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


uch as his age. height. weight, color
md plentitude Of his hair, and also as to
whether he had front tooth missing.
and that to all such questions Mr.. Hill
mon invariably replied, II don't know"
II 81 can't say, was not very we'll ac-
quainted with my husband; l had only
known him very short time" The de-
Tense then in rebuttal to Mr.. Hillmon's
testimony, asked witness whether Mrs.
Hillmon stated then that her husband
was five feet, eleven and a half inches
high and that his teeth were good; wit
ness positively denied that Mrs. HiIlmon
had ever made such a statement And
in further rebuttal, witness was asked it
he ever had at such interview said
that Hillmon had false teeth, and
that Mr.. Selig replied, "Grif1th
you are wrong, Hillmon's teeth were not
false, but were all jagged" and that Mrs.
, HllImon said, "You are both wrong for
Mr. Hillmon had very good teeth, and
none missing" Witness denied that any
such conversation had ever taken place.
Mr. Griffith further testified that he re-
mem bers the body claimed to be that of
h1lmon, having been brought to Bailey
& smiths undertaking establishment at
| Lawrence That he saw it on the morn
| ing of its arrival, and that it was not the
| body of Hillmon. Witness also recog-
nized small photograph, plaintiffs ex-
| hibit, of Hillmon, as being a good like
ness of Hillmon; and also stated that he,
| witness, had no connection with the Mu-
tual Life Insurance company for over 15
years, and has had no connection with
the other two defendant companies.
Mr.. BrOckelsDy was the next witness
He testified that he was city marshal of
Lawrence in 1889, and that he has
lived in Lawrence SO years. That his
| first connection with Hilmon was brought
about by his receiving a letter frIm
aessrs. Mccartney g Anderson of Fit
| Griffin, Texas, asking in regard to John
w. Hlllmon, and that the contents OF
such letter caused him to make HlIlmon's
acquaintance, and to study his appear
ance carefully. That he had after
talked to Mr.. Hillmon frequently
mostly in a shooting gallery in Law
renee. That Hillmon had a missing
tooth in his upper jaw, and that such
was quite perceptible. That he went tc
view the dead body brought to Lawrence
and lying at Bailey s. smiths there, anC
that the body there was not that of Hill
mon. That before going on the witnes:
stand he had not read his former testi
mony given at previous trials and tina
he had not been asked to read it.
Jordan Neal was the next witness fo
defendants and testified that he had beer
engaged in shipping hogs and cattle il
Lawrence forty years. That he frs
knew HilImon in 1879. aid bad seer
and talked with him about fifty times
in 1873 and 1879. That he in the
spring of 1879 met Levi Baldwin, wht
asked him to go to Bailey & Smiths IN
dertaking esta blishment and identify the
remains Of Hillmon. That he went there
but was positive the body there was not
that of Hillmon. That on coming out he
met Baldwin who said. well, have yot
seen Hillmon's body?" and that he re-
piled that that was not the body of Hill
mon. That Baldwin tried to persuad.
him it was, but that he STUCK to HI
opinion that it was not the body of JOIN
w. Hillmon.
Mrs. Faxon next appeared for the de
Tense. Airs. Faxon testified that she wa
the wife of w. T. Faxon, and that she
first met Mr.. Hlllmon and was intro
duced to him by Miss Sallie Quinn
now Mrs Hillmon. That Miss QuinI
was working at the FaxOn house
That the next time she saw Hillmon wa
at Mrs. Judson's, and that there were
number present, and that they wer'
playing cards That she met HiIlmol
with Miss Quinn several times after
WAEOSs anu tnab buo E0m0mD0E0Q Qls
tinctIy that Hillmon had a front tootl
missing; that it was quite noticeable
That it was in the upper jaw, but tina
she was not certain as to which side o
the face it was on. She also stated tina
before giving her present testimony, tina
: she had not read or heard read any O
her evidence given at either of the tire
former trials of this case.
: Mr.. E. B. Good was next called to tes