The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-11

Novels went into the parlor and closed
the door and they afterward locked it.
She made fire in the front room.
Q-Did you again see Novels that
week?
A-No. saw him the next week at
the house one evening and was intro
duced to him He said then that he was
coming to Topeka. Then l saw him
once at supper.
Q-Do you live near the Nevels', home?
A-Yes.
Odd you ever see Frank Nevels out
of the house kduring the time he was
there?
A-No.
On cross-examination Miss Cabbell
did not give the defense any satisfaction.
She said on redirect examination that
she kept watch of the Nevels home
while Frank Novels was there.
Sydney Cure is Winfield loan agent
who saw Nevels when he was at his
fathers home in Decembar.
Q-Wher did you see Novels?
Ale was in the yard mending a
sidewalk. ! never saw him on the street
that time he was there.
The next witness was ex-Sheriff Dav-
id Burge.
Q-What did you ask NeveIs?
Aft he had been out of town. He
said he had, and just got back that
morning. He said he had been to
Gainesville, Tex, to get Job He said
james Buzzard was to get him job.
This mornings session of the Nevels
trial began at o'clock.
Nevels seems to stand the ordeal yell.
His fortitude is mostly assumed, as un-
derneath his cool exterior his diseased
nerves are tingling with anxiety. He
smokes a great deal when not in the
court room to overcome this nervousness.
orif doc fr16 L.
ing through Nevels' letters and finding
two dated Gainesville, Texas.
They then asked the colored man AMI
his wife to walk over to the Milton home
with them Upon returning from there
Nevels was put under arrest.
Odd he talk on the way to the Jail?
Ale did I told him he had been
arrested because he had had the slung
shot we had found. He said if we had
searched the Milton home we would
have found as much evidence against
them as him.
Q-What next did you do?
Al learned that this James Buzzard
was working at Mcfarland and Saturday
night went there to see him. Bu1zard
said he had not been in Texas and had
rot seen Nevels since July.
Q-What nextf
Al went to Whitfield and learned
that Nevels had spent his entire time
th0re while away, aud travelled over the
Santa Fe instead of by the Rock Island,
as he claimed.
Odd you tell him what you had
learned?
Al did. He then acknowledged his
lies and told another story. He said a
man called "Poker Dick" and one named
Ross came here as agents of Matson to
get some papers from his wife. He said
he planned the murder but did not carry
it out. He said the Millions did it; that
he stood at the window and saw them
carry her into the house after striking
her down; that as they wsre going in
Mrs. Matson showed signs of recovering
and Mrs. Milton struck her over the head
with that billy.
Q-What did he say about the papers?
A-That he gave them to a fermer
wife. Josie Fisher, or Nevels. He gave
US the description of another of his wives,
however, and we had a hard time finding
her Finally, we got her in Junction
City and confronted by her Nevels said
he had lied about the tin box containing
the papers
Cross-examination of Mr.. Burdge was
begun by Attorney Tillotson.
Q-At no time there was any objection
by Nevels or his wife to your examina-
ton of their house and premises as fully
as you desired?
A-No.
Odd you not put Nevels in a steel
cage known as the sweat box?
A-Yes.
Q-What was the way of heating this
place?
A-By one steam pipe.
Q-Did you ever give orders for an
excessive amount of steam to be turned
on?
A-No, sir, did not
Q-How long did yon keep him there?
Al don't know; he wanted to stay
longer, 1 know.
Q-Wss not Nevels removed from that
place at the request of the county physi-
clan?
Ale might have been.
Ex-Chief of Police Il. c. Lindsey was
the next state witness He had two con-
versationa with Novels at the county iaiI.
Q-What did he tell you the first
time?
Ale said that two whites had come
and said they had been hired by Matson
to kill the woman. That they did it and
he watched. He afterwards said that
Prof. Hayden and B. Adams were there
and that Adams got the watch.
Odd you then arrest Adams?i
A-Yes. Adams had a silver watch.
but found out where ho got it, and dis
charged him.
Odd he describe these two white
men?
A-Yes, it was that old description
about one short and one tall man
Q-Did you threaten Nevels to make
him talk?
Al simply told him that if he had
to say to say it and it would be
better for him to tell the truth.
Odd you afterwards talk to New
els?
Al did in the presence of WiIkerson,
Burdge and Gish. l told him the same
thing that time Then he told about
Sam Milton and his wife doing the muir
der.
Q-What account did he give?
Ale said Mrs. Matson had been de-
coyed to the Milton home in the evening.