The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-01
is BRAVE BUT BAD
PRETTY JESSIE FINDLAY GIVES TIL
HISTORY OF HEB EXPLOITS.


DAYS at a Time, and Being Hidden
Away in Houses-Is not Shaken by
Cross-Examination in the Least-Olkla-
horna News
Oklahoma City, o. T, July 31-Some
If the daring exploits and the hard-
ships in the life of a girl bandit came
out in the testimony of Jessie t1ndlay,
now in jail charged with helping the
Christian brothers to escape. Inc
cross-examination took place at the
preliminary examination OF william
Christian and Tullis Welsh, both
charged with murder in the first degree
as result of helping the Christian
boys to escape.
Miss Jessie Findley was the chle1
EirnesS She gave her testimony IN "A
rlear. explicit manner, and bore every
impress Of the truth and was corrobor-
ated in every particular by other wit
nesses. From her testimony II would
seem that Sheriff De FOrd's diagnosis
of the case is the correct one. and that
old man Christian. Tullis Welsh, w. II.
Carr and Hank Watts are certainly
mixed up in the Jail delivery OF the
Christians and Casey.
She testified that on Friday, June p,
she was in the jail and ii was then ar
ranged that Tullis Welsh was to bring
her a revolver in a day or two, Wnlcn
she was TO hand to Louie Miller. who
would take il into the jail and give 1t
10 Bob Christian. Welsh came to her
room at the Commercial hotel on Mon
day, June "a, and left revolver with
her She carried it under her cloak up
the street and tried TO see Miller. she
could not find him and took the gun in
sol nE!TK+P-in0
Christian. She identified the gun,
which was the one taken from the nand
of Him Casey as he lay dead in the
buggy on the day Of the delivery. 1t
was further identified as a gun which
had fornely belonged to Tullis Welsh.
When she delivered the gun TO Chris
1ian. old man Christian, Hank Watts,
Makey and others were near by, but
she could not say for certain that old
man Christian knew of its delivery.
Hank Watts knew Christian had the
gun for he christian punched Watts
in the side with ii. iolkying him. After
coming out Of the jail she saw Welsh
and told him she had delivered the
gun. and he said: God bless you
The next day she Went to Purcell and
from there to old man Christians, and
or Saturday Tullis Welsh came and
took her away to Emma JOhnson's.
Staid there day or two and then went
10 sim m :. ana on ] lt-SudN dileE the
Fourth Jessie Johnson came and took
her back to Johnson's. where Tullis
Welsh and old man Christian met her
and took her TO Jim CaSSleberry 5. Mr..
Christian said Bill Carr had come from
Lexington and said the officers We're
after her and she must get out of the
she was in the saddle con-
stantly for several days, and finally
reached George McCrar.er's. At Cass-
her hair had been cut and
she was given mems clothing. She !
staid a NcCraner'S day or two and /
then he got scared and,tOok her back to !
old man Christians. and he Chris |
tian) then took her to the house of a /
nigger named Caesar Dande. in the |
country. Mrs. Dande gave her |
some women's clothes. and she went !
from there - Sam Dande's and was !
then taken to an old house owned by
Sam Dande. There she was left alone !
for almost twenty-four hours. During |
that time a colored man she did not |
know came and wanted her to go with |
him to where he said Bob Christian |
was waiting for her. but she told him |
If Bob wanted to see her he knew |
where to find her. She did not see the
Christian boys during all this time, and
has not seen them since She saw them
In Jail. Later the officers came to the
old house where she was being kept
ana Drought Hbr 10 tk1dIbfIld lily
She told the story straight and every
point was brought out clear.
on cross-eXamination she did not
herself a particle and ii was
evident to all that she was telling the
truth.
One other fact brought out was that
she met Carr al old man Christians
and he told her he was greatly pleased
that she had taken the gun into the
jail. Also that Christian, Sen. had
told her that he had given Johnny
Fessender and Johnny Reeves three re-
volvers and four WincheSterS and sent
them to the boys in Jail.
Maud Tickle, alias O'Earan. corrOb-
grated Jessie's testimony about Welsh !
Christian and Hank Watts calling at }
the Commercial hotel and comforting
With Jessie.
George McCraner told about Jessie /
being a his house. just as he testified. |
md other witnesses corroborated her
IN other points.
on the showing made Tullis Welsh |
vas held to the grand jury without
Dail and remanded 10 jail.