The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-20

shut them In n 1eld whore the fences wero In
good condition. After shifting thcm, he went to
his sheep lot, n long distance to the nurthweat,
and found the fences down there He placed
the sheep in another lut and suited them. Thcy
would produce" man VINO saw nm salting
th,s. sheep. They would place men on the
stand who would swear they suw evidences OF
thgso satines on the day after the murder.
MIR. billings then returned to his horse and
wagon hy the WAY u the northern boundary Of
his farm. examining and liking his fences
while on the way. liz got into the wagon and
drove down tic lane. \ man rowing hout
along the shore Sitw him turn from the lane and
hitch his horse at Wnshhurn's house. Tho
tied IT when he hoard the fatal shoi nrrl \
lady near 10y heard th" same shot. They would
show That MIR. Billings WAS Mt Washburns
house from TEN 10 hU'rn minutes before the
shot was fred. They would show that Jennie
Killings dad not draw ON her Imagination when
sh" said she saw man With u slou u hat run
out Of the yard. across tho road, and disappear
behind the lumber pil".
They would show that night or two ho'orc
the murder rs a lady was coming down the
river road she saw u strange man near iced's
house. evidently watching the Killings mansion.
AS she approached. man jumped to his feet
and ran away. They would show that tracks
across tho road were discovered ON the night II
the murder. and that they had evidently been
innde 10y man who was running: Thcy would
show that thcrc was a culvcrt To the south Of
Reeds house along the river that boats were
kent under this culvcrt, and that n man could
have dropped IN these boats and hid himself on
the night of the murder They would prove
that an hour or two after the murder n man
without a hat had bccn seen running down tho
towpath pnst a grocery. Several gentlemen
saw him running, and once he came near fall
ing into "a puddle. They would prove that IN
old slouchcd hat had been found whore the
man Ind been seen running. All this would bo
shown, Notwithstanding the fact that Jennie
had dsclaimed evidence that might save her
father from the Callows.
They would show TINT Mr.. Harris urged her
10 cease talking about the man In the slOuched
hat whom shc had seen running behind the
lumber pile. They would slow tnat nit"r lray-
ing home that night. Mr. Billings walked two
and a quarter miles. sailing cattle and putting
M fences before entering his wagon anu driN-
ing t. Wnshl uru's. They would show That IL
raitcr the shot WAS fired he had followed tho
course marked out 10y the prosecution, hr would
have been within sight u his house fnr min"
hundred feet They would try and satisfy the
jury that Mira. Bllings WIS not kiledby u bullet
| discharged from the gun in court. The cNi-
dencr Tor the prosecution tended Ia provo thut
bullet from that guu would not only have gone
through her head. but might have gone through
quarter of ~ mile OF beads They claimed
| there was no loss 81 lead In tho ball found In
| Mrs. B.llngs's head. Unfortunately for the
| prosecution that ball was too small They
| would show that the gun in the we'll came uUt
~ clear and bright as tue talents OF the ptosc'u-
! ton. lu'ro was no rust. and You
| cunt max" a farmer believe that n gun
| Will lie in the water three days aud show no
| board WIS lett in a peculiar position on the
! boards covering the old WELL and that in tho
morning this board had been removed. Lastly.
! they would show. despite Mr.. sherman aS7rr-
| ton that h. had not seen the gun ia siN months,
| TINT hc had il down week or two before. and
| talked with II clerk IN the store about getting
| cartridges for u.
! Isaac Il. Potter. tho surveyor who made tho
map Suspended from the wall was placed on
the stand. and the court adjourned.