The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-01-29
He Tells the Story Of the Murder Of Spence,
and Who Did it.
The Trial VIII Probably Continue
gcW Days or Two Weeks.


On the assembling of court. Judge Ba
ker announced that one OF The jurors, Mr.
;. i. Bennett, having been taken i'll The
night previous. would be unable to Ill
on the jury.and asked the attorneys what
they proposed to do ia the matter.
Mr.. Lincgar. tor the defense, said that
he knew Mr.. Bennett so well that he felt
sure he would not put ia an excuse TO
avoid serving on the jury unless the same
was well-iounded and moved that Mr..
Bennett he Discharged, and some one
else selected to serve ia his place.
The work OF selecting another juror
wa. then commenced, aud after tie cx.
aninati,n OF ten or dozen persons, Mr..
Geo. Van Brocklan was accepted and
sworn TO serve. The following
WITNESSES
for the prosecution were then called
aud sworn:
Samuel Music, JJha Ditmorc. V. II
Terrell. }. ". LaaGruD, Mary Z. Tippy
VIM. IIcndricksou, Martin Davis, keo.
nar1 Fuller. Norc,-.ia Waggoaer, New.
man Grimes. II. W. johnson. Monroe
Roland, Ann lmp John Craig. " l.
liam Rollan, 1homa. Duncan, Jane.
II mpton ALA, Joseph Ilostettcr.
JUDGE ALLEN
Tor the prosecution then addressed the
jury Tor about thirty minutes marking
uut Tia, line tue prosecution would fol.
low. At he conclusion OF Judge Aliens
remarks, court adjourned until 1880
| O'Clock. pm.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
On the opening Of court after dinner,
Mr.. W. ". Glenn ns tor the defendants.
presented the ca-e for thc defense. Oc.u-
plying the time oi the court for nearly
two hours.
The prisoners are really fine looking
men. aud have none of the appearances
OF men who would be guilty oil the ter
rible crimes with which they are charged.
JEp GRAIN
Is man probably thirty-hve years OF
age, and stand tx feet ONE IN height. lie
has "a full round face, light blue eyes.
light complexion, light brown hair, and
chin whi-kers aud mou.tache. lie is
neatly dressed in gray clothes, and does
NOT look like bad man.
BLACK BILL GRAIN
is very tail man. standing six feet three
inches in height. His complexion is
dark, and his features sharp. He has
gray eyes, black hair and whiskers aud
moustachc. Like JEFF Grain. he Is neat
and clearly dressed ia -uit OF dark
clothing.
Both OF the men on trial seem TO feel
deeply the uncertainty Of the position in
which they are placed, but are not de-
moDsrativc in their manners. They
lit quietly, but watch with interest
every incident OF the trial. They have
placed theirtltc in the hands OF their at
torncys, and seem content to allow them
work it out Us best they can.
The first witness called was DR.. II. V.
Terrell. OF Cartervile, who testified as fol.
lows:
know the defendants. have known
Jep Grain for about four years, aud ii
will be six years in March since became
acquainted with William Crain-I speak
of him as BLACK BILL knew William
Spence Tor about two years, becoming ac-
quainted with him in the year 1873. On
Saturday morning, the first day OF Au-
gust last, Mr.. Dowell told me that Mr..
spence was murdered in his store. | was
on my way over Crab Orchard. On my
way home wunt 10y and SAW Mr.. Spence,
and saw he was dead. IL appeared ~ il
there had been a chair near the door. and
as ii he mad sat down in it and then fallen
out Of IL. There was number OF wounds
on his person. Shortly alter was sum
mond by the coron,r 10 make the exam
iuatiOn. and found quite number of
wounds in the region vi the stomach and
bowels; one shot entered the hight eye
aud came out near the ear. II l remem-
Der rlgbt he was laying against the door
when | first SAW h,m-in his store. The
wounds thought were produced by shot
gun. Judging from other wound, | had
seen produced 10y similar weapon. |
prubrd ,hc wounds bur did not extract
my shot. | .uIir u written report ~ tie
examination ana furnished II 80 he cor
ouer. There we've 10 wound, IN hi
hands. think Mr.. spence died from lhr
effect. ofihc wounds. The iiIiug occur, d
IN July last. ia Williamson county, Siate
OF Illinois. My attention WAS called 10 II
bruisr that appeared 10 have been made
by the nuzElc of II shot gun. do not
remember how many shot entered the
body, (at this point tie doctor spoke IN
such a low voice that the reporter lost n
part OF the testimony. Continuing DR..
Terrell said: The front doors to the
store are glass above the locks. aud the
glass was Knocked out. The house has
what is called u glass front, the glass
coming down lower than the pannels 1T
the oors. lhil.k there WAS one pan" OF
glass ia the front brol,cn ont. | think
there was counter on each
side OF the store room. The
house fronts 10 the North,
but the counters do not come
all the way up 10 the front of the build
iug--,therc j, room to pass between the
window and the end of The counter. Mr..
spence hal fallen down and his left leg
wa, throwu across the chair: his head
was to the North. II seems to me that
some one said there was n box between
the end Of the counter and the window,
but don't remember II this was the
ease. | think Mr., Spence had one slip
per on. The house Is n two story build
ing. with Tie stairs In the back end of tho
store room. Mr.. Spence's bed was in
he North end of the building. cant
say how many windows there are in the
building above the door. Mr.. Spence
told me he was Scotchman. He had
no family there. and roomed alone; h,
took his meals Mt Call. Waggoncr's