Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1883-09-07

living IN The old Felix Smith housei hat saw
him hnrch Al lsNl. be- had light sandy Nhls
kufs an over his face. was engaged aa dOlund.
ants attorney Augusta
Mrs Elhahcth Montgomery, who resides q
milo and halt cnti Of Winston, ttfiinrd that
some strange men ate ai her house The eNon.
Ing Of the winston rnhhcryi the ciock struck
sryen before they fnlshrdi the younger man
wa ihc tailor aud lightcomploNlonfd With
lluuialde Whinkcla and niuHiarhei nnpui their
horses was bay, the other shade lighter,
thought defendant Was not one OF them, but
not positive,
Mss NJ. Montgomery, daughter Of The pre-
ccdlna witness, corrphom,cd her mothers
ataifmentl dld not think defendant was ono
0f the mon, hni wouldn't faY positively; nci.
Thor OF them had a lafEc, blnzcfnced, nouol
horse,
John l.. Dean tostihed ioa conversation with
Jonas Potts the blacksmith, Ia which the lat
ter told him he bad been io see fmnk James
ana that he had never soon him heforei on
another occasion two men had drove up 10 his
shop whom be said he recognized ns the mon
be- had sh0d horses Tor before the robbery,
Marion duncan testified 70 a conversation
With Potts ln the Ninltr Of icN 81 when he
said he had seen Jesse James picture at
Winston, aud he had shod horse for him;
Potts was pretty houky az the time
Gus A. Chapman testified that Potts told
him after vi lilng dallniin jail that he dld not
know 4 he had ever seen defendant before,
The defense offered IN evidence the record
OF the trial and conviction OF Dick liddoll for
horsestenne In Vernon County IN 1874, which
was read 10 the jury
Joseph A. shelby testified 10 his aequalnt.
ance with the James brothers. Dick Lidden,
alias HACK, Bill Ryan and Jim Cummings,
Jesse and the three latter visited his place In
1870, IN company With Jesse james. and IN
conversation which cnsued regarding the
ConCordla Bank robbery Jesse Indicated
Liddc as the man who struck tho cashier;
bad not soen Frank since lsi2. MIS-. Frank
James cnme 10 Pnge city In the Spring Of 1871
and sent for Witness who went and saw her;
she said Liddcll and others were committing
depreiailOns and her husl and was getting the
credit for them, she wanted witness to inter
ccdc With the Governor, but witness told her
II would be- folly 10 do so; did not know whnt
time the sewing machine arrived and did not
know whore Mrs. James directed II to bc
shipped 20: was only assisting woman Ia
distress; the last time witness saw jesse
James was IN the Fail OF 1851: Flank james
was bleeding at the lungs IA ls12 md stopped
at witness house sixty or eighty DAYS; did not
know he was fugitive from justice.
J u. Chilcs, OF Kansas City, testified 10
conversation with Lidtell IN which lie told
witness that llsnk James was not at Winston
Thomas NJ. Aimns, hfother-in-law of de-
iendant tcstihed 10 his knowledge Of the
James brothers; was at Mrs. Samucls' IN the
summer Of lHll twice: saw nothing OF Frank
James and DID not hear OF his whereabouts;
knew Wood Hite: there was "A strong resem-
blance between him and defendant; had not
seen defendant for number OF years IN be
visited him In Independence jail; saw Wood
Hlte In the summer of 1881. but not since.
William Nicholson, another hrother-ln-aw
Of defendant, had never known defendant un-
I'll he met him last Thursday. Iiddell. the
Hltes and Jesse james were at witness house
all through the summer OF 1851; mover saw
Frank with any OF them; there was a strong
family resemblance between Wood Hite and
Frank James
Robert J. Williams testified that Mrs Dol-
tons and Captain Ford's reputation for truth
aud veraclty was bad. NJ d. Duval John n.
Noryal, George W. Trigg, James L. Ferris, A. |
y, Elliott, John Milstadt and James y, Duval
testified 70 the Same effect particularly with |
regard 20 Ford
D. D. Woodson said Ford's reputation was
bad which grew out Of the fact that the James
gang were rcndezyouing at the Ford house