The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-12-22


or four times the 9Th of Noyembe,
? 1890. first met him in the morning
d when l came. When l met him later,
q 3 o'clock p. m, did not have my
overcoat on Il did not have my over
e coat on at that time.
+ Re-cross examined-I did not have
my hand in my overcost pocket when
! l was talking TO Dempsey Brown. l
did not have the coat on.
LYNCH BLACK.
know Judge Higgins saw him the
day after the shooting. noticed that
his neck was stiff and that when he
wanted to turn his head he would
turn his body also. He was that way
for six weeks.
Cross examined-I am on the de-
PENDANTS bond. l am not doctor.
BEN FERGUSON.
Reside in the neighborhood of Judge
Higgins. Met him the day after the
shooting in HOustonia. Also met him
after his return from Sedalia, after
his incarceration and met him fire.
quently after that. He walked and
acted as if he was suffering from neck
and shoulder troubl e and 1 think this
continued until January 1891 or |
later.
FRANK HAYMAN.
Am farmer and reside in the
neighborhood of Houstonia. saw him
before the 9Th of Now, 1890 and
after that time frequently. l noticed
that he had difficulty with
his neck and would turn
his body when he wanted to turn
his head.
JOE SCOTT RECALLED.
Judge Higgins and l walked to the
train together on Nov. 6, 1890. He
had his overcoat On his arm. | as
sisted him to put on his overcoat be- !
fore We got to the train.
VII. REED.
l was railroad agent at Sweet !
Springs in 1890. l knew Col. Price.
Saw him in front of the BAzoo office
Nov. &, 1890. Was with him fifteen =
minutes in the forenoon. In the af.
l was with him two hours.
Just before he started for the train, a
remarked they had treated. 'g
He replied that Higgins had de-
,eived the people and had lied. n
think he profaned in his conversation
and he seemed emphatic. His COM n
plexion was unusually ford and /
'hink he had been drinking. / did IL
not tell this matter or Prices talk to Il
Judge Higgins that afternoon. u
The testimony of the witness Reed fl
vas objected to by the state and the
objection sustained. IS
AFTERNOON sEssloN-REBUTTAL, J
DEMPSEY BROWN IN
Vas in Sedalia Nov. 6, 1890, saw 10
Judge Higgins that day between
hree and four o'clock in the hall of W
he court house. He had his over. m
oat on. ia
Gross examined-I have taken some sh
interest in this case for the prosecu- II
on. did not try to have III
Judge Higgins and all the county
ourt indicted. l told Rodney Kelly to
rat had drawn lines in the case and m,
had taken one side. tn
ROBERT PRIGMoRE. tel
l was assistant prosecuting attorney ire
Pettis county Nov. 6, 1890. Myers
as in LoDgan's Office that day. Price
as there that day. / did not he.r =
rice say what Mr.. Myers says he did CIT
anything like it. 10y
RODNEY KELLY. 10,
Testifying for defense-know
empsey Brown. He told me that W
had taken sides in the matter and
proposed to do everything he could He
assist the prosecution. l told him
at both parties were friends of mine Lo
d that ] should not take sides. ton
This closed the evidence in the St.
re. {
THE ARGUMENT. VIZ
After the evidence was all in, the =
orneys submitted the instructions, n,
to the law which was to go to the \
Y, to Judge Ryland, who sat upon IA,
bench and carefully reviewed hin,
m. After giving them a careful III +
he handed them to the r.
Orneys who read them to the jury, r
er which the court stated that three .
ITS would be allowed each side for A.
ument to the jury. The opening y
ument was made by w. ID. Steele IA,
the state, followed by G. ". Bar. p
t, for the defense. Judge Sbirk s.s
n spoke-made powerful plea "