The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-14

Q.-Were you discharged from the po-
Answer ruled out upon objections
DID You work for the Santa Fe?
Ayes.
Q.-Are you working for them now?
A.-Not that know of.
Q.-Who are you working for2
A.-MYself.
Q.-Where's your Officer
Alright here.
Q.-On the street, too.
Ayes, any place.
Redirect examination by Mr.. GODDARD:
Q.-Have you been offered anything
in the way of inducement to testify in
this case?
A.-No, sir.
Q.-You came In response to a sub
poena?
Ayes.
Mr.. Matthews was excused and at 3
O'Clock the court took a recess.
]. S. Collins v as Afraid.
John Acl1ley of Galena, formerly a
resident of Topeka, was called to the
witness stand following the recess at 3
MT Aclzley. during his residence in
Topeka, in June, 1897, called at J. s.
Collins office to see about some repairs
to the house in which he was living.
The witness said:
Il walked up street with him and he
asked me how I liked to live in Topeka.
I told him I wouldn't like it just then
because there were so many hOldups in
Topeka. He said to me that there were
but two men he was afraid of and they
were negroes"
Odd you see enough of Mr.. Collins
to judge of his disposition?
Ayes, thought he was quick tenn
pered. Once he ordered man to clean
our yard and the man did not come, and
he was very mad about it.
Cross examination by Mr.. Stafford:
Q.-Collins was mad because the man
did not come?
A-Yes: he storuned around a good
deal about it.
Ole was net angry at you?
Q.-Then he made a spectacle of him
self because the man did not come and
clean the yard?
Ayes.
Odd he say anything else in adj
ditiOn to the statement that he was
afraid of negroes?
Odd he say he was prepared for
them?
A.-No..
On the cross-examination by Mr..
Stafford, Officer Campbell said he didn't
know whether Jordan was in earnest.
Jacob E. Mayes, another policeman,
was then called. He knows Johnson
Jordan by sight. He was asked if he
heard the quarrel between Ella Buckner
and Jordan. When Campbell said he
was not present the examination ended.
Dean Sykes Testifies.
Dean J. w. Sykes of the Episcopal
church in this city was on the stand
Tuesday afternoon.
Q--Are you acquainted with John
Collins?
A.-Slightly.
Q.-And Mrs. Collins?
A.-Slightly.
Q-And were you acquainted with
Mr.. Collins?
Ayes. slightly.
Q.-Were you present at the home of
Mr.. Collins on the morning of the muir
der?
Ayes, sir. came to the house a
few minutes after 8 o'clock. A tele-
phone message came to my home while
! was at breakfast, telling me that M.
Collins had been murdered. did not
finish my breakfast but went immediate
~ to the Collins home.
Q.-Who met you at the door2
A-JOhn Collins.
Odd you converse with him.
Ayes.
Q.-What was his demeanor?
Ale met me at the door, I put my
arm around John and he put his arm
around me. I said to him: This is
dreadful and he answered: yes, it is
awful-awful." He showed much emo
ton, but tried to control himself I was
much affected by Johns appearance.
He seemed to realize his position, but
tried hard to control his feelings.
Odd tears come to his eyes?
Ayes. There were tears in his eyes,
but he was not crying.
Odd he act guilty?
A.-No.not at all; he acted very much
to the contrary.
Odd you see anything in his man
ner that would indicate that he was not
sincere in his emotion?
A.-No, nothing.
Cross-examination by Mr.. Stafford:
Q.-How long have you known John
Collins?
Al have known him by sight since
March.
o.-what is your official position in
A.@Dean of the Cathedral.
Q.-Where did you see John Collins?
Al saw him on the street. John
was at the university understood. His
people were members of my church. I
inquired about him and a party pointed
him out to me. This same party told
me that he was an exceptional young
man.
Odd he attend your church?
Ayes.
Q.-Was he a lay reader?
Ayes, he was a lay reader in the
diocese.
Q.-What is a lay reader?
A lay reader is a layman with
out orders reads sermons, etc. ,,,--
Q.-Who commissioned John Collins
a lay reader?
A.-Bishop NIilIspaugh.
J. c. Holland Testifies.
J. c. Holland succeeded Dean Sykes
on the witness stand. He was examined
Q.-Were you acquainted with J. s.
Collins2
A.-Yes.
Q.-HoW long?
Ale was one of the first men I
met in Topeka.
Mr.. Holland then upon request of Mr..
Hayden told about the Lake View club
organization; it's plans and purposes
and membership.
Q.-Was J. S. Collins considerable of
a hunter?
Ale took much enjoyment in talk
ing about hunting, but I do not know
much about what he did.
Odd you have a conversation with
him shortly before he was killed?
A-YRS Nav 10 when the Grand