The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-13
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soda water and they both drank to-
gether. Then Collins bought each of
them cigar and they left the store to-
gether.
John walked down the street a block
with me and then went on to the Beta
house. During the time he was in the
store was sitting by the soda fountain
when he came in, not one word was
mentioned about poison or anything
else. We had drink of soda, a cigar,
and then went out and John went
home"
When the examination of Mr.. Carpen-
ter was started by Mr.. Spellman Mr..
JetmOre and Mr.. Stafford paid little at
tention to the new lawyer but before he
had gone far both JetmOre and Stafford
were raising objections. Mr.. Spe1lman
persisted and by some clever question
Ing succeeded in bringing out from Mr..
Carpenter exactly what Stafford and
Jetmore were endeavoring to prevent
and that was the conversation with
reference to the poison incident.
Mrs. LANCE Testifies.
Mrs. Edwin Lange, who lives opposite
the Collins home on Van Buren, street,
is an intimate friend of the Collins
family Mrs. LANCE testified that the
relations between John and his mother,
and sister, were unusually affectionate,
and between father and son were very
cordial and the two were constant
chums and afrectionate companions. She
had not, during an acquaintance cover
ing a period Of eight years, seen any
thing which she could criticise.
Mrs. Lange said that she had heard
in Lawrence, that John did not do as
we'll during the second year as he did
the first year in school.
who said that" asked Mr.. Jetmore.
81 don't care to say was the reply
Mrs. Lange was here excused and the
court took a short recess.
Mrs. Allie Biggerstaff, of 1131 Topeka
avenue, North Topeka was the next
witness. With her daughter Mrs Ida
n three
Emporia, she witnessed the Dewey Day
parade, standing at Fourth and Kansas
avenue. She saw J. s. Collins ordering
people to clear the street. LAS he pass
ed, a. man dressed in gray, a tall man.
and a short cOlOred man, who when or
dered back came upon the sidewalk, and
looked up into Collins face, and said:
Damn you"
Mr.. Collins turned as white as mar
BILE, when he looked at the man, then
rode hurriedIy away.
After Mr. Collins rode away the
white man said: Collins will never live
to order me back another day
1.-THE cOlOred man said: I don't blame
you Bit
Then my daughter and I" continued
Mrs. Biggerstaff, went over towards
the south entrance Of the Hotel Throop,
where We saw the men again, and the
white man said:
I'll do it,
''Then he said to the colored man
'Whatn you take and the negro re-
piled, not very much Then they walk
ed on and that's all we heard"
On the cross examination the witness
said the man whom she heard talking
was probably % or 80 feet away from
her, but she heard what he said, be
cause he was talking loud and was
very mad"
Odd Mr.. Collins speak to this man?
Al don't think he moved his mouth.
Dwell, did you see his mouth
move?
A.-No.
Q.-Why
A.-Because it didn't move.
Odd Mr.. Collins have a beard?
Al do not remember.
Q.-HOW was he dressed?
Al do not remember.
Odd you say Mr.. Collins did not
Al don't remember, but think he had
a moustache.
GLOW did you know it was Collins?
Any son-in-law pointed him out to
me afterwards. and when Collins was
killed they talked about it, and they
told me he was the man who rode the
gray horse in the parade, and remem-
bered him as the man who had this
trouble on Dewey Day.
On the CROSSE examination Mr.. Hay
den asked the witness if she had been
offered any money or other inducement
to appear in court and testify.
A--NO, if had, wouldn't be here.
Mrs. Frank F'luke, Mrs. Biggerstaff's
daughter, was the next witness and she
Ella BuChanan's Testimony.
Following the cross-examination OF
Mrs. Burnett, Miss Ella Buchanan, her
cOlOred servant, was called. She lives
at 220 Jefferson. She was with Mrs.
Burnett on Sixth street, on the morning
OF May 10, and first called Mrs. Bur-
netts attention to the man on the Col
Inns roof
Miss Buchanan destroyed the value
of her testimony for the defense by
saying that before she reached Kansas
avenue the 0:3O whistle blew. This was
after the two women had walked to
Eighth and Van Buren, and walked
around to Harrison, and then east on
Sixth.
The witness stated that they had
walked on home, Eighth and Adams,
and that about the time they arrived
home the o'clock whistles had sounded.
Mrs. Burnett had testified that they
had passed the Collins house about 5
o'clock. ]. s. Collins died at 5:24 o'clock
and at that hour there was a crowd Of
people going towards the Collins house.
This slight difference of half an hour
was used as the main feature of the
examination, and Mr.. Stafford pro-
ceeoed to demonstrate to the jury that
the evidence of the two witnesses was
conflicting on some of the important de-
tails. Miss Buchanan said she saw no
one on Eighth street that morning al
though it was quite light, yet the sun
had not risen. Asked why Mrs Bur-
nett had taken her along the witness
said her employer was afraid of bur
gulars," and was inclined to nervous
ness. The witness was asked if she
could see well, and she replied by rub
bling her eyes vigorously and saying:
I was feelin' kind O. that way; you
know how it is in the morning
Later the witness was asked about
the weather and she explained that it
was rather sharp and I was wishjnf
for comfort to put around me- COZ I
was chilly having got out of a warm
bed"
Q--Who was in Mrs. Burnett's fam
lily?
A.-She was all the family. I was
working for her, and there was a man
named Smith and Mr. and Mrs. White