The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-30

and as he stood before the court his frame
trembled slightly, though he bore the
ordeal remarkably we'll.
In cross examination by Mr.. Pierce, the
witness said that she was sure that 1t was
shortly before 4o'clock when she saw Kee-
gan. She could see the couple very plainly
because the sun was shining through
the carriage and the curtain was down.
The witness said that she had no ac-
quaintance with the defendant. but saw
him first q number of years ago. The
only place she ever saw him was on the
street.
Where did you see him first?"
81 can't remember, but 1t was on the
street."
''How do you know you saw him first?"
"There is always first time"
"When did you know him tirst?"
81 saw him talking on Market Square
with a Mrs. Wheaton. / was surprised
and / asked who ho was. ] was told that
it was Keegan."
"When did you see him after that?"
"Very often, almost every time went
down street"
''Then you picked this man out of the
thousands who pass along the street,"
al do, and others seem to have done the
same"
On further cross-examination the wit
ness witness was positive that
The Day Was Sept. %.
None of Mrs. Whites testimony was
shaken in cross-examination. She was
positive of every particular and proved q
most valuable witness for the State. She
was on the stand just 40 minutes.
of Johnston was the next to take the
stand. He said that he first saw the de-
fendant, Sept. n, in a carriage driving
along the Hartford pike about 500
yards yards from the old old Greek Tavern; Tavern
in black. Tho defendant was driving
west. He had an undcrsized, dark colored
horse, with cropped name and tail. The
rig was sorhewh hat peculiar, and the horse
had q mark on his rump on
the nigh side, The The team was was going
an hour. The time was ten minutes past
four and the day was Thursday. The
couple seemed 20 be conversing and were
making gestures. He was quite sure that
the horse Nettie and the phaeton was the
team he saw on the Hartford Pike.
Mr.. Bennett was cross examined by Mr..
McGill. He said that he never saw Keegan
before the 9th of September. HE was
driving toward the city on q trot and the
defendant was driving west on trot also.
Mt. Bennett was questioned closely In re-
Fard to the identification of the team.
He noticed the brand mark on the horse
on the 9th of Septemb Der, but did not
see 1t yesterday when the jury took the
view.
"Are you sure about the buggyg"
as Mr.. McGill.
81 am sure about the buggy that saw
on the 27th of September"
Then you identity the buggy9"
"would you identify the ouggy in
stable?"
''Not so we'll"
%rhen the way you identify this buggy
is because 1t was attached to the mare?"
"Yes.v
The witness said that he did not observe
the woman as well as he did Keegan. lie
saw Keegan's beard. 1t was sandy. His
eyes were dark grey. Keegan wore
summer overcoat. The witness did not
notice whether there was whip in the
carriage carr or not 'nriS,r There was. was lap
the curtains Of the carriage were
down. Bennett was questioned
minutely in regard to his former testi-
mony at the Richmond hearing, which
was different In some points from that
which he gave today. The witness said
tnat ne saw heegau III the city nall at
Providence on the week after the murder.
He then identified him.
In redirect examination the witness
said that he had read no account OF
Keegan's arrest when he identified him.
He also identified the horse at Franklin
Brothers stable.
The First Expert Witness
was Edward Il. Goff, civil engineer. Mr..
Goff has prepared plat OF the Hartford
pike which Is in evedience. Mr.. Gofi de-
scribed the making Of the map and iden-
titled various points on 1t. At this point
the court adjourned until O'Clock.
Tho trial was resumed at 2:50 o'clock ]
with Surveyor Goff still on the
stand, the Attorney General ques-
accuracy of n map OF the city and
OF the State in evidence. In cross-exami-
nation by Mr.. Pierce the witness further
identified points and estimated distances
on the survey OF the Hartford pike.
John Blackley was the next witness.
lie IL q saloon keeyer on Atwells avenue.
Just east Of the "Old Greek Tavern On
the 9th OF last September the witness said
he saw a man i'm his saloon shortly before
O'Clock who called for two glasses OF beer.
This man looked just like the defendant.
Tho Attorney General asked Kecgan to
stand up SO that the witness might iden-
fifty him more fully.
keegan did not move and MIR. Pierce
objected to experiments" with the de-
fendant. Keegan was allowed to keep his
chair. The witness continuing said that
the man took one glass out of the shop
and drank the other.
The witness was cross-examined by Mr.
Mc0ill. He said that the man remained