The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-06-09
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ter we got 10 camp the man joe was sit-
Ting by the fire. | was at the hind end
OF the wagon, either putting feed in the
box for the horses or taking a sack of
corn out, when l heard gun 20 Off. /
walked around and saw the man was
shot and Hillman was pulling away to
keep MN ont OF the fire. Hillman
changed day-book from his own
pocket 10 Joe's, and said to me that ev-
erythlng was all right and in shape, Just
rs nc wanted 1t, that | need not be
AFRAID but II was all right. He told me
to get on pony and 20 down TO a ranch.
ABOUT three'quarters OF mile, and GET
some one to come up. He took Joe's
Valise and started north. This was
ABOUT shutdown. We had no ar.
rangements about communicating
with each other. He first proposed To do
so,but told him | did not want to know
where / was; that in case should |
could hnd out some olher Way.
nave never heard from him since, At
Lawrence Mrs. Hillman gave mo 10
understand that she knew where Hill.
man was and that he was all right. The
man over whom an inquest was held at
the camp and aiterward at Medicine
Lodge aud ut Lawrence, Kansas, was tho
man Joe Burgess or Burkly, killed by
Hillman, as related above, and John w,
Hillman | believe to be still alive. AT
least he left our camp and went north,
as stated above"
NEW CONGRATULATIONS REPUDI-
ATEs HIS "CoNFEssIoN."
The defense got this statement In evil
dence in the trial, but tho plaintiff intro
duced Brown as her witness, and he tos-
titled that his statement TO Buchanan
was false; that il was obtained by
threats that he should be prosecuted for
murder II he did not make IL, and pro-
tected II he did. He testified positively
that the body WAS Hillman's, as did also
Mrs. Hillman and several friends of
Humans, some Of them from Barbour
County, who had seen him Just before
his death. The insurance Companies
claimed that Frederick Walters, of Fort
Madison, Iowa, was missing, and thew
had traced him 10 Wichita, and when
last heard of he had left there with
Brown and Hillman for the southwest
TO start stock ranch. The defense got
in evidence letter that they claimed
was written by Walters at Wichita,
March |, 1879, 70 Alvina Kastin, his afi.
anced at Fort Madison, In which he
stated that he was about leaving there
NAhh bOuY Hhu DOon DnO-
tographed before being buried at Law
renee, and brother, two sisters and the
father of Walters testified that the body
WAS that of Frederick Walters. Tho
PLAINTIFFS attorneys freely charged
throughout the case that the rulings of
Judge Foster were against them. His
instructions were rather favorable 10 the
defense. Though the jury disagreed, il
Is known that by a considerable major
ity they favored verdict for Mrs. Hill.
man.
A large number Of insurance men are
here TO witness the present trial, and
there appears to be deeper interest
than ever in the case.
CAN HILLNAN he PRODUCED,
The insurance companies have been
taking dispositions In New Mexico, and
IL Is supposed from parties who claim to
have seen Hillman there since tho kill.
ing. On the other hand the plaintiffs
attorneys will make the most out of the
point that though the insurance cnmpa.
niles have always claimed that Hillman
was In Now Mexico they have not pro-
duced him, though they have had live
years 10 do IL in.
Mrs. Hillman is apparently firm in the
belief that her husband was killed, aud
that $4,000, with interest, making IL
about $4,000, belongs TO her. The trial
OF tho case will consume much OF the
present term OF court Globe Demo.
crat