The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-06

tify for defendants, and his testimony
was strong for the defense. Mr.. Good
testified that at present he resides at To-
peka; takes contracts and does anything
where he sees he can invest his capital
advantageously. That he was a whole
sale grocer at Lawrence in 1878 and 9,
and that he was one of the coroner's jury
| at Lawrence al the time of the inquest
! over the body claimed to be that of
Hillmon's. That the inquest was held at
the court house and lasted five days.
That Mira Hidmon was present at such
inquest at the time and that she testified
there, and that she was especially asked
by the county attorney as to Mr.. Hill
mons height, condition of health, color
of his hair, as to his weight, and
that to all such questions she
replied either that she did not know. or
could not say" And that she facetiously
replied when asked about how much
hair her husband had, that he had more
hair than Mr.. Green, the county attorney,
who was then perfectly bald Witness
denied that Mrs. Hillmon had testified as
she claimed she had, that she gave her
husbands height at the inquest as five
feet eleven and one-half incnes. Witness
stated that Mrs. Hillmon appeared at the
| inquest to act frivolous, jolly and jockey.
That this was the fourth time he had tes-
tilted in this case and that before giving
his present testimony that he had not
read or heard his testimony given at any
of the former trials.
Mr.. w. o. HuLbell was next witness
for the defense. He testified that he
lived in Kansas City, Kansas, now; that
he lived in Lawrence in the years from
| 1874 to 1879 That he was one of the
jurors in the inquest called, and that DR..
Morris was the coroner, and that this in
quest was to investigate the question of
identity of the body brought to Lawrence,
as to whether it was the body of Hillmon
or not. That such inquest was held at
the court house. That he remembers
that Mrs. Hillmon was present at and
during the entire trial, and that an at
torney of the name of Borgalthaus was
also present. but his initials he
could not remember. Witness also
testified that Mrs Hillmon was exhaust
lively examined by the then county at
torney, and asked in regard to the height
of her husband, to which she replied she
did not know; asked in regard to the con-
dition of his teeth. and replied that she
did not know; asked what color of hair
her husband had, and replied she did not
| know him we'll or much about him Wit
ness further testified that she did not ap-
pear as sorry or grieved, as one would
suppose, or naturally expect one to look
and feel at the death of her husband,
and that she was anything but serious.
and that on being asked as to whether
the dead body was that of her husband.
John w. Hillmon, she made the curious
reply, "lf it is not Mr.. Hillmon's whose
is it?"
Mr.. Samuel B. Hogan was next wit
ness. This witness stated he lived in
Jefferson county, Kansas. That he was
a farmer, and had been such for forty
| years. That he first knew the Hillmon
family when they came to Kansas, in
| 1857. That he was then teaching school
about three miles FROM where the old
nan HiIImon went to live, and that old
nan Hillmon's name was Benjamin.
That he remembered John w. Hillmon
having a decayed tooth in front. and also
that he had scar on his head, and that
the latter fact he remembe from hav-
ing cut his hair once or twice.
| Mrs. Corkadell was next witness, and
stated that she lived near Valley Falls.
That she knew all the Hillmon family,
and that the father, Benjamin Hillmon
had five children, and that she went to
school with them. That John w. Hill
mon used to pay her attention and that
during that time, she noticed that his
teeth were not good, that they were very
uneven, and that one of his front teeth
: WAS of blueish black, showing decay;
that this was an upper front tooth. Thai
Henry Hillmon, his brother, had several
! teeth out This witness also stated thai
Hillmon's hair was a medium light
brown, and that his nose was not roman
t but a straight nose, like Mr.. Hutchings
The defendants having gotten through
} with the witnesses they had ready, ear.
1ier than they anticipated, proposed to
: read the deposition of a dentist, n. w