The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-09
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fy. was the next witness. He was ex-
amined by Mr.. Stafford
Odd you know J. S. Collins?
A.-Since 1872.
Odd you know Mrs. Collins?
Ayes.
O.-Do you know John Collins?
Ayes.
Q.-Were you intimate with the fam
lily?
Avery friendly.
Q.-Was there an odd Fellows pa
rade in Topeka last spring?
A.-Yes. About April %.
Q.-Do you remember the Dewey day
celebration?
Ayes.
Q-When was Collins murdered?
A--A1ay IS.
Q.-When did you first hear it?
Al was in bed.
Q.-Who told you?
A.-Sergeant Tim Donovan.
Q-What time did you reach the Col
Inns residence?
A bout 6 o'clock
Q-What did you do?
Al went into the house and saw DR..
Tefft, A. w. Knowles, Mrs. Collins and
ODD you see John Collins when
you first went to the house?
A.-No.
Q-What did you first do?
A.-Went in where Mr.. Collins was
lying.
Q.-Where was hep
A.-The body was on the bed.
Q-Had the undertaken arrived?
Ale had not
Q-On which side Of the bed was the
body?
Ale was lying ouartering across
the bed, his head towards the north
east, face east The body was covered
Odd You see the covering remov-
Ayes
Q.-What did the doctors do?
A.-Probed the wounds.
Q.-Were any experiments made with
gun?
sitions- | stood at the foot of the bed
and held the gun in the position nee
essary to make the wounds.
Q.-Had you reached the house?
A-No.
Odd you examine the clothing Of
Mr.. Collins?
A.-No. Mr. Knowles did.
Odd you see any money?
A.-No.
Q.-What did you find in the closet?
A.-Shells like those in the gun found
IN the hall A hunting coat, some grips
and clothing, and several pairs of shoes.
Q.-Where were the sBells2
Am a box in the cupboard.
Q.-What kind We're they?
A--Red like those in the gun.
Q.-What kind were in the grip?
A.-BrOWn shells.
Q--What other search of the house
did you make?
A.-From cellar to garnet, looking for
a man 4, o,.+ao
A-Yes I think so.
Odd you hear of a couple of re-
volvers being lost?
A.-Later we did.
Odd YOU search to see if any one
had entered or left the house that night?
Ayes, I went out and heard there
were tracks on the porch roof.
Q.-You saw the tracks?
Ayes.
A--Went into the house and out on
Do you know whether some one
had been on the roof before you?
Q-What other places did you exam
inc?
A.-One window. and I went to look
for tracks on the outside but found
Odd you find any tracks around
the coal house?
A.-No, sir.
Odd you find any indications of
any one having entered or left the house
by the front balcony?
A.-No.
Odd you search the attic?
A-YeS.
Q-With whom?
A.-Mr. Gaines and think John Will
kerson.
Q-Did you find anywhere about the
house any evidence of any one having
entered or left it that night?
Q.-When did you learn the pistols
were rnissing2
A-After we searched the house.
Odd you search the bed?
A.-Yes.
Odd you find the pistols?
A.-No
Odd you make another search for
the pistols and gun case?
Ayes.
Odd you search the closet upstairs
later in the day?
A.-Yes. but found no pistol there
after unfolding all of the bedclothes.
Odd you talk to John Collins that
day2
Al don't think did.
Odd you the next day?
Al think so.
Q.-W here2
At the house.
Q.-Did you see that gun there
A.-Yes, when first went in. on the
rug in the hall.
Q.-Is the gun YOU produced at the
trial the same you saw in the hall?
A--Yes.
Odd you ask John Collins for his
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