Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-08

around for awhile and when he came back
he said he couldn't get the bombshei;.
back without the bombshell?'
II took me out on the back porch and
told me ne Was getting desperate. he
said somebody would have to be killed. that
| or somebody else would have TO be killed,
or something like that. Then he said thai
had his money and his watch. and that
hadn't treated him right. He said would
have to do the job and pulled Il gun,
Was that the same gun he pulled on
you at the house,"
Yes, sir
What did you do?"
4 got him to go home and told him ]
on Kansas avenue but l will he there, II
I'm not there l said. you can know that
| have been arrested
Did You follow him
\ sir. ] went home
How long did you stay in Topeka after
that"
II left here on Thursday following Dewey
day"
Edith Bevins."
Where did you go?"
"Emporia. Kas."
Jordan then testified that he had lived
ton; had been in Newton and HutchiIl-
son from that time. He said he had been
arrested both in Newton and Hutchinson.
After receiving this letter, May D. ,iid
you have any conversation with Coiiins?'
He spoke 10 me and wanted to know
why | did not answer it
Did you show il to him"
No. / told him it was destroyed"
Did you receive any letters other than
on May l and May 81"
Did he ask you about these"
Wanted to know if l had destroyed
them, and / said yes
Mr.. Stafford here offered the letter which
appears above in evidence. hut Judge Ha-
zen withheld his decision.
Did john Collins ever mention keys TO
Yes; lie showed me a key which he SAID
was the key to the Collins house. and /
told him | didn't need it. as l had ii boxful
at nome"
Did he mention doors?''
Said he would fix the folding doors 50
they would not lock"
Attorney Hayden conducted the cross
sSd h!di{I' Bay he asked asked Jordan d iirst If he
man and wife. The witness declined to an
swer the question. He was asked if he
and Edith occupied the same rooms. Jordan
of the young negro's life was gone into in
great detail. He was asked how many
times he had been arrested at various
places. but his recollection was rather in
deiiaite on, that subject. He knew that he
lad served a term in the peniteutiary.
The state objected to III" queries as TO
Jordan's arrest, but the objection was over
ruled, and this led Assistant Prosecutor
Stafford to remark:
We don't claim that Jordan was teach
Jordan finally admitted that he had been
arrested about forty, times.
oSauoi liISI tOIu HOW JOll NslN sslic ne
wanted his father, or alleged father. put
out Of the way, because ii he wasn't nut
out Of Of the nn way he would go to G;hieaEo
him gohn) commit suicide"
Did he tell you whom he wanted PUT
out of the way"
Yes, his father, or the man peoDle
thought was his father"
bow much money did he want to pay?'
Two or three thousand dollars"
| $4,000"
Il am not sure"
Was any way suggested to put the man
i am not sure"
.".2R a you discuss ways or means:"
Was acy agreement made that you
wog!d kill that mani"
"pid you agree to kill a msn?"
Why would you not remember it,
The main thing 1 remember was the
Si5: that Interested ME more"
Did you say much to him?'
No, he did the talking and did the
DID YOU agree to kill a man."
NC. sir"
You remember now that no arrange
ment was made"
Jordan said he told Harper and Edith
Bevins of the Collins proposition. He was
ne testified to on direct examination, and
his statement sworn to the day of Johns
arrest ana the testimony given by MIN 1T
The preliminary examination Were used in
an. effort to get him tangled up. but t
did not succeed to any great extent.
He was asked if he had ever asked Joe
Matthews TO 60 to Mrs. Collins and ask
! her to give him money for Jordan 80 the
latter could leave and not be a witness
at this trial. The witness denied il.
Did you ever ask Matthews to work
Mrs. Collins for from $500 TO 500 for you?"
No, sir
Did you ever tell Bud Lewis. Of Kan
sas City. that you worked 4 white guy
named Collins out of SO TO gamble with,
upon the promise that you would give him
half the winnings"
No sir; never was in Kansas City this
year"
Did you ever have a fuss with Joanna
Dupree in the presence of Policeman Camp
bell. in which the woman accused you Of
killing ]. S. Collins ard at which time she
said you knew she. as well as several other
parties, knew it,
No sir
Tho witness later. under heavy fire. ad-
mitted that he had had a fuss with he
Dupree woman but denied that she made
any such statement.
After questioning him along this line for
several minutes the defense said that it
could not think of anything more to-day.
but might van TO call Jordan to the stand
again in the morning. 1t was . o'clock and
Judge HaZen adjourned court for the lay.