Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-03
tongue ; they carried tho body BY tho rcss
end Of the buggy, aud . little to the left.
Adjourned until l:3O .. N. g
raesasy Afternoon. Proceedings.

Tuesday Afternoen's Proceedings.
Silas Frank BeeLs resumed the stand
and testified: When We reached Coon's
ranch, it might have been half past two or
three O'Clock: the mud hole where Cam
mack and Williams washed the blood out
OF their pants. nigh, have costsined two
mud hole, Csmalsck was driving the hug.
gy; Wili,amS changed driving with CAM
mack about tue time We reached the Fro.
steel road We stopped about five or ten
minutes at the mud hole; when l reached
Coon's ranch, il might have heen half past
two or three O'Clock !; the mud hcle -where
Cammack and Williams washed their
clothes contained about Two buckets of va.
ter; Cammack was driving the buggy when
We left Grow Creek; Williams o. soon az
We reached the Firesteel road, took Cam
mack's place and drove to Coon's ranch {;
Willtsms before reaching Ooon's ranch
stopped at q mud hole. and washed the
blood Of hts pants; I think we stopped
i've or ten minutes at tho mud hole ;
Williams said that the blood VA hard to
wash out; I do not remember that / made
any rema.ks; Williams aud myself walked
ahead Of the buggy forty or fifty rods; Will
liams had some blood on the right leg of
his pants; he wore the same pants until We
got to Felicia Fallas; l do not remember
the date he changed his pants; l didn't
speak to anybody about the blood on Will
liam. pants Cammack had some blood on
the left leg Of his pants; down close to the
bottom; l noticed that he had some blood
in the spot | have mentioned Cammack
put on a pair of overhauls between our last
camp and Brule City; I noticed that Will
liams had some blood on his pants when We
got to the Fireeteel road when Landphere
ross:up, after l hollered, herose up on.his left
elbow, and was lying IN his right, lying
with his face towards the ground l do not
remember that | had any conversation at
Mr.. Van Meters house about killing horse
thieves; Willisms after killing Landphere
land his gun on the LEFT eide Of the buggy
on the ground Williams and myself mar.
ried sisters; Williams concealed The Quilt.
Cammack brought back the quilt from the
direction where they had laid the bodv !;
Williams picked up the quilt with both
hands and carried it away he took il .bout
six OF eight rods; do not remember how
near to the creek bank he took the quilt /;
Cammack took the cap, coat, hat and boots,
the front end Of the buggy, on the right side
N"S so"6uSs 11Ss16 su0 creek 1 mink ~
that time l was putting a bride on one OF
the horses; before we left, We put on the
buggy the tent two guns; think ! put q
Williams on the buggy /; We also put on the
blankets; think there was three single
blankets and also double blanket the
season l emptied a cartridge box in my
pocket was to be ready in case those two
men. Williams and Cammack would attempt
to kill me; Cammack took Landphere'.
pipe, took it apart, and threw the pieces te
the left of the wagon standing to the rea,
end OF the wagon, Cammack was facing te
the left I; he threw first the bowl, then til.
stem in the same direction; l do not know
how far | think as far as he could throw
them Williams covered the camp fire with
some limbs from the top of . tree, which
apparently had been cut with an az /; Will
liams laid also some branches on the spo'
where he killed Landphere; he, Williams
covered the camp fire fret, and as soon Al
the team was moved up, he carried tht
branches to the place where Landphere
laid; Cammack and myself were gone abou!
ten rods from the camp fire, when l turned
my head back, and saw Williams covering
the spot where Landphere had been murder
eu 1 uau my pletOA Win me Wnen 1 lei
the camp; w%estopped At Coon's ranch ter
or fifteen minutes may be not that much
l saw Mr.. Coon and a lady l was standing
at the front of the house; from there w
reached Nelson's ranch; Cammack went to
we'll and got . cofee-pot full of water
Williams and myself were standing neal
the buggy. We met a person between Mel
sons and Brule City, l asked that person
for a chew Of tobacco. l told DR.. Elite,
in person here those two young men hac
killed Landphere, he was the first person
to whom l made this statement, l was pre-
sent At Judge Congleton's when Cammacl
and Williams charged me with the com
mission of the crime but I did not heal
their testimony.
Redirect Eramindtion-I first learned
that I was charged with the muir
der of Landphere at Springfield By
Mr.. Day Somers told me that I was sus
pected of having committed . bank robbery
in Iowa 81 waived examination befor'
Judge Congleton; l was brought befor'
Judge Congleton the next day after I arriv
ed in Yankton l was before Judge Congle
ton about I've minutes; l had no counsel
while before Judge Congleton; I did not "a,