Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-11-28

the murder until my arrival. Mrs.
Collins said Sunday morning be-
tween 4 and 5 O'Clock that she went
to the front door and looked out
before calling Mrs. Scanland. !
think she said before the Coroner's
Jury that she awoke Mrs. Scanland
first. / do not mean to say pos
itively that she told me she went to
the door first" A paper sack was
here presented to the witness with
some holes in it and blackened.
The witness was asked if the paper
looked like a fire arm had been
fred in close proximity to it and
how far, IN his opinion, was the
muzzle of the pistol from the paper.
Objected to. Objection overruled.
Witness: ''It might have been
from six to seven inches; it might
have been closer. Isee some small
places burned through"
Over an hour was here occupied
with the reading over OF the testl-
mony of DR.. Crawford for the pur-
pose of making any needful correc-
tions.
RE-CRoss EXAMINATION.
81 don't know how long it was
after Mrs. Collins got up that she
discovered that the house was
burglarized. / went into the bed
room as soon as they finished
telling me of it.'
REDIRECT EXAMINATION.
II noticed after Mrs. Scanland
was arrested she cried some. She
wanted to go out of doors Mr..
Quisenberry sent a lady or two
with her to the next room. She
would not go in the room with
them, but was very much excited.
The guards that were in that room
stepped out into the dining room.
I then called to the Constable that
she was running away. She ran
through the three east rooms out of
doors. We brought her back to
the room, whereupon she sat down
and laughed loudly two or three
times. This was between six and
seven o'clock, a halt hour before
they were searched. She was only
out doors about minute"
| Mr.. Zachariah 7. Fry was now
called up and sworn, whereupon he
took the stand. II knew Mr.. E
A. Collins. I live a little more
than quartre of a mile from his
house. Was called to his house
last Sunday morning by Charlie
Collins. 1t was 2:3O a. m. when /
left nay house. He said SONS one
had robbed the house and shot his
pa. He said watch, pistol and
$40 in money had been taken I
went TO the house with him. / saw
Mrs. Collins and Mrs. Scanland
there. I believe it was the former
who told me OF the occurrence.
His testimony with regard to the
situation of the bed in which Col
lins was killed and general condi-
tion of things corresponded with
that of DR.. Crawford. The Court
here adjourned until l O'Clock.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSION.
The examination of Mr.. Fry was
continued when court convened at
1 O'Clock. He testified: "I no.
ticed that the cover on the body OF
deceased was smooth. It was also
smooth on the front of the bed.
There was no indication that any.
one had slept on the north side Of
the bed. The table with light
on it stood foot and a half or two
feet from the head of the bed"
| On cross-examination Mr.. Fry
testified: "When I went to the
house ] found Mrs. Collins agitate6
and. 1 think, crying. Mrs. Scan
land did not seem to take It az
hard az Mrs. Collins. II anyone
slept on the pillow ON the north
side of the bed, it must have beer
smoothed up to its original condi'
tion.''
! Speaking of the murder the
Laddonia Herald says /: Enoct
IArmlstead Collins was a Unior
soldier during the war, and if he
had been permitted to live another
day he would have been 81 year,
old. He was a member of the
Laddonia G. A. r. Post, under
whose honors he was inferred Mon
day in theLaddonia cemetery. He
was also a member of the Rush
Hill A. Fl. T. A, which associa
tion Is using every available meant
to ferret out the perpetrators of tn,
deed. He leaves a wife, tive
daughters and four sons. He hae
his faults, of course-and who ha'
not?-was liked and respected By
his neighbors, and SO far as known
had not an enemy notwithstanding
the fact that he was enticed out t.
his barn on the night of the 9Th 0
April, 1887, and nearly killed will
q club in the hands of an unknown
would-be assassin.
i He was man in well-to-do cir