Wichita eagle., 1889-09-15
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left the place almost Immediately. He
had not seen any revolver on the person OF
Stevens. Cross-eXamined by Dale he de-
scribed on plat the place where the men
We're standing. Said Winters was stand
! ing at one end of the building and appeared
| to be somewhat scared. Repe5ted the con
Versation that had occurred between
Stevens and the townships on the morning
in question. Also repeated the oaths that
Stevens had hurled at the ToWnsleys.
| SAID the first shot had a lighter detona-
ton than the second.
After the cross-examination of the above
witness a recess of five minutes was taken.
The grand jury at this point came in and
reported a number of indictments.
Attorney Dale then called the witnesses
for the defense. Mr.. Calhoun was the
first witness celled. He said he arrived at
the store of Townsley & Winters soon
after the shooting of Stevens and saw the
| latter lying on the floor. He then de-
| scrbed the interior of the store and
pointed out where the principals III the
case were at the time of his entrance. Mr.
Perry subjected the witness to rigid cross
examination and broke down some of the
testimony he swore to at the preliminary
examination. Said he saw gun picked
up near the body of Stevens. Said man
by the name of Brown picked up the revol
YER Did not see it on the floor but saw 1t
first in the hands of this man Brown. Was
asked by Perry what his business is, said
he was a speculator. What do you specu-
late in? Sometimes one thing and some
times another. Tell one thing you specu-
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ing? Faro banking.
The judge ordered an adjournment until
s p. IN.
NEW INDICTMENTS.
Charles Lane, for unawfully and carnal-
ly knowing a female under the age of six
teen years
James Hughes, an attempt TO commit
murder. Hughes did try TO kill N; II.
Reeves in the Oklahoma country On the
9th day Of last June
James Hughes, assault with a deadly
weapon. This is another Indictment on
the above crime.
Charles Perkins, TAYLOR Combes and
Douglas Welch, for conspiring against
Joseph Patocka for the purpose OF prevent
ing him from making a homestead entry
in Oklahoma.
Seven indictments were found against
parties for the crime of perjury. One for
larceny and four for introducing liquor in
the Indian country.
ARRESTED FOR PERJURY.
When the witness Calhoun had finished
his testimony he was arrested on q war
rant sworn out by Frank p Cease, charg-
ing him with perjury Calhoun had
sworn in his testimony here to things diff
ferent from what he had sworn to in the
Z hal in nth Iia
I he warrant was SWORN out before Clerk
of the Court Wilson as United States COM
missioner.
EVENING SESSION.
When court was called 10 order at S
o'clock J. w. Thomas, Of Guthrie, was
called to the stand and SAYS he runs a feed
store RENDERS shooting on August g.
Was i'll middle Of the street when shot was
fired and on going to the store saw Stevens
on his hands and knees. Saw Winters in
the store. Saw 81 or 3S-caIibre revolver
lying north of Stevens. Was shown re-
volver which he said was something like
the one he saw. Said the pistol was about
two feet away from where the body was
lying. The pistol was picked up before he
went away, bat did not know who took it,
Mr. Swigert said he was in Guthrie on
August i. Was on Harrison avenue and
heard the shots. Ran up to where shoot
ing occurred. Saw several people there
when he got there Saw Stevens living on
his left side. lie was dying
George Orcott testified that he has lived
there since the 22d of April Knew Stevens
bv sight and was acquainted with
the defendants. Overheard Stevens
make threat against Townsley
and Winters about 10 O'Clock
4. IN. Said that Stevens mad reputation
of being a quarrelsome man. Witness
identified piece Of meat which was hang
ing twelve or fourteen feet east of front
entrance. Looked as if a bullet had gone
through the meat and then through the |
roof. a person would have to stand about
ten feet southeast of the door to put a
bullet through it. Said that Allison the !
United States commissioner, had |
meat in his charge until a day or two ago |
Perry made a motion to exclude Orcutt's |
testimony. Overruled by the judge. On |
cross-eXamlnati0n said he is assignee of !
TOwnsley and Winters. Overheard Stew |
ems say to Mr.. Case that he had run the !
- - out of my building this |
morning. They were standing At the |
head of the alley about eight feet away |
from me.
Mir Lille and Mr.. Brown were called. |
but their testimony did not differ much |
from that OF preceding witnesses.
At lG:45 court adjourned until 9 o'clock |
tomorrow morning.
Al adjournment last night Townslev !
and Winters were admitted to bail in a |
joint bond of $4,000
GRAND JURY.
The grand jury filed into court yester- |
day afternoon at ) o'clock aud handed a |
bunch of indictments TO Clerk Wilson /
The following resolution was also handed /
TO JudgeFOster.
GRAND Jury Room !
WICHITA, Sept. H. 1889 (
We. the members Of the grand Jury of /
the I nited States district court Just held |
at Wichita, do hereby extend our thanks |
to the Hon. c. q. Foster, United States /
district Judge: Hon. ". G. Perry, United /
States district attorney, and Z. Hogan. |
Esq. assistant; also Hon r. T. Walker. |
United States marshal. for their kindness !
to Us and congratulate the departmental !
Justice upon having such faithful officers /
We also extend our thanks to our bailiff. |
Henry billiard, for his faithful services
rendered to Us. j. HOPES. Foreman.
George Hale, j. Denning,
w. !. lsaacs, q. H. Robinson,
II. O. stump, y. u. Wiley,
Q. II. Rosenberger, Il. y. Brashear.
C. p Lee. d. H. Henry,
W. \. Ewing, +. = johnson.
!. W. Flota, I. =. Hiue,
J. c. Beatty. y b. B0ylan,
Judge Foster then asked the grand Jury
if they had completed their duties, and
was answered in the affirmative He
then thanked the jury for the faithful!
manner in which they had performed their
duties and for the help which be had re-