The herald., 1897-07-18

the witnesses, first appeared on thu
scene as a fool. With a crime dimly
Swallowed in his mind, he was so anx
ious for a confidant that he unburdenet
himself Of his purpose to the law off.
was then residing. Arriving in Los An
geles, he further exemplified his foolish
ness by attempting to carry out his
scheme without cent of money in his
pocket.
And that's about all that was shown
yesterday.
PRELIMINARIES
The first witness put forward by the
prosecution was Charles L. Logan, clerk
Of department one. He was put on tc
identify the papers in the 'KidY Thomp-
son case for the purpose of showing that
the kid" was legally incarcerated in
the jail at the time that the defendan!
is alleged to have aided him to escape
Mr.. McComas was about to offer in evil
dence the voluminous documents accu-
mulated in the Thompson case, but the
court called halt. and as it was only
required of the prosecution to show thai
the kid" was in legal custody, the in
formation and warrant Of arrest were
only admitted, and proof made Of tbs
last trial and conviction in April last.
H. B. Davenport, of ella Bend, Ariz.,
at which point he is deputy sheriff, was
next put upon the stand and identified
the defendant as a man he had known
for two years. He had a converse ton
with him a few days before he left for
Los Angeles.
"Ha fold MI id xv.i+pace I, .
was coming here as a witness for Kid
Thompson and TO try and help him out.
1 asked him if he could afford to go, and
he said: Yes, he'd go and testify for him
or do any other damn thing to help him
out. The defendant had a A Colt pistol
in his possession at that time which shot
short Al Winchester cartridge" (Wit-
ness identified the weapon } THAT is
the pistol, but a name has been Whitfield
off the handle" The words 1.-The Kid
were marked on it, and the defendant
used sometimes to be known as kid
Topper"
Upon cross-eXamination the witness
said that he identified pistol from any
other one of the same make and size by
its battered appearance. He confessed
that he had examined it in the presence
of the clerk and Mr.. McComas on Friday.
p. j. Kennedy. the county jailer and
deputy SHERIFF next went upon the wit
ness stand. He testified to kid" Thomp-
sons having been prisoner in the Jail,
admitted on January 9Th, 1897
TUPPER'S ARIZONA FRIENDS
The next witness was Thomas r. Gage,
Of ella Bend, Ariz., and he testified that
he had known the defendant in Arizona
for about three to five months Before
the defendant started for Los Angeles
witness saw him and on the day before
had a conversation with him. "It was
on April % said witness, "that Topper
came into my house and wanted to know
how much he owed me. 1 told him, and
he said that if I could let the matter
stand over until he returned from CAL
ifornia he then would have money, and
he didn't want to run short on the way.
asked him what he was going to Cali
fornia for, and he replied he was going
to help Kid Thompson out 1 told him
that he had once been arrested with
Kid Thompson and he had better take
care. He said he was going up and
would do anything to help get the Kid
out. asked him why he was going up
such long time before the trial, and
he replied that he wanted to see how
the land lay"