The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-02
THE DEFENSE.
The Grain Murder Trial-HearinD
Evidence for the Defense.
Efforts TO Establish an Alibi-Mo-e thar
Twenty Witnesses swear
TO That End.
The Prosecution Z Io<ed Their Case
Yesterday Morning.

The evidence for the prosecution In the
Grain murder rial, was closed on Nom
day evening. The defense brought up
their witnesses yesterday. and upwards
of twenty Of them were examined.
Its the plan OF The defense TO make out
an alibi, as will BE- seen from the DRIFT
Of the testimony given By their wit
ncsses.
The evidence Of three Of the witnesses
for the prosecution was not published
yesterday, but will BE- found Ia this morn
ns's BULLETIN.
WIN. iiendrlckson testified as follows
live ia Marion. Williamson county;
| Was born and raised there; was there
last August and september; was not
personally acquainted win Spence; j
kuew INN when l saw MIN; think II
Was about the lUlh of September When
Music MAS brought there; Was one vi
u party that made search Tor the broken
Weeds and bushes; MIR. iiartweil, county
attorney. Mr.. Fulier aud Mr.. DAVIS were
with me; We Went To The northwest
corner OF Mrs. Hampton's field; we
went along the south side oi the farm
till We struck lane, aud went down that
lane Ui,e-iuurlh VI Il mile Till We sruck
tn. corner 81 Mrs. Hauptvu'- field II
was dark, cut vi the way place: there
may have been some wagons went
down the lane, but il was not
Travelled much there wa. "A kind OF Il
hill 10 the right and Then ~ the lett Was
another Lite Knoll II IL quarter Of "A
mile IRON any bOil-e; We found some
hazel bushes and some weeds broken OF
and laid along the rold; some OF tile
weed. were broken over. but not clear
oil some OF the hazel bushes were
broken on and laid on - side of the
road There lot vi the weeds and bushes
were produced by Mr.. Hendrickson
These were found in different place, !:
this wa, the bunch producing some
hazel bushes that was round on the east
OF the road these are the weeds that
were broken over lproducin@ another
bunch OF weeds the broken weeds THAI
were bent over we're on the east side OF
the road was raised on iarln III Will
hanson county, anu THINK from the
app,:irAiics OF the week they were broke
Two months: the sun would shine on
them part of the time; | had never
heard ANY statement before abuu: these
W pldNts lAi'
we found some weed broken oil. bur
were not satisfied until We got where
these weeds were found: ! think Tn,
was Monday afternoon. September 18Th,
last.
Leonard c. Fuller testified as iol.
lows
| live ia Marion. Williamson county I;
am the city marshal was there last
September, aud remember Musick being
brought there and put IN lail; ! think IL
was Friday, the ION Of September: me
and Mr. Hartweli went 10 piace-the
Widow Hampton's. AT the south end
OF the field We got out OF the hack ard
went Oh to the northwest corner OF the
lane; It did not look like public road.
or was much Travelled; We found some
weeds broken right NJ the corner oi
the field. there was lane at the north
of the field, though east: witness made Il
diagram explaining the locality where
the weeds were found the weeds
were broken oil and laid down at
the side Of the rOad there was
some bushes with them, and some weeds
were bent over; the handful was ri.
at the side OF the road we took up the
tops of the bushes aud compared them
| with the stumps. stock could not have
broken these weeds. would not
say for certain but would think the
| weeds and bushes might have been
broken tor month. We found some
near the fence and others eight or ten
steps from the fence on the west side OF
the road. This search was made think
on the Monday after Musck WAS put IN
| jail. heard no statements where these
weed, would be found only from Mr..
Hartwell. think the nearest house to
this place was between Il quarter aud u
half mile away.
James w. Landrum testified rs follows
| have resided in Evansville. William.
son county, since 1865, aud aui acquainted
wi h the defendants | became acquainted
with Black Bill M 1866, perhaps, aud
have known Jep since the year ls6O.
was well acquainted with William
Spence, and know when his assassination
occurred; as l remember ON the night
Of the 3lst OF July between and IL
O'Clock, heard the report Off gun an,
got ont OF bed aud went TO the door u
ser II | could hear any excitement, but
could hear none. The report seemed Il
be a very heavy, dull report. My hous'
was about two hundred and iilty VI
three hundred yards rom Spcncc's store
in Il nearly due north direction. ! SAN
Mr.. Spence early In the morning, abouI
sun up. lie was laying close 70 the dooI
OF his store room, us ] remember back
against the counlcrOr q box, with one
slipper on and the other OH; ] saw /
bloody spot and u hole rs II the ball hat
gone in the right eye. aud came out hea
the ear l did not make AN examination
OF the body examined the front part
0i The house and through the store, ant
found quite u tumbling Of vailsrs, trunks
and paper cases. All these thing,
seemed TO have been opened ~ If ther'
had been search. l did not linz
any other wounds on tn,
body, only those made b,
the shot. The store was what nigh
bc called glass front. the flrst pane o
GLASS nearest where Mr.. Spence lay wa
entirely out. The glass In The door wrr'
smaller than on the sides OF the house
where the large pane was knocked on
there was evidence Of some one havin,
crawlcd through into the s,O.o' tina