The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-01
THE GRAIN MURDER TRIAL.
So for Matters Look Gloomy for
the Prisoners.
SOME DAMAGING TESTIMONY BROUGHT
OUT YESTERDAY.
Threats by the Prisoners -Jep Grain Al
legged TO Have Saddle Would "Shoot
Spence and Laugh 10 see
dim Kick
The Evidence Tor the Prosecution
Probably MI In.


p The taking Of evitencc in trial OF hi,
| Jep aud Black Bill Grain was continued
. ia the circuit court yesterday. \ mum
, Der of witnesses were examined, ant
( some damaging cyilenc, against the pris
/; oncrs was brought out. One of the wit.
. nesses, a Mrs. Wdggone-. who keeps /;
] boarding house at Granville. and will
whom Big Jep Grain AMI Spence. tn,
murdered man. boarded. testified that Jct
: once requested her to delay supper SC
that he could "catch spence" in the dark
between his store and the boarding house
adding that he "wOuld shoot Spence and
then laugh 10 see him kick" In fact much
ofthe evidence brought ont yesterday was
hard against the prisoners, aud it will re.
quire strong testimony Oh the side OF the
defense 10 counteractits influence.
But lhi, Is the prosecution, aud it may
be that the defense have some Just as
strOng testimony on vNeir side to prove
that the prisoners are not - bad as they
have been painted. 1t is to b. hoped so.
At all events.
Messrs. Clemens. Calvert and I.inegar,
for the defense, put the witnesses to
their wits ends on cross examination. and
there was occasionally some sharp spar
ing between counsel.
Three witnesses were examined yes
tcrday whose evidence does not appeal
in this mornings BULLETIN. owing TO ;
press OF other matter. 1t will appear il
iull tomorrow. however.
Just before the adjournment OF cour,
last night, Judge Alien announced thai
there was one more witness. the prosecu
ton desired 10 put on the stand, but tn a,
( he had not yet arrived in the city; ant
! that il he lid not arrive in time to bt
present at the opening of court thi,
morning, the prosecution would an
nouncc the case for the people closed
and the evidence for the defense would
b. heard.
ii. W. johnson testified as follows:
Nv name is II. w. johnson; I resi- lie
| in Du Quoln, which has been my home
/ tor II Years; | am mill-wright Wa,
at Granville. Williamson county, in July
| last; knew WIN. Spence ! went IL
! Granville the first Of June. and was put
/ ting IN mill machinery Tor Mr.. Ian.
! drum: the mill was 800 yards or more
/ from Spence store ;, ] remember Spence
| death: think about dark, alter supper.
/ Il boarded with Sir. Landruml | Went to
/ tie Granville post office, and when lett
/ the post Office 1t was dark /: lett the rail-
road west OF Spence's store To
shun mud hole; when got wc.t
OF the store | heard some
thing that attract my attention, some one
sand / want Ia get some article of goods :;
| heard a reply that they should be
waited on; the calling seemed To be by
| Sptucc's drug store or in that direction /;
when got near my boarding house
heard the discharge of a double barrelled
gun, and went about ten steps further
aud heard single report; the firs, shot
was undoubtedly double-barreled gun.
the barrels OF pulled simultaneously !
should think il was between . and 10
o clock; ii was a pretty dark. coudy
night: what attracted my attcn-
ton when l stopped don't
remember, but when | had
stopped heard voice 1--WE want TO get
and gathered from the reply they would
be waited on; suppose was three hun
drci yards away when ! heard the re-
/ port | don't think there WAS any lights
burning when the shots were fired; IL j.
nearly north from my boarding house To
the store. in going 60 up and down rail
road track; saw the remains the next
day before they were removed aud after
they were laid out; Spence's was q store
house with Il counter on each side; he
was Wing on the east side OF the house
! apparently as II he had fallen out Of II
chair; wouldn't be positive If his head
was against the end OF the building; he
had his pants on and his vest was unbut
toned ; | think there was one shoe on
one foot and q shoe iaylDg In
lhe middle of the floor; the
! glass in the door, Oh the side where
he was laying, one light was broken
| ont the glass In the door are ten inches
wide by fourteen inches long one side
! LIGHT east OF the door was broken ont !;
Granville i in vii hanson county, lii.
! nois.
John Dltmore testified:
Live one half or hree-quarters Of a mile
from Larteryllle; last July 1 lived in
! Granville and worked al Landrum's
niin know sam Musick have known
| nim prelly near a year; ! knew Mr..
Spence; heard U his death next morn
| ing. tut | can't tel al exactly what hour,
PROBABLY at or O'Clock; ] owned a
! heavy double barriled shot gun at the
line had had it about Il Year; the gun
wa. not al my hol,c the night Spence
was killed; The night before Spence
was killed, on Friday evening, just be-
tore dark, Sail Mu,lck came there aud
wanted the gun, but | oidn't let him
| have her; told HIM that never loanded
her ut night, but would lei him have her
in the morning; Il was jnst good day
| light when | let him have her he said
he was going turkey hunting; there was
ayoun. man Al NY house that used the
gun, and my boy would 90 with him
was at home the night Spence WAS
killed; | heard the reports of two
guns that night, suppose lived
nearly one hundred yards from the store
| north of west OF the store ! lived
south of the railroad; as was well as re-
member few minutes before or few
minutes after . the shots were fired;
there was lady at our house that night.
aud Just rs was Z citing ready TO 20 10
bed the shots were fired ; l was not up to
the store Till krt Brown came up and
told me Spence was killed he was lay
ing close TO the door. double door with
pannels and top glass; the pannels came