The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-03-26
In th,. afternoon WILL. THoMAs's cross-eXam


In alton MAS ont nued.
/ AT III, inquest / said l had ono hat and one fur
CAD, and got the zap in Chicago Did state
wore tls cap the night Of the mnrdcr Said IL
was n fur cap. ,ouuded nj the top and without
fore. piece DID not sa, there that got home ~
20 miunles 10 - Was Ut Golfers 10Y etote
week. At 2,;a Wrrt Randolph street, Chicago
| At tnr Exposition sept, 3; worked there for MI
Puwrr, >uuNins ,iram ironing machines one
wcek. From Sept. 10 until Oct. IL worked Tor
Eustrrl, Harvester Company. Got acquainted
with Cor, Mum on the evening of Aug. Z, NJ my
, home IL Chicago. Saw her only occasionally
! until my arrest. Know where Gamblers Ailey
| or Calhoun Place i; been ny II on cars; "oou
ruy and talked wit Mrs MUM several times IN
the Expo-iriun Build'ny. Saw Harrison, brig
ham Mute hrall, and Cora Mum ut the same
totr ia the Exposition Building. about Sept. "A,
| iAHD ] know nothing Of Mr.. Aliens murder:
W., nul n the hall o. his house that right diu
pnt have m, lar cap and ulster overcoat on III
tn hal at night; did not say In that hall thst
night. "Havr YOU got him? II YOU have got
him why dot wa come on" DID not near
Lihlre \ilrn say IN that hail AT that time, on,
Nr SMITH Who IL itg What's the matter"
And lid not then turn my face 70 her ana loon
| in her face H. she was mid way down the stairs,
| and uru AID 90 ont the hall door, with ansther
man ll'wi' z IN" ont
| ne di.rct: | let Dirr have my overcoat within
& miuu,r- Ia q on the night Of the murder. Inc
.e ,opd nigh after that | got T. back at about
o'rlonk | VAS 4, o." City Hall before the in
o,..t twire Nv mind is pretty clear as to what
| te-'if,d Ia there.
| The defense here introduced in evidence TO the
,ury aper,pre'lvc dis ram Of the Everett House
a,dnpht Of Gamblers Al v or Calhoun Place"
| "a testified to nv The Little Detective" Mrs.
Cora Mum.
The next witness sworn was
w. II. WINDSOR,
he present Westrrr Union telegraph operator
At Sandwich Witness showed the register OF
messages from AID to that office for August
1850 It was shown that Aug. 10 II dispatch was
sent nv Lzzr Ca nphell 70 her brother Clarence
woodruff In Chica.o
The defense then placed
hrs yoS.pnINE POLLING
on the stltd, to prove that she gave tallow
candle 10 htl. Dora Thomas for her Chinese
antern, So said:
Know William Thomas and his step sister,
Dora / gave Dora a piece OF candle for her
| Chinese laulern got the candles at Barker.s
store Don't think IL vas a tallow candle. IL
vas very hard Pretty positive IL was not tai
low; 1t was styv ,rhte.
CLARENCE WOODRUFF,
another Of the defendants, WAS called to testify.
On ,h. night Of Aug. ~ 1880, was in Sand.
wi, h. Got there. on "Billy's train about Z;
was there until The 2lst: WAS not in Chicago,
| day or night, August Is ar 10. Am one Of the
defendants. February "a, 1880, was at psi West
| Randolph street. Chicago. Between O'Clock
on the evening Of the lith and The next morn
my was not out of the house minute was
either braccd up in sort OF an invalid chslr or
| in hrd-have forgotten which.
| Witness denies ever being in Gamblers Alley
or Calhoun Place with the parties sworn TO by
I,,,, ,tnA
| by her Ms used there
| Saw Cora Mum Sept. II, but not at half past
I1AM Saw her Sept Is Denies having any
Iconyersatinn with her thl- day. As testified to by
her. Denies making any confessions TO her,
then or at any other time Was with VIII, lhOW-
~ at Easlery Bintery there Sept. y, and aW
Cora MUM
Cross Ezlained: Night OF Feb, IA. 1880, had
| on brown, Cinnamon .coored paHts; no coat,
| think no vest-if any it WAS black. Had two or
three coats, two sack aud one frock. had one
then good deal similar 10 the one now have
ION. Did not 20 into dennis's saloon through
1.-The south door, in Sandwich, about or 10
lo'clock the night Of the murder. DIDN'T meet
Christ Buhlman there. Know John MUNICH and
was In his saloon July 3 or T. 1880. called on
Cora Mum Sept. Z. 1880, at her room, No. Z ut
1.-The Everett House. Don't know who wac pres
emit when | had the interview with her; some
one was there 1t wasn't during the day. Sept.
Is saw her at room I, Everett House. No one
was present. We conversed there. Didn't ace
her revolver there; was there 10 or Is minutes.
Called there at half past In the morning. FROM
There went to work in the Exposition Building
Al about IS minutes to g. | saw her at the tx
position on Sept. %. Saw her the day was ar
lrestcd, Oct II. That EVENING had about three
minutes talk with her. No one was present and
1t was not private Know where Calhoun Place
lis.
| REBUIrAL.
| This closed all the evidence for the defense
and at 4:SO p. NJ. the prosecution commenced
their rebuttal
| The fret witness called was
CHRIST BuHLNAH
| live in Sandwich, and am & blacksmith.
| Have known Clarence Woodruff over two years.
Know Henry Hennis. He kept saloon in
Sandwich in February 1850, Remember the eve
lining Mr.. Allen WA killed Spent the evening
with my wife on q private family call. II was
Saturday evening, the came one before the
murder ] went TO MIR. Hennis's to get quart
lof beer for refreehments about 10 o'clock in the
leven!ng OF that day. While in the saloon saw
IClarence Woodruff come in. lie was dressed IN
la black short coat. ] stood by the bar, ahont ten
fleet from The door when he came In. Heard Of
1.-The murder at one O'Clock that night. Saw
man that night who looked like Dvas. Never
heard that two men named woodruff ana Clapp
had been in that saloon, and had been arrested.
Memory middng good. Woodruff never slap
ped me in The face at Union Hall four five
years ago. Saw him the night the murder was
lcommitted and before II was done.
The witness Identifies aud points out Clarence
Woodruff
| Cour; adjourned until Saturday.
GENEVA H., Saturday. March r.
Court opened at9A.h
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