The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-28

| SLFULHerS, W -. Dupy, L rank A NOlI.
! Selecting a jury from farmers were
| so successful that the practice will
| probably continue right along. This
viii trow the professional jurors of the
| city out of job. In all case Of import
| ance, when the papers have given de-
| tails Of any crime, il is next 10 imDOs-
| sible to find a safe jury il the city, be-
sides if they do get one il will cost the
county more in experimenting than il
would to get a jury outright from the
country.
The jury in this case was selected be-
| fore L o'clock and il is regarded as one
| Of the very best juries ever seen in the
( district court
The crowd in court was very large,
| but not quite as large a : when Mrs.
! Leonard was tried. II Will be i'm
| mense today as Williamson IS going on
the stand and everybody is anxious 10
hear his story.
AT 1:30 in the afternoon the taking
| of evidence was commenced. Mr.. Me-
Collister, eX-cOunty coroner, was the
first man examined.
Hetestified 10 driving down to Leo
| nard's house the morning the body was
found. He then went 10 where IL was
found about $50 feet north Of Lewis
street, where LeOnard's home was, and
fifteen feet east Of the alley that runs
avenue and Market street. He said the
body had thirteen wounds and that
most of them were in form and shape
like the poll Of a little Ratchet found in
Mrs. LeOnard'S house and introduced IN
evidence. He also Identified the dress
es of Mrs. Leonard which. he said, were
Wet when he had found them as if they
had been washed in places. He said that
part Of the carpet in the kitchen had
hn1 1t
ashes of a part Of it were in the kitch-
en- stove. He described the brood spots
and stains in various places and then
the trail of blood from the house TO the
stable and on up the alley 10 where the
body was found.
He identified the shirt and clothing
of the murdered man. The shirt was
terribly smeared with blood but the
other clothing had only a few stains
This proved that the man was murder
ed in bed and that he was afterwards
dressed and carried 10 the place where
he was found. Mr.. MCCOllister also de-
Scribed the blood stains on the wall, in
other portions of the house and intro
duced a plank of the sidewalk leading
to the stable with blood on II. H was
crOss-examined very thoroughly by Mr..
Helm whose apparent object was 10
bring out evidence fastening the crime
some strong points, notably that the
deed was done by the hatchet. The
theory is that if Williamson did it he
used a piece Of gas pipe in doing the
job.
The jurors consumed some time indi-
vidually in making q close and thor
Ough examination of the clothing,
hatchet and plank introduced in evil
dence.
DIR. Hoffman, city and county physi-
clan, gave evidence as to the wounds
and told which produced death. He
thought the poll of the Ratchet made
several of the wounds but could not
say as to the fatal wound that extend
ed from the left eye 10 the ear. He said
it was made by blunt instrument and
that it could be made by the Ratchet
o. G. Button, LeOnard's clerk, testi-
fled that upon removing the furniture
he found a stain of blood as large as the
palm of his hand on the pipe Of the
base burner stove and also found a
blister of blood on the back wall of the
cook stove. He also testified as 10 the
back yard of the Leonard store and the
high fence that was mentioned sub
Sequenuy by Mr.. Jordan as the fence
Williamson spoke of when he laid the
plot of numbering Leonard before him
at the Soldiers Home.
George II. States testified to seeing
Williamson in buggy with Mrs. Lec-
nard on Seneca street IL miles south
of the Wichita and Western tracks be-
tween and o'clock in the afternoon
before the night of the murder, and
that they Were reading a document.
As this was supposed to be the insu-
rance policy on Leonard's life, made
out in favor of Mrs. Leonard. the cOun-
ty attorney put it in evidence.
Mrs. Rosa McTaggert testified that she
saw Williamson down on Lewis street
a few days previous TO the murder and
that on one Of the days he was Elanc-
ing towards Leonards house exactly a
block distant.
She did not, however, see whether
he went to the house.
Mrs. Anna Baker testified that she
saw Williamson and Mrs Leonard to- I
gether twice during November and that /,
their son was with them once. They
were all talking very privately, she said. /
She saw Williamson and his son to- T.
gether about O'Clock in the evening .
before the murder was committed.
The next witness was Michael Jordan, /,
whose testimony in part is given above. /.
Chief Of Police Burrows had just been 3
called 10 the stand when court adjourn .
ed.
NOTES.
County Attorney Davis is dove failing .
his evidence in great shape IN this case. /
Mr.. Helm is making a very close de- (
Tense. He has a correct plan Of the .
premises in evidence.
Williamson VIII go on the stand to- |
day in his own defense. Some thrilling
evidence IS expected from him.
The proceedings were SO agreeable .
TO both sides yesterday that Mr.. Helm /
only once and Mr.. Davis once. /
The relatives of Mrs Leonard are .
watching the proceedings with more .
interest than they manifested in her .
case.
Yesterday morning a the house where .
the murder was committed the parties .
VINO live in IL now found where a strip .
Of paper had been put on the wall in /
side the bed in the room Leonard was
killed. The authorities upon being no I
titled removed thes trip of paper. 70 ANd /
a stream of blood under il and also a
dent in the plaster made 10y the wea-
pom that killed Leonard. a part of a I
roll of paper from which the slip was
cut was found in the closet. Il is
from the number Of sheriff
officers and policemen who examined I
the house that this was not found be-
fore.
SCREBES OF THE LONE STAR
W ichita Boy Who mas Invaded Journalism
in the state of Texas.