The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-09-07

was applied ~ second 1lme either By some
one On The engine ~ On Tho co1cn<1-
Prank sssmpsr. os<ssEsmsn. tssli1s9
t..s ens az 5000 lor co,n oas'Hs $500! 40
Af(er ne train s(opped witness opened me
side door % go what was the matter. when
Lex and pulled him OUT. He boarded coach
- |. came along and informe5 shs passsn.
two trips through the coaches and looked
for the conductor. Meanwhile firing was
going On n che smoking and baggage
cars.
Charles n. Murray. che United States
~ was assaulted and compelled 70 unlock
the safe and surrender IL contents.
Or. D. ~. ClaEEct, q Winston. who. -
coroner. held an Inquest on tho bodies or
Mcmillan and Westlall. testified that he
found s sas wound ie'ss ad ss ~, ~ 9 re-
| wound was the cause Of death.
DR.. Homer X. Brooks, Of Winston, cor
| roboratcd the previous witnosse's state
ment,. except that be located Tie wound
". u. Earthman, az Nashville, Identified
l Frank James ~ . man he had known BY the
\ name Of Wood<on a Nashville, whore they
had raced horses; knew Jesse James oIeo,
1 under the name 81 Howard, but did not sus-
| pcct their identity; also knew . man BY
/ inc U3IIIE - ANII4 444114 ~ XftNt-
"a % b Bin Ryan; arrested HUI on March
i -. 1881. with belt full Of pistols and cart
| ridges, and with about 81 800 IN money IN
1 his possession; locked Ryan alias ill IN
| the Nashville Jail. where he last saw him;
knew weodson about two years w "a 4: work.
1 best class Of people there. and witness
never saw him associating with any Of the
| parties mentioned IN the indictment. His
1 general department. was that Of peaceable
james, che depot master Il The Louisville
and Nashville depot in Nashville. testified
| be knew James g Woodson, and saw him
4 frequently there In 1850; remembered the
| arrest Of Bill Ryan, and never saw Wood
| son in Nashville after that; also knew
Jesse James e ! Howard xac Lived clo.s 2
Howard was grain buyer for Ray q Sons.
Witness never saw Howard and Woodson
4 together but once. and did not see them
speak then. He last saw Howard in March,
John Trimble, real estate and insur-
| rented . house on Fatherland street,
Nashville, n February, 1881, q B. q.
/ Wood<on. but could not identify the
defendant q the man. Woodson occu-
p'sd sns hsS'S sso1. month ts. snd s AL;
i saw Frank James on March -, 1891, when
| be came 70 her husbands house early In the
| morning IN company with Jesse and Dick
Liddel- Frank was riding, but the other
two walked They did not ny where they
two pistols and ri6e; Frank had two pis-
tolls, and Dick had two pistols and . gun:
1 They stayed day or two. Clarence and
Wood and George Hite were there q the
time. On the 26th Of April they came back
and left on the 9Th. Witness did not know
where they were IN the interim They were
still armed. Some men who were pursuing
them came close 70 the house and the men
seemed excited. Dick Liddel got nt the
front door, Jesse James % the window Of
nv room and Frank in the parlor. All had
did not stop but went on 70 Adairsville:
Frank went away next day, witness could
not tell where.
Silas Norris, father Of Mrs.. Hite. testified
that be first made the acquaintance 81 Jes-
q James at Mr.. Hitc's house In March.
brother. Dick Liddc1 was with them They
stayed day or two and witness did not
know where they went They came back
IN week Or ten days and made : short
stay. then left again. N.
Lexington, No. testified that On May -,
1851. q box came ~ express 20 Lexington.
addressed 70 y. T. Ford It weighed 40
pounds. It had been transferred 70 wit
ness company at Sc. Louis from some 9th.
er company. re 49, r!ueiS1 W to1 ~ y
Is. He could not tell BY whom che order
On cross-examinafion witness testified
that he never knew Frank James, and never
knew no bad anything % Do with Che box ~
J. B. hartley, agent for the Pacific tx,
press Company at Richmond, o.,produced
the books of the COMPANY showing that
such q box had been received. but the tcsti'
mony was ruled out and court adjourned.
GAr1.Arrx. NO.. Aug. =.
The hearing Of testimony - the case d
the State W. Frank James was resumed
! this morning. A few minutes after eighI
O'Clock Dick Liddcll was called 20 tho stand
when Mr. Phillips objected q ms tcstifyin<
. on the ground that be had been convictet
: OF felony. By direction Of the Court tn
Jury retired pending argument Of the point
. Mr.. Phillips offered the record Of Llddell'
} conviction Of grand larceny e the Vernon
, County Circuit Court. The Court observed
| | that the record would not be evidence IN
( | less witness denied its statement on cross
; examination. Mr.. Phillips stated that tn
I | record was offered to bar the witness IRON
y ! tcstifyinR. There were but two modes q
getting round it, efect-one, BY pardon
! Mr.. Wallace had, in the meantime. sent ~
I | the pardon papers Of Liddell, and while
! | the Court was waiting for them the witness
} and defendant faced each other and com
o pared mental notes.
Z After : lengthy argument On the .variou
4 | points pro and con. the Court decided tina
1 | the defense had not sufficiently SUSTAINED
I their objection 10 LiddeIl being pcrmittes
Z to testify. He would. however. requir.
proof or the delivery ~ the pardon ~ Lid
4 dell and 81 the loss u the original pardon.
4 Liddell then testified that he was sent Il
z the Penitentiary in 1874 and never again
4 He was pardoncd for that offcnse, but ha'
X since torn the pardon MP.
: He then detailed infinitely his acquaint
3 nnce with The James boys and bis conncc
tim with them. embracing che time from
/. 1870 np % the robbinE ~ the Winston trail
y ana the commission IL the murder for waicl
a frank james II now on trial. Alter givin'
y al ACCOUNT of the arrangements for the rot
q berry and Tor the meeting Of the members Q
n che gang - an appointed rendezvous, %
y witness testified: We were 70 meet abou
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