The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-08-30
Bar of Justice.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. Zo.-l ITeSS'J IA IosJ-
Dispatch special from Gallatin, Missouri,
saws the Frank James trial was resumed at
s O'Clock this morning. The first witness
called was Dick Liddell. The defense i'm
mediately objected to the witness on the
ground that he was convicted OF felony,
having been found guilty of grand larceny
in Vernon county and sent to the penn,
Tertiary. Prosecutor Wallace responded
that he had "a copy of the full pardon re-
storing Lddell to citizenship, Objection
was then made to the copy, the defense in
sisting that the original pardon should be
introduced, and then the attorneys for both
sides consumed two hours in arguing the
force of the pardon in legal sense. AT III
o clock Judge Goodman ordered recess to
give him time to consider the point, which
is one of great importance to the defense,
since Liodell's testimony is vital to the
prosecution. Ex-Governor Johnson stated
this morning that the testimony would all
be in by next Tuesday evening, and the case
given to the jury on Wednesday. g
GALLATIN, Mo-, Aug. 25.-At o'clock
the court was called to order, and the
Judge announced his decision. After
the evidence of the witness was admissible.
Defense then objected that the paper pur-
porting to be the pardon was only
a COPY. The state proposed to put the
witness on his voir dire. In answer
ing the prosecutors questions the
witness said: II was sent to the
penitentiary from Vernon county in 1874 !:
day after l got it," Cross-examination :
Don't remember who gave it to me; tore
it up without reading it," The defense
raised the point that there was no
evidence that the witness ever had pardon,
as he did not read it. The court decided
the preliminary proot sufficient. The jury
was brought in and the examination
II am 81 years old; was reared IN
Jackson county; was a member of the
band known as the James boys;'
years ago last fall; shortly
afterward | left the state, going to Ten
nessee; in July, 1880, went to- Nashville
with Jesse James; found Frank James and
family and Jesse's family there; stayed
nearly year; Bill Ryan and :;
took a house in Nashville and lived
there at S14 Fatherland street; in
March, 1881. Frank, Jesse and myself lett
there; Bill Ryan got captured; we got a
scare and lit out aud went to Hlte's
place and stayed few days; then went to
nephew of Hite's, and aiterward
came back there; arrangements to
commit robbery were made by Jesse
James and Frank James, and Wood Hite
was to come out to Missouri and help take
an express train somewhere up here;
this was in May, 1881; Frank
went by the name of B. ]. Woodson at
Nashville; Jesse by the name OF Howard;
Jesse and ] came 70 kearney IN May
| 1881, and rode to Mrs. Samuels' farm;
Frank arrived week later. found
Clarence Hite there and Wood Hite
came afterward; about a week later
| four of us started on horseback and
met at Ford's farm, neal
Richmond; CARRYING there at 8 O'Clock in the
morning; started out from there, but after
ward went back; several days later we
started out again; Wood went on the
horseback; took the horses neal
Richmond, were to meet Wood Hill AZ
kGallAtin; we rode most Of the night and
stopped the next day and night
with Duties, a farmer; proceeding we
came close to Galdatin; Jesse was
then taken sick. and We all went 70
back, the party scattering, Frank and
again, travelling apart; / got dinnei
near here, and met the others near Win
| sion: we left our horses and went TO town
fter dark Jesse and Frank WOOD
and myself were to capture the
engineer, and the others were q
take the baggage-Dart WOOu huO
I got on the tender; when we got out ,
little way the train stopped and w
heard shooting; we shot q couple Of time
to scare the engineer; he stopped thu
train, and we made him move the trail
on. the engineer pulled the throttle and
jumped of; we did not know how TO stoI
the train, and Frank came through
md stopped IL; Wood and / got on tn
engine and went back, and We all LEFT thu
train. Jesse and Frank said they
thought they had killed couple o
men: Jesse said he was pretty sure b.
had killed one, and Frank SAID
a man had peeped in and he shot q
the man and be fell of the train; ".
got 500 or $500 in all
the money was in PACKAGE W
rode hard all night after tn
robbery, and stopped in pasiun
sbout daylight and divided the money
went from tbore 10 Ford's, where W
stsid about . week" This closed the direc
examination.
The cross examination Of Liddell Va
nosspoDed until Monday. At 50
Goverpor Crittenden was calle'
| who testified that Dick Liddell told him
Frank James said 10 Jesse that be would
not have gone n be had known there 90
/ 10 be any killing. After the governor
testimony. the court adjourned until ~ -
deV. This hss been - f-idedly
most important day The ~
| The rulings Of the court to-oay we're tsvOr
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