The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-03

Lowe made a good Impression WINE
testifying. lie reeled the story of
the robbery off, it is true, very rapidly.
but he has been questioned and sweat
ed so much, that the state claims it is
only natural for him to remember it
all On cross-examination he bore
himself well and rigid cross-ques-
tioning of several hours duration
failed to shake him.
Express Messenger HIPS testimony
was strong and had very perceptible
effect on the jury. He was in the car
the night it was robbed, talked with
the bandits and watched them closely.
He testified that the morning after the
hold-up he went to Jesse James stand
and that as soon as Jesse saw him he
became EN- barrassed and evidently ex-
cited. Not only this, but he tried to
disguise his voice when he thanked
him for making purchase.
One of the strongest corroborative
witnesses will be Il. =. Sexton, the
well-known contractor, and his wife.
They were out driving the evening of
September %, and saw the little group
at Thirty-fifth and Tracy, beneath the
clump of trees. II Mr.. and Mrs. Sex
ton identify Jesse James as one of the
party, il will be hard for the defense
to overcome their testimony, for both
stand very high in Kansas City.
For the defense the theory seems to
be first an alibi and second a conspir-
acy on the part of the state. 1t will
be claimed that the detectives had to
convict some one and they have tried
to fasten the crime on Jesse James
because of his name. James attorney
will endeavor to show that Detective
Harbaugh prompted loves confession
and dictated the details of it. They
admit the robbery, and also loves
part in it, but say he is substituting
Jesse James for some one else.
Washington, Feb. 2s.-When the
army court of inquiry into the beef
charges met yesterday it expected TO
begin the examination of some of the
enlisted men of the army who had not
only seen the beef furnished the army
in the field, but had eaten it in guam
titles, wherein they differed from the
most of the officers who had previously
testified. The enlisted men who were
expected did not arrive till late and
the court went into secret session. A
party of six enlisted men of the Ninth
infantry next appeared.
First Sergt Howard Alexander tes-
titled that his regiment used both
corned and roast canned beef on the
voyage from Tampa to Santiago There
were many complaints from the men
as to the canned roast beef 1t nau-
seated the men, had little taste and APP
parently contained little nutriment.
The meat was not spoiled when the cans
were opened, but they would not keep
from one meal to the next, so the men
divided in trios and three of them got
one meal at least out of each can.
The men finally got to throwing the
cans away or not drawing them, as
the meat frequently made them sick
as soon as they ate it. Witness was
not willing to say definitely whether
it was the canned meat or the malaria
that caused most of the sickness in the
regiment
Sergt Francis Kidd said much of
the refrigerated beef was tainted and
nearly all the canned roast beef was
thrown away, but there were so many
Of the men sick and unable to eat that
the reduced ration went round very
well. Further than this, Kidd said
that the flies would not light on the
refrigerated meat, and although there
were myriads of flies and quantities of
tainted meat he never saw any of it
fly blown"