The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-03
THE MURDER TRIAL.
Yesterday Precssdings-Ev Evidence for the
Defense Nearly all in.
Hut the Prosecution Have u Little
MoretO Introduce lm the way
Of Rebutlal.


length along In the circuit court. Yes.
terlay the defense introduced a great deal
OF evidence, the greater part Of it tor the
purpose Of convincing the jury that the
prisoners were not at Granville on the
night on which Spence was murdered.
But here is the evidence;
y. J. Grain testified:
have known Jep Grain since he was n
child; he is my brother; | have heard OF
tue death of Spence: DIR. Brown and |
found him; went to DIR. Browns early
In the morning to get some whisky for
Sam Musick, and rs came back my COW
was across the track and said to the
Doctor | would drive her up; when
went by the store saw the lights broken
out, and / went up ard looked in and saw
Spence dead; told Ditmore, Mr.. Land.
rum and others; | was in Granville on
the Friday before from s or O'Clock in
the morning; went to Sisney's funeral,
aud when | got back was in Granville
all the balance of the evening: / saw Jep
Grain that evening get of the down train
down from Marion; ! think the train
was on time: saw Jep get OIL, and after
he was of he stopped and shook hands
with a good many of the boys, probably
Judge. Lemma he halloaed to me
about my mule; he spoke to Brausen.
and said wait till he got coat; he went
to Cal WagOner's. got his coat and came
back and stood around the drug store /;
Jep, Brausen and Craig went with me
to get the mule; | might have seen
Musick. but don't remember; don't
remember that saw Musick about the
depot; nay house Is south Of the drug
store about 800 yards; me and Jep
started from the store together, and met
Brausen and Craig at the black
smith shop. and we went from there to
the stable and got the mule; told Craig
to ride the mule and let Jep ride his horse;
the Marshall Grain house is over 100 yards
north from my house, and we passed 1t
going down; the house Is about 10 feet
west of the road and we were in company
when we passed the house: did not see
Marshall Grain or Sam Musck or any one
else at the house; Jep said he was going
TO Warren Grains and started south; 1t Is
something near three miles to the Crab
Orchard: | don't think Jcp was out Of my
sight exceeding ten minutes after he got
of the train: when he went to my house
he only staid long enough tor me to catch
the mule; it had been raining: | was at
home Friday night; these nick-namcs
were applied to us by other persons {;
when We went into the war there was
| three Bill Grains In the one company,
and they nick-named us; these names
were applied to us In the army; was III
the army with Black Bill pretty near two
wears when was captured +; we were In
the Slst rcgiment-Black Bill was never
absent from Williamson county long at
any other time Jcp was away just be-
fore Spence was killed; had been gone
better than six months, and come back
on Tuesday before the night Spence was
Killed, and staid till Thursday morning /;
said he was going to Marion did not see
him any more Thursday | don't remem-
Der anything about alloaing anything
to Marshall the morning OF the Satur-
| day Spence was killed don't
remember halloaing to him that Musick
had gone Jep had relatives IN the diree-
| ton he was going that Friday evening
before Spence was killed; Jep aud Black
Bill are cousins; Black BIZ and his
two sisters keep house and farm; don't
remember date OF his fathers death
Black Bill run the farm after his fathers
death Mr.. Craig would cross the creek
going home; I don't know exactly
where Brausen lived.
j. L. Grain testified.
Iresidc III Williamson county; lived
there about sixty.one years; lived on
the same farm forty years; ! know de-
PENDANTS ever since they sucked JeI
lived ut Granville, and the other one
lived over on Grassy heard OF the dealt
of Spcnce the evening AFTER he was killed
| was In Granville on Friday before tn,
killing; I was to the burying OF Captain
Sisney the body came Oh the cars Il
Granville I saw Jep Grain get OIL OF TN
train stald at Smitlicr's til after sun
down. aud this day ! staid pretty late
there are two stores ut Granville, one
drug store and tho other q dry goou
store; the buildings arc ubou
eighty feet apart, With no building