St. Landry democrat., 1883-09-15

dict OF NOT Gullty-IWO OlneT SOunGS Nv
be Tried at the October Term.
THE DEFENSE.
GALLATIN, Mo-, Aug. 81.
Shortly after the opening of court this
morning General Shelby appeared and pro-
ceeded to make an apology for certain lrreg-
ularites in his conduct the day previous while
on the witness stand, and after listening to a
rebuke from the Court and settling hne Of
ten dollars which had been entered up against
him, Withdrew. The testimony tor the ue-
Tense then proceeded.
James S. Demasters, Justice of the Peace OF
Richmond, testified that he officiated at tne
inquest on Wood Hite, and that Mrs Boiton
then testified that she had not seen frauh
James for two years.
James G. Mason, q neighbor OF me foru az;
testified that Captain Ford told him that ne ald
not think Frank james was in the Blue Cut OF
Winston robberies, as Frank had left the PAL PAL
ance of the boys and settled down; had nau
conversations with Mrs. Ford and oid man
Ford to the same effect, the latter stating tnat
Frank James was not in the State at the time
of the Winston affair. 80
told him Just after Jesse James was killed that
he had never seen Frank and did not know
when he was in the State.
w. D. Rice. living near Richmond, test1hed
that Willie Bolton was working for him ,, llst
after the Wood Hite inquest ana thaI Nillie
of his own motion told him that he had told q
story at the C6roncrs inquest ana tha6 MS
mother made him do it.
John r. Samuels, half-hrother of Frank
James. testified that he last saw frank befofe
the Winston robbery in the year 1876, when ne
was at home in Clay County; next saw MN az
Independence after his surrender; was home
all through the summer of 1851; saw Jesse II
May, 1881, at home in company with DICK La
deli. He stated that they had come from Ken
lucky; they arrived at night. After they got
there mother asked Jesse where Frank was;
He replied he had left Frank in Kentucky, ana
that Frank was in bad health and was talking
of going South. Mother then spoke to DICK
Lddell about Frank, and he made about the
same response. Jesse remained at nome Tor
two or three months Of and on: last saw MN
there about the last of July or the first OF Au-
gust. During these three months saw Dick
I.iddell Clarence and Wood Hite and Charley
Ford about the place. There was striking
family resemblance between Wood Hite and
Frank James; saw nothing of Frank all that
sumq pr
James, testified that Jesse came home in May,
1881 Dick Liddell was with him. "Ihey SAID
they came from Kentucky, l asked where
Buck was that being the name l eau fr 9ais
He replied that he had left Frank in Ken
lucky in bad health. said Son, you know ne 5
dead. You may as well tell me first as last,
| then turned to Liddell and asked MIN, ana
he said Frank was alive, but was in Kentucky
and was in bad health. During that summer
Clarence and Wood Hite and Dick Lddell and
Charley Ford were at the house fpeqaen any
did not see him from the time, seven years
ago, when Sheriff Broome and others came came
and shot him, till | saw him after
his surrender. Jim Cummings, was at
the house some time in June of 1851. did not
at that time know where Frank was, put
thought he was dead. am hfty-nine years
old. and have six children. was in my nf-
tieth year when my arm was shot on ana my
little boy was killed" Being asked whether,
when the men left the house after the Win
sion robbery, they did not take some strange
apparel with them. she said: "fes; gave
them dress and apron and bonnet, SO
that one of the gentlemen could pass OH as
eli r,.,1I yaf fatr
Alien Palmer, brother-in-law of Frank
James, testified to returning to his home in
Wichita Falls, Texas, about the LIST of August,
1884, and found Frank James anne tnere s Wl5a o
his face; at that time there was no railroad
nearer than Fort Worth. one hundred miles
from where he lived; Frank seemed TO be KIND
of i'll; said his lungs were affected
Mrs S. Palmer, wife of above witness testified
that Frank James was at her home at Wichita
Falls, Tex from June lssf, 10 July ls STANG ana
ed the. latter part of July and left nnaliy IN
September He talked about surrender1ng
saying he would IKE to nave some OF ME- nls
:. Frank James was placed on the stand tc
testify in his own behalf ard gave a aetalieo
account of his movements from the winter OF
1876 till his surrender stating among oInei
things that he was in Texas during the sum
mcr of 1881 at the residence OF his sister, ano
while on trip into the Indian Nation anc
immediatpIv returned 10 his sisters feeling
sure his name would be connected with it ant
ii behooyed him to be among friends. zig
nositi,.nIr denied the Statements made by Dicl
fP;Sao}l connectine hirI with the Winston rob
berry
GALLATIN, MO-, sept. l..
The prosecution, in rebuttal, devoted some
fine 10 breaking down the evidence of S. Z
~ -.;s,,oss ,,,ho voc On the trai1
Bfoslus, Inc witness VINO ""5 - go a,,s+ ~
when the robbery occurred. ~ was nls. ie
'calied ana dehled naVlhs .oiu snae 10 va =
seated that he could not describe the ropDer
or that he said to another person one Q
them locked like he was hfteen reef t!.l
Witness was questioned as TO coxerSa.lo,,i
with A. NJ. Irving, Boyd, Dudley, Wlliiatna -, N