The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-12

cross examination he said that he gave
| evidence at the former trial concerning
toe blood on the stove, and when he was
asked whether he was as sure Of that
as any other part of his testimony he
sala that he was. The fact is Mr..
Button never did testify to the blood
ON and in the stove at the first trial of
Mrs. Leonard, but he did testify to ii in
the trial of Williamson and it was very
evident that he got both trials mixed.
NELLIE PARKER'S EVIDENCE.
Miss Nellie Parker testified that about
year ago she lived very close to Mrs.
leonard, who was then Mrs. William
son. She talked with Mrs. Leonard
last fall, and Mrs. Leonard told her
that she did not like Leonard and mar
RED him only for his money. The de-
PENDANT told Miss Parker that Leonard
was too old for her and that she wanted
d younger man.
TWO BOYS TESTIFY.
The next two witnesses were Charlie
AlcCollister, son Of NJ NJ. McCollister,
and Frank Clark. Shortly after Sheriff
Cone came into office last January they
were speaking to Mrs. Leonard and
she told them to go down to the rotary
and pump" her son, Norvile, and let
her know what he said, for If they (she
and her SOM had to get out Of this trou-
be their stories must hang together.
Frank Clark got a little mixed up in
his dates, but ii turned out that he had
a conversation with Mrs. Leonard and
Norville twice in the jail.
OLD AND BLIND WITNESS.
Mrs. c. A. Cordell was the next wit
ness called. She is old and has poor
eyesight and Bailiff Joe Furnish had TO
lead her TO the witness stand where
she was sworn. Her testimony was
that she had gone to the county jail
short time after the defendant was in
carcerated there and was introduced to
Mrs. Leonard. She stated that Mrs.
Leonard then said: eff 1 had known
what 1 know now, would not have
done this"
On ton Mrs Cordell
said that she did not know that the wo-
man she talked with was Mrs. Leon
ard, except what she was told. "I
think l could tell who the woman was IL
I was close to her; although my eye
sight is bad"
Come down, Mrs. Corden," said Mr..
Stanley, land see whether the woman
back of Mr.. Amidon was the woman
you saw in jail?"
Mr.. Amidon insisted that Mrs. Cor
cell should go down to Mrs. Leonard's
sister, pointing to her, and see whether
she was the woman.
Mrs. Cordell left the stand and fairly
CROPPED her way down to where Mrs.
Leonard was, and, looking her square
IN the face, said: 'SThis is the woman
1 saw and talked with in the jail"
See whether that lady there is not
I, ~
ing to Mrs. Barnes.
Mrs. Cordell CROPPED her way farther.
looked at Mrs. Barnes, then CROPPED
her way back to Mrs. Leonard and said:
No, sir; this is the woman
NOW COMES MARIE.
'Marie Hilbert, take the stand" said
John Davis in a loud voice that brought
Marie out Of her seat with a jump.
Marie is a saddle colored woman
whose pride is that she is not all black.
She walked across the room swinging
The trail Of her gown and bringing her
feet down on the carpet with all the
majesty and dignity of a queen. She
landed herself on the chair with as
much vigor as If it contained the silk
nat of some enemy Of hers. She then
Strengthened out her balloon sleeves IN
til Farmer Doolittle had to peep
through the aperture that was formed
by the curve of her arm and the cres-
cent of her waist, and she announced
that She was ready for Interrogation
by squeezing her lips together and flash
ing fire out Of her eyeballs. Regardless
of Marie's desire to be considered better
than the average cOlored people, her
tongue was rich with the flavor of plan
t3tion accent
fz vi CIR,
said in a defiant tone, that made the
county attorney jerk the corner of his
mOustache. And 1 live at 129 North
Water street; saw Mrs. Leonard sew
eral times but l am not acquainted with
her very intimately. / first met her at
Mrs. Princes, my dressmaker," said
Marie, with the accent very strong on
the my" She said this in a majestic
way that would warrant Mrs. Prince in
advertising herself as royal dressmaker
to Princess Marie Hilbert. When Ma
RE had the judge. attorneys, jurors and
audience thoroughly convinced that
Mrs. Prince was her dressmaker, she
said:
The next time I met her was at Mrs.
Houses, across the street This time
she told me that she was going to get
married; and / said good She said
tc me, L have got a dandy, and he is
dead struck on me-, and I said good
] asked her who it was and she told me
it was leonard and then 1 said good; I
know him She was married then. but
ii was kind of a secret and I didn't
know II. The first time met her she
talked about getting a divorce and said
that Adame & Adams We're going to get
il for her and told her that she ought
TO go TO Mr.. Amidon, that he was the
best attorney in town TO help a person
out OF a tight place"
This provoked great merriment, as did
all of Marie's testimony
Il never went out with Mrs. Leon
srd but once, and when we got 10 where
the light was she shook me. White
felix's don't want to be seen associating
with US colored people" She then said
that Mrs Leonard told her that before
her marriage she had Illicit rela-
lions with Leonard. When asked to ex-
plain, Marie. in a fit of indignation, set
red herself more solidly in the chair.
and said: DO you think 1 am going
TO tell all here before these ladies?"
John Davis informed her that she
must, and Marie sailed in, detailed a
story that would not read we'll in the
Eagle, the Youths Companion of any
other first-class family paper. In fact.
Mrs. Leonard in this celebrated CONVEX
s4tion opened the eyes of Marie by sew
slal statements, chief among which
were the large instsnments Of money
LEONARD gave her, so large as 10 arouse
& sensa tional comment from the colored
woman.
When Mr.. Amidon commenced cross
examining Marie IL was easy TO see
there would be trouble.
Isn't is a fact, Marie" said Mr.. Ami
den deliberat ely, that you are q pros
yituteS'