The Rock Island Argus., 1883-09-03
4 PROSECUTED SAINT.
Mr.. JAMES RELATIVES SAY HE is ONE.
The Outlaw Testiaes in His Own Behalf,
and Denies in Full Dick LiddelI's
Charges-General Shelby Fined
for Contempt.
FRIDAYS PROCEEDINGS,

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2.
A special from Gallatin, Mo-, to the
Post-Dispatch says: In the Frank James
trial the defense concluded their line OF |
tmpeaching the States witnesses.
Colonel Phillips arose and stated that |
General Shelby was at the door and de- |
sired to make statement to the court, and
when he came in he saluted the court with |
courteous bow and said: If anything |
that may have said Or done yesterday Of
Tended the dignity of the court regret il
exceedingly. AS to the other parties have
no regrets"
Judge Goodman replied: General Shell
by, your conduct in appearing before the
court in an unfit condition, and showing an
insubordinate spirit, was reprehensible in
the extreme, as it was not only a defiance of
the dignity of the court, but calculated to
prejudice the interest of defendant. You
are man of national reputation, and enjoy
the respect and confidence of large num-
Der OF the people OF Missouri. | can only
say | was much astonished at your very
reprehensble action. 1t is the testimony
that you have drawn a pistol right In the
verge of the court, which is in itself con-
tempt of court.
General Shelby, interrupting is
false.
Court-The Marshal of Lexington test-
fled to it under oath.
General Shelby-Then he lied.
The Coart-The court is amply satisfied
with your apology to it, but your attitude
toward the attorneys for the State yester-
day in answering in 4 threatening and
offensive manner, and the talk Of calling
them to persona account, can not be over
looked.
The court then fined General Shelby ten
dollars, which he paid and passed out of the
courtroom.
|. c. Mason, Anamas Duval, W. ID. Rice
| and james Duval all impeached the testi-
mony of the Fords and Bottoms, testfymg
| that they had heard them say they had not
| seen Frank James for years. and he had
| gone South, and was trying to lead a better
| life
| John Samuel, half brother of Frank
James, and an inmate of Samuels' house
! hold, had not seen Frank James before the
| Winston robbery since 1876, and then at
home. He saw him after his surren-
der in Independence Jail in May,
| 1882; saw Jesse with Dick Lid
| dell at his mothers house and heard
Jesse and Liddell both say they
had left Frank in Kentucky that he was in
| bad health and was talking about going
| South, and saw Jesse, Dick Liddell, the
Hites and Charley Ford during the summer.
| There was a striking family resemblance
| between Wood Hite and Frank James. Saw
jim Cummings twice during the summer Of
| 1881, the first time i'll company with Jesse
and Dick Liddell.
On croSS-eXamination he admitted that
he knew they were all outlaws, and they
were armed at all times He had heard IN
the papers that they had robbed banks and
trains.
| After a witness or two to further impeacl
the Bolton family, Frank James was put OF
the stand He told decidedly the same
story as Dick Liddell up to the time they
got to Nelson County, Ky. Then he sepa
rated from the band, after urging Jesse no
to go back to Missouri, ''fOr the sake O
their dear mother, whose life would bt
jeOpardized by lesse's acts. They coulC
not agree. jesse was bound ''for Missouri
or bust, +" and he left them. Having sen
his wife to General Shelby to try to negoti
ate his surrender, Frank went to Texa:
and stayed with his sister, Mrs. Palmer
in Clay County, for three months, anC
in October returned to Kentucky ant
met his wife in Nelson County. With he
he went to Chattanooga, into Virginia ant
North Carolina, and back into Virginia
stopping at Lynchburg where they learne'
of the assassination of Jesse. Then, b.
closely watching the papers, he saw an in
teryieW In the New York Herald wherein
Governor Crttenden said there was
chance for his surrender He thought
would take that chance, and returning t
| Nelson County, KY, put into operation ne
g0tiations through friends, whose names h
| refused to disclose, which effected his SUI
- | render October i, 1882.
Franks story was we'll told, and tool
capitally until the State got at him on cross
examination. There he stuck to the trac
In Tennessee and Kentucky and during hi
toIm in Virginia and other Atlantic State
after the Winston and Blue Cut robberies
but when 1t came to explaining and talEin
about his presence in Texas and his visit c
three months, though he had ridden 45
miles, he could not name person he ha
seen or stopped with, or describe place
He was accurate and circumstantlal abou
dates, places and persons east Of the Mi:
: siSSlppl, but when 1t came to MS IeXaS TOT
: he was terribly forgetful.
The general impression is that the defens
has weakened an already weak case by cal
I. ing him as witness. Frank James, as
!. fact, stands convicted, no matter what tn
jury may say. Monday speech-makin
: | will begin and continue until abol
I Wednesday night, when the case will go
: the jury. Notwithstanding the strong cas-
-. ftF.F t-
: that the jury will disagree.