Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-09-08
GALLATIN, No, Sept. l.

GALLATIN. No, Sept. !.
The prosecution, i'll rcbuttal, devoted somo
time to breaking down the evidence of = L.
BroSiIis, the witness who was on the train
when the robbery occurred. He was first re-
called and denied having told that he was so
seated that lie could rot describe the robbers
or that he said to another person one or
them loo kcd like he fifteen feet high.
Witrcss was questioned to conversations
with y. NJ. Irving, Boyd, Dudley, w lillian VI;
Hostaph f. w. Dennis and others but failed
TO admit that the conversation alluded to in
the impeaching questions Propounded TO him
had actually occurred. though he might pos
siblv he thought. have had such talk in q
iot!,lar way. The above named Earties' TO,
8 R. Yates HtH test testificd that the witness had
made such statements to them;
Mrs Sarah f. Hite testified that she knew
Wood Hite since 1873; lived with him in tho
same house Tor four years; he was very uIl-
didn't read books any; he read newspapers a
good deal: Frank James as to his dress. was
yery neat dG not ah ihtnS nihc "ood ana frahA
Silas Norris testified that he knew Wood
Hite for four or five years; he didn't resemble
Frank James to any great extent: Wood Hlte
was five feet nine or ten inches high, with
tale dcfendant to be six feet high; never saw
Frank James but once az Mrs. Hites have
''., Mnior u Fl. M McGee. nitcd states Marshal
testified that he in tho 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 DONG
the one that shot WestfaIl he never saw until
he him with his pistol in hand
CrosS-eNamined-I was sitting in the center
of the car O the right hand side of the aisle;
heard the pistols crack and the call OF Down!
DOWN l looked up and there was one man
standing in front of me with Il pistol In each
hand and another on my LEFT, just IN rear OF
the conductor. The man that reached to cut
the bell rope standing about two feet
from the man who did the firing from the
length of the car from the man who killed the
conductor. l saw no pistols in the hands or
the man who cut the bell rope. After the
all conductor
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
] saw one of them returning from the rear
of the car. When the conductor pulled the
bcil-rope the train Stacked but did not stop.
At the trcstlc. three-quarterS OF mile from
Winston. the train seemed to be stopped by
the air-brikc, and then went forward for
about another halfmile- After the three
plat form and fired through the car.
Here the State rested and closed its case,
and after couple of unimPortant witnesses
The arguments will commence Monday, each
side being limited to eight hours
GALLAr1N, Mo-, Sept. 3.
The reading of instructions to the jury In
the case of the State VS.. Frank James, charged
with murder in the first degree, commenced
shortly after nine O'Clock this morning, and
occupied nearly an hour. The speaking COM
menced toward ten O'Clock with a full audi
ence generally made up of ladies. The time
allowed for speaking is twelve hours for the
speeches to be made for the defense and four
for the State. The speeches of to-day were
as follows: For the State. on opening, by w.
Iohn n. Glover, of St. Louis. and C. T. Gar.
ner, Of Richmond. Ray County. Mo.