Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-04-28
District court.

on and ls drawing crowds large
proportion being ladies. But little
difficulty was experienced in getting
a jury, as but three talesmen were
needed to make up the required
number The jury is Henry Baker
Bow Creek Leslie Burlington, Logan
Emmett Meyer, Plalnview; A. Selby,
Phillipsburg; John Finch, G. G.
Smith, Mounds Peter Green, VIM
Helm, Plum; John Costello, Dayton
b. Q. Barnes, Arcade; 4. e. Smith
Praire Views L, W. McKinzie, Gran.
ite.
About twenty-five witnesses were
examined on behalf of the state and
twelve for the defense As we have
heretofore given the principal points
OF most of the Witnesses evidence, we
will not repeat 1t. o. M. Oapron OF
Topeka, a detective employed to work
on the case, gave the following new
evidence:
That Marsh told him that he slept
in straw stack north Of the railroad
about two and one-half miles east Of
town; saw stack, went straight north
to it, stayed there all night, got up 10
the morning and went east on the rail
road. Went out aud found stack as
described. Went to the stack on the
7th Of January, with Robert Medium
searched the stack and found an en-
velope directed to A, Vega and con-
tsining a bill of lsding. found the
envelope about four feet south OF the
place where Marsh said he stayed
that night, (Envelope and enclos-
ures passed to jurymen, who examin.
ed them carefully Witness ldentl-
fed envelope.) Marsh SAID that in
leaving the stack he travelled east on
railroad to Dana, and on east, two
and one-half miles east Of Dana went
into another stack, and stayed two
hours on account Of storm; went down
track and to house to get warm;
rode part way towards Agra, slept
the next night in a straw stack near a
school house. I was never at the
stack where found the envelope be-
the time l found it. / afterwards ex-
amined the stack thoroughly in com.
pany with Ed Baum and al Stearns,
with pltchforks and found piece Of
brown paper, piece Of heavy wire,
some straw, a 25.Cent piece and a
penny, The straw and paper show
signs Of blood. / found the straw
and paper on my second visit to the
stack, Jury examined straw and
paper)
Gross. examination: Am q detec-
tive, hunt out and punish crime, ar
rived in Phillipsburg on January 4,
1898, three weeks after the murder Of
A. Vega. The stack in which Marsh
slept is about $50 yards from track,
there is a stack north of the railroad
bridge, on top Of hill, it could be
seen on a moonlit night. l found the
envelope at the west stack, did not
take it out with me, found it while
kicking straw around, found bloody
straw about four feet from stack. /
did not work for reward, 1 was paid
salary. Do not know anything
about any straw being hauled away.
Followed MRrsh's path as closely ss
possible, he gave me good descrip-
ton Of the land about the stack, look
ed at both stacks, was in Phillipsburg
about four days before l went to stack
this letter is the only piece Of mail
addressed to A. Vega that l ever had.
e-direct; / have no hope of re-
ward except my salary of 500 90 per
month. have received no reward
except my salary. Marsh said he
went directly north to stack, left stack
in a southeast direction, He could
not leave stack north of railroad bridge
owing to high bank. Marsh located
stack by houses, south and little
east of stack IS stone house. No
such house can be seen from east
stack. He placed the time he left
town from IL to l o'clock at night.
The several portions OF Detective
Capron's testimony were substantial
ed by Messrs Meldrum, Baum, Win
ship, and Stearns.
Mrs. Robb saw a man answering
Marsh's description on the railroad
track near the west stack on the
morning after the murder was COM