The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-08-26
THE JAMES TRIAL.
Testimony for rhe State-Import-
ant Details.

4SSCl1llOnY lot VIC GIaIc-llnpOEI-
ant Details.
Kansas City, 25.-JournGPS Gal
latin, Mo-: Shortly after ? O'Clock
the court was called to order and the
judge announced his decision. After
reviewing the authorities he stated
that the evidence of the wituess
Liddell was admissible. The de-
Tense then objected that the paper
supporting to he pardon was only
copy. The State proposed 10 put |
the witness on his 0tir dire. An
swering the prosecutors questions,
The witness SAID he was sent to the
penite ntiory from Vernon county
IN 1874. had a pardon and tore
it up the day after he got it
Cross-eXamined-DUn't Temem p9l |
who gave it to me; tore it up with
out reading it. Defense raised the |
point that it was no evidence that |
the witness ever had a pardon. The |
court decided the preliminary proof |
sufficient.
The jury was brought in, and tae
examination proceeded. CONTINUING
the witness said: l am 81 years old. |
and was raised in Jackson county
There Was band known as tie
James boys" He became mem
Der four years ago last fall. Shortly
| afterwards | left the State, going 10
| Tennessee. In July, 1880. [ went to
Nashville with Jesse James; found
Franz James and family and Jesse's
family there. Stayed nearly a year
Bill Ryan and jim Cumming came
there. Frank took house in Nash
vile. and lived there at S14 Father
land street. In March, 1881, Frank,
Jesse and myself left there; Bill
Ryan got captured. We got scare
and lit out; went to Hite's
place aud stayed there a few days,
then went to a nephew
or Hite's and afterward came back
there and arrangements to commit
robbery were made by Jesse and
Frank James. and Wood Hlte to
come out to Missouri and take an
express train somewhere up here.
This was in May, 1881. Jesse and l
came to Kearney in May, 81, and
rode to Mrs. Samuel's farm, Frank
arrived week later. Founl Clar
ence Hite there and Wood came
afterWard. About a week later four
of us started on horseback We met
the Fords at farm neal Richmond
and started out from there, but
atte IWard went back. Several
days alter we started out again and
were to meet Wood Hite at Gaiia-
tin. We rode most OF. the night,
stopping next day and night with s
| Dutch farmer. Proceeding. we came
close to Gallstin. Jesse was then
taken sick and we al went hack,
the party scattered; Frank and
went to Ford's, a week later we
} started again, travelling apart; met
the others near Winston. We left
the horses and went 10 town after
dark, Jesse and FRANK, Wood
aud myself were to capture
the engineer and the others
take the baggage car. Wood and ]
got on the tender; when we got out
} little ways the train stopped and
we heard shooting. We shot sever
al times to scare the engineer. He
) stopped the train and we made him
, move the train Oh. The engineer
, pulled the throttle and jumped
, off. We did not know how
| to stop the train, and Frank
, came through and stopped 1t.
Wood and l got off the engine and
/ went back. and we allleft the train.
Jesse and Frank said they thought
, they had killed a couple of men,
Jesse said he was petty sure he had
killed one and Frank said a
} man had peeped in and he
: shot at the man and he
fell off the train. We got 500 or
. $500 in all. The money was in
: packages. We rode hard all night
: after the robbery; stopped in a pas
, ture about daylight and divided the
t money; went from there to Ford's,
} where we stayed about a week.
/ The ccoss-examinatiOn of Liddell
| was postponed until Monday, as it
was already $50 o'clock.
Governor Crittenden was called,
) and testified that Dick Liddell told
him Frank James said to Jesse he
i, would not have gone if he had
: known there was to be any killing.
After the Governors testimony the
/ court adjourned until Monday. This
t has been decidedly the most i'm
J portant day of the trial. The rul-
: ings Of the court were all favorable
) to the prosecution.