The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-20

Ayes, sir.
O-Did Won hear anV movement of the
bed, any squeaII:ng of the springs?
Al can't remember of hearing any
oSDid. you hear John open his door that
Al was greatly excited by thar tim,
and 1 can't remember whether l heard
him open his door or not
(Which way was John going when
you ran into him in the hail?
Any impression is that he had just
stepped out of his room and was in the
act of coming toward the room
your door when you heard itR
Aust in front of my door, as I re-
ODD you hear footsteps with that
Al said didn't hear the striking
sound of footsteps on the carpet.
Q.-Then you don't know whether there
Al really think there was.
Q.-Was John dressed when you met him
Ono, sir. I think he had on only his
Q.EDidn't you testify at the coroner's
inquest that you couldn't tell whether he
such a daZed condition?
A.-Probably / did. and that's about
ODD you hear any doors open or close
before or after this rush?
Al don't remember of it.
versa ton with Mr.. Kiene. reporter for
der. in which you stated that you had
heard no noise except the noise that aWak-
ened you and that of your brother jump
ri talked to several people that morn
ing and may have talked to that gentle
man, because I don't know him. may
have said such a thing. because I was
say SUCH a thing it was not 50: A.
Q.-Do you remember Of telling MI
Lange the same thing about not hearing
| any other noise?
Al don't remember of telling him any
| thing of the kind, but il 1 did ii WASH t
| so, because I was greatly excited, and I
! did hear a noise of Something passing my
The affidavit made by Grace Collins Tor
| the insurance adjuSters, in which she stat
| ed that she first spoke Of the rushing
sound past her door to Chief Steele instead
9 ne I safford TIE 7 witness dT said that what
| she swOre to in the affidavit was to the
| mony given at the cororer's inquest was
| also Introduced. and the fact of her testi-
| on redirect examination by Mr.. GODDARD.
| Miss Collins stated that she knew posi-
| lively that the person who had caused the
rushing sound could not have returned to
| her room and met John in the hall.
Mrs. Wharry Testifies.
Mrs. Elizabeth wharry was called to the
| witness stand after Grace Collins. She
members of the Collins family for the past
| IS years, and always thought them very
was always kind gentle and affectionate
| Odd you see John about the house
on the morning of the murder?
o.-What was his conduct?
| A.-He seemed to feel like the rest of the
| family, deeply grieved- saw him weep
| ing in the parlor. He had thrown him,
self face downward on the couch and
| was crying so that his body was shaking
| Kenneth Wharry,a son of Mrs. Wharry
/ was next called. He said that he haC
been a warm personal friend of John Col
Inns for the past Is years. and that he wa:
a Warn-hearted, generous and afectiOnats
kind of a boy. John had a number q
pets when he was small boy, he said
and he was. always kind to them, nevel
showing that he was at all cruel. He saiC
| that John always seemed to feel proud O
/ his father.
On cross-examination by Attorney Jet
more the %I{ne 6 stated 1Pa5 nol% +ria
in reference to John Collins lying ane
| gambling, his estimate of the defend
/ ants character was unchanged. ''Whei