Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-02-28

ed TO meet the G o'clock Chicago 4 Alton
train, but n baseball game between the
court house nine aad the city hall nine was
went 10 the depo, sunday and looked after
his aunt's baggage. and in the afternoon
he went With the family 10 I,roost park.
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Yes sir"
For what parpases"
school there and heard ON saturday that
they were seies To give II 10 Miss Howe.
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.'Wnca Nh, s's' You iest. witch way did you go?"
=! wens seasa 10 she rock road ana eheh
sp.a you 60 TO Andy Ryan's house with
Lowe on the night ~ August Il!
'.pid You show a card to Lowe at Ryan's
or any other place."
C,rhis had reference 10 the ''ex-com-
specta'' cardD
The defense brought. out, according TO
Hisey had been al the court house half a
dozen times and that on one OF these oc-
casions he had said that Jesse was no. n
larger man. Jesse then prompted MT.
Walsh and the question came:
What was your purpose In going 10
TO get q school for my sister"
Amy otherT"
''Ouly bike rtdeS.
How tall are you?
Five feet, eight inches.
Denies Intimacy With Lowe.
On cross-examination Jesse denied in toto
any intimacy with Lowe and the author-
ship of letters attributed to him and signed
with his name.
You say that you were only acquainted
with W. w. Lowe through meeting him
at Krueger's court and at your cigar
stand?" asked Mr.. Reed.
mo"
You had no business dealings with him?"
None other than selling him cigars ana
NO transactions?"
rs the address on this envelope your
writing?" presenting an envelope to the
Jesse looked at 1t very intently and then
said:
This letter was the one addressed to w.
w. Lowe and Is as follows:
Kansas City. July IA. 1898.
Mr.. William Lowe.
Dear Sir:-Please come up to see me In
the morning before you go to see Jim Cole.
Your friend. JESSE E. JAMES.
Be sure you come to see me before Jim
Cole.
rs this your signature to this bond given
before Justice Spitz?" continued Mr.. Reed.
Again the defendant looked closely and
acknoH edged this signature. He then de-
MED the signature to a second letter.
Take this piece of paper and pencil
and print"
II object!" shouted Mr.. Walsh.
Sustained" said the court.
did you ever make this statement to
win IN Kenny, reporter for the World?"
Did Did sl5n y1n not hand it to him in the
s "Yes, SIR" came the smiling response.
What do You mean. sir?"
"Weil. he wanted a statement. and Mr.;
handed it to him. but 1 didn't write it,
This raised laugh and the deputies had
Did You ever carry the letter which
handed you to the Santa F'e yards?"
This was objected to and the objection
was sustained.
Jesse repeatedly denied intimacy with
Lowe and also said that he did not remem-
Der having introduced him to his uncle,
They Men fa 5ne 10
the efforts to get Mary James the Leeds
school without eliciting new facts. The
defendant also partially denied the yeracity
fore his arrest. i.;sf
He said that he was. arrested October II.
and was kept at the. Westport police sta
tion from $50 o'clock until o'clock the
This Closed the examination Of. the de-
fendant.
court: E. F. Swinnex cashier Of the. First
National bank: VIII p. Hayde. deputy
clerk of the circuit court, and William Car
gill, assistant superintendent" OF the Ar
mour Packing Company. testified as to the
defendants good character. The question
in each instance was:
What is the reputation of the defendant
as to veracity, honesty and general GOOD
character"
And the answer was:t
Good. d."----------- - z-------
They wanted to say more, but were pre-
vented by objections by the state.
During the coprse OF the afternoon, Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Bunch. Of ssss Forest
avenue. testified that Jesse had passed
their home between $40 and $40 on the
night of the robbery and that they hao
q: w. Daniels, a hack driver, said that
he had seen the defendant at Thirty-third
and Troost between $40 and 9:15 O'Clock.
DR.. Thomas Beattie, 1910 Iinwood avenue,
was with Jesse In the barber shop that
night. ~ s,.s...'.E9,..I -.
Joseph Gorsuch saw him going to the
car about $50 with his mother and aunt.
Neither Mrs. Stanley nor Mrs. Ida Foster,
who live in the near vicinity Of where the
rig Is said TO have been hitched, saw any
signs of ii up TO 7:3o o'clock.
Deputy Marshal Tom Leahy testified that
in the presence Of Deputy Marshal Cass
Welch. Hills, the express messenger, had
said that the leader of the robbers was/
about the size of Officer Caskey.