St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-30
Links in the Chain of Oiroumstantial Evi-
denoe in the Trial of Martin for
Murder.
Witnesses Produced Who Say the Bloody
Knife Found in "Pen 4O'' Was the
Prisoners Property.
More Than Usual Interest Aroused
From the Mystery Attached to
the Homicide.
Testimony as to Martins Acquafnt-
ance With the Murdered Man--A
Noisy Witness.
WAS MARTINS KNIFE?
The Second DAYS Testimony in the
Mysterious Stock Yards Murder
Case. Knife the subject of
Much Testimony.


Mysterious Stock Yards Murder
Much Testimony.
The trial of j. d. Martin for the murder
of Buck Moore was resumed in the district
court before Judge Wilkin, yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock. The court room,
both within and without the bar. was
crowded to its utmost capacity, and all day
long the poorly ventilated room was liter
| ally packed with spectators who had ire
quenty to be called to order under threats
of clearing the room.
D. ]. Cowley resumed the stand and was
examined by Mr.. Mum. Witness explained
that Moore was found leaning against the
gate, so that when the gate was opened he
fell. Wi ness helped carry him to the engine,
| and saw several pools of blood about two
| feet apart and signs of struggle. Moore
| tried TO prevent being searched by taking
hold of his pockets Witness saw Martin
| leave the Merriam Park depot about IL
o'clock, when the train left, and after the
train left saw him walking down the plat
form toward the Transfer. Was present
when Carmody found the knife there witness
| identified the knife). On cross examine
| ton, said he identified the knife by its gen.
eral appearance and by dried blood on it, but
| would not be able to tell a similar knife from
| it, in the absence of marks. Here counsel
| for defense produced copy of the testimony
| at the cOroners inquest, and witness thought
| the testimony given by him then would be
| generally better than at present, because his
memory was fresher. Thought he could
name with little time to think, ten people
who were in the depot at the time he saw
| Martin there. The positions of Martin and
| the wounded man were not so that they could
see each other. Maitin appeared to be look
| ing at the floor. Witness helped the wounded
man, who was struggling and trying to get
out again. The wounded man was rational
! part of the time Was afraid of Martin be-
| cause he came up with his hands in
his pockets and looked witness in the
! face. Could not name any of the five or six
men standing between Martin and the
wounded man. The time witness was en-
| gagged in helping the wounded man was ABOUT
| forty-fve minutes, but only got little
BLOOD ON HIS HANDS.
| The second time witness saw them in the
| depot. Martin could see the wounded man.
| In redirect examination, witness said that
Moore had a mustache but no other beard.
| The only rational talk witness heard from
! Moore was q request to be taken to the trans
| fer. The depot was sufficiently lighted to see
| every one or read newspaper.
William E. Ryan. foreman at the Transfer,
| first saw Martin at Mr.. Davis hotel at $3.50
| that evening and had talk with him. Had
| seen him at various occasions for the past
! two or three years. Had talked about III
| shipments of horses and when the most OF
| them went. Asked Martin to supper. then
| asked him to come to st. Paul with witness.
| At first he accepted, then decided not to GO
| Witness went to st. Paul and when he re-
| turned at / O'Clock was told by Mr.. Sullivan
| that man had been killed and witness
identified the man as Smith or Moore. who
was expecting carload Of horses. Witness
| spoke to Moore, shook hands with him and
was recognized. Did not see Martin until
| Nl,<1., 1nxrr Mont
] the depot was well lighted. On crosS-examina-
| ton witness said Martin was dressed neatly
| in blue suit of clothes; his actions were per-
| fectly natural. When witness shook hands
with Moore, the latter got on his feet without
assistance. His vest was covered with blood
| and his hands were bloody. Witness came to
| ST. Paul and rode to the city hospital with
! Moore where the doctor dressed the wounds.
| In redirect examination witness said that
| Moore's face was not covered with blood so
| but that witness recognized him easily.
! After shaking hands Moore lapsed into an un-
| conscious state ana could not speak
Charles Ellis clerk at the Davis house at
| the time testified to having seen Moore at
noon and having recognized him at ii O'Clock
in the depot, wounded. On cross-examina-
ton witness said he now lived near Waphe-
ton, III miles from the city, and was sub
ppnaed from there Testimony on this point
WIS objected to and the question withdrawn.
Witness described the dress and appearance
of Martin. corroborating previous witnesses.
Witness said man working in the lumber
yard occupied a bed in the same room with
Martin the night of the murder. Saw Officer
Kline search Martin that night.
Thomas Welch, switchman at the Transfer,
testified that he was one of those who helped
remove Moore from the place at which he
was found, and corroborated some points
already brought out. On cross-eXamnation
witness said he now resided in Chicago. This
Il hot mot in -on
made several inquiries about the Minneapolis
train but in his testimony at the preliminary
examination. as read by Judge Egan he tes-
titled that it was Martin.
Court adjourned until o'clock.
William J. Klein, mounted police officer,
identified the knife found near the place of
the murder and described how it was stained
with blood Witness saw the p oS of blood
and found the coupling pin. Witness thought
the knife was shut when found.
John W. Burton, of Mount Pleasant, Ia,
was called He kept hotel there thirteen
wears and knew J. d. Martin for three years.
Saw him last before March II, and March 10
at Mount Pleasant. He knew Martin had
knife and few days before March 10 had
Martin knife in his possession for two or
three days. aud
OFTEN BORROWED IT
from him. He described the knife very
minutely. Witness was shown the knife in
evidence and said it was similar to the one
Martin had. question as to whether in his
best Judgment it was the same knife was
objected to- but the objection was Overruled.
Witness said he could not answer yes, but it
correspondent in appearance to the one he mad
had in his possession. On cross-examination
the witness said he could not say it was the
same kniie.,
w. w. Manhattan, residing six miles south
of Burlington. Ia, said he had known Martin
since early in 1885. Had also known Buchanan
Moore, ard saw him with Martin in front of
tn Prospect house at Fort Madison in Febru-
ar, 1885. Last saw them together about a
month before the murder, in Burlington.
Moore had told witness that they were in part
nership and Martin had denied the partner
ship. TIL was about January, 1856. A knife
carried by Martin had once been in witness
hand. Described the knife only as to style
and color of handle and the presence of a
plate on the handle. Being shown the knife
in evidence said it looked like the same knife,
but he could not say that it was the same one.
j. O. Smyth, chief of police of Burlington,
Ia, testified that he know both Moore and
Martin by sight, and had seen them frequently
on the streets there prior to the murder. Saw
them around the Prospect house most of the
time.
Charles Sheanes, ticket broker at Burlng-
ton, Ia, testified to knowing j. D. Martin,
and having sold him ticket TO Cedar Falls |
on March TO- last. Martin had asked for
ticket to st. Paul. but witness did not have
one.
A. r. Strickland, conductor on the Burling-
ton, Cedar Rapids s. Northern, had known j.
D. Martin, who had ridden on witness train
on March IL, 1885, from Burlington to Albert !
Lea, having Il ticket at first to Cedar Falls. !
On cross examination he said he knew it was |
Martin because a day or two afterward he |
made a memorandum of it with Martins
name. Witness was accustomed to making
memorandums in case OF important events.
MARTINS KNIFE.
Frank ScOrrale Valley CITY Oak. had /