The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-09-13

GALLATIN, Mo-, Sept. ].
The prosecution, in rebuttal, devoted some
time to breaking down the evidence of 5. L.
Brosius, the witness who vas on the train
when the robbery occurred. He was first re-
called and denied having told that he was 50
seated that he could not describe the robbers
or IhaI ne sala 20 ahoIhef person one 3I
them loo ked like he was fifteen feet high.
Witr ess was questioned as to conversations
with a. NJ. Irving, Boyd, Dudley, William n. .
Bostaph, E. W. Dennis and others, but tailed
to admit that the conversation alluded to in
the fmpeaching questions propounded to him
had actually occurred, though he might pos
sibly, he thought, have had such talk in a
jocular way. The above named parties, to-
gether with George Tugg, r. L. fomlin and
made such statements to them.
Mrs. Sarah E. Hite testified that she knew
Wood Hite since 1873; lived with him in the
Jane house for four years; he was very I'M
tidy in his toilet; he had no literary tastes; he
didn' read books any; he read newspapers a
good deal. Frank James. as to his dress, was
Tery neat; do not think Wood and Frank
James resembled each other.
Silas Norris testified that he knew Wood
Hite for four or five years; he didn { resemble
Frank james to any great extent; Wood Hite
was five feet nine or ten inches high with
light hair and full suit of whiskers; would
take defendant to be six feet high; never saw
Frank James but once at Mrs: Hites; have
been seeing him and looking at him here.
Major j. Fl. McGee United States Marshal,
testified that he was in the smoking car at the
time of the winston robbery. The conductor
was standing right by him when he was shot;
there were three men IN that car, two doing
the one that shot Westfall he never saw until
de saw him with his pistol in hand.
CrOss-examined-I was sitting in the center
Of the car, on the right hand side of the aisle;
heard the pistols crack and the call of Down
sown! looked up and there was one man
Ianding in front of me with 81 pistol in each
hand and another on my left, just in rear of
the conductor. The man that reached to cut
the bell rope was standing about two feet
from the man who did the firing from the
forward end of the car, and about half the
length of the car from the man who killed the
conductor. / saw pistols in the hands Of
the man who cut the bell rope. After the
shooting Of Westfall, the conductor, the man
who shot him went TO the forward end OF
the car, and all three of the robbers passed
out of the forward door. j didn't see any one
of them pass to the rear end of the car, but
I saw one of them returning from the rear
of the car. When the conductor pulled the
beil-rope the train Stacked but did not stop.
At the trestle. three-quarters of mile from
Winston, the train seemed to be stopped by
the air-brake, and then went forward for
about another half-mile. After the three
men went out one remained on the front
platform and fired through the car.
Here the State rested and closed its case,
and after couple of unimportant witnesses
were heard in surfebuttal, both sides rested.
The arguments viii commence Monday, each
side being limited to eight hours.