Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-01-21

ANSWER my question, III you please
Were you sober when you saw thi
remarkable vision?"
'tNot exactly"
'FWhat do you mean by not ex
actly?"
II was at dinner that evening
and there was the usual quantity o
wine drunk. / left at $50 in han
som. / was not intoxicated, but
had been drinking.
"You were in that happy state be
tween sobrietY and drunkenness.
II suppose co."
'.Has it not occurred to you that &
mans life or death hangs on what vol
supposed you saw while in that condi
tion?"
The witness did not answer.
"You are positive that train rar
alongside of the o'clock express on
the night of the 27th?"
Eyes"
"You swear that?"
Il do"
"Would it shake your confidence if
/ were to prove tnat no train ran part
Of the way parallel with the 9 o'clock
eXpress?"
81 suppose it would"
''Then you are not so confident as
you pretended to be in the actually
of your vision?"
II merely state what I saw"
"No. What you thought you saw.
"You may put it that way if you
like"
''There is no other way to put it.
You were in a semi-intoxicated state,
and you thought you saw a struggle
on a train which I will show exists
only in your half-drunken magma
tion. That will do, sir"
The defense called several officials
who were on duty that night at the
terminus Their evidence was all to
the same effect, and went to show
that no train full of passengers could
possibly have run parallel with the 9
o'clock express.
"You remember the o'clock ex-
press on the night of the 27th?"
yes"
"Did it leave on timer"
Zone minute after, sir"
"When did the next train leave the
terminus?"
"At 9:25. A slow train"
mo train left from any Of the
other platforms before 9:25?"
mo, sir"
"Did the s:25 oyertake the express
that night?"
"No, sir"
What was the last train to leave
before the express?"
1.-THE 8:45. SIR"
"Did the express overtake the 8:45
that night?"
FNot till both trains had passed
Brenton."
1t is always a good plan not to try
to prove too much. If the prisoners
advocate had stopped with the wit
ness above quoted the result might
have been different. He called the
engineer Of the o'clock train to the
stand.
"You are the engineer of the 9
o'clock express?"
eyes, sir"
"You took out that train on the
night of the 27th?"
Eyes, sir"
II suppose it is hardly necessary to
ask you if you passed any train rum
ming parallel with you. and in the
same direction, between the terminus
and Brenton?"
Eyes, sir, we did,"
This answer was Supplying sur
prise to the defence, and there was
what the papers described as a sensa-
tion in court.
"You have heard these witnesses
swear that no train could have been
passed by the o'clock express?"
'"This was train Of empties, sir.
1t came from the yard, and was going
to the junction.
"What is train of empties?"
empty carriages sir. Shunted
and left all night at the junction,
sir"
"Then there were no passengers on
that train?"
'tNo, SIR"
"Were the lights out in the car
riages?"
"Yes sir"
''The doors were locked, l sup
pose9"
eyes, SIR"
"Then no struggle could have taken
place on that train?"
mo, SIR"
''That will do"
'If / may make so bold, said the
engineer, 81 can"
STAND down." said the lawyer,
''you must not make statements
You have said quite enough"
81 think my learned brother is en-
tirely right" remarked the legal gen.
tleman who conducted the prosecu-
tion. 'The witness has said rather
more than was, perhaps. expected. I
wish to ask him a few questions
Where did you pass this train Of