Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-11-21

noon and the defense made its
statement and put conductor Resch
on the stand, after which the court
adjourned until Saturday morning
as the attorneys on both sides were
tired and wanted little rest ard
time to work on the case. The
countenance of the prisoner showed
no change during any of the evil
dence for the State, and. although
he listened attentiveiy, it could not
have been told from his face
which is not an easy one to read
that he was the party about whom
such terrible things were being
said. His wife and child did not
remain in the court during the
giving of evidence by the State,
but came in again with the prison.
er's sister as soon as the defense
opened. The interest in the trial
appears to grow as it advances and
never before was the verdict of a
jury as anxiously awaited by the
general public as in this case.
EVIDENCE OF CONDUCTOR REACH.
The first evidence introduced by
the defense on Friday afternoon
was that of conductor Reach, whose
train Bette Sira came up from
St. Louis on. Conductor Reach
testified: II have been running
passenger trains on the Wabash for
twenty years. I remember when
Dusenberry and Bette Sira came
up on my train in November, 1888
Bette Sira had ticket to Mex
leo but wanted to get off at Benton
| told her l could not stop there,
and that she could either 60 to
Mexico or atop at Montgomery
City. I told her she had better
stop at Montgomery, as there was
Il hotel right in the depot, and that
she could get to benton, or home,
sooner by stopping there. I gave
her a check SO she could come
home on the next day. I saw
Dusenberry in the car with her.
I,id not know his name. They
were sitting side by side and talk
ing. Just before l got to Mont
gomery I saw them both asleep and
he was holding her hand, or ap-
peared to be. l woke them up
and told her quietly that she had
best not go with that man or any
one else, but to 60 to the hotel in
the depot. I asked her if she un-
derstood me and she nodded her
head. The porter helped her of
the train. There were lights in
the depot and the hotel"
CRoss-ExAMINAfIoN OF REACH.
Conductor Reach, on cross ex.
| animation, added but little to what
he said as given above. "When /
| saw Bette Sira On the train /
thought she was a green country
glrl about Is years old. 1 did not
notice her enough to know whether
or not she was the picture Of inno-
cence when l saw them asleep. She
did not have her hand in his lap.
| He appeared to have hold of her
hand in her lap. Both appeared to
be a asleep. I saw nothing wrong
in her conduct while on the train.
The porter helped her off. The
| reason I told her not to go with
Dusenberry was because she was a
| young girl by herself. I did not
| know Dusenberry. l suspected
Dusenberry had intentions against
the girl and I told her to 60 to the
hotel right by the depot. Dusen
berry's hand may have just fallen
over into her lap after they had
gone to sleep. Yes, I know that
Bette Sira has a suit against the
Wabash company for s50,0 900. "
Court then adjourned until s
O'Clock Saturday morning.
SATURDAY MORNING SESSION
At $50 Saturday morning the
court room was rowded and many
looked as though they had stayed
all night.
| THE CAR PoRTER's EVIDENCE.
The first witness was Jefferson
Davis Brown, colored, the porter
on the train on which Bette Sira
came to Montgomery, who testi-
fed: ~ told Bette Sira when
she got on the train that we did not
stop at Benton City. She got on
anyway and had ticket to Mexico.
She told the conductor she would
get off at Montgomery City. The
conductor told her to stop at the
depot hotel and gave her a check
to come on the next train. I no.
ticed Dusenberry and Bette Sira
talking on the train. ] also saw
them asleep, side by side, in the
chair car he had his hand in her
lap and she had her hand in his
lap. Conductor Reach woke them
up just as we got to Montgomery
and told her to 60 to the hotel at
the depot. / helped her off and
showed her the hotel right there al
the depot.
| CRoss-EXAMINATIoN.
| On cross-examination the porter
testified: 81 noticed Bette :Sira
very particularly. ] remember
| when she got OFF | don't remem.
ber any other lady on the train OF
when any other lady got of. ]