The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-04-03
THE JAMES BOYS.
They Were Visiting in Kentucky
in 1880.

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trial in Louisville. in which George
B. Hite is plaintiff and the Courier
Journal defendant. The Hites, it
will be remembered, are related to
the James boys by marriage. They
have lived il various parts of Ken
tucky-mostly in Logan county, at a
place called Adairville Mrs. Sarah
E. Hi:e, wife of the plaintiff, was on
the witness stand on Thursday, and
testified to the following among other
things:
@. Were you acquainted with Jesse
and Frank James A. l was &C
suainted with them.
@. Where did you first see them,
and when +? A. At Mr.. Hite's house.
The first time ever saw Jesse James
was Christmas eve. 1880. He came
to Mr.. Hi,e's that night.
O.. Was he alone? A. No; Dick
Liddil was with him.
@. How long did they stay? A.
They left some time Christmas night =
some time in the night.
@. When did you next see them ?
A. In March, 1881; they came TO
Mr.. Hite's house one night and left
the next.
O.. Who did you see that time ?
A. The came two-Jesse James and
Dick LiddiI.
@. Did YOU ever see them again !
If 80, when and where? A. Yes ] saw
them again in April. 18Sl-Jesse and
Liddil-and this time Frank James
was with them. They staid only one
day and left, as on other occasions.
@ Had you ever seen Frank James
before that time? A. | had not
Q. Those were the only times you
ever met them? A. Yes; l never
saw them except those three times,
ere day at each time.
O.. Did these men visit the place
BY your consent or against your wish
es? A. Without my cons mt and
against my wishes. / did not know
at any time that they were coming.
Q. Did you ever enter remon-
STRANGE against their coming? A. l
did. / toI0 Mr.. Hite that he ought
to stop them from coming there that
they would get us into trouble and he
did stop them.
c. Was there any one living
at the place except yourself
and Hite at that time? A. My father
and mother, and Clarence and Wood
Hite.
@. Did you see much of the James
boys when they were there? A. |
did not l saw them only at meals
they staid up stairs in the beys' room
during the day and went cut at
night.
@. Were you ever there when the
detectives came there looking for
them i? A. They were there once when
three Nashville detectives came by
the house. / think it was the third |
time / saw them there. Clarence
HE came out from Adairville about ,
daylight in the morning and warned
them. The detectives. rode by the
house and returned, but did not stop
or come iu.
@. Had you or not any personal
intimacy with Jesse James? A. l had
not. met him at meals; that was
all the acquaintance | had with him.
@. Did any correspondence ever
pass between you two! A. No, sir.
@. Did he ever take any liberties
with you? A. He did not.
@. Do you know Ed r Moore
A. [ met him once at the Beauchamp
house in AdairviIle, where he had an
interview with me.
@. What did you tell him in that
interview A. / told him that Wood
Hite had killed that coIored man,
John Turner or Tabor; that / had
left home because Wood had threat
ened to kill me and was afraid of
him. The ressan he wanted to kill
me was because he was afraid l would
tell on him for killing Tabor.
O. Did you tell Ed r. Moore
that you left home because of jealousy
on the part of your husband A.
/ did not there was never any
cause for me telling anything of the
kind
Q. Did you cay to Moore that if
you had friend on earth it was Jesse
James !? A. l did not there was no
reason for me to say ANYTHING of the
kind.
G. Did you tell Moore that if
Jesse James was there he would kill
Wood Hite ? A. did not.
O. What was Moore's physical con-
dition when he was talking to you I?