The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-20

ROYAL BAKING POWDER co., NEW YORK.
coroners inquest, and if he now admit
that he did this. would that change you
estimate of his character
Not of his general character"
What particular part of his characte
would it changer"
Il am certain if had seen John DO thes.
things L would not have issued him com
mission. But knowing him as 1 did, ant
knowing human nature as 1 do from my
twenty-five years experience in the minis
try. 1 have come to the conclusion tina
very good and holy men fail sometime:
and yet are good men,
Haven't you in your twenty-five years
experience in the ministry often met the
very slickest rogues who outwardly were
good men?"
| ct have"
Haven't you in your study of human ma
ture seen men who had the confidence OF
the community for years, yet who were
exposed suddenly by som act they did and
| then 1t was known they had led double
! 9ives?"
81 have seen such instances
/ at the State university and his roommate
at the Beta House, testified to the good
| character the kindness of John and his
pride in his father, an dto his grief when
his father died. Herbert Wing, another of
Johns schoolmates, testified to practically
the same thing. T. D. Chapman of the
Lakeview club told of hearing ]. S. Col
Inns tell about a negro holding him up l..
c. Slime told of the grief of John when
his father died.
Several Lawrence people Justified yester-
day afternoon that the reputation of Del
Harbaugh for truth and veracity is bad
E. L. Jones, a plasterer, was one of them
He admitted that Harbaugsl had arrested
him several times for intoxication when
Harbaugh was policemanu in Lawrence.
William Beal, another of these witnesses,
said he was an enemy of Harbaugh be-
cause Harba ugh's former partner in the
livery business owed him money. George
F. Godding said he had mad difficulty with
Harbaugh and THAT was the animus Of mis-
testimony. w. c. Harris admitted that
HarbauSh had arrested him for intoxica-
ton. II. b. Asher, city assessor of Law
renee, testified that he would not believe
Harbaugh on oath. Harbaugh produced
a note of Asher's for 500 which Harbaugh
had Endorsed and had TO pay for Asher.
The CONSERVATION of Asher wnen this note
was produced was comical to see Mr.
Harbaugh's character suffered little by
the testimony of the witnesses.
The nearest kindred of John Henry Col
Inns, his uncles, aunts, cousins and others,
who have sat throughout the long trial,
aIT r1n ~
the moral support of the loyalty and faith
in his innocence. went upon the witness
stand and testified in his behalf.
Mrs. Mary Jane Gillespie. the only liv-
ing sister Of the murdered man, told how
she had been at the Collins home often
in the years before the murder She was
at the house for several days after the
murder. The relations between John and
his father always had been affectiona1e.
she said. The bond of love between them
was very strong. Mrs. Gillespie told of
this incident: THE night after Mr. Col
Inns died, some time after midnight, was
sitting UP. ! saw John go into the room
where his fathers body lay. The gas
in the room was turned very low. II
went TO the door and looked in and saw
John close the window. He had gone
in tehre to close the window / saw him
stand for quite while and look into the
dead face of his father
Mrs. Gillespie said she never saw any
thing in Johns conduct or appearance
that would Indicate a want of feeling or
consciousness of guilt.
The cross-examination of Mrs Gillespie
was on a new track from that followed
with any of the preceding witnesses and
the jurors showed unusual interest
Mrs. Gillespie you were at the Collins |
home several days after the murder?"
Yes, sir"
and you observed Johns conduct close |
ly and did not note anything that would |
indicate a consciousness of guilt OF the |
murder of mis- father?''
81 saw nothing of that kind"
Did you notice there that week any,
thing that would indicate a consciousness
of guilt in another matter?''
81 did not, sir
was suspected of the murder of his
father"
Eyes. sir
Ibid you notice that he seemed very
muoh worried about this horrible sus-
picion?"
mo. sir"
WAS there anything in his manner thas
showed to YOU that ne had some grave
matter on his mind. that II discovered,
might impiicate him in the murder Of nj.
father?''
''No. SIR
You heard John testify her. yes.er-
day?"
"Yes. sir"
You heard him say that he had worried
so much about the loss Of his watch that
Il made him 50 sick ne had 10 leave
school: and after me murder he saws he
worried very much for fear that II would
Be discovered that he gave MS watc7l 90
ne negroes and that this would make
people suspect that ne had a hand in kill
ng his father and for thai reason he sent
4 telegram and two Itttens to Miss Bah
>ock warning rsr to tell nothing. You
heard Nm testify 20 this?"
Yes. sir"
did you notice this worry On MS
nind?"
= knew he was worrying about the
ieath OF his father"
You mean YOU thought that Is what
Re was worrying about?''
Il know 1t was
BJt. as marter % fact. Ms fathers
'esth may no. have worried nm a ra-.i-
se and all this worry miEslt have been
or fear that the watch would be tsiScov-
red and il would impIicate slirn IN ne /
murder 81 his fatiltr. L no; that true~
NO. sir ne was worrying about his
axher's death
You say ths< the bond ~ love and a.
sction oecNeen John and his father vas