The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-29

AIouzo Miller Swears That Cone Gave
Him $50 to Buy Votes With, But That
He Kent it and Never Voted for Cone
S. ID. Cook Says lie Borrowed Fifty
Cents From Cone and was Promised $40
tn Make an Afidavitt of the Fact-Allen
Testifies That He was Present.
Yesterday afternoon in Justice Jones
court the dispositions in the Cone case
were continued and the testimony Of
all the witnesses taken.
Promptly at half past one Judge Wall
and C. H. Brooks were seated in the
court room awaiting the arrival of Col
! oneI J. r. Hallowell and the witnesses.
| In few minutes they came in followed
I by interesting spectators. Sheriff Cone
sat beside Judge Wall and Mr.. Brooks,
, his attorneys, and was apparently an
unconcerned party until the first wit
ness was called, wnen his interest be-
came more apparent.
! Colonel Hallowell, representing the at
! torney general, called AlOnzO Miller, a
! large. dark colOred negro, TO the stand
/ and began examining him. In answer
| to the question Of his age he replied that
/ he did not know exactly how old he was,
/ he though about 45; that he has been
acquainted for Cone a number of years,
| and that he knew Cone was a candidate
for sheriff; that Cone had made an ap-
| pointment with him TO be at Schnitz-
| ler's the day before election, and that
when he went in with him into an inner
room, Cone handed him twenty dollars
TO use in the Fourth ward. Ten dollars
/ was in silver and the other was a bill
He took the money and left without say
ing a word.
On REORGANIZATION ii was brought
out that Cone never told him TO buy
any particular votes, but just handed
him twenty dollars for the Fourth
ward. Miller, continuing, said: Il
used it on myself and never even VOt-
ed for Gone. He never asked me 10
vote for him, and L thought if he was
the man to give away money I was the
man to take it." In answer to a ques-
tion he said that he had never told Char
lie Phillips the morning of the election
that he would vote for Cone for five dol
lars and that in the afternoon said he
would do it for two dollars and half.
This closed his testimony.
Charley ShultZ, the next witness for
the state, said that Cone told him that
he had paid Miller five dollars on an
old account and that after election MIL
Ter had made an affidavit that he had
been given the money 10 buy votes. He
also said that Cone never asked him TO
use his influence with Miller 10 destroy
the affidavit, and that Cone never talk
ed with him about ii.
The most interesting testimony of the
day was given by S. d. Cook, which is
given below verbatim:
By J. r. Hallowell.
Q.-State your name, Mr.. Cook.
As. d. Cook.
Q.-Where do you live?
Al live in Wichita.
Q.-How long have you lived here?
Al came here in the boom 1 guess
about six or seven years ago.
Q-What is your business.
Al have little shoe shop down on
the street.
Q-Do you know Mr.. Cone?
A.-Rufe Cone?
Q.-YeS.
Ayes. sir.
Q.-This gentleman sitting here?
A-That gentleman over there;
know RUFF.
Q.-HoW long have you known him?
Al have known him, l never had
any particular acquaintance with him.
l know he was constable and run for
sheriff and I voted for him and stood
by the side of him.
Q.-Was ne a candidate in 1895 for
sheriff do you know?
A.-Yes, sir.
Q.-Prior to the election in 1895, this
last fall, did Mr.. Cone give you or offer
you anything of value pertaining to his
election?
Defendants object as incompetent,
irrelevant and immaterial and leading)
That is substantially answered yes
or no.
VII ILL a,,--,-or - vac -E-oI1
] will say this. Brother Cone came
along there and ne either lent or give
me or handed me a half a dollar as that
affidavit will show. That is the truth
about that; and of course 1 did not go
to him for any favor or he to me be
cause he knows that l am no Democrat
or Populist, but that there was friend
~ feeling existing between Us for SO
long, and it wasn't but half a dollar
anyway; he either lent or gave 1t to
me.
Ole either lentsor gave it to you?
A.-CaH il what you will; I SAID I
would pay it to him; told him l would
pay it.
Odd you take it at that time with
the intention of returning il?
Ayes, sir. I don't take any money
from no man without / pay II.
OF course not; you have had some
Al thing so.
O.-Who was present when you had
the conversation?
"A man by the name, of Allen was
present.
Q.-Where was he?
Am that little shop.
That is all.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
BY Judge Wall.
Q.-Mr. Cook, was Il Mr.. Perry Alien? /
Ayes sir.
Q.-Who lived in the country2
Ayes. somewhere west.
Ole lives at a little town called /
Colwich.
A.-No. he lives here somewhere in
Wichita.
Q-This man Allen does?
Ayes sir.
Ole is a colored man2
Ayes. a little bit dark. yes sir.
Q-Was he present when You and |
Mr.. Cone had the talk?
Ayes sir. he was out on the walk
Q.-Your place Of business was on the !
west side Of Main street?
A--Yes sir.
Q-AIr. Cone was going along on the /
east side Of the street and was called i
over by one OF you2
Al can't remember 50 much Of thai;
I have a dose Of opium in me as big as
that Indicating the ball Of his thumb)
and ! cannot call my mind IN thai.
Q.-Don't You think il probable. NJ
Cook, that you or Allen hall0Wei a.
Cone and he came over 20 where You
was?
Al think IL might be possible.
0-Isn't i a fact that Mr. Cone then
asked You about this affidavit that You
made?
An affidavit. yes sir; as near as 7
can remember did talk.
Q.-Didn't Mr.. Cone say ne had sinr-
" loaned you q small amount and that