The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-04


- sworn to by Mr.. Dennison.
MIR. John Dowell, worthy citizen OF
Williamson county, and member Of the
last grand jury OF that county, was pu,
on the stand, but nothing Of interest was
made known through him.
WHERE WAS BLACK BILL on THAT SAT.
URDAY NIGHT?
John Rollen was the next witness, and
was introduced to swear that Black
Bill was seven or eight miles from Grain.
vile the night that Spence was killed
It0llcn saw Black Bill aud spoke to him
one halt hour before shutdown on that
Saturday night.
He sLEPT WITH CALVIN.
Calvin Craig testified az follows:
l knew Mr.. Spence; ! heard of his
| Death OH Sunday after II occurred; Sun.
day was the lsi OF August; In the morn.
my OF the day before we loaded up the
threshiny machine and went to Phillip
FURNACES and thrcshed some wheat we
left there just ut dusk. had u couple OF
horses going home. and Nun Jack had
yoke of oxen. and come up behind me /;
II was probably o'clock when We got
to John Jacks. and we stopped there |;
John Jack was there. and so was WIN.
Grain BLACK BILL there. Munroe Jack
came up while was there aud passed
by; l was sitting on my
horse and John Jack was In
the yard; think Black Bill was In the
act Of getting on his horse when got
ready to COL asked Mr. Grain 10 70 home
with me and stay all night. and he said
he would 20. that he wanted to swap
horses with me, anyhow; he went oil
with me TO my house may wife was not
at home. she was at High Craigs to set
up. Black Bill staid all night with me,
aud left about sun up the next morning
Robt Craig cane to my house just about
the time he left. got breakfast myself:
IL must have been 9 O'Clock in the even.
ing. probably little later. when we went
% bed. think II must have been close 10
nine or ten miles from my house to Grain
vile. the direction being little west OF
north. have known Black Bill since
we were boys.
Robert Craig deposcd that he eat
breakfast at Calvin Craig's on Sunday
morning. and that Black Bill eat at the
table with them; also that he had seen
him at John Jacks the night previous.
Munroe Jack sworc that he saw Black
Bill at his brother John Jacks gate
on Saturday evening an hour after dark.
Other witnesses coroberated the above
statement.
THEN CAME NACKADo.'
Mr. william j. 'Mackado. chats q
tough old nancy was next called. Mr..
Mackado has lived In Jefferson county
since 1910, and was well acquainted with
sam Musick when that individual lived
az Spring Garden. After telling all about
Muslck, from his boyhood up to the time
he went into. the rebel army, Mr..
Mackado wound up by saying he would
not believe him under oath.
ALIrrLE MORE MUsIcH.
Sam Musick was brought from his cell
and put on the stand again. lie was
asked whether he had ever been In Jail
in Marion county. Sam said he was. and
told what got him into prison. He wen.
out walking with another mans :wife
and she forgot to go home that night.
and the next day her husband had him
arrested and they put him in Jail and
kept him there three weeks. He was
asked whether he was ever under arrest
and made his escape by Jumping of
train of cars. lie said he was not.
WOULDN'T BELIEVE HIM.
David Crawford, AN old man in soldier
clothes, testified that he knew sam Mu-
sick when he lived at Spring Garden. and
from his reputation in that community
he would not believe him on oath.
JACK, HE son OF SAMUEL.
John Jack said that he had lived in
Williamson county all his lite, and that
his fathers name was Samuel. Mr.. Jack
swore that on the night OF the 3lst Of
July last-thc night on which Spence was
killed--hc was in his stable yard unhitch-
ing his horses when Black Bill Grain
rode up and spoke to him. Jack told
Grain to 20 to the house, and when he got
done he would come. Mr.. Jack also ties.
titled that Black Bill staid and eat supper
with him; at about $ O'Clock left his
house IN company with Calvin Craig.
who had asked Bill to go home and stay
all night with him.
With this witness the defense closed
their case, when the prosecution intro
duced some
EVIDENCE IN REBUrTAL.
1t would be u tedious task to 90 over
all the evidence, aud we shall not under
take it. The main points are all We shall
attempt to give.
Mr.. County Attorney Hartwcll, of vii
hanson county, was callel to the stand.
and testified that on the preliminary en-
animation Of the prisoners and Yellow
Bill Grain, Black Bill testified that he had
taken Il certain route in going from Grain
vile to John Jacks Oh that fatal Satur-
day night.
THEY SAW BILL.
Several witnesses, among them Mrs.
Mary Ann Tippy and Mrs. Ann Impson,
testified that they saw Black Bill on the
afternoon or evening of the night on
which Spence was killed, going towards
Granville, One witness said it was about
8 or 4 O'Clock she saw him pass her house,
and the other said it was as late as 3.
These witnesses lived apart, and saw Bill
at different points on the road.
MORE ABOUT MUsICk.
Mr.. James l.. Landrum was recalled
and testified us follows, concerning tho