The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-24
sAMUEL h. WILSON

SAMUEL Il. WILSON
one Of the grand Jurors testified for the de-
Tense as follows
81 have lived here twenty seven years ;
! am not acquainted with Mrs. Whitcamp
was on the grand jury that indicted Mrs.
Whitcamp; | only remember of Kohl be.
ing in there once; heard Kohl only say
that Whitcamp asked him to do something
on Sunday and he refused. That is all |
remember didn't hear Kohl say that if
Whltcamp hadn't done so and 50, he
would have been alive. All heard Kohl
say was that Whitcamp wanted him to
work on Sunday and he refused.
John Gladney testified for the defense as
follows
have seen George Kohl; was present
and heard conversation between him and
Damron in the little room; Damron, Kohl,
Hendricks and myself were present; Kohl
talked with Damron about five minutes he
| o"'' 'HaN va 'uuhdS HltIalnp was uul
pulling long plank and asked him to
help him pull it out of the water; he told
Whl,camp that he wouldn't do 1t; Whit
camp then called HIM q d S. b.; Kohl
said that if you call me that again | will
shoot you; he said he called it again and
he shot HIM; he said if he had not called
hun that, he would be living man to-day.
| do not remember whether he was telling
what he told some one else or not
The next witness was Thomas Seeman,
who said
have been In the cell with George
Kohl since he came back here; there were
two of Us in the cell with him; have had
a conversation with him about this case
he told me Whitcamp had a float, which
he wanted to have out of the water aud
spike on some stronger pieces. he said he
had hauled it out as far Us
he could, aud then asked
him to help him; he told him that it was
Sunday and he could not do it; he called
him a S. Of b.; he said if he called him
that name again he would kill him; AMI
Whltcamp SAID he could call him a hun.
dred s. OF BIS and he said he shot him
he said if he had not called HIM that the
S Of b. would be living to-day.
Kohl told me be came back to testify
against Mrs. Whtcamp and that he ex-
pected her to get good dose, and if she
went up he would get pardon in year
or two, and if she came clear, he expected
to nave to stay.
MISS CAROLINE wHTCAMP.
! am the daughter OF Mrs W. on the
22d Of last Feb, 1880, was on my fathers
farm in the forenoon me and my father
were on the water, mother didn't 90, we
desired to 90; We got back about noon We
cat dinner; me and mother went IL the
! graveyard insisted on mother gong and
she finally consented aud We went we
started right after noon; we came home at
5 p. M; we went to graveyard and from
there towards home and met Mrs. Kilgore
and mother, after talking a while with her.
wanted to 90 home and | insisted on
us paying Mrs. Schlammer visit;
she gave in and we went
nm m Scblamnpr's and sto,d r,tl IN ~
WE were at Mrs ScbIammcr,s onea and q half
hours. we found Georoe Kohl N hcme 7
was nresert when fine hodv was fourd
The shoes mother had on. were usually on
fine porch and we all used tbc,n n wear
around Mr. X rsod ,hon dom, Lrov
| wherr those shocu wcro Tho r;,,h, .f,or h,
was killed The water was hicb We had
q raft to cross tbo .,orob. ,broo corId
cross safely nm ,boror, Tho, ,vos ,ho ao,
nv father and I used that mornino-that
Sunday morninr mother GOT IN tbe fat
and il BEGAN 70 sink and father told her TO