The age-herald., 1898-09-27
TWO DEFENDANTS
 ON THE STAND DedsGF BlankenShip and John LittlejOhn
 Testified. GAVE SMOOTH STATEMENTS Until the Rigid CrOSs-EXaminatiOn Was
 Begun. MEMORIES. WERE DEFECTIVE Attorney Cowart Offered to Produce the Money Alleged to Have Been Taken From Thompson's
 Body When Killed.
MEMORIES, WERE DETECTIVE

with the murder of w. A. Thompson gov
 ernment witness, was resumed yesterday
 morning at 10 o'clock
 Ad- Smith, father-in-law of the defendant
 Blankenship who was on the stand when
 court adjourned Saturday afternoon was
 recalled and the cross-examination by As
 sistant District Attorney Peasants con
 tnued.
 The question, "haVe you seen any $2 bllls
 such as those claimed to have been taken
 from the person of w. A. Thompson, after
 he was killed?" was objected to by the de- fense The objection was overruled and the witness answered.:
 "To the best of my recollection l saw seven $2 bills Mr. Cowart had them. The money was in a little tin box, like a snuff box without any wrapper on it. The money was in the box and some paper was on top of it." Other questions were asked the
 witness, which were objected to and finally
 MT. Cowart for the defense, stated that to
 relieve the solicitor the money would be
 offered in evidence at the proper time and would be accounted for.
 Mir Pleasants was persistent and said that he was not thoroughly relieved, but
  Thompsons money
 The defense would admit nothing and the examination continued He was questioned | in regard to the reel-footed mule which was lame at the time the murder oc- cured.
 Became Excited. Tom Robinson was the next witness. He stated that he was 20 years of age, and was a nephew of the defendant, Littlejohn He accounted for the whereabouts of Lit tleiohn and Blankenship on the eventful 14th day of March, but under the cross questions of the district attorney became excited and badly mixed, being unable to | fix any other dates except March 14 ana lo' | the days on which Thompson is said to 1 have been killed and on which his body 1 was found.
 l B. Long, uncle of Chess and Walter
 inson' the fhe 9ree plosnel t,o novt wit ness. He testified that he had seen WaIte1- Notes and Jasper Robinson at Bob Tay- lor's house on March 14 between 12 and 1 o'clock. He identified the gun which the
 government offered as the property of Chess Notes and also stated that he had
 seen Notes wear pair of shoes similar to
 those in evidence
 Peter Holyfield and Sam Riggin testified
 they had seen Thompson pass going to- wards home about 1 o'clock March II.
 Link Morris testified that he heard of Thompsons death on March 16 and that he never told Mrs. Notes that if he had known that Taylor was going to tell on Chess he would have killed him. One of the Defendants. | The next witness was Dodger Blanken- l ship, one of the defendants. He testified | that he was 2s years of age and lived about l twelve miles from Sylacauga. Was ar rested on March s, for illicit distilling and | brought to Birmingham. Was placed in l jail where he remained from Tuesday until | Sunday, returning to Sylacauga Sunday af- | ternoon. That he spent Sunday night at | home and left early Monday morning for | Ad Smiths, where he borrowed saddle | Then proceeded to John L-ttlejohn's and | together they went to Monroe Thompson's on business and returned to Littlejohn's | in the afternoon. While at Littejohn's he | hair and shaved Littleiohn's neck. Left | cut George Robinson and Littejohn's boys about o'clock and went to Van Joine-s, which was his way home. | Professed Innocence. | Had nothing to do with the killing of | Thompson. Knew Bob Taylor, but never 1 talked with him about killing Thompson. | Bob Taylor and Chess Notes came ,o his house on Monday night and stayed about | one hour and a half
 Was sick few days after getting home
 had the grip. Owned a mu.e., It was reel footed. (The witness here left the stand | and kneeling down illustrated with his | hands what a reel-foot was like, explaining
 that the hoof was long from the hair to | the sole) Mule was bare-footed | Under cross examination the witness
 memory was bad except as to the events
 of March II. He denied that the still which
 was in evidence was his, or that he had
 ever run it. Disclaimed any previous | knowledge of the gun, pistol, and shoes | which were shown him.
 | He stated that he knew MT. Phi lips.
 Was arrested by Deputy Marshall Mitchell. | When asked by MT. Pleasants if he did
 not say to Phillips when he was arrested | that if Thompson reported him he would
 kill him if it cost him his life, the witness | was unable to remember what he said. He would neither confirm or deny the state | ment, simply answering that he did not re- member.
 Had Bad Memory Statements alleged to have been made to Bert Morris, Mrs. Wallace and Jim Wal lace were treated in the same manner, the witness maintaining that he did not re- member.
 The witness appeared somewhat worried when he left the stand, having been se- | verely interrogated by the district attor- ney, who was unable to refresh his mem- ory to any great extent. John Littejohn, another of the defend- ants was called to the stand, and in his direct examination told of his whereabouts