The herald., 1897-07-20

AiuH yOu near MI. heUHeuy rel US
to come across?"
No, sir. / saw a friend and 1 RAJ
across the street to talk to him.
Didn't you hear Mr.. Mills tell Nj
Kennedy that he was an officer of til
law, and he called upon him to look afte
the prisoners?"
mo, sir; I had reached the middle G
the street before anything was said, an
when 1 returned Mr.. Kennedy put hi
hand upon me and said he wanted me t
come along
did Mr.. Kennedy tell you he had beel
looking for your"
II don't remember, but he said he ha'
been, down to the canyon"
He told you that in the presence o
Mr. Mills?"
81 don't know whether 1t was or not
"Well, you were never away from thu
presence of Mr.. Mills, were you?"
mo, sir"
did Mr.. Kennedy place you under ar
rest?"
81 don't know. Twas Joking, and said
Il guess I'll go up the street and he said
No, 1 guess you won't In the Palace
Deputy Sheriff White served me with
bench warrant and I was brought baci
TO the city and taken to the county Jail
I was put in one of the rooms in the
front part of the Jail and had supper"
Did you have a conversation with Mr.
Kennedy then?"
Eyes, sr''
"And what did he say?"
'I asked him if it wouldn't be posi-
BILE to have a deputy take US somewhere
outside to sleep"
"And that's an?"
Eyes, sir"
HE didn't say anything regarding
your testimony, or what you should tes-
tify to?"
mo sir"
Did Harris share the same room with
you?"
Yes, sir"
"And you both agreed not to testify? p
1--WE both agreed to avoid testifying
if possible"
us it not a fact that you took supper
and slept at the st. Elmo hotel?"
1--WE did not have supper there but we
did sleep there
Did you come over to the Jail mex
morning before coming into court?"
II think we did"
"Do you remember having converse.
ton with me in my office, Harris beira
present, to the effect that you had seer
Kennedy before you got the pistol arc
he told you it would be all right; that al
he wanted was to intercept the pistol?'
II do rot"
did you have conversation that day
with me at all?"
Eyes sir"
"Give the substance of It."
81 told you 1 had been arrested, and
the circumstances told to me by Kramer
and asked you whether l could not gel
out of testifying; and you told me thai
1 wouldn't have to if didn't want"
That ended the testimony of these two
curiously constituted witnesses. Their
testimony was of the negative order
throughout
KRAMER'S LITTLE PIECE
w. E. Kramer, a very smooth appear
ing young man, next spoke his little
piece and spoke it very we'll. He said the
first time he saw the defendant was ir
the corridor of the Jail about week be-
fore the kids" trial. He had come tc
see the 'Kd."
After my visit" said the witness, "thc
Kid made a request of me, and in persu-
ance of the request l sent word to Harris
to go down and see the defendant.
sent a note to Harris at the request oil
the Kid asking him to come and see
me. For a few moments the Kid,
T., ,rt- bo ipr
and then Harris went away. 1t was ar
ranged that Martha Brown was to get
a 3S-calber gun, but she backed down
and didn't get it. Harris, however, did
bring gun and l received it, on Friday
April 10th. Harris showed it to me in his
pocket and as an officer was in the cor
rdor 1 told him to put it in the closet
got it from there and took it in the
tanks and was passing it through to
Kid Thompson when Mr.. Kennedy
caught me. There were nine cartridges
with the pistol" (Witness identified the
pistol and cartridges handling both
very gingerly.)
Did you write any letter for Kid
to the defendant" asked Mr.
McComas.
eS, sir, several.
"In relation to the passing of the PTS
tol?"
yes, sir, three or four"
Whom We're they to?"
Part to him in Arizona, and part In
this city to the care of Maggie Brown
did the Kid tell you what he was
going to Go if he got gum"
eyes sir 4"
"What is your age and business?" be.
gan counsel for the defense.
II am "A and was in the in surance bust
ness"
you have been convicted of felony
1 believer"
Eyes, SIR
did you not write a letter of intro
duction for Kid Thompson to the de.
fendant?"
INC. sir"
when was the pistol brought into the
jail?"
IN the afternoon, it might have beer
as early as the noon hour"
How long was it in your possession
until an attempt was made?"
"About fifteen minutes
80 If Harris says he brought 1t in a.
1915 it was about 1890 the attempt was
made?"
Eyes, sir"
How long was it in the water closets?
about a minute"
Were you trusty then?"
Yes, sir"
What were your duties?"