The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-05

so I stayed away
Q.-How long. were they there?
A.-Fifteen or 20 minutes.
Q.-What did they say?
A.-JOhn said I can trust him.
Q.-Then what?
A.-Jordan said to me: collins will
come down here tomorrow morning
with SIS which you will take to Mrs.
Norris for me-"
Q.-Then?
A.-Collins left and I walked across
the bridge with Jordan to North Law
renee.
The Collins diamond was then pre-
sented to Harper, and he said: This
is the stud Collins gave me or one just
like it.
Q.-And what did you do with it?
A.-Wore it in my necktie until I
pawned it to Dave PassOn.
Q--What was done with the pawn
ticket?
Al took it home and put it in the
clock.
home after seeing Jordan?
A.-Up town.
Q.-When did you again see Collins?
A.-The next day or day after he
came to my house.
Q.-What did he say?
A.-Said he was late about getting the
money.
Q.-What did he do?
A.-Cave me SIS, three twenties, a ten
and five.
Q.-What did he say?
A.-Told me to take the money to
Jordan and tell him to take the first
Q.-Did you find Jordan at Mrs.
Morris?
Ayes.
ODD you give him the money?
A-Yes
Q.-What did he do?
A.-C4ave me $35.
Q.-What then did you do?
A.-Came across the river.
Odd you spend all the money that
day?
A.-Yes. nearly all of it.
A-s1s for coat and vest; SO for a
pair of pants and $3.50 for a hat.
Q.-The day you got the money?
A-Yes- April q.
Odd Jordan leave town that day?
Q.-~when next did you see Collins?
A.-Two days later.
Q.-Where?
AT my house.
Q.-What did he ask?
Aft I had heard from Jordan.
Q.-Had you?
Q.-When did you next see him?
A.-TwO days after.
Q.-What did he want?
A--TO know if I had heard from
Johnson Jordan. He kept bOthern'. me
about it and I told him I would give
him an address SO he could go to Topeka
and see Jordan.
Q.-Then what?
Ale finally got me round trip
ticket to Topeka to see Jordan.
Odd you go to Topeka?
Ayes.
Q.--Did you see Jordan?
A-No; he was not at home and I
went back.
Q.-When did you see Collins again ?
A.-TwO or three days.
Q.-What did he say?
A.-Kept asking about Jordan until I
got dead stuck to know what this was
and came to Topeka on my own hook
and saw Jordan at his home, I think 1926
Madison.
-Q-When did you go back?
A.-The same night.
Q--When did you see Collins?
A--The next morning.
Q.-What did he Say2
ASKED me if I had seen Jordan.
said yes. and he told me you wanted
him to kill a man.
Q.-W hat did he say?
A-Told me to keep my mouth shut.
Q--When did you see him again?
A.-The Sunday before the murder.
Q.-What did he say?
A--That he had been out the night
before to wine or champagne supper,
and had run out of money. He says,
can't get into the bank and I want
some money. Can't you take this gun
and pawn 1t for me. and get me the
price to Topeka and back. I took the
gun and after got up-I was in bed
then-and went uD town, and asked
Solle u my AIIeudS TOT the money Out
they didn't have it. so I saw Dave Pas
son, and went into his store. and he
gave me one dollar and a half and a
pawn ticket. I went out and met
John and gave the $3.50 and the pawn
ticket to him.
Q.-HOw did you get the gun out?
A--Took the money and got the gun
out.
Q.-Who furnished the money?
A.-GeOrge Hudson.
Odd you see John again that
week2
A--Yes; on Wednesday.
Q.-Where2
At my house.
Q.-What time?
Ask O'Clock.
Odd you receive word from him?