The record-union., 1897-04-08

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saw lot of goods as described by other
witnesses on Reynolds scow Kelly
remarked that they ought to have some
thing to drink, but he didn't see how
they were going to get it, as they hadn't
any money. Wagner weighed out
twenty or twenty-five pounds of sugar
from big sack and put it in pillow
case and Kelly and the witness traded
the sugar to the wine woman" for
gallon of wine.
When asked what the wine-woman
had to say, McNulty attempted to re-
peat her exact language, mixture OF
Italian and English. He said that she
pleasantly greeted Kelly with:
Hello, Fronkie, whata you gotta dare,
Fronkie?''
Il gotta da sug," Kelly answered. At
ter some dispute over the weight, the
woman finally handed over the gallon
of wine in exchange for the sugar. Nc
Nulty was very positive that Kelly was
the man who went with him to the wine
woman. He was unable to handle a
boat by himself.
KELLY DUMFOUNDED.
Then there was a momentary lull in
the proceedings, and Kelly, who at
tempted to assume an air of careless
ness, evidently believed that this would
end the case for the prosecution. But
he was doomed to disappointment, and
pallor spread over his face, his eyes
bulged from their sockets and he
grasped the back of his chair as Dep
uty Sheriff Max Fisher quietly asked
to have Mrs. Silverlock brought into
court.
Kelly gave one long, appealing look at
the woman who had left a home and
children, had forsaken a kind husband
to enjoy the company Of the man who
stood charged with a serious crime. But
the woman gave no sign of recognl-
ton. She had apparently determined
to tell the truth this time and not con-
tradict what appeared to be the ap-
parent truthfulness of her little son
Warren's statement.
Mrs. Silverlock not only fully corrob-
Grated nearly everything which had
been testified to by the other witnesses,
but also acknowledged that Jim Rey-
! nolds was we'll aware of the fact that
Kelly and Wagner had planned the
steamboat job. She said Reynolds re-
marked:
by -, Kelly has been talking about
getting this stuff for several days. 1t
is about time he did something! 1 am
perfectly willing and ready to go along
and help"
When further questioned by Mr.
Ryan, she admitted that Reynolds had
said: 1T is a trading boat, and stops at
oil /
take the boys in the big sailboat and
we can get alongside of her at the first
place she stops at night, and then we
can
GET A LOT OF STUFF
When asked in regard to the hog de-
scribed by her little son, she stated that
several nights before 1.-The boat job"
Reynolds and Wagner took an ak and
went to some slaughter house near the
Y-street levee to kill a hog, but that
they came home without it. On Satur-
day night, February 18th, Kelly and
Wagner left in Reynolds flatboat and
came back about II o'clock with a good
sized hog, which had it's throat cut.
AS they pulled up alongside of the
scow Reynolds remarked: Good for
the boys! They got one, and it's a
daisy" REYNOLDS assisted in lifting
the carcass out of the rowboat on to
the scow, and she and Reynolds cut the
carcass in two and put it in the sail
boat and put canvas over it. Reynolds
also lifted a wheelbarrow that was COW
cred with blood out of the rowboat and
placed it on top of the scow. Shortly
afterward George Couchman returned
70 Iac hoy, Lal1x Il
got ready and left to get the provisions
from the trading boat. She and Rey-
nolds told them to be careful On Sun
day Reynolds and herself skinned the
hog and cut it up and put it in a bar
rel. This closed her testimony
KELLY'S PARTNER TELLS ALL.
While all this was a sumner to Kelly,
there was yet another surprise in store
for him when Mr.. Ryan said: Bring
Harry Wagner into court"
Everybodys attention was attracted
to Wagner as he took the stand AL
! though the woman had testified so
strongly against Kelly, the latter evil
IDENTIFY had hoped that at least Wagner.
his pal, who was charged with the same
offense, would stand by him. But Kelly
did not know that Wagner had, at the
urgent appeal of his mother, made a
full confession and expressed a wish to
plead guilty.
Wagner was evidently willing to en-
ter plea of guilty, as charged, right on
the spot, but hesitated. In fact, he
fatty refused at first to implicate Kelly
or anyone else.
District Attorney Ryan, however,
finally managed, by adroit questioning,
TO get him to make several admissions.
and after more urging he at last told
al, just as he had told it to Sheriff
Johnson and Detective Max p Fisher
in the pnssence of his mother in Sheriff
Johnson'S private office.
The prosecution then announced that
that was the case, and Justice Henry
held Kelly over to the Superior Court,
and fixed his bail at $1,000
Captain Bemis Of the, Neponset testi-
| fled as he did in the Kelly ease and