The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-09-08

/ mile ana mali east OF WINSTON tcstincd that
some STRANGE men ate at her house the even
4 ing of the Winston robbery; the clock struck
| seven before they fnished; the younger man
| was the taller and light-compexioned. with
| Burnside whiskers and mustache; one of their
/ horses was a bay. the other shade lighter:
thought defendant was not one of them, but
Miss NJ. Montgomery. daughter of the pre-
ccding Witness cOrroborated her mothers
statement; did not think defendant was one
| of the men, but wouldn't say positively; nei-
| thor of them had large, baze-faced, sorrel
horse.
John T. Dean testified TO conversation with
| Jonas Potts, the blacksmith, in which the lat
| ter told him he had been to see Frank James,
| and that he had never seen him before; on
| another occasion two men had drove up to his
| shop whom he said he recognized as the men
he had shod horses for before the robbery.
Marion Duncan testified to a conversation
| with Potts in the winter OF 1SSs-S?, when he
| said he had seen Jesse James picture at
! Winston, and he had shod horse for him;
Gus A. Chairman pT91S es st Hed tbst POTTS told
him after visiting Gaatin jail that he did not
know II he had ever seen defendant before,
The defense offered in evidence the record
| of the trial and conviction of Dick Liddell for
! DEMONSTRATING in Vernon County in 1874, which
was read TO the jury.
| Joseph A. Shelby testified to his acouaint-
ance with the James brothers, Dick Liddell,
alias Black, Bill Ryan and Jim Cummings,
Jesse and the three latter visited his place in
| 1880, in company with Jesse James, and in
| conversation which ensued regarding the
| Concorda Bank robbery Jesse indicated
! Liddell as the man who struck the cashier:
| had not seen Frank since 1872. Mrs. Frank
James came to Page City in the Spring of 1881
and sent for witness, who went and saw her;
she said Liddell and others were committing
| depredations and her husband was getting the
| credit for them; she wanted witness to inter-
cede with the Governor, but witness told her
| it would be folly to do so; did not know what
| time the sewing machine arrived and did not
know where Mrs. James directed il to be
shipped to; was only assisting woman in
| ifna witt Coz loss
James was in the Fall of 1881; Frank James
was bleeding at the lungs in 1872 and stopped
know he was fugitive from justice.
! J. b. Chiles of Kansas City, testified to
| conversation with Liddell in which he told
| witness that Frank James was not at Winston.
| Thomas M Nimms, brother-in-law of de-
| PENDANT, testified to his knowledge of the
James brothers; was at Mrs. Samuels' in the
summer Of iS3i twice; saw nothing Of Frank
| knew Wood Hite: there a strong resem-
blance between him and defendant; had not
| seen defendant for number of years till he
visited him in Independence jail; saw Wood
Hite in the summer of 1881, but not since.
| William Nicholson, another brother-in-iaw
| of defendant, had never known defendant UNI
| til he met him last Thursday. Liddell, the
Hites and Jesse James were at witness house
all through the summer Of 1881; never saw
| family resemblance between Wood Hite and
| Frank James.
Robert J. Williams testified that Mrs Boil
tons and Captain Ford s reputation for truth
and veracity was bad. NJ ID. Duval, John T.
Norval, George w. Trigg, James L. Ferris A.
| Ii. Elliott, John Millstadt and James b. Duvai
testlfed TO the same effect, particularly with
| regard to Ford.
d. ID. Woodson said Ford's reputation was
| bad, which grew out of the fact that the James
gang were rendezvouing at the Ford house
GALLAT1N, Mo-, Aug. 81.
Shortly after the opening of court this
morning General Shelby appeared and pro-
ceeded to make an apology for certain irreg-
ularities in his conduct the day previous while
on the witness stand, and after listening to a
rebuke from the Court and settling a fine of
ten dollars which had been entered up against
him, withdrew. The testimony for the de-
Tense then proceeded. .ti-
James S. bemasters, Justice of the Peace of
Richmond, testified that he offciated at the
inquest on Wood Hite, and that Mrs. Bolton
then testified that she had not seen Frank
James for two years.
James G. Mason, a neighbor of the Fords,
testified that Captain Ford told him that he did
not think Frank James was in the Blue Cut or
Winston robberies, as Frank had left the bal
ance of the boys and settled down; had had
conversations with Mrs. Ford and old man
Ford to the same effect, the latter stating that
Frank James was not in the State at tho time
of the Winston affair.
Ananias Duval testified that old man Ford
told him just after Jesse James was killed that
he had never seen Frank and did not know
when he was in the State. t..A
W. ID. Rice living near Richmond, testified
that Willie Bolton was working for him Just
after the Wood Hite inquest and that Willie
of his own motion told him that he had told a
story at the Coroncr's inquest and that his
mother made him do it.
John T. Samuels, half-brothor of Frank
James, testified that he last saw Frank before
the Winston robbery in the year 1876 when he
was at home In Clay County; next saw him at
Independence after his surrender was home
all through the summer of 1881; saw Jesse III
May, 1881, at home in company with Dick Lid
dell. 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, and
that Frank was In bad health and was talking
of going South. Mother then spoke to Dick
same response. Jesse remained ut home for
two or three months off and on; last saw him
there about the last of July or the first of Au.
gust During these three months | saw Dick
Liddell, 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
| summer.
Mrs. Zerelda samuels, mother of Frank
James, testified that Jesse came home in May
1881. Dick Liddell was with him. They said
they came from Kentucky l asked where
Buck was that being the name call Frank
He replied that he had left Frank in Ken
lucky In bad health. said Son, you know he
dead You may as well tell me first as last,
then turned to Liddell and asked him. anc
he said Frank was alive, but was in Kentucky
and was in bad health. During that summer
Clarence and Wood Hite and Dick Llddel anC
, | Oudrley fOIu Wcrc Ut tue HOuso
Frank was not there during that summer, ant
/ did not see him from the time, seven years
age, when Sheriff Broome and others came
and shot him, till ] saw him aftel
his surrender. Jim Cummings was q
the house some time in June of 1881. did no
at that time know where Frank was, bu
thought he was dead. am ffty-nine year
old, and have six children was In my tf
tieth year when my arm was shot of and m,
little boy was killed" Being asked whether
when the men left the house after the Win
} ston robbery, they did not take some strang'
apparel with them, she said: Eyes; | gave
} them a dress and apron and n bonnet, S,
TINT one of the gentlemen could pass of a
Al lady and YOU all couldn't catch EN-"