The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-18
FOUND A MOLE ON HILLMON
One Really New Piece of Evidence Educed
in the Famous Case.

in the Famous Case.
Quite a large number of ladies at
tended the Hillmon trial yesterday. The
work was taken up where it was left off.
and the reading of the dispositions was
completed.
MT. Joseph Raskoph was the first wit
ness to testify. Mr.. Raskoph testified
that he was employed in mill in Law
renee, and that he had lived there since
1870, and had "off and on" seen Hillmon
on the streets, and that he thought he
had passed the time of day with him
two or three times, but that he had not
the slightest idea as to what Hillmon's
height was. He remembered distinctly
being at the cemetery in Lawrence when
Mr.. Lamon, a Lawrence photographer,
took full and side view photographs of
the body which was exhumed for that
purpose. He would not swear positively
that the body was Hillmon's. but that he
thought that it was.
DR.. n. Simmons, present mayor of
Lawrence, was the next witness for the
plaintiff. He testified that the first time
he remembered seeing Hillmon was in
1872, and sold him some hay in that year.
He remem bered that Hillmon once came
to his office in Lawrence to get treated
for a wound upon his nose which was
caused, he thought, by some blunt in
strument, which made ragged wound,
but did not cut the skin. The wound eX-
tended from the nose right across the
cheek, and he thought the scar would
be perceptible to any one. DR.. Simmons
testified when shown the picture of Hill
mon by plaintiffs counsel, that although
he would recognize the picture as Hill
mon, that it was very poor picture of
him. On being shown picture by de-
rs, IL ,fn hot h. ii
cred it an extremely good likeness of
Hillmon.
The most important witness was E.
Covey, who was next called on the stand
for the plaintiff, and whose examination
was not completed. He testified that he
was engaged as teamster at Lawrence.
Mr.. Covey said that he came to Leaven-
worth county one year, before his father
did, and that his father settled on the
farm next to Levi Baldwin. He had
been for a few years after 1866 engaged
in herding cattle in Leavenworth county.
John Eldridge, another witness for plain
tiff, was his brother-in-law, Eldridge
having married his sister. Hillmon and
himself became acquainted in 1871, for
the first time, so far as he could remem-
Der. He 1872 he saw a large mole on
Hillmon's back. He remem bered seeing
it from the fact that that his shoulder
braces injured it. He had known Levi
Baldwin for great number of years, be-
ing intimately acquainted with him. He
remembered seeing Hillmon and Bald
win Just before Hillmon went on his last
trip south. and he never saw Hillmon
alive after that
He saw the body when on view in
Lawrence and knew It was Hillmon, but
he did not attend the coroner's inquest
nor did he give evidence at the first trial
of the case. His reason for not attend
ing either, was that he did not think il
was any ones business but his own. Tha
he gave evidence at the second and third
trials, to the effect that he knew the body
was Hillmon's and that he saw no marks
on it.
Mr.. Covey testified that he saw the body
at Lawrence three times. The first time
he was driving team, and saw a mum
Der of people go into building, and he
went in to see what the trouble was, anC
he then saw the body for a few minutes
and that he knew it to be Hillmon. After
wards he was loading and unloading
load from wagon opposite some store
and that Clark, the sheriff, came up Il
him and told him that HilImon BODY
was lying at Bailey & Smiths and fol
him to go and identify it. He went bu
could not get in as the door was locked
but some one opened the door and b.
went in.
Mr.. Convey was rigidly cross examined