, 1889-09-26

In the wagon. Did not hear Waters say
TO amy one, Charge that sack of sugar
to me" lie might have said so and |
not have heard It.
WILLIAM cowELL's TESTIMONY.
William Cowell testified. am driver
of express wagon No. 43; wasdriving No.
37at the reliefdistribution time. | hauled
& load of provisions to Front street by
the direction of Major Waters. Do not
remember of hauling a load to
lunch counter at his direction. l told
load OF provisions of about 200 pounds,
upon direction of Major Waters, to
Dud,s lunch counter, and after
wards went to Colonel Winston and cor
rccted that statement. Dad was stand
ing by the wagon and Waters In the
door of tho relief tent. Waters did not
pay for hauling the load. Waters paid
me ut Dutch Jake's for load TO Front
street, Dad paid me for hauling the
only one load to the lunch counter The
load | hauled to Dads consisted of u
sack of sugar of about 100 pounds and "a
couple of hams. | first came to Colonel
Winston and said that Major Waters di-
rected me to haul the goods, and after
wards went to him and corrected myself
and said that 1t was Dad that sent the
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Murray. 03G East Front street. upon di-
rection of Major Waters. fThc prosecll-
tion waived all as regards Mrs, Murrays
load,
Dads restaurant Is right back of the
Lion, saloon on Lincoln street At
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An.. i 'oii liu' .,i"e II 'e Suto '.S
the hesr roI Wouiu mo, on"rsS ny Sfrv,eut Wei 70
tne rellet committee, when ! went 20
',on.s V.u',ei i,s'om oinuo uno ".Juo 'i 'nt nf
pnner The witness WINS shown his
written statement made before Chief
Warren and Colonel Winston i'm order
to identity IL. The papcr was offered i'm
evidence: defense objected objection
sustained. have moi had any CONVEX
sation with Waters or any one else in
regard To This matter after sioned the
statement. | have not had any CONVEX
sation with any one cxcent Chief War
rem and Colonel Winston since this
investigation began.
testi}ed that u Se a haH told was oorne e Maiors @
since the arrests that he did moi propose
to testify against Major Waters any
more thnn he couid hell.
mrsn ,.
Ed Downs testified ~ am engaged
IN the scavenger business and live on
the north side. watched the relief
tent several nights to see what became
of goods. Nobody told me to watch.
! saw load OF provisions go to Major
Waters house between the hours OF .
ana III o clock at night, IN farm wagon.
! saw the wagon start rom the relief
tent and wanted to see where 1t
Court then adjourned until O'Clock
L. Nj.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Ed Downs continued his testimony ms
follows: ''Don't know whether any of
the military were on duty at the tent
that night; saw people goingbackward
andforwarc. The wagon box In which the
goods were taken to Major Waters
house was about three-utIarters full.
Three men loaded the wagon at the
tent. saw men unload tile wagon at
the majors house, A man came out of
the yard and helped unload. They put
the box ON the ground i'm the street.
L did NOT wait 10 see
all of the load unloadcd.
There were two blocks between me and
the house, | stood on Bridge street.
The box was about two feet long. [
could not recognize the men. | do
not know Robert Inglis. | did
not see the box taken into Major
Waters house. Don't know whether
the man who came out of the ward wa,
Major Waters or not. | did not report
the matter. to the relief committee, be-
cause | wanted somebody else TO bring
it up. | think the first man men
toned it to was MIR. Raph. Don't re.
member of speaking to any one else
about it, | don't know how the prose-
cution came to summon me as IA wit
ness. | told Mr.. Rapl | saw a load go-
ing to the North Side in a farmers
wagon. / was on duty for about five
nights at various times. Think saw
three loads. They were all loaded at the
same time. Three men were engaged i'm
loading them. Can't sny which one of
the wagons was loaded first. Can't give
any description of the men, | was sit
ting across the street. One night after
that 1 saw wagon with hayr ON IL
loaded at the tent. Did not follow it.
| followed the load across the river be-
cause il was going the same way | was
going. | did not wait to see any more
than the one box unloaded in front of
Major Waters house, but could see
the wagon stop in front of the house,
aud could see the men take out the box.
The night the wagon with the hayrack
on it was loaded went OIL to see after
my pony, and sat down and went to-
sieop, Nv h1ii ,h,nh, eunie phoN 1ho ,nv Wagoil
haml'hg s.olei sooas. non KNOW why
| diu not report tne matter 70 the COM
mlttee. ! was not employed by anNOuc