Huntsville gazette., 1883-09-08


GALLATIN Mo-, Sept ].
The prosecution. in rebuttal, devoted some
time to breaking down the evidence of s. L.
Brosius, the witness who was on the train
when the robbery occurred He was first re-
called and denied having told that he was Sd
seated that he could not describe the robbers
or that he said to another person one of
them locked like he was fifteen feet high.
WitresS was questioned as to conversations
with A. Nj. Irving, Boyd, Dudley, William Nj:
BOstaph, Il. w. Dennis and others, but failed
10 admit that the conversation alluded to in
the impeachng questions propounded TO him
had actually occurred, though he might pos
sibly he thought, have had such talk in
ocular way. The above named parties, to-
,ether with George Tugg, X. l.. Tomlin and
i. b. Yates testified that the witness had
faade such statements to them.
Mrs Sarah E. Hite testified that she knew
Wood Hite since 1878; lived with him in the
same house for four years; he was very I'M
tidy in his toilet; he had no literary tastes; he
didn't read books any; he read newspapers
good deal. Frank James, as to his DRESS was
very neat; dc not think Wood and Frank
James reSembled each other.
Silas Norris testified that he knew Wood
Hite for four or i've years; he didn resemble
Frank James to any great extent; Wood H1te
was five feet nine or ten inches high, with
light hair and full suit OF whiskers; would
take defendant to be six feet high; never saw
Frank James but once at Mrs. TIite s; have
been seeing him and looking at him here.
Major j. ii. McGee, United states Marshal,
testified that he was in the smoking car at the
time of the Winston robbery. The conductor
was standing right by him when he was shot;
there were three men in that car, two doing
the shooting and one cutting the bell rope;
the one that shot Westfal he never saw until
he saw him with his pistol in hand.
Crosse examined-I was sitting in the centei
of the car, on the right hand side of the aisle;
heard the pistols crack and the call of down!
down." | looked up and there was one man
standing in front of me with pistol in each
hand and another on my left, just in rear OF
the conductor. The man that reached to cut
the bell rope was standing about two feet
from the man who did the firing from the
forward end Of the car. and about half the
length of the car from the man who killed the
conductor. | saw no pistols in the hands of
the man who cut the bell rope. After the
shooting of Westfal, the conductor, the man
who shot him went to the forward end OF
the car, and all three of the robbers passed
out of the forward door didn't see any one
OF them pass to the rear end of the car, but
/ saw one of them returning from the rear
Of the car. When the conductor pulled ths
bell-rope the train Stacked but did not stop,
At the trestle. three-quarters of a mile from
Winston, the train seemed to be stopped by
the airbrake, and thea went forward for
about another half-mile. After the three
men went out one remained on the front
platform and fired through the car.
Here the State rested and closed its case
and after a couple of unimpOrtant witnessed
were heard in surrebuttal, both sides rested
The arguments will commence Monday, eact
side being limited TO eight hours.