Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-09-01
FRANK JAMES AT THE BAR.
The Trial of the Notorious Bandit Com,
menced-OpeninG of tie Case bv States
attorney "allace-Testimony for the
Prosecution,
GAIIATIS Mo A,O

GAtIATIN, No. Aug. p.
Aiter the customary decays incident to the
.'isioi o. an important case for trial, a
JURY mas been secured and the trial OF Frank
'arhes Tor the murder of Frank McNillan in
cIdeliai to the Winston train robbery fairly
teCrn.
| At eight O'Clock this morning Frank James
was taken over to the Opera House by the
sheriff and Judge Goodman was in his seat.
Mr.. Wa lace maize the opening address for tho.
proStcut on After calling the attention of
the jury t. the nature of the cath fhcy haI
| taken to render n verdi + free from uI ner-
sonii or sentimental has he proceeded to
al the indictm, NJ. whi IA charles the killing
near winston. in this State. The first count
| * for murder in the tir-t degree The second
lor m'ir.er in committing robbery, and the
third III being accc- ~ with Jesse James AMI
others unknown to the Grim" which IOrIns tie
| ha>is of thi- case Mr.. Wallace then discussed
motives for murder alleging the lowest kind
! of motive 10 be that motive i'll murder for
| money. which was IN" fact in this case me
| Is and train was robbed on July l3. lnSl, at
Winston hy FIVE men, and that in This ,"hhcry
| and Frank Mcmillan. a s1omcmason. on The
| trtlin. He would show that the robbery ana
| james gang, whose history he proceeded to
| Mr. Wallace then stated that the testimony
which tho State would oircr would he circuin.
! st:',tial ana direct. AMI 50 overwhelming that
n" hnnc+a jury could refuse to convict after
John H. PENN the first witness, testified to
the bparTtlHg OF tHc tram at w llSlon ana tiit:
action of the gang; also to the shooting D1
McMiilan his falling from The platform orr OF the
! body by himself and McMan's father, but
| could not identify any of the party.
Adds E. WulcOt, engineer of the train, de-
| tailed the occurrences on the engine. Charles
| y Murray, the express agent. related his ex-
o T, 5hr rofne r ar TO Csens the n'tH .e
| of McMiiian's wound. W L. Enrthman, of
man he t.' had Known at Nathvie uner the
| name of WoOd>on. as did also Mr. James. de
iSilas Norris Mrs TIi,c's father testified TO
thcir acquaintance with Frank James and 10
some of hi> movc,ncntS. ami Nicholas d. Bishop
movements of "a box of guns sent to j. l.
+ Ford
GAILATIS. NO. Aug. p.
The hearing of testimony in the case of the
State VS.. Frank james was resumed this
morning. y few minutes after eight O'Clock
| Dick Liidell called to the stan /. when Mr.
| Phillips objected to MS t"Stjfying the
| ground that he mad been convicted of felony
After lengthy argument on the various
points pro and con. the Court decided that the
defense had not sufficiently sustained their
objection to Liddcli being permitted 70 testify
Ii,liel then testified that ne sent to
the Pcnitcntinpy i'm IS14 and never again. He
was paraoncd for that offcnsc bat had since
torn the pardon mp.
He detailed infinitely his acquaintance with
the .Iaincs boys and his connection with them,
embracing th'. time from 1870 up to the rob
biug of the Winston train and the commission
of the murder for which Frank james IS now
trial. After giving an account OF the ar
Engagements for the robbery ana the meeting
of the members OF the gang It an appointed
rendezvous tI,c ,yit,,gSS testified: The. arrange
Irent that and Clarence should capture
the engineer and the others do the rest 'iar-
cIse and got back OF the t&r y. ,, 4t ny wnnt Int
tolls We kept quiet till the train stopped
care ARE: thosc the Fellows " Who both ran onto the
pilot. The first run was about -tO yards. then
tie to the usual level. We couldn't stop it.
Frank came on ana shut oil steam, and lS she
sIackcued we jumped OF while ii was running
l
after Jesse. VIII" was still in the express car.
;,SS 800 or TH' that "S hight :" in pasE.ses
all good money. We all got together then,
except Wood; who had been knocked down
car. and we never saw him. Frank talked to
me about the robbery Se1;Yy afieIward He said he
he shot one he knew, and that Frank killed
ore He saw .,i hm peep in at the , Window & and
to our horses taking our time. We all un-
hitchcd. except Clarence wh" cut his hnlter- halter
Tne money was divided in a pasture. just
before InSIisht c@~f ofni dnided giving in, us us
Crooked River. Wood and ! then
vent h", t" Ihs ,d %5hGrI ne ForI Tsf anot an
n week, and then went to Mrs. Samucis. but
found no one but the family there. Jesse and
Frank came to tho FoTdS week later, and
then all five of went to Mrs Sanlucs- We
left in Il wagon; Al! the horses had been pre-
yiouSiy turned loose. We were :;ll armed with
pistols at winston: went ,ack to Jefferson
City with sheriff Timbori;tkc in lsa., in .:tnu,i-
with Mr.. Craig. of Kansas city SAW Cover
nor CrittcnGcn both times, first at the depot
rl,.n.irr telling the Governor at either of
tllo~,. times that after the Winston robbery
Frank James ipbraic!cd jesse for killing any
one, or reminded him of the agreement be-
for. the robbery that no one should be hurt
or killed.
Governor Crittcnd"n. by consent, testified:
Liddcil did make such statement to me as
ond time he was at jefferson City. 1t grew
ont of nay asil:n" linn why they Killed an iriiip-
in l.
il not tho intention +" ii" it: that tine I'M
i-rStan'iin% WAS thrr' was 10 he no k,i:inS;
that Frank had said there WAS TO be no blood
shed and that after il WAS over Frank said.
...Ics~c. why did YOU ~h"ot hat man: thought
the understanding was that no one WAS 70 he
killed. and would not have gone into 1t II |
had known or Thought thmrc was I" bo any
II thought that the htyS w"r" pulling from
ne. and wanted TO make them common
Don't remember that 'h"r" w;Shny place fixed
at which the convcr-ati"n first quoted occur
question I' u,it was asked why c~ic had killed that
innocent man engaged III his duties BY that
to Mcmillan, whose killing is the basis Of this
action.
The trial OF Frank james was resumed this
moninr ut eight O'Clock. when Dick Lilden
asa.n took<thc stand WIS subjected to rigid
croS--cxamination by Mr.. Phillips. OF counsel
for the defense. which failed to shake the
testimony of I.iddeiI. Mr.. Phillips took tho
witness over every step OF ground referred
to by him in his te>ttmnoy III chief without
eIici;in.r anything which tended in any way
to contradict that testimony. If anything
Ii s,i,.il'~ testimony 10 dlS was more fuit and
particular to dates. places. persons and
description than on saturday
Defendants counsel FLED motion to strike
out Ii.idrllS testimony. on the lrOlIni that he
was an arvomplicc OF the defendant, which
oVerrulci.
w X. Oliver aud Thomas y. Man'Ov" tcS-
tilted TO the dcliNc"y of express packages to
the mcsScnScr on ne train robbed
Mrs Martha Bottom, sister of Bob and
Charley Ford testified ~ her kroWled"" OF
Frank James. and also her negotiations for
the surrender OF Dick Ii ide!i. Dick sur
rendered condit on OF immunity from
punishment. and that he would testify against
the rest of the band
An attempt by the defense to get witness
to talk about the killing OF Wood liItc o. or
her conduct the day of his death. was
emphaticaly sat down ol by the court