The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-01


the court in an unfit condition. and showing
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'4""Ve spun was u4sle s'ec'lul III
the extreme, as 1t was not only IN defiance OF
the dignity of the court but calculated to
nreiudice tba intarest of tla defordort w,
are man Oh hauohal reputation anu ENJOY
tue respect and confidence of large number
OF the people OF Missouri. l candidly say
that was much astonished at your very rep
rehenslble action of yesterday. 1t is in tes-
tlmony that you have drawn pistol right in
the verge of the court, which is in itself con-
tempt OF court"
General Shelby Gnterrupting)- sir,
Is false
The Court-The marshal of Lexington tes-
tined to 1t under oath.
General Shelhy-Then he lied.
The Court-The Court is amply satisfied
with your apology, but your attitude to-
wards the attorneys for the State, yesterday,
in answering in threatening and offensive
manner, and talk of calling them to d per-
sonal account cannot be overlooked
The Court then fined General Shelby $40,
which he paid and passed out of the court
room.
j. Z. Mason, Ananias Duval. w. d. Rice and
James Duval all mpeached the testimony of
the Fords and Beltons.
Mrs. Zerelda Samuels, mother of the James
boys, testified that she had lived in Clay
SOUAteJ' hOSA Mccartney, 1OTty years. ana was
the motner OF the defendant; he Is forty one
years old. Asked as to the date of Jesses
death she displayed much feeling, and an
swered IN sobbing and choked voice:
Jesse was at my house in May, 1881, and he
was accompanied by Dick Liddell, and
80 Io19 Mne!e raiIh was: ne tolu me
/ commenced cryinp and said Son Won
know ne is dead and you might as we'll tell
me, ana ne sad no. he is alive and in Ken
soid tho 500 .bi D0A u anu
of the house with Dick Liddell and the
Hites until after the Winston robbery. The
,ass 'ialte I saw my son FRANK oe1ore met
tins fall when Sheriff Brown car,e 80 70 r p5v
house and shot at him.
Crosse xamination-She said she did not
1ot tnn bara e"9 4hn7 u S Ia
Witness recollected the departure of the
wagon in August and admitted that she had
Iurnlsneo oress' oonnet anu apron 10 the
"Wbv did Won do tbatqp asked Prosecptino
Attorney Wallace
because they wanted to pass one of the
tns Oh ior lapS SO you nolhs couiu
with much unction-
Allen H. Halmer a brotherin-law of
Frank James, stock man from Wichita.
hdu Sa4G lndV III august, 1901, i rank James
was at his house with his sister, the witnesses
wife, and he found him there on his return
from trip to Texas. Next saw him yes
terday in Jail. The witness was rigdiy
crossexamined. He did not make a good
witness
FRANK JAMES ON THE WITNESS srAxn
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Ing ueienuan. 'ooA 'iie witness s'anu ne
showed not the least trepidation, but looked
the Jury squarely in the face and gave in a
clear distinct voice HE +astironv which
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was Suos'an.iaily as AoiAo"s' Ah ueiehd-
ant in this case. In the winter of 1876 |
went from Missouri into Tennessee Cana
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W -'"'H 'iiAo al N.Y. Ao' """ iohUeu iai III
in the White creek nelghborhood.
In 1880 was logging for the
Indiana Tnmher Comrarv II uos
naro "orA' anu my heai'ii ecoinihs III paifeu'
l moved into Nashville to go into other bust
ness First met Jesse the wear after want
- No.b,,;,Io - 900. ~ 60, -
" '"'H 'ii'' Az ''0ie N0 0tePPou up "h''
spoke, but called no names. He said he was
living in Hamblen county, Tennessee. and
huving Grain Saw RilI Rva, in 1870 MD
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not see DICK hluoell, hyah ana Jesse toSethef
very often. left Nashville, firstly, to look
for livelihood for my family, secondly to
get away from these parties. We went to
George Hlte's, relative in Kentucky. Re-
garding the officers appearance near Hite's.
three men approached and Jesse said they
are after u.s. | said they can't be after us,
when Dick Liddell said: Jesse and | bor-
rowed couple of horses at Nashville, and
they are after us" The officers passed and
didn't come back. Wood Hite followed
them a short distance 1t was said
there was strong resemblance between