The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-25

ment that all the curious tarong looked
Ior Jordan Is the man that Collins is al
legged 10 have hired to kill his father.
Jordan entered through the private
rooms back OF the court with a swell ne.
gro girl on either side of him They wore
extraVagant hats with gaudy trimmings
ana IN their eyes Jordan seemed TO be q
hero.
Jordan is a tricky negro. He has all
the looks and actions of a professional
con man. He is not a murderer. and If
Collins hired him in that CAPACITY he sim
ply did not understand human nature.
Jordan would hardly hold a man I'D. IN
less his victim was drunk He is on the
order of the sneak thief or pickpocket.
There is nothing heroic in his nature. He
is half white, about % years of age and
inclined to be dudish.
He was examined as follows:
Where do you Iive?"
'In Topeka"
For how long?"
About eighteen years"
Where in Topeka do you liver
''At 325 Madison street"
DO you know John Collins?"
Yes
Where is he now?"
Hes that fellow with the glasses SIT
ting behind Mr.. GODDARD"
Collins had his eyes figed on the negro
but didn't move muscle at the recogni-
ton.
Where did you first see him?"
AT Jess Harper's house at Lawrence"
Tell the court how you first met him
and what followed"
'On the 18th of April received a tele-
gram from Jess Harper saying he wanted
to see me at Lawrence, and to come down
on the 9:1S train. That was the fast mail.
What time did you receive that tele-
gram?"
Between 4:90 and ) o'clock in the after
noon. 1t was sent over the Western Union
1 think. / went to Lawrence and Joe
Johnson went with me. We met Jess
Harper and June Griffith at the depot.
June and l went up the track to Harper's
and Jess and Joe went up town toward
Massachusetts street. There was nobody
IN Harper's house when we arrived there
but in few minutes Jess and John Col
Inns came"
" nat vas IHP0 SdlQ and done '
Jess said: Mr.. Jordan, this IS my par
ticular friend. Mr.. Collins. who has busi-
ness with you John then gave me 2
cigar, and we started back into a rear
room. Somebody said that we had pri-
vate business. and Mr.. Griffin took the
hint and walked out"
What was then said?"
Jess gave me nudge and said: hi,
him for S75.''
What them
when we were alone John said to me:
want dirty piece of work done
He continued: I want to know
whether you know the man that led the
Odd Fellows parade the other dav.
said l didn't observe. He then showed me
a photograph. That, said John. is not
my father. People think he is. but he
Ism |. You know him very well. Don't
you remember that he was foreman Of the
jury in the Nevills murder trial?
/ then told John that recognized him.
John then said: Wei, 1 want you to put
him out of the way 1 told him that I
wasn't IN that line OF business. but he
said: We'll, il is his murder or my sui
eide If he goes to Chicago and finds out
things l have done, nothing can help me
but suicide Then John said he had lots
Of money 70 put him out Of the way"
Go on" said the county attorney.
g How much money have you got
asked, and John said. There will be So
IN it, I told him that such Job Of work
was worth from $500 to 5000. and he
said he didn't have it. Can't you raise
but S75?' I asked. and then John said.
That is all Well said I. let me see
your old money John said, I havn u OF
the money now. but I viii give IL 10 You
in the morning. II that won't do he
said. I viii te.. G-2ph it TO YOU. I told
ham I would rather have the money a lit
tie closer than that, and then We agred
that should get the money IN the morn
ing. Collins then went home. and Jess
and 7 started toward Morris, in North
Lawrence.
Hold On" said Jordan. 'T an getting
a little ahead Of my story. I asked John
Collins how I was 10 get the money. and
then l told him that Harper would bring
IL 10 ne. We then went out IN the front
room and said 10 Collins: Jess is all
right" Collins again asked ne II Jess
was was al right, and I said he was.
After Collins left I SAID to Jess. That
guy VII not give Up The stuff. and jess
said be thought he would. I taen went
over 70 Norris, and about - o'clock a
train came along oouad :o- Topeka
said 30 myself: @Tast guy has 70 s.uH.
and II pun out for home
Il did pun OUT. ous when I got home 7
again thought 20 myself that BE msra,
give ap the stuT and ought to be n
Lawrence. went down Or the 5 O'clock
train ana a; = O'Clock Jess brought ne
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