The herald., 1897-04-23
HE BLUSHED
When Discovered by Jailer
Kennedy
PASSING A GUN TO KID
Health Officers Knocked Out by
q Decision
AWARDED $4,000 DAMAGES
OPINIONS HANDED DOWN BY
THE SUPREME COURT
Heavy Suit Filed in the District
Court-Court Calendar--New
Suits Filed--Court
Notes
AWARDED $4,000 DAMAGES
OPINIONS HANDED DOWN BY
THE SUPREME COURT

That interee.ing trio, Col. Tupper'
Maggie Brown and Trusty Kramer ap-
neared in Justice Young's court yester-
day morning. These are the mysterious
individuals who are said to have been I'M
plicated in plot to smuggle Colts re-
volver to Kid Thompson with which ne
was to shoot his guard and escape. yes
terdav was the time set for the prelimi-
nary hearing of all the parties concerned
in the affair, but for some unaccountaole
reason the examination of jenkins, Har-
ris and Maggie Brown has been indeh-
nitely continued.
Maggie Brown was the first witness
placed upon the etand by the district at
torney's office and she ratified off an ac-
count of the whole plan that had been
concocted to liberate Thompson with
lack of reserve that was little short OF
amazing, especially when 1t is consid-
cred that she was duplicating herself by
her own story. She said that she had been
in communication with Kid Thompson
for several months and he had on num-
erous occasions requested her to make
some arrangements for his escape. Soon
after Col. Tupper's arrival from Arizona
she became acquainted with him through
Kid Thompson. The two had at once
become more or less intimate and had
together formulated a plan to aesist the
Kid to escape Tupper brought her
note from Thompson asking her to have
a horse and buggy tied at the corner of
Broadway and Temple. She was also to
purchase a revolver for his use which
was to be smuggled into his cell through
''Trusty" Kramer.
Maggie said that she did not have
enough money to buy revolver and
neither had Tupper. 1t was finally de-
cided that Tupper was to send his own
gun to the Kid and a man named Jen
kins was selected to carry it to Kramer,
who was to shove ii through the bars to
Thompson. All the parties concerned
met at Maggies room in the Wylie build
ing, on Broadway, and there the plans
were completed and the gun given into
Jenkins hands. At leaet she supposed
that it was, although she stated that
she turned her head in order to avoid
witnessing the act. On cross-examina-
tion no new facts were brought out, al
though Maggie, instead of attempting
to shield her accomplice, Tupper, seemed
singularly anxious to incriminate him.
"Trusty" Kramer, the desperate GRIM
inal who is said to have been overpower-
ed by Jailor E. P. Kennedy, as he was in
the very act of passing loaded revolver
to Kid Thompson, was the next witness
called. Kramer looked anything but the
vicious parsonage he is represented as
being and was dressed with nicely that
bordered on the foppish, looking more
like a ladies' man than such a one as
would be implicated in the crime with
which he Is charged.
Kramer's testimony was amusing not
to say ridiculous. One of the first state
ments that he made was that he was
not familiar with firearms. He was
sure, however that the gun he had
attempted to pass to Kid Thompson
was a 45-caliber Winchester revolver
Like Maggie Brown, Kramer showed
not the least reserve in giving his tes-
timony. He said that the gun had been
left in the closet by jenkins and he
had got it from that place and, slipping
it under his shirt had attempted to get
it to Thompson, but was caught in the
act by Kennedy. Kramer was handed
a revolver to identify it. He took it, and
after looking it over carefully, was sure
that it was the same one he had at
tempted to hand Thompson.
The next witness was Jailer Kenne-
dy. He said that he had suspected Kra-
mer from his actions and had kept tab
on his movements and had seen hia
approach Kid Thompson's cell and at
tempt to shove something through the
bars. He came up to the man and dis
covered that he was trying to pass a
revolver to the train -wrecker. He had
then grabbed Kramer by the arms and
had compelled him to turn over the
weapon. Kennedy said that when Kra-
mer saw that he had been caught red
handed in the act he blushed crimson
color This completed the evidence, and
Tupper was held to appear before the
superior court in $4,000 bonds, failing to
give which he was remanded to the
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