Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-01-01

dict his present testimony.
w. N. Adams, farmer of Black.
man, told of seeing Holcomb in Lansing
October Fl. 1888. and having short
talk with him aud at 8 p. m. the same
day saw him on the north bound train.
Julius Baker, a cousin of defendants
detective, came next. He has charge
of the state army at Lansing and re-
membered showing Dan Holcomb the
gatling gun in the armory the first part
OF fair week. l never saw Dan before
or since till saw him here to-day.
Last sunday my cousin was showing
me some papers and Holcomb's photo
graph was among them and L recog-
nized it.
Libbie Smith, sister-in-law of VIM.
Holcomb, was the next witness. and told
a story about Dan losing the pistol up
north with single variation from the
others that she took it out of Dams
pocket once and loaded it, and saw
Mabel, Williams S-year old girl, shoot
IL at the stump.
William is now living on the Crouch
farm.
Tho Swear old Mabel ives put on the
stand and told how her papa held Uncle
Dams pistol, and she pulled it off. She
had never seen it since, and heard Dan
say he lost it. She went back up north
with he papa and Detective Baker, and
found Sheriff Winney and Mr.. Mccain
there. After they went away witness
showed Baker the stump and where she
stood when she fired Dams pistol. Be-
fore they came away the next day her
papa and Mr.. Baker said they found
some shells down by the lake.
Elmer Terry, the first witness for the
defense, December %, said two men
stayed at the Chapman house, Lansing.
kept by witness, on March 80, 1888.
One Of the men was Hull, a cigarmak-
or. He didn't know tho other. They
registered as Kit Carson and G. M.
Allen. They came at midnight and
went away before witness was up.
Detective James Fl. Baker swore no
had lived in Lansing 80 years. He
made The search at William Holcomb's
house last July for the shells, where
Dan had fired his revolver in tho pre-.
ceding October. Ten cartridge
shells were found in two different
| places by witness and others. All
the shells were 32 caliber and
the place where they were found was
pointed out by William Holcomb as the
| place where Dan stood when he fired
the pistol. The girl Mabel showed wit
ness where she hit the stump with Dams
pistol William Davis helped witness
find the shells. All were under fall
of leaves, where it could not have beeu
possible to place them since that time.
| Mark S. Hitchcock swore he saw Mr..
Crouch have $50 bill and ono for $l0C
at witnesses hardware store the Satur.
day before the murder, also 80 bill
| w. N. Woodsum, dealer In boots, iten.
tilted the rubber boots bought by Judd
for Dan the n 'ght before the murder as
| of the goodyear" make.
DR. j. T. Main had rs years expert
ence with the microscope. He had ex
amined the shells brought him by
Alonzo Mccain. and thought none Of
them had been struck exactly alike BY
the hammer. Could not tell whethel
any number of shells were fired from
the same pistol by such examination
but was of opinion that If any number
of shells were fired from the same pisto
no two would be hit exactly alike.
David M. Williams, clerk at the Com
mercial hotel said G. ID. Harrington
registered at the hotel Oct. 81, 1888
as e ID. Harrison, Chicago. Was there
again December 10, 1888. as G. ID. Har
rington, and ordered horse and buggy
by telephone saying that he was going
to visit his sister near the Blackmar
Center house.
L. II. Powell swore to meeting Oar
Holcomb and Jacob Crouch at the pro
bate Office just before the murder
They were looking up papers.
Edna Harrington, teacher in the
Jackson school, said she formerly
taught in the Holcomb's district anc
boarded at Holcomb's and knew Mrs
Eunice White. The relations of the
two families were pleasant, and visit:
were frequently exchanged. Witnes.
had seen Mr.. Crouch at Holcomb's
barn, and several times at the gate, but
he never came in, and Dan did moi
visit there.
Della Campbell taught school neal
Holcomb's three years, and during thai
time the two families wero very friend
ly aud exchanged visits nearly every
Sunday. q
John O'Brien OF Summit said the
storm on the night Of the murder begar
about 1890. Holcomb never said il
the presence of witness that 'he would
have Harrington in prison if it cost hin
life"