Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-29
NEGROES SOLID AGAINST Him
NO COLORED MAN SHOULD SUPPORT
HENRY BROWN FOR OFFICE.
Testimony of in the Crime
inal Court Shows That He Gave
Adler the Pistol With Which
to XIII q Negro.

A committee, representing negroes OF the
Third ward, was at the Office of the GRIM
inal clerk yesterday, looking over the evil
dence given in the Bill Adler murder case
and making extracts from it. These ex-
tracts We're to be used to prove beyond a
doubt that Henry Brown, the Democratic
candidate for alderman in the Third ward.
handed Bill Adler the revolver with which
he shot and killed William johnson. a
negro. In the present campaign the charge
has been made by negro speakers in the
Third and other wards that Brown did call
Adler into his store. handed him the re-
yoIver and told him to kill the negro. Mr..
Brown denies ~emphaticalIy that he did this.
The full evidence in the case is on file.
typewriter, in the Office of Circuit Clerk
Thomson. Among that Evidence is the fol-
lowing, given under oath by Sergeant
Flanagan in the hearing of Mr.. Brown on
a charge of aiding Adler to kill Johnson:
did you see Mr.. Brown on the day on
which William Johnson was killed."
Yes. sir"
"Where?"
Il saw him at his residence"
Di you lave any conversation with him
in regard to the killing?'
Yes. sir"
Just tell the court what he said to you
at that time"
We'll, 1 telephoned to the station about
9 o'clock and the captain told me that In
spector Hayes would like to get the pistol
that was used by Adler. as there might be
some question raised, and he told me to go
and see Mr.. Brown and see if l couldn't
get the pistol or find out from him what
size the pistol was. something like that. SO
1 went UP to see Brown at his house. 1
ran the bell at the door and his brother
came to the door,, n l asked If his broth
er. Henry, was in and he said. Yes So he
opened the door and 1 went in and Henry
Brown came outside of the room and so 1
talked with him inside of the hall door. 1
told him the captain sent me up to get the
pistol that was used by Adler in the shoot
ing. He had a couple of pistols there, one
in his pocket. and he took one out of the
room and I asked him if that was the
pistol. and he said No. He showed me
another one. 1 asked him il that was the
pistol and he said No We talked quite
Il while and he said the pistol was down
at the store: So we went down to the
back in the back end of the store and
brought a pistol. a 80 Smith & Wesson. and
handed it to me. 1 asked him if that was
it. He said it wasn't loaded. and l asked
him what had become of the loads. and
he said he threw the loads out of it. I
asked him how many shots were fired, and
and 1 told him I would come around in the
morning and try and get some OF the
cartridges and shells used. ana SO i went
around in the morning and we looked both
together and found an empty shell and one
cartridge. And 1 took the pistol down to
the station and gave it to the captain"
did you have any conversation with
Brown with regard to how Adler got the
revolver"
Yes, sir"
"Just state it to the court"
"He told me he was busy in there waiting
on Mrs. Gordon. cutting a steak, with the
butcher knife in his hand, and there was
quite an excitement on the street. and
bricks and stones were thrown. He said
Adler was coming to his door and he said
Adler came in the store and he said he
handed Adler the pistol"
The testimony of Mrs. Angie Gordon, who
was in Browns grocery store at the time,
is that during the fight Brown grabbed a
revolver and went to his door and handed
it to Adler with the remark: Go get him,
BILL
The testimony of Milt Ransom is that
Brown came to his store door and halloed
to Adler. who was across the street: This
way, Bill" Adler ran across and Brown
handed him the revolver with the remark:
Go and kill the black devil" and Adler
did kill him. --4rn- 49,,
Carrie Jordon swears that She saw Adler
return the pistol to Brown after the shoot
ing.