The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-12-29
but In this case witness thought Sullivan
ought to have been hung.

ouBut W uotO DCCu uuiS.
''Do you consider person who mingle'
with crowd for the purpose of seeing {
prisoner hanged contrary to law, a law abid
ing citizen?" The witness said he did not
Ex-senator Marcus Wilcox, of Corunna,
was the next witness on the stand. His
testimony was simply q repetition of thai
given by former witnesses for the defense
He saw no indications of lynching; thought
1t was the best natured crowd he ever saw.
On cr0ss-examination witness testified that
he thought Sheriff Jacobs could have Sc.
cured 200 deputies from the Flaw abiding
crowd" to protect the Jail against the
lynchers.
Sheriff Jacobs was next sworn. He re-
lated the capture of Sullivan and the bring
ing of the prisoner to Corunna. In recount
ing the incidents of the day on which
Sullivan was lynched, the sheriff testified
he thought he was doing right in allowing
every one to enter the Jail to see the prisoner.
In describing the actions of the lynchers
and the resistance offered by himself and
deputies, nothing new was developed. The
deputies were armed only with clubs. He
also denied saying in response to Gilmartin's
question if he would make complaint againt
any of the men, "Oh no; they are all sir
knight friends Of mine, 1 guess" The
sheriff also denied making the statement to
Gilmartin that she (Sullivan) got his just
deserts, though In short, the sheriff de-
MED making the statements testified to by
Gilmartip, Logan and Carroll. Chilson, re-
porter for the Lansing Republican, also
came in for his share of the sheriff's COM
pliments. The sheriff said he never knew
areporter who had reported him correctly.
Said his conversation with ChilsOn was
confdential;" he did not think it was to be
published,
On cross-eXamination, the sheriff adj
mitted that he did not want to shoot citizen
to protect Sullivan. Sheriff said he pre-
ferred stick of wood to a revolver in a
hand-to hand combat He caused a laugh
by saying to the attorney general. 'If l
was going to fight you right here you could
have your revolver and would choose a
club" Upon being pressed for an answer
as to why he and his deputies were armed
with rev0lvers, the sheriff became quite
nervous and said it was in order to be pre-
pared. The deputies were not to fire unless
necessary" Atty-Gen. Ellis was unable
to find out what the sheriff meant by ''nec-
essary.
The sheriff admitted that he knew it was
common talk that Sullivan would be lynched
if captured. "Was 1t not a fact that inasmuch
as Sullivan had pleaded guilty, it would not
be right for you to shoot into the crowd?"
81 did not want to shoot an innocent
man," was the sheriff's reply.
The sheriff said he was sure he injured
some of the mob but had been unable to
find any of the ''cripples." The sheriff
said he had been on the lookout for the
lynchers but said he had not ''donea great
deal" to apprehend them. Said he might
have stated to Chilson, that chad it not
been for the newspapers the matter would
have died out" In regard to the letter he
wrote to the governor giving the particulars
of the lynching, the sheriff said he wrote
the letter in hurry which fact might ac-
count for his saying he fought the crowd
with ''sticks of wood and clubs" and max
ing no mention of firearms The sheriff,
upon being pressed, admitted that he might
have said Sullivan got no more than he
deserved" but had said it in connection
with the statement that he did not believe
in lynching. The sheriff admitted that he
did not order the crowd to dispense. The
witness testified that deputy on the inside
of the inner corridor with revolver could
have shot any person hammering the locks
of the door on the outside. Said it required
at least fifty blows to break the lock. Being
questioned as to when Sullivan got the
bottle of liquor. Mr.. Jacobs said the report
ers must have given it to him, as that was
the only way he could account for the
liquor. The sheriff said he ought to have
''locked those Detroit reporters up the very
first thing" He would doit If he had the
thing to do over. The sheriff admitted that
he had been to no place for the express
purpose of ascertaining who the lynchers
were. He also admitted that someone, he
could not tell who, told him the mob had
fifty pounds of dynamite with which to blow
up the Jail.
County Treasurer Mason followed Sheriff
Jacobs on the witness stand and repeated
the same story told by all the defendants
witDesses-that he did not anticipate any
trouble from the crowd.
Frank WEIGH, editor of the Corunnna
Journal, was the last witness sworn. His
testimony differed from Mason's only in
the fact that he (welch) thought the crowd
that was present during the day5was made
up of ''law-abiding citizens" and that the
lynchers came in on the evening train. In
answer to question from Mr.. Ellis, he
denied that his paper condoned the lynch
ing.
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