Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-03-21
seals. he said he didn't kroW WHO GU;

seals, he said he didn't krow vlo cut
he seals. icok him /" ii, CD 'i al d
tGnd- cuffcd him. | went on and sat
down in the ditch. After the train left.
Iw" men ans swrrrd M / his
lied again. Tive men came toward ne
Caught Reed and he surrender. d. lie
said nobody WAS with HIM Mri
Young Ia,iy at the pump house Size
wouldn't tell her ininc. ! took lie
prisoners to Ilrvyinsvilc and turned
them over TO Deputy sheriff jackson.
Went back TO Odessa and learned from
Policeman Vincent that Plus Durbin
had been seen there. Knew there were
three and | swOre out Il warrant, and
he was atterward arrested. / first
saw Geo. Gill in Lexington but had no
conversation with him as to this Gaze.
Saw him afterward two. or three miles
lrCm Lexington, with NJ. Procl, his
uncle. | was with Sheriff Bowman,
going 10 Odessa. Knew the whisky
was III Dallas county, where Plus Dur
biz took ii. ; helped to dig out the
h'le in John Dnrbiu's horse stable, il.
measured five feet every way. l had
Information before | made tbs arrest
that there was whisky there, and in
ravine near his house. | was in Dallas
county Jan. 25. l got one barrel full
and one with few gallons, and
gallon keg partly full, buried under
q pile OF straw on farm of James Herd.
The keg vas in his house. The two
barrels took to MarshfieId ard shipped
TO q. 4 A. railroad agent at st.
Louis. That in the keg | shipped 10
Slater. Slipped them oil the morning
II the 9th. DO not know marks.
They were covered with mud. ice and
straw, could not make out the brands
,r marks. reached the place in Dali
las county by buggy from Springtie d,
rough, hiIly, thinly inhabited cruntry.
About IS miles from Springfield where
got the whisky. N al Hoy Eye.
w. X. Jackson-l assisted in making
| arrest; had information that whisky
was in stable al john Durbin's; assis-
ted Burr and Tut in eXcavaiiag hole
in stable; hole 2 feet wide, ) feet long
and feet deep, had rails at bottom;
something had been lying on them: it
was under horse stall: 2 barrels SEEM
ingly laid there; could smell whisky
strongly. No cross-examination.
Burr-First thing | did at John
Durbin's was TO hunt up bell. MIR.
ruit went; got ladder; took bell down
and laid il in the SHOW; lady came out
| IF house and and wanted TO know what
| [ was doing with bell.
| Il. j. POWELL know Jno. Durbin
and the Durbin brothers; live 2 miles
from Jno. Durbin's; the bell was rung
at all hours of the day and night;
/ l. nol- 10
4 times week; heard 1t at night at 10,
IL IL or any hour;peculiar ringing notic-
ed once, at night, taps, short intcrmis-
sion then taps again; two or three
weeks before Christmas; bell could be
heard at my house; some of the Dur
bins live close together; some of them
further away.
Cross-examination-- know If
it is brass bell.
Re-examinaiiOn-Co smell the
whisky from over there.
Court adjoul ned till 9 o'clock to-
morrow morning.
Saturday morning, Jan. 81, 1885.
J ton of the case continued.
ThOs. Wells-Blacksmith at Odessa;
worked for Bumgarner over three
| YEARS. huOW OhO. <ui CAduuuCA
probe; seems that MIR. Durbin Orde, ed
spud to dig post holes; it looks like
this is the thing he had made: don't
know how long ago, but about one
} and half years ago; put handle in
an! told US if he was not there TO put
the thing outside of the shop.
Gross s-eXaDiluatIOn-Duio oil told me
- ,rrl ,nol-n hnloc
2 have made lots of them; they are gen.
!. made this one exactly as lie told me ;
I generally II or IA inches long; they
8 are made of good material.
:. Re-direct-Mr. Durbin gave particu-
: lar orders how TO make the thing; Of
# course steel would be used to make
5 such an instrument tor digging.
Samuel Walkup-Iu Dec. l taught
;. school at Walnut Grove school house
It two miles east of Odessa; school house
e 2UO yards from G.. & A. track; taught
+ there Dec. 10; no fastening to school.
IT house; between Friday The l9, and
g Monday the 22d, some person had beer
in the house lie blinds were closed;
II left them fastened open; found them
/. shut; shooting had been done in the
/. building; one shot in book and one
! in desk; about the 18th of December
g 6 horses had been hitched near the
y school house; week before this the
g blinds had been closed and glass takeI
t out; don't know where any of TIN
Durbins live.
II Cross-examination-N preaching Of
: public meetings have been held at thi
1t house since haye been there; snow
1t was OH the ground at that time; horses
r were there, not cattle; judge by horse
1. standing in one place; there are M
10 horses running out in that section tla
:. know of; they were tied on nOrtl
side of the hedge, except one that Wa
Up OH the other side.
ID State offered "Spu'lge,' and rested
III Defense submitted case to the court
s court ruled that the state had made
lie case; and ordered them held at sl ,O0
a bond each. As they could not give
ID they were comnitted to Jail to avail
ls the action of the grand jury.