who
went by the name of Charlotte Puck-
ett?”
"No.”
"How long hare you been an officer?’’
"About six or seven years.”
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WEDNESDAY
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Veteran of the War.
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Trained men earnest In their endeavor and steadfast in their loyalty
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If you need a man use the blank above.
"Did you ever know a girl who went
bv the name of Lottie Woolridge?”
’ "No.”
Did Not Hear “Close the Door.”
The witness was then closely ques-
tioned as to the length of time it took
the officers to reach the scene from the
time the call came in over the telephone.
Then he was asked:
"Did you ever hear of a girl under the
name of Ix>ttie Lyles?”
"No.”
“When you were in the heme did you
hear anyone say 'He’s coming close the
dooy.' ”
"No.”
The witness was then asked if he
heard McDaniel say that he wanted
either himself or bis mother to go with
Charlotte McDaniel to the hospital.
The witness answered that be had
not. ..
Chief of Police A. O. Ann Riper
was placed on the stand. The jury was
removed at the request of counsel.
A pair of scissors was introduced as
testimony. Chief Van Riper testified
that he believed they were the sum-
scissors that he had found in the kitchen
sink of the McDaniel hoixo. He said
that they were under the hydrant and
were wet. He testified to bringing them
out in the hall where McDaniel was
standing.
"Did you see any other scissors?” he
was a»Xed by the state’s attorney.
"McMurray bad a pair of small seis
sors.”
Chief Van Riper testified to seeing
small incisions on the arm and leg of
McDaniel.
Blood Stains in the Room.
McMurray on the stand after being
questioned in regard to the conversa-
tion of MeDaniel at the Rutledge home
said that he went to the McDaniel
home with the defendant. He said that
he found a small pair of manicure scis-
sors on the hall floor about thre# feet
from the door. He said McDaniel tooK
him down the hall and opened a door
saying. “There’s where my wife’s start-
ed from.”
The witness was asked by defense
counsel if be did not see blood stains
in this room. He said that he did not.
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die of the hdl where it looked like a
scuffle might have taken place.
Defense counsel asked that the wit-
iiess might revisit the home to refresh
his memory as to whether be saw blood
stains in the room. The state object-
ed and was sustained.
Court Room Is Crowded.
The court room Wednesday was
crowded almost to capacity. State wit-
nesses will not complete their testimony
through Wednesday afternoon it is be-
lieved.
Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Charles Rut-
ledge. who lives across the street from
the Rutlodge home testified that after
Mrs. McDaniel came to her home in her
wounded condition that she. the witness
heard somebody say: "He is coming.
Do not let him in.”
Capt. Jim Stevens placed on the
stand afterward testified to asking Mrs.
McDaniel who stabbed her and that she
told him that her husband did it.
MONKEY SETS FIRE TO
CAGE AFTER SEEING
VISITOR LIGHT MATCH
Imitates Act and Causes
Near Panic in Park
Zoo.
A match given a monkey started the
fire which threatened the destruction
of the Brackenridge Park zoo at 3:45
Tuesday afternoon.
The origin of the blaze was ascer-
tained following an investigation by
Superintendent Hsnsen of the city's
parks and plazas after the flames had
been checked just before reaching the
haunts of the more ferocious animals.
“I want to warn the publie not to
pass matches into the monkey cages”
said Superintendent Hansen Tuesday
night. Such an act is classed as ma-
licious mischief and is severely pun-
ished in the courts. But for the time-
ly discovery of the fire. San Antonio
today would very likely be without a
zoo. that lias taken years to develop.”
While the damage is estimated by
the superintendent to be $l5O and con-
fined to the thatched roofs made of
palm leaves the blaze caused pande-
monium not only in monkeyland but
among the other animals. The excite-
ment was not altogether confined to
the animals. Several persons were seen
doing a marathon getting out of the
park when keepers found it necessary
to release two bears and announced
lions and tigers might be liberated in
order to save them.
Those who first discovered the blaze
it wns learned reported to Superin-
tended Hansen they had seen a visitor
playfully hand one of the monkeys a
match. This the monkey examined
closely and when the visitor at the
cage struck another nnd lighted a cig-
arette the money imitated him by strik-
ing the match. Instead of lighting a
cigarette the monkey applied the flame
to the dry highly inflammable thatched
roof of his cage.
The place burst into n sheet of flame.
Monkeys screamed and raeed about.
Keepers tried to smother the fire with
a hand fire extinguisher. A fire crew
finally cxtinguialie' the blaze which
however was accomplished in record
time and before a general spread of
the flames resulted.
GIRL 17. TELLS
OF KLAN RULE
(Continued from page one.)
body's bead off if they looked out of the
door?”
“Dr. McKoin.”
At times Addie May stopped in her
recital to wipe away a tear especially
during her account of the pleadings of
her mother.
“Did they give you a lecture?" the
young woman was asked.
“No sir.”
“Are Clark and Hopkins klansmen?”
“I believe Mr. Clark is. I do not
know about Mr. Hopkins.”
"How Jong had your parents lived in
Mer Rouge when you were ordered
away?”
"Thirteen years.”
“ Who was your family physician?"
“Dr. Dodd. Dr. McKoin also.”
“Mrs. McKoin was my music teach-
er.”
“ Hbw long had you been taking
music lessons?”
“About one year.”
“You were going to Sunday school?”
“les. sir."
Told Never to Come Bark.
“Didn’t Dr. McKoin tell you that
night you couldn’t come back to Mer
Rouge without permission of the klan?”
"No. sir he told me I never could
come hack.”
"When were you advised that the
klan would let you come back?”
“I got a letter from Mr. Hopkins in
May. telling me everything had been
fixed."
“Are you positive it was Dr. Mc-
Koin?”
“Yes air I knew his voice. I knew
him by bis walk and his height and
weight.”
~ THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
STATE SENATE
ASKS ADDRESS
81 FERGUSON
Invitation Is Given Former
Governor After a Long
Debate.
FLOODED WITH BILLS
Call for Constitutional Con-
vention and Election
Law Repeal.
Austin Tent. Jan. 10.—James E. Fer-
guson. former governor was accorded
the privilege of addressing the Senate
today after considerable discussion and
opposition to such action the matter
of Ferguson’s impeachment being the
subject of much discussion. Final vote
on the motion to ask the former gover-
nor stood for 16 nnd 12 against.
Following a motion by Senator Parr
to ask Ferguson to address the Senate.
Senator Bledsoe of Lubbock entered a
motion to indefinitely postpone the re-
quest. Strong argument followed but
the Bledsoe motion was defeated by a
vote of 17 to 11. Former Attorney
General B. F. Looney also was asked to
address the body.
A concurrent resolution providing for
the calling of a constitutional conven-
tion to revise the Texas constitution was
introduced in the State Senate by Sena-
tor Doyle of Teague today. The resolu-
tion provides for the call of the conven-
tion with one member from each repre-
sentative district and for the retention
of the homestead exemption law.
A bill calling for the repeal of the
Terrell primary election law was prin-
cipal measure introduced in the Senate
at its morning session today. The
measure was introduced by Senator W.
E. Doyle of Teague. A substitute sys-
tem was provided for. Forty measures
was introduced in the Senate.
Would Teach Constitution.
Senator C. R. Floyd of Annona sub-
mitted a measure requiring the teach-
ing of the constitution of the United
States snd the state in all public and
private schools of Texas beginning with
the 1023 session. »
A measure introduced by Senator
Murphy of Houston calls for the abol-
ishment of the commission controlling
the state penitentiary nnd apnointment
of a penitentiary mannwr. The com-
mission would be retained under the
bill as nn advisory body. Senator Mur-
phy nlso introduced a bill appropriat-
ing $115000 for povment of notes held
by the Houston Exchange National
bank against the state prison hoard for
the purchase of an oil mill at Richmond.
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DEATH SENTENCE IS
PASSED ON STEPHENS
(Continued from page one.)
room where he was met by his sister and
other relatives. A few seconds Inter
Judge Tayloe entered. In a low voice.
Judge Tayloe asked the defendant if
be could show cause why he should not
be banged for the killing of Finucane.
Set Friday March t>.
Striving to control himself but in a
voice that trembled Stephens replied
that he had committed the act in de-
fense of home and family.
Saying to the prisoner that the only
power that could now save him from
execution was executive clemency from
the governor of Texas Judge Tayloe
set Friday March 0 as the day of exec-
ution and ordered Stepheus remanded
to jail.
Finucane KiHcd August 21-
Stephens was convicted by a Bexar
county jury for the slaying_of T. A.
Finucane. Finucase. aged 45 who re-
sided at 108 Louisiana street was shot
and killed at 6:15 o’clock Wednesday
evening August 24 1921. Stephens
a former dairyman who was engaged at
that time in building a house at 1311
East Crockett street was arrested
charged with the shootiug.
The killing occurred at a dwelling
that was being constructed by Stephens
on a lot adjoining the Finucane home
and was said to have been witnessed by
the two Finucane children.
In a statement after arrest. Steph-
ens said that the placing of placards
bearing the letters K. K. K. the break-
ing of a window pane and the disap-
pearance of lumber led up to the
tragedy. No evidence was introduced
during the trial to show any klan con-
nection with the cards.
Girls Witnessed Shooting.
Both he Finucane testified dur-
ing the trial to having seen the shots
fired and their father fall- The two
shots were said to have been fired from
a .32 caliber pistol.
Evidence was offered by defense wit-
nesses in nn effort to show that Ste-
phens feared Finucane was going to
harm him.
Three months prior to the shooting.
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Stephens was arrested in connection
with the wounding of Dr. A. J. Bailey
veterinarian who was sbot while at-
tending a political rally on Alamo Plaza
in May 1921. Stephens had never
been tried on that charge.
The death penalty assessed Stephens
by the Bexar county court was af-
firmed by the highest court in the
state. A rehearing of the case was
denied and a mandate issued by the
Supreme Court ordering that Stephens
be hung.
Beautiful Roselawn Cemetery not a
graveyard a beautiful well kept burial
park. Crockett 1688.—(Adv.)
GERMANY NOTIFIED
OF FRENCH PLANS
(Continued from page one.)
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