The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-15

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and when you want me you'll find me
/ there This occurred when Steele ar
/ rested the defendant at the cemetery
| Mrs. E. G. Smith was next called and
| she, too, testified concerning the kind
/ ness and affection which existed among
/ the members of the Collins family.
/ Robert Edwards, an uncle of J. S.
/ Collins, the present janitor of the Ma
/ sonic building, also testified that the
| relations of the Collins family were al
/ ways pleasant and that so far as he
| knew there had never been any friction
/ or trouble among them. He further
/ said that John and his father were al
i ways very affectionate and that John
| was always obedient and ready at all
/ times to serve his father and was al
/ ways frank kind and generous in the
| presence of his father.
| Policeman Jenkins Again.
| Policeman Jenkins was next called in
/ the Collins case. Mr.. Jenkins was re-
called by Mr.. GODDARD for further cross
/ examination.
| He reported from the Epicurean res
| taurant at o'clock and started down
| Kansas avenue. When north of Sixth
! street jenkins saw cOlOred man on
/ the west side of Kansas avenue walking
| rapidly towards the north. The color
| ed man wore black slouch hat and a
| dark ulster of some kind Jenkins
| walked behind the negro until he reach
| ed the Milwaukee restaurant near
| Fourth, where he stopped to get a cup
| of coffee. When Jenkins went into the
| restaurant the negro was at Third
| street, still going north A few mo-
ments after entering the restaurant
| Jenkins was called out by Albert Heart
| burg blowing police whistle, after
| which he went to the Collins house
Jenkins said the colored man was
| probably % or 25 years of age The DO
| hceman told Sergeant Donovan about
| seeing this colored man while the Off
| GERS were at the Collins residence.
Odd you see the defendant crying
at the house?
| Ayes.
| Q-Where was he?
: A-Talking to Charles Nelson on the
| front porch.
/ Q.-What was he doing?
| A.-Handing what seemed to me to
be a message to Mr.. Nelson.
| Q.-John was crying then?
Ayes, he was shedding tears.
| On the redirect examination Mr.. Jen-
| lxins said that the co1ored man at
tracted his attention by frequently
| looking back at the policeman. Mr..
| Stafford asked:
Q.-Don't all colored people look back
| at a policeman?
| A.-Some of them do.
| Q.-Do you always follow them up?
A.-No sir.
Q.-Then there was nothing particu-
| 1arly suspicious in the appearance of
this man?
A.-Not exactly.
Q.-You didn't think enough about it
| to go beyond the restaurant after him?
A.-NO
Q.-Do you know Jess Harper7
l Ayes.
Q.-Was he the man you saw?
Q.-Do you know Johnson Jordan7
Ayes.
Q.-Was he the man you saw g. -
Q-By Mr.. Godard-Do you know
| Thomas Griffin?
Q.-Does the man you saw correspond
| to Thomas Griffin or Brady as he is
called?
A.-Yes sir, he did
w. R Thompson, clerk of the court
of appeals in this city, one of the
Knight Templars. who guarded the body
of J. S. Collins, on the Sunday follow
II was guarding the door when some
ladies brought some very beautiful
| flowers. John came into the room and
stood at the head of the casket then
| looked down into the face of his faith
er. saw tears come into his eyes and
| as he passed me returning to the libra
ry I saw that he was crying
Q.-How did John act during your
stay at the house?
Al thought as any young man
would act under the circumstances.
Mr.. Thompson CrOss-Examined.
On cross-examination Mr. Thompson
said he had seen John and his father
frequently together Mr.. Jetmore:
Q.-You did not talk to them fire.
quentIy?
Q.-They may have had frequent
quarrels and you would not have
known it?
E. L. Stanheld, a resident of Topeka.
but formerly of Lawrence, having NOV
ed here November %. was the next wit
ness By Mr.. Hayden.
Q.-Do you know Cornelius Carter of
Lawrence?
Ayes.
Odd you have a conversation with
him?
A.-Yes.
Q.-Where?
An the Eldridge House
Odd he tell you that Dell Har-
baugh had met him at the train?
Odd he say detective met him
at the train?
A-Yes
Q.-What else did he say?
A.-That the detective took him to a
joint near the depot, then to another
farther up the street and gave him all
the beer he could drink at both places
and then offered him whisky.
Odd he say anything about his
testimony?
A-Yes, he said he did not know
anything about the case, tbut that the
fellows up here had showed him good
time.
Odd you hear Joe Smothers say in
a conversation in the hall of this court
house something about what he told
in Atchison?
A.-Yes, he said he had told in Atch-
ison that he would get $1,000 for his
testimony.
Odd you see John in North Law
renee on the morning of May IL?
A.-Yes.
Odd you see his ticket?
A.-Yes, it was a roundtrip ticket.
Q.-What was said?
At this point the state objected about
the statement of the conversation, but
a part of it was admitted and the judge
ruled that all of it should be heard.
A.-John was at the depot and told
he tn no
and gave me an order to meet him with
my hack the next morning, and that he