St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-09-08

name am Of Han; Jesse introduced him by that
| name: have seen defendant often since.
Witness testified to his knowledge OF box
| of guns shipped to his brother, ]. 7: Ford.
! W. r. Oliver and Thomas A. Manlove tes'
titled to the delivery of express packages 70
the messenger on the train robbed. ~, 80
| Mrs Martha Bolton, sister of Bob and
| Charley Ford, testified to her knowledge OF
Frank james, and also her negotiations Tor
the surrender of Dick Liddeli Dick sur.
rendered on condition of Immunity from
punishment, and that he would testify against
| the rest of the band.
spo h t a ase o Wo 70 st ws or IS
1 her conduct on the day of his death, was
| emphatically sat down on by the court.
| GALLAT1N, Mo-, Aug. %.
Mrs Bolton was recalled and testified to
| particulars relating to the killing Of Wood
| Hite and the disposition of his body.
Elias Ford, recalled, testified to tho killing
of Wood Hite, stating that Liddell was shot
| and wounded at the time.
Miss Ida Bolton identified Frank James and
| testified to seeing him several times at her
known by the name of Hall and wore side
| whiskers Witness also testified in regard to
the death and burial of Wood Hite.
Willie Bolton testified to the same general
| effect as the foregoing witness.
| James Hughes, of Richmond, 1dentlhed
James as the man he had seen at the railroad
depot a year ago last fall in company with two
others who snbse9uentlyhired BUS 70 take
| Joseph Mallory identified the defendant as
| man he had seen having horse shod in Mr..
| Potts blacksmith shop on the THURSDAY prior
| to the robbery.
Jonas Potts, proprietor of the blacksmith
| shop, identified James and testified TO dlnerent
! visits made by James to his shop, to the par az.
| ties accompanying him. and to shoeing mis-
| horses. James had given the name OF Green
Cooper and claimed to be cattle dealer
from Ray County. Witness saw a mare ne
| shod for defendant about month after the
Winston robbery, " han he was told she was
kicker and was Jesse james mare
G. w. Whitman identified James and testi-
| fed to seeing him at Potts shop July A. 1881,
when he got mare shod. Squire Mallory
and Mr. Hughes were there at the time.
Mrs Jonas Potts. wife of the blacksmith,
/ identified the defendant as having been at her
house the 18th or 14th of July. 1881. and par
taken of breakfast in company with another
man.
testified to seeing Frank James at his resi-
| dence on July H. 1851, in company with MIR
Scott, where they fed their horses and haa
dinner. Defendant gave ms name as WIZARD,
l and they remarked that they were going to
| Gallatin Defendant had side whiskers.
Ezra Saule testified to having seen the dc.
PENDANT on the line of the railroad about u
quarter of mile south OF the track, nearly
two miles from Winston. between four and six
o'clock on the day of the robbery. He pre-
tended to be buying fat COWS. Before seeing the
I /
twenty years There found horse htched,
| saddled and bridled. and twenty yards from
that was another. They We're both bays, or
rather one was sorre with white stockings
| ON her hind legs, and then saw this man. By
and by his partner came up and was much
more sociable and communicative than the
| one first met. Next dav went to the trestle
i work On the railroad, whore discovered four
i horses hitched, and then found another and
here is a little trophy found producing
halter strap.] also saw halter, strap picked
4 fI,e.ra ,xyo a
it had been cut off or broken through.
/ recognize the defendant as the man saw that
| night.
GALLArINi Mo-. Aug 30
At the opening of court to-day George w.
| McGraw was the first witness called. He tes-
titled to having known Lidden for five years,
| and to the leaving of wagon at his house by
\ a strange man some time after the winston
robbery.
w. r. McRoberts produced the Richmond
| express books and testified to the receipt on
| May Is of box Weighing forty pounds adj
| dressed to ]. F. Ford.
| Miss EIda Kindig testified to a man resem-
| bling Liddell taking dinner at her home four
\ miles from Winston, the day Of the robbery.
! Mrs. Kindig testified to the same effect.
| William Bray and his son r. a. Bray testi-
| fed to defendant and three other men coming
| to their house two or three weeks before the
| robbery. p The latter witness recognized Lid
I dell as one Of the party. Mrs Bray also iden-
4 titled the defendant
I Mrs. James Frank. residing eight miles west
| of Gallatin, testified to a visit by man re-
| semblng defendant to her home two days be-
/ fore the Winston robbery; he had Burnside
whiskers
| Frank Wolf1nbarger, residing eight miles
northwest of Gallatin, testified to defendant
and three other men being at his house in tho
latter part Of June, 1881. They stayed all
4 night.
Mrs Lindsay, sister of the last witness ties
/ titled to the same effect and thought she could
| not be mistaken rs to the identity of Frank
James as one Of the party.
4 P. Matthews testified to the loss on the 18th
/ of June, 1881, of sorre horse with blhzed
/ face and white hind legs. which he recovered
4 about seven weeks later in Ray County.
William NJ. Roberts testified to finding above
4 mentioned horse about the last of July or
| first of August and turning it over to Sheriff
/ Tmberlake. a5s
/ Sheriff Undertake corroborated the preced-
4 ing witness and testified to the subsequent
/ disposition of the animal.
/ The State here rested its case and the Court
| adjourned.
Mr.. Rush will make the opening for the de-
/ Tense Tomorrow, and as near as can be ascer-
tanned the defense will endeavor to show the
| existence of a conspiracy to fasten the crime
4 on the defendant, and will also show that
Frank James was not in the State when the
| crime was committed.
| THE DEFENSE.
GALLATIN, Mo-, Aug 80.
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