The Topeka state journal., 1898-06-21
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A-No, everything was all right.
Q.-Can you tell the court just what
time it was when he died?
A.-According to my watch it was
5:22 or 5:23.
Q.-what did you do after that?
Al went out on the south side to
see if there was any way that a person
could have gotten in. I found the west
which appeared to be stationary. I
tried 1t but couldn't open it. The din
ing room window was unlocked. I
opened it.
Q.-Find any tracks outside?
A.-None whatever.
Q.-Any other windows open?
A.-Not on the first floor.
Q.-What about the second floor?
Al found the west window un-
locked A policeman was with me.
Q.-Any marks outside?
A--NO. None whatever. There were
no weights to the window.
Q:-What conversation did you have
with John Collins?
Ale had some kilograms he was
showing to Grace. suggested that he
make them shorter-simply to read:
Father is dead"
Odd you see John in the room
where his father lay that morning?
A.-No sir.
o.-Did you see him crying any?
A--No. sir.
o--Did he appear to have been cry
ing2
/. Al couldn't tell.
Q.-Do you know where John Collins
room was?
A-Yes sir, 1t was on the north side,
back
O-Did you hear him say where he
slept that night?
A-No. I saw a bed which looked Is
If it had been occupied by one person.
Q-Where was this?
An the front part.
Cross-examination by Attorney God
! Odd you get to the house before
Mr.. Lange?
Al don't know. think I did My
son got there before me.
Q.-Do you know whether your son
had disturbed the gun in the hall be-
fore you examined it?
Q.-What was Mrs. Collins demeanor?
A.-She was collected.
Q.-Wasn't she busy about things
there?
A-Yes.
Q.-You say Mrs. Collins said that it
was not a burglar?
A.-Yes. she said it at two different
times.
Attorney Goddard attempted to shake
Mr.. Knowles on the point of the state
ment of Mrs Collins that the doors
were all locked that night.
Mr. Knowles made this statement,
which cleared up the point: ''I believe
she said that the downstairs doors were
always locked, but that the door to the
upper porch was usually unlocked.
Q.-Do you remember when Mrs. Col
Inns daughter died some years ago?
Ayes.
Q.-What were the relations between
Mrs. Collins and her daughter?
Avery close. Loving.
Q.-When she died, isn't it fact that
her demeanOr at that time was the
same as it was this time?
Ayes.
Q.-She is a strong, robust woman7
A--Yes.
J. c. Pickens' Testimony.
The second witness was ]. c. Pickens,
who said he was at Sixth and Van
Buren, streets early in the morning,
when he heard some one calling for
help.
O.-Where were you?
Al was near Sixth street.
Q.-Who came out and called you?
A.-Some lady, they say Mrs. Col
O.-what did she say?
A.-She called: Help, help, some one
has shot my husband" I went in. Mrs.
Collins led the way I saw a form on
the bed. She called my attention to
wonder who could have done it?"
Odd you see the gun?
A--Yes, my foot touched it as walk
Odd Mrs. Collins say anything to
you?
I asked her who. and 1 don't remember
that she said whom should go TO call
I came out in the hall and encountered
a young lady, I suppose the daughter.
She told me to go over to Mr.. Knowles.
As came back Mrs. Collins said, you
needn't call anyone else I then went
to my work
Cross-examination by Attorney Hay
den.
DID you see folding doors as you
passed in?
A--No, don't remember It.
Odd you see a stairway?
A--No, I don't remember. It was
rather dark in there remember hav-
ing glanced down and seeing the out
line of a gun.
Q.-Cou1d you see well enough to dis
tdnguish objects across the room?
A.-Yes, it was darker than this room
on q cloudy day. 1t was early in the
morning.