| San Antonio Light, Sunday, May 21, 1911, p. 1, col. 1 === ACQUAINTANCE WITH MRS. VOLZ WAS INNOCENT === Man Who Drove Her Home Friday Night Tells Story of Their Meeting. === THREE SHOTS WERE FIRED === Flaugh Says Gun Was Used When They Drove Up In Front of Volz Home. === Sworn Testimony, the first bearing on the killing of Mrs. Annie Volz, the young wife of J.P. Volz, Friday night at her home, 300 Rural avenue, was given by P.J. Flaugh, who conducts a furniture moving business on Austin street, yesterday afternoon at the inquest held by Justice Ben Fisk. The testimony was taken by District Attorney Baker. The statement, given by Flaugh, reveals the fact that he was the man with whom Mrs. Volz and her little child rode away from her home in a buggy, Mrs. Volz going to her old home, 215 Muncey street, for the purpose of getting two letters she expected from her husband, and that Flaugh was the man Mrs. Volz was with when she returned to her home on Rural avenue, where she met her tragic death. Three Shots Fired. The testimony of Flaugh is also to the effect that three, instead of two, shots were fired. The witness further testified that he had only recently become acquainted with Mrs. Volz, through business transactions, and that absolutely no improper relations existed between him and the woman. Flaugh, in his testimony, says that it was while he was at the home of Mrs. Gaugler, a neighbor to Mrs. Volz, for the purpose of buying some cows that he consented to drive Mrs. Volz and her child to the Muncey street house, where Mrs. Volz desired to get letters from her husband, reported to be there. The witness describes in detail the ride to the Muncey street house, the return to the Rural avenue home, where, without warning, the husband opened fire upon them with a sixshooter. At the time, the identity of the man with the revolver, according to Flaugh, was not know either to him or Mrs. Volz, although afterwards, he testifies, Mrs. Volz thought the man might be her husband, and getting out of the buggy, went back to the house. Flaugh knew nothing of the killing until the following morning, having continued in the buggy to his own home. Said She'd Explain Later. Mrs.Volz was shot and almost instantly killed, while in the street, about twenty-five feet from the gate of her home. Her husband is said to have asked her what she was doing in the buggy, Mrs. Volz replying by saying that she would explain later, not to ask her at that time. The husband is then said to have fired point-blank at her, the bullet taking effect almost squarely in the right eye, penetrating the brain. She had hold of her child's hand at the time, but released her hold as she fell. P.J. Flaugh, who lives at 100 Alder(?) street, in his testimony given at the inquest held by Justice Fisk, yesterday afternoon, made the following statement: Statement of Flaugh. "I knew the woman who was killed last night, but did not know her name until this morning when I read it in the paper. "About two months ago I met the lady when she came up to my stand on Austin street, to get me to move her sister-in-law out of a house on Avenue B. I forget the number, but I think it was in the 1200 block. I did not learn the name of her sister-in-law. I moved her to Hays street. I never saw Mrs. Volz after this time until last Sunday, when I met her on Laurel street near where I stable my horses. "She had a little child with her and a little dog. The dog got sick and she asked me to help her get the little [Continued Page 2 -- 1st Column] |
