The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-29
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looked a. il and promptly pronounced
il inorganic matter that looked 10 him
like paint.
Professor Williston then identified the
box he sent the clothing back in. the
cord which bound the package with his
seal on Il and even me writing q ne
address tn only discrepancy in he
whole testimony was that the paper
that inclOsed the clothing was yellow,
whereas il was gray. He said, however,
that his memory was not good as 70
that; that his mind was not fixed on the
color OF the paper as il was on other
things connected with the package His
entire testimony was complete ana per
feet.
After this the court adjourned for the
noon recess.
OPENING OF THE DEFENSE.
Al exactly > o'clock in the afternoon
the state announced that Il had rested
its case and Mr. Helm for the defense
called for the following witnesses TO be
sworn. after John Davis elected 10 rely
for a conviction in the first count OF The
Indictment:
Bessie Cooper, Clarence Bowers, Earl
Fitch. John Thomas, sam Anderson, g.
II. Smith, H. h. Martin, Frank Hamil-
ton, D. T. Dunbar. p Shot. a. I. Buck
ridge. Charles Whey. Charles Smytne'
Austin Adams, John Snyder. VIM Jonn-
son. Ut. Dorsey. Mrs. May J. Barnes,
| George Green.
He followed with a very clear. pre-
| else and close fitting statement OF the
| defendants case and what he expected
TO prove.
| He enumerated all the facts set forth
| in the evidence of Williamson gwen De
| low and in addition said: I'VE VIII
| prove that this murder was commltte
| b. Irena Leonard and her son NoTvil4e
| Williamson, that il was not the hand OF
a man that killed Leonard. that Leo
| nard went out with a certain hackman
| the night before he was murdered with
fifty dollars in his pocket. that he went
/ 10 a sporting house where he remained
| for some time, that when he went home
early in the morning he told the hack
man that his wife was very Violent and
cross, that he expected 10 have trouble
! when he got into the house. that he
| told the hackman to wait on the out
! side until he saw how things looked
within, that he returned to the porch
| told the hackman that everything was
all right and that ne could go away. Ht
| stated that they expected 10 prove thal
| Williamson was at the Carey hotel a
his duties the night of the murder, ina
he talked with several persons arounC
there that evening. that the porter
| would prove that he was in. the hous'
about 10 o'clock or shortly after, tina
another porter would prove il, that I
bell boy would prove it. that the eleva
tor boy will prove that he took him I,
| his room and that the night porter VII
prove that he was in bed in his room
| on the fourth floor Of the Carey hote
! at 4 o'clock in the morning. He furtne
added that they viii prove that ne Oil
his work next morning, that he had
| done when Adams released him ant
| that, in short, they would prove It alb
solutely impossible for Williamson Z
have murdered Leonard that night o
be anywhere near when the murde
was committed.
Mr.. Helms presentation OF the cas-
was very ably done and it served 4
soften public prejudice against William
son to an appreciable extent.
| At 2:45 o'clock Mr.. Williamson wa
| put on the stand in his own defens
i and his direct evidence occupied exact
ly three hours. He was as cool an
unconcerned as If he was testifying Il
a neighborhoOd quarrel and he cut hi
tobacco regularly, put il in his mout
and took great delight in II. He tar
ed very slow. drawled out most OF nj
words and so far as any one could -
, he showed no signs OF fear at the Il
suit of his case.
He is either a very innocent man o
he has a remarkable faculty Of concea
ing his guilt His crOss-eXaminatiO
Will be continued this mornln
b; and the county attorney will keep hi
! on the rack for several hours NJ
Davis Will go after him rough-shod an
a great many people are anxious
know how he will act under a hot fir
! of questions such as are expected 10 b
asked.
> After throwing away quid OF tobaC
/ CO he took the witness chair and Nj
Helm SAD:
=; What is your name?'
"F. VI. williamson"
Are you the defendant in this cas-?
, ct am"
e Where were you born?"
> IN Madison county. Indiana
when did you go TO the Soldier:
!, | homer"
= ION Dec. Of. 1894"
0 Mr.. Williamson then went into do
tailed statement in which he told OF IN
various places he worked in Wichit'
| including the Kansas Steam Laundry
! the Fletcher building, on farms with
thresher. at the city building as eng
neer and part OF the time janftor and a
Smythes implement house. This wa
| during the FIVE or six years previous
entering the Soldiers home.
Mr.. Helm then asked him % con
= | mence al the beginning Of his career a
I 4 man and detail II dOwuwards 10 Oh
present time. In response he said tha
| when he left Indiana he went % Poor.
where he worked with a pile drive
He came from there u Wichita IN IS
and married ITena TuL, now lreu
| Leonard. in 1877. or early IN ISIS. 2
did not remember the exact t!me. Pr
I - = rc.T=szv ~4 J
twenty-five months in the army and
getting a pension. lie has lived VI;
his wife principally in Wichita. he sal
We had a farm In KinEman county bi
We sold out and came back 70 WIGHT
We lived at Wellington one eumm'
where l worked IN the iron works
| went back TO Indiana IN lSl1 or lbss. W
went there in September and / work.
in A packing house IN Indianapolis y
were boarding then. When ! got "a
of at the packing house she got G.
satisfied and wanted - come HON
She came and stayed until June whs
I came back and worked with her pa
erts putting Up hay. We then We
70 house keeping IN wichita and I got
Job n a -four mill
Afr. Villa ms0u then enumerated =
| various people he worked fo- II VIC
ia in the early eighties
he went 70 the Boston mountains Q
tween times as well as % Indiana a.
Illinois few times, 70 ArEals7s O.
more tines and usually wound mp
n wichita A. another time - went
The Pacific coast. from rhe-e he re-1-
| Il % Illinois or Indiana and a-z
* came back - wichita, Kan. whe
: Ms vie leSt him VALE be vas a. 2
e Fletcher building. stayed away ra0
- weeks. finally came back % h-n say-'
that she would 90 better. They we
- saoz-sted once before tas-, TIE tine
"a vent 70 he Pzciic cast He sad