The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-30

resided, and they were bad.
MINERVA DUNNING,
nee Wood, was examined, and said that she
lived in Mitchell at her aunts, Mrs. Evans at
the time Moody was shot and saw Dr. Parks
Tolliver at his office in Mitchell that night
between and o'clock; that she went there
for medicine for her aunt's sick child, and
that DIR. Tolliver gave he- the medicine with
the directions; that she remembered the
next day when she heard of the murder of
seeing Parks Tolliver that night.
JAMES MURRY
was next called. and said he was a brother.
in-law to all of the defendants; that he lived
at the time Moody was shot, and still lives,
in Lawrence county, three miles from
Mitchell and two from Orleans that he
thought his house was about so rods from
the highway and three of mile
from the railroad; that he heard of the MUIR
der of Moody late in the evening of the next
day from a Mr.. Saylors; that he is not
much acquainted with Eli Lowery; knows
him by sight; that he was at home all day
of the I'd of March, in 1875, and that Eli
LOwery and Lee Jones were not at his house
that day; that he didn't know whether Mrs
Donaldson was there or not; that he never hid
gun in his smokehouse for Lee Jones and
Lowery; that he (Murry) was indicted for
completely in the Moody murder after he
testified in the hGbeds corpus trial here last
winter; that he was at Henry Warren's on
the night of the murder; went there after
supper and stayed until about o'clock;
that he went there to see man who had
been at work for Mr. Warren. but had fallen
out with Warren and wanted to work for
him, and he had promised to let him know
in few days; that he did not see the man;
that he heard no guns fired that night; that
he thought the clock was striking nine as he
left Warren's; that Allen Jones Dents sony
and his own son went with him to Warrens
that he bad an old house on his farm about
90 rods from his dwelling; that there had
been walnuts in ii some time, but did not
know whether there were any there at the
time Moody was killed or not; that Eli
I.owery was never at his house or on his
place near there to his knowledge; that
he had no knowledge of anybody going to
kill Moody that night.
On cross-examination witness said be had
been indicted for being concerned in the
murder of Moody, and had given bond for
his appearance; that he knew he was ac-
cused of having been in the attack on
Moody's house; that there was no arrange
ment for him to 60 to Warren's the night of
the Moody murder; that he didn't 90 there.
so he could hear better toward the railroad
and so he could prove an abb should he be
arrested for the murder: that he was never
driving cattle toward Moody after the Jones
and Tolliver brothers had been released
from the charge of making the raid on
Moody's house. and stopped and told the
man who was with him that he would go no
further, that he might see old Tom Moody,
and wnen - replied that he did not care
for old Tom Moody, and would as soon kill
him as not, that he (Murry) did not say if
he would kill old Tom Moody he could get
$500, and that he would pay half and Bent
Jones would pay half; that he did not say
he could get 81 ,000 and that Jones would
pay half and himself half.
FRED BROWN
was next called, and said he had lived in
Mitchell and known Bent Jones u years.
Remembered of hearing of Moody being
shot; it was said to have been done on the
Cd OF March, 1875. That he was looking for
a friend that evening from Brownstown. and
when the 8 o'clock train whistled on the o.
and NJ railroad he ran out to his gate to see
if his friend had come, and Bent Jones
passed and spoke to him. That it was 10 or
Is minutes before O'clock. That when he
heard of Moody being shot next day he re-
membered of having seen Bent Jones the
night before.
On crOss-examination the witness was
asked il short time ago. at PaOli, before
James hurry was indicted, at the time
Lowery had been brought up from the peni-
Tertiary to testify before the grand jury.
when they were considering his case, he did
gone to a drug store to get drink, that
he (Lowery) could get money to go out of
the country, that the boys were good fell
lows and good friends and could get clear
if he (Lowery) were gone, and that he had so
much privilege he could easily get away, to
which the witness replied he diG not know
whether he did or not, didn't remember.
W. E. BAFEoRD
was next called and said he lived IN Mitch
n i q L.
of March that Moody had been shot the
night before; that he saw Bent Jones the
night Moody was shot on JohnsOn's corner
in Mitchell, in the neighborhood of 1880
o'clock. That Jones had promised to meet
him after supper that night at George
Alvey's store; that he left home about $50
O'Clock, and went to Alvey's to meet him,
but did not find him there, and after waiting
some time, and had given up seeing him and
started home, he saw him on Johnson's cor
ner talking to some one he did not know.
That he first came to Mitchell to work for
Bent Jones in his sash and door factory,
and he had been employed as fore
in Mitchell; that he did not speak to Jones
that night. nor hear his voice. but passed
him and left him where he had seen him.
On cross examination the following I'M
peaching question was asked the witness:
''Did you not say to James ID, Stevens, when
you were talking about the murder the next
day in the factory, Was you able TO md A.
b. Jones in town last nightP and he re-
sponded that no, he could not, and you then
replied, Neither could /, though | hunted
for him far and wider" to which the prison
er replied no such conversation was had.
VIM. BEIDEFER
was then called and said that he was ac-
quainted with the reputation OF Joshua
Younger for truth, and that it was bad.
ELI BURTON, JR.,
was then called, and said the regulations Of
Joshua Younger, Eli Lowery and NJ. III. Lin
coin for truth were bad that he was related
to the Joneses and Tollivers through bis wife.