The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-12

Odd you do SO by reason of his or
ders?
Ayes,
Sergeant Frank Ellison was put on the
stand to testify.
Odd the coroner's jury examine the
pile of bedding and shawl?
A-Yes; the shawl was very bloody
and rather punched together, but not
folded.
Odd you see "Doc" Ward when you
made this examinationf
Al did not; this was one of the first
things we did.
Q-Were you at the Matson house
when John Wilkerson, Dave Burdge and
"Doc" Ward came there in the after
noon?
Al was; the colored man Robertson
wouldn't let them in, but when he came
to me and told me who they were went
out and asked them in.
Today's Session.
The first witness today was ex-Police-
man Charles Lindsey, He was one of
Nevels' witnesses and w. 1. Jamison
questioned him.
Q-Did you examine the pile of bed
ding over the body?
Al did. l shook these things and
the shawl. / think there was also a
that.
Q-When was this?
A-The same evening the body was
found. Fred Badger and Tim Donovan
were standing by.
Cross-examinRtion.
Odd you shake these things before
or after the coroner arrived?
Aust after he removed them from
the body l should say three or four
minutes afterward.
David Ridgeway is an expressman
who lives at 5O5 Leland street.
Odd you ever have any talk with
"Doc" W ard either before or after the
discovery of the Matson murder about a
slung shot?
A-A few days after the discovery he
showed me the slung shot at HolIer's
outside of the Matson house under the
window.
Q-Didsyou have another talk?
A-Yes. That was after the prelimi-
nary trial. Ward said that time that
Dave Burdge was trying to get the credit
for finding the murderer and that he
wanted it. He said he wanted the reward
That his baby was sick and he had
grocery bill to pay and needed the
money. He said he was in hard circum-
stances. l remarked that he had told
me he found tie slung shot under the
window, and he said no, he found it in
the clothing.
Mr.. Stafford cross examined
Q-How long had you been here be-
fore the discovery of this. murder?
A-About three or four months
Novels that you saw Ward at Holler's?
Al think it was before.
Q-How long before?
"A daY or two, / should saw
Q-Don't you know asa matter of fact
that Novels was arrested the very next
night after the discovery and that "Doc'
Ward was with the party making the
arrest Friday night?
Al don't know when the arrest was
made. ] hadn't heard of anyone being
arrested and Ward said nothing about it.
Q-How did that conversation begin?
Al asked Ward where he found the
slung-shot
Q-Then you had heard of it?
Al heard some of the drivers at the
omnibus barn talking about it, 1 think.
Ward replied that he had found it out
side under the window.
Q-What else did he sayS
Ale added that finding the slung
shot where he did substantiated his
theory that the murder was committed
outside the house and the body dragged
in.
Q-Can you tell another word that
you or he said in conversation about this
subject or any other that evening?
Al cannot
Q-You and Ward were perfectly
alone on these occasions?
Ave were.
P. N. Gish, police captain under the
Populists, repaired to the scene of the
murder with the patrol wagon and Cor
oner Baily.
Q-Did you examine the clothing?
Al certainly did. l saw knife
wounds in her hands and 1 looked
through the pile for a pocket knife. 1
spread the articles out This was Thurs
day evening, when the body was first
found.
A-Did you see any spectacles?
Al saw two pairs One of them was
on the organ in the northwes room. The
defense is trying to throw the murder to
Albert hatson, who wore glasses.
Otis Hungate testified. He was at the
Matson house on the afternoon of De-
cember 21. P. A. Mcpherson started to
look through the pile of bedding when
'Doc" Ward said, There is no use of
looking there. l have been through
them and there was nothing there"
though he admitted on cross examine
tion that Ward might have said, There
is nothing there" Hungate saw a pair
OF steel nose glasses there.
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