The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-30
MOODY'S MURDERERS.
Continuation of the Great Murder
Trial at Bloomington.
The Line OF Defense and Tactics of the
Lawyers.


go by and this Jones-Tolliver trial draws
nearer to a close the interest becomes more
and more intense. All parties are wishing
and dreading. as it were, the finale. IL Is
no longer matter of moment to the prison
ers and their immediate friends alone. The
attorneys on each side have been so long
studying and planning this case that they
have become personally identified with their
respective sides and the public is as radical
ly divided as during heated political CAM
paign. Street discussions are common, and
to enter group composed of the adherents
of one side dssecting and vilifying wit
nesses of the other is of hourly occurrence.
The jury, who must sit and hear this almost
inexplicable mass Of evidence unprejudiced,
can not but feel their, unusual responsibility
and become almost as solicitous as the pris
Oners themselves
LENA CLICK
was the next witness put upon the stand af
ter nv report closed yesterday, aud testified
that she lived in Mitchell in March, 1875,
and remembered the murder of Moody;
that she knew Bent Jones at that time, and
heard him talking in David Lees room after
dark on the night of the murder; that she
was the wife of Francis Click. and was living
in the same house with David Lee, they liy-
ing on one side of the hall and Lee the
other; that the killing was done on the I'd of
March; that her husband was working for
Bent Jones at the time; that her husband
was at home on the 1st day of March. which
was on Sunday, to the best of her recOllec-
ton.
NOSE CLINTON,
the next witness stated that he lived in
Mitchell on the I'd day of March, 1875; knew
of hearing of the murder of Moody; heard il
Just before noon the next day, March g. at
his truss-hoop factory; that he knew Bent
Jones' Lee Jones and the TOlliver boys; that
he was down in town in Mitchell after sup
per on the night of the murder and saw
Bent Jones talking to Simp TOlliver
and another man on the walk close to Abe
Jones's saloon, and saw Tom Tolliver stand
ing on the steps of the saloon; that he spoke
TO Bent Jones' but Jones did not reply; that
he remained about town a half hour, and as
he was returning home he saw Parks Tolli-
yer standing in front OF Alvey's store; that
it was about 30 o'clock when he saw Bent
Jones and Tom Tolliver, and o'clock when
he saw Parks Tolliver; that his attenti IN
was called to his having seen them at the
dinner table the next day. On cross exam
inatiOn he stated that he had taken an active
part in the defense; that he did not go to
Washington to see Patterson and his wife,
lust before the hearing of the writ of hdbeas
corpus in this case last winter, but did go
there then on other business. aud did see
them, and knew they were witnesses in this
ease, but did not tell them they need not
attend the trial if they did not wish 10, and
could say they were sick; that he bad seen
Major Gordon, and he had said they need not
come, nor that three or four witnesses would
stay away; Bent Jones would get bail, and
that would be the end of the case; that he
never told Patterson as they were coming to
the trial that he (Patterson) was intimidated
at PaOli when he testified in the preliminary
trial, and need not go into particulars here.
The official report OF the witnesss testi-
mOny given at the hearing of the hdbedS
corpus was here read to the witness. in which
he stated he did tell Patterson the above,
and he was asked if he did so state on that
occasion, and he answered no"
MOSES MOORE
was next called and stated that he lived in
Mitchell in March, 1875. Rendered hearing
of the murder of Moody the next morning
after it was done, about 8 o'clock; that he
saw Bent Jones on the evening of the I'd of
March; that he was on his way to the lodge,
and passed Jones's Office, and stopped and
asked him for sonre money, and he said he
had no change, but would go to town and
get it; that while he was there Lee Jones and
Tom Tolliver came along, and they all
went down town together; that when
they got down town he stopped on
Burton's corner while Mr.. Jones went into
Alvey's store to get some change; that he
was not detained there more than two min
utes until Jones paid him some money, and
he went on to the lodge; that it was a few
To the lodge they were Just calling the roll
of officers: that he thought of seeing him
the next morning when he heard of the
murder; that he thought OF seeing them be-
cause he knew there had been trouble be-
tween the Joneses and the Moodys,
On cross examination he stated that he
bad been shown piece of paper by Mrs.
Jones (Bent's lady containing what he knew
about seeing Bent that night; Bent had
written it, and she asked him if that was
what he would state; that he had told her
before and she had told Bent what it was.
Witness was asked as to the representations
of Miriam III. Lincoln, Joshua Younger and
Eli Lowery for truth, and said they were
bad.
MARY MURRY
was put upon the stand and SAID she was the
wife of James Murry; that the Tolliver boys
are her brothers and the Jones boys are her
brothers in-law; that she remembered hear
ing of the killing of Moody; that il was said
to have been done on the ID of March. 1875;
that she heard of it the next day; that she
lived there, and lives now three miles from
Mitchell on the Orleans road that she was
at home all dav the day Moody was killed;
that she don't know Eli Lowery; that he
never was at her house that she knows OF;
that she has a husband and seven children;
that the oldest child is IS years old, is girl
add was at home that day; that Allen Jones,
oldest son of Bent Jones' was staying at her
house at that time; that a neighbor, whose
name she did not remember, told her of
Moody's death; that her husband was at Mr..
Warren's that night and that Allen Jones
and one of her boys went with him; that
they came home about 0 o'clock, and she had
gone to bed; that Lee Jones and Eli Lowery
were not at her house that day. and did not
take supper there; that she knew Mrs. Sarah
A Donaldson; that she does not remember
of her being at her house
that DAY; does not remember certain
whether Size was or not. That she never
went 70 see Mrs Donaldson about what she
was going 70 testify in this case; never had