Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-09-22
PALrlER BOUND OVER.
End of Preliminary. $500 Bond.

Cunningham Hepp child ended Friday
afternoon. Justice Myers took till next
morning to announce his decision. Sat-
urday morning he announced the
prisoner would be bound over to await
the action of the grand jury to the sum
of $500, and III failing to give it would 60
to Jail until the grand jury meets. The
prisoner secured the bond and is now at
liberty
Friday morning the preliminary was
commenced again and proceed as fol-
lows;
Harvey Moon recalled said he had
been up to look at the road by Hebel's
house. There is row of trees on south
side of road along Hebels house but is
space of thirty feet in front of house
through which one can see. From the
window one can see a person about
twenty feet along road. The distance
from cave to wagon road is thirteen
steps. The window in house is twelve
steps from the road.
Joe Roth testified he had shaved
Arthur Palmer nearly all the time for
four years and Palmer has not to my
knowledge worn a mustache during
that time. He did not wear one last
February or March.
Ed Freeman testified he had never
seen Palmer and Cunningham talking
together.
Harry Anderson said he saw Cunning
ham and Palmer together last spring.
: Saw them in front of Friends last Mch.
They seemed to be talking.
D. W. Randolph testified Palmer sent
a mare ont to him last Mich. by Hebers |
boy Ralph Robinson) He came about
nine in the morning and left about ten
/ don't know whether that was about
the 9Th of March. 1t might have been.
T. E. Brainard recalled said he heard
Palmer's testimony about, him having a
conversation with me He introduced the
matter and I avoided talking about it as
eauch as possible did not make him
any proposition relative to leaving him
| would like to get at the truth of things.
| didn't request him to tell what he
knew. did not 60 down to Oklahoma
for the purpose of getting compensation
but to take care of any habeas corpus
proceedings and render the sheriff any
assistance needed.
Jones recalled said he did not think
he made any such proposition to Palmer
as the latter said he did.
Carl S. Thompson, of Kansas City, Mo.
a Pinkerton detective said he first met
Palmer about August q in Oklahoma.
Rode with him to Perry. Went to
hotel and saloon together. We talked
about the child being found here. He
told me the substance of the case and
said Il seen the child" then corrected
himself by saying he saw photograph.
He said he had seen the child alive and
had seen it dead and then corrected
himself by saying he meant its picture.
He was much interested in the Robinson
boy. Said that boy knew as much
about the case AS any one else. | am
new in detective work. Was not pred
JUDGED against Palmer. | represented
myself to be in the picture business
and got Palmer 10 haul me to Perry.
He said Carl Hiske played an
important part in the matter, that G.. II
had been seen going in the direction of
the fair ground with bundle. Palmer
then became suspicious of me and
avoided me. | did not know at the
time that photograph had been taken.
Court then adjourned till / 80 p. m.
when the pleading was presented. Mr..
Brainard for the state, briefly reviewed
the testimony of Mrs. Hebel and Ralph
Robinson concerning them seeing the
buggy go by toward the fair grounds.
He called attention to Palmer saying to
the detective that Carl Heskie had a
hand in it and that the boy Robinson
knew much about it and claimed it
showed desire to shift suspicion. He
thought the prisoner should be bound
over.
Mr.. Andrews objected to states
method of presenting short plea to
open with and longer one to close
with. He thought the court should let
prisoner go unless there is enough evil
dence to convict He claimed state had
not proved who killed the child or when
or where it was killed, nor have they
connected Palmer with the killing. The
boy Robinson was intimidated so his
evidence was of little weight The court
should not punish Palmer because the
public demanded some one punished
FOR so great crime. Mr.. Andrews con-
demned Jones for filing the information
against Palmer. The detectives ex
penses and the lawyers and officers ex.
penses are accommodating very much on
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