, 1869-06-01

southwest q the stone hearth. I vas well ac-
auainted with NJ. Mcconnell. had In my pos
some writing on + leAw It IN Nj: kc.cnam.z
e Fssres9y { u NJ i sSt Il %s@ LIZ & &
sss. ssssf sah S.us5 = aad I'd
bnt think 1t Was not
In his cross exaz,!naston, witness said, In reps
three and four at The desk Of the prisoner, o.
rather The deak that was pointed out to US ..
ssS e ,as4s sE e. H. IN / J. Of kssssy kesssaty and
acquainted Ill. Stevenson With the object Of ou1
xisit and took these three books, Nos i, and i.
take the BOOK RE idea ID 70 ges the booss rss a.
1sst org1nated at the Corones's inquest when, In
EeP1y y t. 2 Question Y ": Kctcaanl. NJ. Ro''|a:
his booEs l didn't look to sec how many INK
stands there were on hts desk. We did not bring
om 1s s'G1S except books AMI
nc 5ld lot take any Of them away. In book
~: page ets, the entries uaaer date Of August,
$50, having no references 10 the Mcconnell entry
are not, tn ny Judgment, made IN the same Ink.
On pages ee4 and &c there are sp,:e diHc-rucrs in
!0e sasdes Of the LUX, though not so percepuble.
noticed TINT the lux often cos1o]es when the same
az will produce different shades. In such . clEe
re nIst figures OF marks made would probably be
were taken aown and a examlnet % Thefe phs4efs, IL
| believe, another book OF account, though We dld
not take It aNay. n a fourth book now shown to
General Mcconnell IN May, 1864 though cannot
say when sa~ them. The three books from
know where the fourth IooS CAME fEom. It It Ens W.
tn the bank With the Others, though don't know
nox @ Il came there. 1seaed II up With The otheIs,
IN MS Fe-dtrcct examination, Tls1es5 said:
When We got Robinson. Nj. Stevenson was prcs
ens I,x ann y a.. re & dess unlocked 1dont know how
Sand =, we're then given to the Jury and reviewed
TESTIMONY OF Mr., PALMER
j. u. Palmer, witness for the PEOPLE Was next
Introduced. He testified IS follows: l reside In
JaeksonTi!le recoilect about the tune Of Gene.al
q his death On the ath Of feoruasy. / Sesufned
70 % TIE city on Tic THURSDAY following. The Coro-
pers pere on qRes 9Re na aSansa 1s, came
knew prisoner mad hta pace Of Gasness.
Iwas there on Friday morning about half-past 1o
Mr. Ketcham. In that store saT lis desk, IN The
no1theas. corner OF the roon. made an exam
nation. for tatee quarters Of an hour, Of waste
u pigeon holes Mr Stevenson va a. ia pfesep, n's At
the time. The card now shown me, marked No.
: found while IN the store, on the top OF the
pulled It out Of the pigeon holes with lot Of other
vas on the desk. Nothing has been added to the
carr! since discovered it, except to marx, IS
Numeera" On the back o. the card are the d.
ures no. 10 % and 1s0, placed under each 9th eT
card to Mr: Cicero Mer At Tirs; Sa,ionsl Baak. IL
On the other side Of this card Is printed ". A
Robinson, and the natuse his business. I donr
| Know that WIS acquainted with the haQd.Hrft.
write.
The people offered this card III evidence, but
thc defence objected on grounds that 10 proof
had been induced that The figures on the card had
been placed there by the prsonef:
| Nr II Atltn, Of counsel for the people, con-
xENH Fyy7&rS IL,
support OF hts position the decision Of the MISS
ehusetts Supreme Court IN the case Of the Com
1AonM ealth against Webster, reported In ! Cush-
Inc, Massachusetts Reports.
!he Court sustained the objection.
saa: h we Wea ta as s,o,, e Stpsss
did not bring away any Of the other rapers or
cerls, and dld not sec anyone else tase any: In
the pQeOn-liole where the card was fOllat there
were Erulasy twenty other carls Ut papers 1t
WAS to; locked up, Of tecnrcd IN any way.
| ALfA SMITH SWORN.
AtYa Smith, ] proposed witness for the peon]c.
cd to the testimony Of the witness, alleging that
when, by order OF the Court, the peoples Wit
nGsscs were 10 be excluded.
IEc E'tness, IN answer 70 counsel, salt he had
| been IN court during parI OF tho evidence of
young MURRAY Mcconnell, but he had not hcaf,i
one Wprl Of the testimony.
| The States Attorney said thc witness hal NOT
t,ecn summoned until nftcr tho passage OF shc or
der cSeiEdlDg witnesses, anl Of IL existence ne
had not been notified.
The Court said In this case the reop,e refQscd to
produce their Witnesses and hare them SWORN
and Withdrawn frs1n the court This wns NOT
deemed to bc practicable when, hy cr,lrr Of Court,
to all officer q: the door with instructions to pre-
veni their admission After This the counsel FOR
| 10 examine cef:nln Witnesses, one OF whom wai
the person under discussion. This person had
people should not havr becu Present, unI. fur
ter, hts name had not i~c:. gwen 10 tho nr:son.
ers counsel as the names Of other witnesses Ia l.
His Honor. thercforc, dcc!laeu to alnt the tus;!
mony Of 3lr. Smith
George ". smith, witness fur TIC
S,h Of February last was City Marshal Of JACK
ennyIlc. went ont Of office on The 10Th Of April
On the morning af February 2 I Was on thr l!'>
lie square. went fron there 10 Murray Melon
nel's house. had known him for tWentr-e.yh
years- lhase known the Prisoner lot about tarct
a s saS % eat o1 nTnng Y1!Sg
Fourth Ward school bell wns ringing at . clock
from the square. ! came into The public sqlar
on a. ordinary walk. only storrnG ier miuut
s rHs fs @ts z nS esa @ Ss
order from the Masos allowing nisa tu drivu hi
. carriage On he sidewalk. That 'sls On th
House corner. / was southeast u tic Mansio
T H"nse. On thY cross walk, whsn / s.,
: u
or',ina1y ones lie wore. Tlis % eos: @ vas no. d d
overcoas. It was the same Goa; took from hit
in nv possession, hut Mr. ,arnrs took i, ava,
ant from uly own knnHlc,.g. TO not know ~hcl
minutes u @ 81 n1te. to hnlf pas, sioek Thers VI
,Es;5sx e e., FS;s;oo Ss; ~sSs Ms i 5~eH;
seeass Sss = sat g aos I'll se a''sff
or,nc % ,3x S Ms a,17 Mseonnss Ms nsnsan mu
!: forr TINT ~. 'hc CORNER my ,tce1o Miller a
!, Geo. Metnnne'. | wcnt right 10 my. brother
4 paper l,al for him 1nl went riga, to thu cal:
. hnoSc unlocked shr t!oos. m not 70 in Init 1ookt
: to zee that thrr ~rrr no rrlh1'nrrH there. on
= ~ was .,u '9a s1as,,,In ,,n ~ rsn:sd s the;
h then going nc1lh. lie then had a hat an,i ovs
u eonf. SPOKE to him aI, lIc sIoke to nc. d
! hc north When he gut 10 tho south post oil N
:. Councils gate. hc stopped whllc walked twrn
'y lset 9na l0esSd toTs, INC hoV:
Is How are soi t;eorsc," walked on mort
/. went II between . and il O'Clock and askei /
lie some tobacco, which bought, when said, " ~
~ when did SOY aEst hear Of the murder Of Muir
=. next remember seeing him when ! took him DO,
/: to AeConnels. lwent there at the suggssttou
I'd Jury Was there. When went for him VI
Ee to summon him as. Witness and
'ls lie was ii he store when summoned, with i
rs elbow on the showcase. Fr,m tho time VIC |,
:: the store NJ we reached Mcconne1s there =
Oh tha. he wondered what they wanted with b!
,c- Nher VIC reached tho house took him up to t
te east roo@: NJ jary wsts aP stain u anoti
he and be wondered Whist they wsnted h
he s sSsa ssas 5assy ssSe: ts Ss
il, that Mr. Newen said he had seen him 60 Into u
ascqnasls 9 eSont < 'nis ,S59 Se Me ea npa
sstea s aar @ s ss 1Sas Ta
he s1eaT to thst Woaid resiu1c nirnscli.'' he Ii
tc. sala that II would oe ~ 1n1ucky mo.nins's =
nave nsve9 naa dssnes ue
d s1a ns s9 II n,m hare n.1 had a. ee1l!, u;
in and he said he had owed Murray Mcconnell
res on note, On which Kelsey Bros. we're sec.
ut ties asked him u he had pad this note. and
re ton I'M aaSned u ed sna ti Geo. Eannns as ssoant
asked him u be had paid nc last no:e, and
In asked him II he had 1t, and he said he had r
fp{ ae nsa ansSp sea hs 1ns' sure
Sha e7denee Se M nsi eot 9a.s S he nsd rd
acE money, and he said thar he had entry Of il
les hts hook lie said that on that morning, aoo1
sht O'Clock. he Was gong to hts old house, to 6
he Airs. Eradley hfe8d-loanl he had promised
1ea He said he passed Murray McConnel's, bat did
md see antncdy. He said he went TO hts house.
he co1!An1 tnI The hoarl and that
m then. after stopping few minutes,
ted turned to the s4uarc, after being g
The hair or thrce-glartcrs Of m hour, when I wen
'e9- summons him. He said. "EcOrEe what
ers talk to me:'' | said: " i;ll- want you to
H. along with me. and told him tho Jury wanted
in The Show case BIZ Was leaning against was on
o. west side OF the store uexs saw Robinson 4
cen dark that night, when rut bin. In jail. On
81 occasion sa.l: Bill, this Il hard work" but
ill., made no reply. lie WAS 4 COOL deal
he'll taf.-t. lpt SAID pQihipG. though ! N