Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-18
Court Adjourned To Meet In The
Opera House At A. NJ, Monday.

ing and all the court officers present, except
Clerk Wilson. who had taken -ick day be-
fore.
Nellie Bailey was IN court looking as
usual, and apparently in good spirits: her
friends and relatives were there Eight Ia
dies sat in chairs inside the railing. Every
seat III the house was occupied.
United States Commissioner ShearInan Of
Wichita who ofIiciated as clerk in the alb
sence Of Mir. Wilson, call the names Of the
jurors, who were all present. The court
then called on the government TO proceed
with the case.
The first witness called WIS William
barrow. lie lived at Sedgwiclz City, Har-
vey county; knew Bothernly: lived on his
ranch since 80: came there about July 18th;
knew Bothemly during his lie time: he WAS
on the place when moved
on il; knew Mrs. Bailey; first
saw her with Bothemly, saw her before We
moved there; heard him say she was his SIS
ter; they left for Texas August %; saw Mrs.
Bailey go cut so'"eiincs on horseback; she
came 10 Us once when we were shearIng
sheep; saw her riding with Bothelnly; did
not know who she was; couldn't remember
how She was dressed; she wore a cloth mask
when they started to go to Texas; the mask
covered her face and had holes for the eye,:
she wore revolver in belt: they were all
armed; Bothernly always spoke Of the sheep
as ours
Capt. Il. VI. Curtis was the next witness:
| am Il jailor at Topeka; Nellie WAS in my
custody over nine months; hnd CONVERSE
tons with her; she did not say she killed an
Englishrasi, be had trouble with her about
cleaning some rooms on account Of which he
locked her up; heard her say if she had re-
volver she would she would blow some
body's brains out; it WAS a dark room; she
tore up some clothing; she was not generally
kept in close confinement; she went down to
my house alone sometimes; she went down
town alone sometimes; stayed over night in
the house with my wife on one or two occa-
siOns; my wife sent for her to the jail some
times; she never attempted To escape.
Witness WAS asked If ne was not generally
favorably impressed with her-prosecution
objected; the question caused laugh-Ob-
lection sustained. The first trouble had
with her Was about sending letters out with
out passing through my hands; She wrote
TO a colored prisoner who WAS sentenced to
the penitenIiary and who wa= confined in
his cell; intercepted notes passing be-
t" cen them; also one addrcs sed to a Judge
at Atchisou; couldn't tell how many letters
she wrote but thought there were over a
hundred.
Detective 7. y. Terril next took the stand
Lived in Topeka; was special agent of
the treasury department.; was pat to work
on this case by the department Of justice;
was assigned 10 that duty about December
i, 1883, but having other work unfinished
could not 20 to work on It till the 23d Of
January, 1881; examined the contents of the
trunk Nellie had with her in TIE territory;
san il at the SuHaowcr Office nj Newton;
found several letters and other writings of
OF here in the trunk; counsel showed him a
small diary; ne said he found it in the trunk
This caused filter Of excitement. The
diary was shown TO Stanley and he and Mel
lie examined !; carefully. \ memorandum
WAS read from the diary by Mr. Hatton as
follows: MET Clement August -. 80:
pledged myself to be his wife till death does
part us."
john {. Johnson.-l live at Newton; was
register Of deeds; in October, 80, received
a letter dated at Caldwell and signed Sara
4. Laws-leyter shown witness: that WAS the
letter; letter read:-"Caldwcli. Kan, Sept,
SO; Register Of Deeds, Newton, Kan:-En-
closed find deed and s.; don't know the
exact amount 10 send; return deed and
change to my address at Fort Reno, Indian
Territory. Sara 4. Laws" This was the
deed executed before Esquire Mitchell at
Wichita
Mrs.=Welis.-Live in Indian Territory at
Skeleton ranch; my husband was the pro-
prietor Of the ranch: was there in October,
'sS; Mrs. Bailey was there and stopped at the
house the day Bothemly was buried; Nellie
stayed in the house most Of the time: saw
her writing; she was here from > p. m until
duck; would not stay all night; she gave
letter to Collins.
Mrs. : llaynes.-Live in Caldwell; in Au-
gus; and September, 50, kept ranch in the
Indian Territory, 20 miles south of Caid-
well; saw the Bo;henly outfit pass: Nellie
went to their supply store and inquired
where she could find Indians; that she
had lot of jewelry to trade with them:
her dress struck her as being odd;
wore mans hat with cord around it: had
tx shooter in belt around her: wanted
TO know how far il WAS to the Indian Ra~er- |
Walton; had Il lot Of jcwelry 10 trade for po-
nies; witness asked if she was not afraid 10
go among the Indians; she said she was able |
TO protect herself: SAW Boihemly passing by |
on horseback; saw the others with the sheen; |
Nellie ard Bctheinly fred several shot,
around there; seemed to be handy with PTS
toi.
Observation-Disclosures she WAS ircss-
cd unusual; never saw ladies wearing six |
shooters: Nellie said She could protect her |
self from danger; saw buggy tied behind the |
Car; no one on the car.
q. q. Wels:-Live in Indian Territory 30 |
miles south of Caldwell: was at skeleton |
Ranch, October :, 1888, when Boihenlv was !
buried; lived at Caldwell at the time: was
at Skeleton ranch when the body was taken /
up; SAW Nellie there; helped to guard her
and Dodson; she wasn't in grief; was quite |
willing 20 talk; was not present when she
was arrested: detected her whispering with |
Dodson while in the room under guard: the |
body was taken up the 18th OF l4,h Q; Octo-
Der; she made several efforts 10 talk secretly /
with Dodson; stopped her. other guard:
caught them whispering; Skeleton Ranch Is
40 miles south Of Caldwell on the road lead
ing to Texas; after leaving Caldwell, the first
ranch is a: Pond Greek; next Polccat; next
skeleton Ranch; where the tragedy occurred
is 4. miles north Of the Canadian. Col. Hal
lowell asked him concerning location with
reference TO establishing the jurisdiction Of
the court--was born in Minnesota; is a
Sioux Indian: HOLSTER and Mcmillan
brought the prisoners TO the ranch under
guard. On cross examination he said IIol-
lister was not rude to Nellie: didn't have her
hands tied with a rope: she was treated
kindly: her and Dai;sor wanted 10 talk all