Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-09-08

time the sewing machine arrived and did noe
shipped to: was only assisting woman in
distress; the last time witness saw Jesse
James was in the Fall of 1881: Frank James
was bleeding at the lungs in 1872 and stopped
at witness honse sixty or eighty days; did not
j. B. Chles, of Kansas City, testified to
conversation with Liddell in which he told
Thomas sa N, Sinms sln brother-in-iaw of de-
fcndant. testified to his knowledge OF the
sumner toG OF ISL twee es saw avn nothing Of Frank
James and did not hear of his Whereabouts;
bance between him and defendant; had not
seen defendant for a number of years till he
HSeed W n him ' IN % h 3a NOT sdw since
William Nicholson. another brother-in-iaw
Of defendant. had never known defendant un-
til he met him last Thursday. Lfddcl, the
Hitcs and Jesse James were at,witness. house
FL 5nrongh ,he f 1hnm oh dbere was strong
family resemblance between WOOD Hlte ana
Robert J. Williams testified that Mrs. Bol
tons and Captain Ford reputation 1or tru1n
ana NrNa xIraGsy was ~ par Tr9s James L. Ferris A.
p. Elliott, John Millstadt and James Is; DuVai
testified to the same effect, particularly Win
D. D. woodson said Ford's reputation was
bad which grew Out OF the e. ihoa h ii,,, Enr hse
GALLAr1N, Mo-, Aug. 81.
Shortly after the opening of court TINS
morning General Shelby appeared and pro-
cecded to make an apology for certain irreg-
uarities in his conduct the day previous while
on the witness stand, and after listening TO a
| rcbuke from the Court and settling nne or
ten dollars which had been entered up against
! him, withdrew. The testimony 1or the de-
James 5. bemasters, Justice of the Peace of
| Richmond, testified that he ofliciated at the
inquest on wood Hitc, and that Mrs. Bolton
| then testified that she had not seen FRANK
James for two years
! James G. Mason, a ncighbor of the Fords.
testified that Captain Ford told him that he did
| ia
| Winston robbcries, as Frank had left the pal
ance of the boys and settled down: had had
| conversations with Mrs Ford and old man
! Ford to the same effect the latter stating that
| Frank James was not III the State at the tlno
| of the Winston affair.
Ananias DuvaI testified that old man Ford
told him just after Jesse James was killed that
| he had never seen Frank and did not know
! " ID. Rice. living near Richmond testified
! that Willie Bolton was working for hlIn Just
after the Wood lite inquest aud that Wine
| of his own motion told him that he had told a
/ story at the Coroncrs inquest and that his
/ mother made him do it.
| John T Samuels. half-brothcr of Frank
| James, testified that he last saw Frank before
| the Whist en robbery in the year 1876, when he
home in Clay County; next saw him "
! ali through the summer of 1881; saw Jesse in
| May, 1881. at home in company with DICK Id
tmcky: they arrived at night After they got
| there mother asked Jesse where Frank was;
that Frank was in bad health and was talking M
| of going South Mother then spoke to DICK
Liddeil about Frank anu me har t h"mc @ for
| two or three months Oft and on; last saw MN
| there about the last of July or the first OF Au-
gust During these three months l saw DICK
Liddell. Clarence and Wood Hite and Charley
Ford about the piace There Wod Was Hn and
Frank James; saw nothing OF FRANK all thaC
summer.
Mrs. Zerelda Samuels. mother of Frank
James testified that Jesse came home in May,
| 1881. Dick Lddell was with him They said
they came from Kentucky. l asked where
Buck was, that being the name L call Frank.
He replied that he had LETT Frank in Ken
lucky in bad health. said Son. you know he's
dead. You may as well tell me first ms last.
i then turned to Liddel and asked him, and
he said Fl ank was alive, but was in Kentucky
and was i'll bad health: During that summer
Clarence and Wood Hte and Dick Liddell and
Frank was not there during that summer and
1 did not see him from the time, seven years
and shot him, till saw him after
his surrender. Jim Cummings was at
at that time know where Frank was, but
thought he was dead; am fifty-nine years
tlcth year when my arm was shot off and my
little boy killed Being asked whether,
when the men left the house after the Win
ston robbery. they did not take some strange
apparel with them, she SAID: Yes; gave
them dress and apron and II bonnet. so
lady and you all couldn't catch en-
James. testifed to returning to- his home in
Wichita Falls, Texas about the st of August,
family; he wore nothing but a mustachc
his face at that time there was no rnilrGad ,;;a
from where he lived: Frank seemed to he kind
of i'll; said his lungs were affected
Mrs s. Palmer, wife of above witness testified
that Frank james was at her home at Wichita
Falls. Tex, from June, 1881, to July list. and
after an absence of about four weeks return
ed the latter part of july and left finally in
September. He talked about surrendering,
| saving he would like to have some of his
! friends negotiate with the Governor of Mis-
| souri,.
Frank James was placed on the stand to
| testify in his own behalf and gave Il detailed
account of his movements from the winter or
| 1876 till his surrender. stating among OthcI
! things that he in Texas during the sum
nlrr of ISS! at th.. residence of his sister, ana
heard of the Winston and Blue Cut robbcrics
| while on n trip into the Indian Nation and
Immediately returned to his sisters feeling
sure, his name would be connected with 1t and
| it bchoovcd him to he among friends. He
| positively denied the statements made by DICK
| iiddell connecting him with the Winston rob
| berry