Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-01-25
FRANK.JamEs.
Small Probability of His Be'nu
~ - Convicted. - = -

The refusal of President Arthur
to pardon Dick Liddell has ex-
cited great deal of talk here.
A prominent attorney said to
day:
"Frank James cannot be con
victed without the testimony OF
Dick Liddell, and the refusal Of
President Arthur to pardon him
I win be y severe blow to the
prosecution in Jackson comfy"
"But, did the sShte rely upon
Liddell as its chief witness ?"
"Well, he is about the only
man living upon whose testimo-
Iny Frank james could beFcon.
lyictedn T. i
"How abont the Ford boys"
"No one would believe them
under oath, and | don't believe
Mr.. Wallace wants anything to
do with them."..
"Would iddell testify against
Frank james If he were here u
"That is not known, of course,
but | believe he would. When
he came and surrendered to
Sheriff Timberlake he did so
with the understanding that he
was to assist the officers in
breaking up the gang, and IN
return not to be prosecuted for
any offense charged at bis door.
He kept his word like d man,
and aided the officers in every
possible way. AS is well known,
when arrested and,
TAKEN TO ALABAMA,
it was stated that the entire
: James family, as we'll as Whites
! in Kentucky, were working fol
= his conviction"
p "And they succeeded 2"
Q "Yes, and through the testi
el .mony of Mrs. Jesse james.
G was recently told by 4 promi
: nent criminal lawyer of Nash
:. vile that her testimony alone
convicted Liddell. 1t did no
# convict him of direct connec
5 ton with the Mussel Shoals
), case, but was SO damaging in ;
O general way against his charac
s ter that the jury brought in tina
g famous verdict which made Lid
Il dell a convict"
"But Liddell was not presenI
$ when Ficher, the detective was
s killed." f. M
= mo, he was not; neither was
: he when Dan Askew, the Clay
r county farmer, was shot down
II and killed on his own threshold
S but he knew all about botl
q cases-more, perhaps, than an,
"a living man, not excepting Chas
Q Ford, who was closer, perhaps
5, to Jesse James than Liddell.'
o '.But how about the Independ
l. ence bank robberyH
v "Well, as every one supposes
y that job was engineered by Jes
20 Sc James, and there is no doub
- but that Frank James also hat
a hand in the play, but how cal
IT be provenW
ne 'The State seems sure of con
to vicitng their man."
X. "Yes, | know it; but then step
H. are being quietly taken to
IL HAVE HIM ARRESTED
= if not convicted here. In a
= :; PROBABILITY a United States of
. Ger will be on hand before tn
:. trial is over, as Frank James
, wanted down in Alabama fc
=, the Mussel Shoals robbery. ii
:, was there, and, with Jesse an
Ed Miller, carried out the ro'
berry. Miller, youfnow, is no
.os serving out a twenty-iiy year
~ sentence in the Missouri pei
\, tentiary for completely in Il
- first Glendale train robbery
,pr "You think, then, that &
re. friends of Frank James are q
ON verse to having Liddell pardC
md edr
his IL know very well they a
,or as he was the witness they m'
tie. feared. He is now almost
me of the way; at least 1t looks
because the judge before wh
he was tried has not yet pas
.na sentence, and | understand
tho cannot get of under one ye'
Cor From tbs above IL locks \
sta much as il the coming tria
Frank James would not re
in conviction but there ia,
L. & some Witnesses c on ern
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