Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-09-06
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| LIT. ~. NJ. IlaSSeC, OF w llStOn, VINO, as
| coroner, held an inquest on the bodies OF
| Mcmillan and Westfall. testified that he
! found a bullet wound about half an inch
above the right eye. He judged that the
| wound was the cause of death.
| DIR. Homer E. Brooks, of Winston, cor
| roborated the previous Witnesses state
ment, except that he located the wound
| over the left eye.
w. L. Earthman, of Nashville, identified
Frank James as man he had known by the
name of Woodson at Nashville, where they
had raced horses: knew Jesse James also,
| under the name of Howard. but did not sus.
pect their identity; also knew man by
the name of Tom Hill, who afterward prov
ed to be Bill Ryan; arrested Hill on March
%, 1881, with a belt full Of pistols and cart.
ridges, and with about 81 800 in money in
his possession: locked Ryan alias Hill in
the Nashville JAIL where he last saw him
knew Woodson about two years while work
ing on farm. I!e associated WI h the very
best class, of people there. ard witness
never saw him asoociating With any OF the
parties mentiC led in the indictI ,cnt. His
general department was that OF :, iJeacea ole
and quiet man.
James, the depot master at the Louisville
and Nashville depot in Nashville testified
he knew James as WoOdSon, and saw him
frequently there il 1880; remembered the
arrest of Bill Ryan, and never saw Wood
Jesse James as Howard. who lived close to
him in Nashville on Fatherland street.
Howard was grain buyer for Raw & Sons.
Witness never saw Howard and Woodson
together but once, and did not see them
speak then. He last saw Howard in March,
1881.
John Trimhle, real estate and insur-
ance man at Nashville. testified that he
rented a house on Fatherland street,
Nashville, in February, 1881, to B. G..
Woodson, but could not identity the
defendant as the man. Woodson occu-
pied the house about a month and half
Mrs. Sarah Hite testified that she first
saw Frank James on March -, 1891, when
he came to 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 say where they
came from. They were armed; jesse had
two pistols and rifle; Frank had two pis-
tolls, and Dick lad two pistols and n gun.
They STAYED day or two Clarence and
Wood and George Hite We're there at the
time. On the 2jtl of April they came back
and left on the 9th. Witness did not know
where they were in the interim. They We're
still armed. Some men who were pursuing
them came close to the house and the men
seemed excited. Dick Liddel got at the
front door, Jesse James at the window of
my room and Frank in the parlor. All had
guns in their hands. The pursuing party
did not stop but went on to Adarsvlle.
Frank Went away next day. witness could
not toll where.
Silas Norris, father of Mrs. Hite, testified
that he first made the acquaintance OF Jes-
Sc James at Mr.. Hite's house in March,
1881, and Jesse introduced Frank as his
brother. Dick Liddel was with them. They
stayed a 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.
Nicholas ID. Bishop, express agent at
Lexington, Mo-, testified that on May IS,
1881, box came by express TO Lexington,
addressed to j. 7. Ford. 1t weighed 40
pounds. 1t had been transferred to wit.
ness company at ST. Louis from some 9TH
er company. He was ordered TO forward
it to Richmond, Mo-, which he did on May
IS. He could not tell by whom the order
was given.
On crcss-examination witness testified
that he never knew Frank James, and never
knew he had anything to do with the box in
question.
J. B. BARLEY, agent for the Pacific Ex-
press Company at Richmond, No, produced
the books of the Company showing that
such a box had been received. but the testi-
mony was ruled out and court adjourned.
GALLATIN, Mo-, Aug. 25.
The hearing of testimony in the case of
the State vs.. Frank James was resumed
this morning. A few minutes after eight
O'Clock Dick Liddell was called to the stand,
when MIR. Phillips objected to his testifying
ON the ground that he had been convicted
of felony. By direction of the Court the
jury retired pending argument of the point.
Mr.. Phillips offered the record of Liddeil's
conviction OF grand larceny at the Vernon
County Circuit Court. The Court observed
that the record would not be evidence I'M
less witness denied its statement on cross
examination. Mr.. Phillips stated that the
record was offered to bar the witness from
teStifying. There We're but two modes of
getting round its effect-One, by pardon,
and the other by a reversal of Judgment.
MIR. Wallace had, in the meantime, sent for
the pardon papers of LiddelI, and while
the Court was waiting for them the witness
and defendant faced each other and COM
pared mental notes.
After a lengthy argument on the various
points pro and con, tee Court d ci,led that
the defense had not sufficiently sustained
their objection to Liddell being permitted
to testify. He would, however, require
proof of the delivery of the pardon to Lid
dell and of the loss Of the original pardon.
Liddell then testified that he was sent to
the Penitentiary in 1874 and never again.
He was pardoned for that offense, but had
since torn the pardon up.
He then detailed infinitely his acquaint-
ance with the James boys and his connec-
ton with them, embracing the time from
1870 up to the robbing of the Winston train
and the commission of the murder for which
Frank James is now on trial. After giving
an account of the arrangements for the rob-
berry and for the meeting of the members of
the gang at an appointed rendezvous, the
witness testified: We were to meet about
Il mile from Winston. l got dinner on the
way and went on to meet the boys in Il
skirt of timber near where the road crosses
the track. We waited till dark, hitched our
horses and went up on foot to the train.
Wood and l went together, and met Frank,
Jesse and Clarence at the depot. The ar
rangement was that l and Clarence should
capture the engineer and the others do the
rest. Clarence and l got back of the
tender and went over on top of the
engine. We had two pistols. We kept
quiet till the train stopped. Then we hol
Tered to go ahead. We shot to scare those
fellows, who both ran onto the pilot. The
first run was about 200 yards, then a stop.
Then the engineer opened the throttle to
the usual level We couldn't stop it. Frank
came out and shut off steam, and as she
slackened we jumped off while it was
running. Frank and Clarence got of first.
went back after Jesse, who was still in
the express car. Jesse jumped first and 1
followed. We got 800 or $50 that night in
packages. 1t was all good money. We all
got together then, except " ood, who had
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