The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-18

six or Is minutes before six.
Q.-Do you know how he happened
to be in the alley?
Ale frequently went through the
alley.
Cross-examined by Mr.. GODDARD.
Q.-What time did you get there?
Ait ten minutes past five.
| Q.-Where were you when you were
talking to John?
Am the hall.
Odd you or John see the gun
Al saw it first.
The witness then explained the posi-
! ton in which the gun was found
Q--Who was the first one to pick
up the gun?
A.-oficer Jenkins
Q.-How long did you stay at the
house?
Alt was o'clock when I got home
but I came to Mr.. Cages and to To-
peka avenue before that time.
Q.-How much did you see of John :?
| Al saw him good deal.
Odd you. see him crying?
! g A--When I went back from Mr.. Ga
crying. I did not see him crying be-
| fore.
Q.-Was he crying very hard?
| Odd he say anything about losing
| his father?
A.-No, he was writing the telegram
and crying.
Q.-What direction was the man
Doane going when in the alley?
! Ale walked north from toward
Seventh street at Mr.. Collins place,
turned and went west to Harrison
A--who was the boy who told YOU
about the man leaving the alley?
Al did not know him.
Odd you examine the windows be-
fore you went after the man?
CHIEF Of Police Steele was next call
Q--state whether you were called to
the Collins residence on May 49,
A-Our patrol driver, Albert Heart
and said Mr.. Collins had been shot.
When 1 got there Tim Donovan was
there, Ed LANCE and DR.. Tefft.
Q.-What time was it?
A--AbOut six.
o.--What did you do when you got to
the house?
Al met the young lady as I went
examined Mr. Collins. He was dead,
Q.-Who was there?
Airs. Collins and DrTefft. ask
ed Tim Donovan what he thought of it
and he said there was a mystery about
it. I said let US search the house thor
oughly and I made a search of the
house.
Odd you talk to any one before
you made the search?
Ayes; talked to Mrs. Collins, DR.,
Tefft and Tim Donovan
Q.-What did Mrs. Collins say?
Al thought at first it was a burg
lar. I asked her about Mr. Collins
clothes and she said that the clothes
had been searched and the money was
given to Mr.. Knowles. I asked her to
come in so we could see if anything
was missing from the dresser She said
1t was not worth while, as it had not
been done by burglar. I insisted,
and she came in and unlocked the draw
erS OF the dresser and took out Mr.
Collins watch. I asked her about the
gun and she said it was Mr. Collins
Tho c-ai1 r
and then made search of the closet
I found a box of shells like those in
the gun,and seven shells had been taken
out.
Q.-What did you say to Mrs. Collins
about the gun?
Al asked her a good many ques-
tions. She said that she saw the gun
the night before, and it was always kept
in the closet.
Odd you make any search for the
pistols?
Al asked Mrs. Collins whether
there was anything in the bed she
wanted to take out. She said nothing
but two guns. I then looked for them,
but could not find them.
Odd you say anything about the
guns being gone?
A.-No, not at that time. I made a
thorough search of the house for the
revolvers.
o-Rid you search Johns room?
Odd you search John?
A.-Not then, but L did afterward.
Q.-With reference to the closet in the
hall, did you search it thoroughly?
Ayes it was filed with quilts and
bed clothing 1 think there are three
shelves. L took the clothes on the bot
tom shelf and then out of the other
shelves, and examined each quilt and
piece separately.
.Q.-You tell the jury that you looked
through all this bed clothing?
Ayes, sir I did. I pulled the trunk
a wa n there before I
the bed clothes. I came out of there |
and met John, and asked him about |
the windows. 1 went into the back |
room and I found two drawers locked. |
L asked John about them. He said it |
was the servants room, and he did not |
know where the keys were.
Q.-After you made the search, what |
did you do then?
Al had a talk with John. He said |
if his father had any enemies, he did |
not know it. I asked him about the |
shooting and if he had his room locked, |
and he said he did. He said his mother |
and sister objected to smoking, and he |
shut the door and windows. He said he !
heard a muff1ed sound and found him
self on the floor, and thought he had |
nightmare He opened the door and |
met his sister. He said he went half |
way down the stairs and then went |
back and got his trousers He said if he |
had an enemy, he did not know it, I'M
less it was a man a year or two ago
out near Washburn college that he had
some trouble with. 1 then went down
into the library and had a talk with |
Miss Collins.
Q-What did she tell you?
Al asked if there was any trouble
in the family between her father and
brother and she said there was not.
asked her if she did not know who kill
ed her father and she said she did not.
She said that she saw John first when
he ran against her, as she opened the
door and she heard her mother scream
ing and ran down stairs. She said she