The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-06

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A,-sherin Cook and all of 'em told
| me to do that.
| Odd Harbaugh tell you?
| Al don't remember.
| Odd you know Frances Babcock?
A.-By sight, ever since she was a
| little girl.
| was?
Aust to see if John would tell me
| the truth who she was, and John knows
| that's the truth, too.
Odd you say at the preliminary
| that there was no one in the room?
| Al guess I did.
Did any one see John give you
| the pistol?
Ayes; my mother saw him do it,
| and my father also saw it.
Q-Then when you swore at the pre-
! liminary that no one was present eX-
cept yourself, when he gave you the
pistol, you thought it was true?
A.-Yes.
Q.-Then you say in the sworn state
ment before the officers that your
you the gun. Now today you say no
one saw you receive the gun. Why this
discrepancy?
A-Wen, I'll tell you. You talk to
me so much I get all mixed up. You
won't let me tell the truth. When I
start out to tell the truth you just cut
me off.
what did he say to you?
A--That the stone was loose and
ought to be fixed; that his father gave
it to him. I thanked him
Q.-Have you told all the cOnversa-
tion between you and John when he
gave you the $50.
Al might have.
Odd John at that time say to you;
eff everything turns out all right may
give you some money!"
Ale might have.
TOa1f- afaf ina lion IavyA IA ord
Q.-You were arrested for stealing?
Ayes.
Q.-What did they do with you?
A-Jury discharged me.
O-What else were you arrested for?
A-Fighting and 'sturbing the peace.
Re-cross- examination by Mr.. Hay
den.
Q-Who had you arrested for steal
ing?
A-Conkle, I think
Q.-Were you arrested for stealing
and tried before Chadwick, a justice at
Lawrence.
Al don't know.
This ended the examination of Har,-
per and at $40 the court adjourned
until o'clock Tuesday morning.
Ross BrOadhead Testifies.
The examination of Mr.. Broadhead,
the first witness this morning, was con-
Quoted by Mr.. Jetmore.
Q.-HoW long have you known John
Collins?
A.-Two years.
Q.-When did you have business deal
ing with John Collins?
April q he came to our office and
wanted me to go on his note for $75
I declined to do this but told him
would make him loan. He offered me
his watch for security, but later loan
ed him the money, and he gave me two
notes He told me he needed the money
to pay some bills; that he owed the
liveryman $40, and some other bills at
the Frat house for parties and dances.
7=1~n1 hi hCVH 1an cd n ne
the money back He said his father
allowed him $40 per month and at the
expiration of the school year, he would
be in business with his father and that
his father would soon deed him a house
and lot in Topeka which would bring
him in some revenue. I then gave him
a check for $75, and he gave me two
notes, one due in thirty days, the other
in sixty days.
The witness then explained that he
had a balance as agent in a Nebraska
bank and upon this fund he drew the
check for the loan to Collins The check
was drawn as follows:
..-...-.----.....-. .--------.- --.'...s-....
Nebraska City, Neb., April q, 1898.
Otoe County National Bank: Pay
/: to John Henry Collins or order
$500 seventycfiye yciyetl0 collars.
ROSS B. BROADHEAD, Agt.
The check was endorsed by John
Henry Collins and the First National
bank of Kansas City, No, the Lawrence
National bank, and the American E1x-
change National bank at Lincoln, Neb.
The check was paid by the bank upon
which it was drawn, April 80, 1898, at
Nebraska City.
The check was introduced as evidence.
Cross examination by Mr.. Hayden:
Odd John in that conversation say
what property it was his father intend
ed to deed him?
A.-NO, sir
Q.-Are you not mistaken in saying
that John said his revenue from his
father was $40?
Al think not.
Q.-YOu didn't state the same to me
when i talked this matter over with