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

Towards and Jones drug stores. saw
him talking to Mr.. Hill for some time"
is 1t not fact that Jesse went in the
wafer snd t glass of soda
mo. It Is not fact that he came out
Immediately"
- Some Condicting Testimony. - :.
At this point Mr.. Reed quizzed the wit
ness closely concerning his testimony be-
fore the grand jury. and some Of the
answers were not regarded as perfectly
satisfactory by Mr.. Reed. who compared
the statements Of the witness with his
what time % Was 1s It Then Elaaa you 1ls saw Jesse
In front Of Hill & Howard's drug store?"
1t was about o'clock and l remember
that the curfew was blowing about this
time. ! looked at my watch and saw the
ume. There were several other persons
either IN the store or Just outate. I re-
member Joe Gorsuch. Mr.. Hill, Ir. How
did you not see Jesse on October and
N the presence Of newspaper man named
Walter Sanford did you not state that you
T9ns asked Sf ss M dFas R store
II made no such statement"
pid you hear Jesse James tell Mr.. San
ford that he knew Lower"
Lowe'' "
After the Noon Recess.
After the noon recess Mr.. Hovey was re-
called and said that he had testified before
the grand jury. He declared that he had
been misquoted by the stenographer. He
said that he protested against such mis-
takes.
George w. Tourtellot. superintendent of
the Armour Packing Company for the past
hfteen years, testified that he had known
Jesse James for about six years.
Il know the defendant has borne the best
OF regulations for truth, honor and verac-
ity;"
DO you know where he spent his
II do not :
Did you ever hear of him carousing at
Il have not"
Have you ever heard that he had as
SoSn Sosiatsd Eannsh with " W. Lowe. Andy Ryan or
Il never did, replied Mr.. Tourtellot.
- =; AZ =: Jones, who is one Of the proprietors
OF the drug store near the terminus Of
the Troost cable line, said:
Il saw Jesse on the night of the rob-
oery at about $50 O'clock. 1 saw him ac-
companying some ladies' to the car. At
about s:4S l saw him again. John Noland
the defendant conversing with him. Jesse
was IN the store about six or eight min
utes. After he went out saw him stand-
Ing nnts Gas on me Sidewalk. How long he stood
outside do not remember
Mr; s. Reed asked the witness:
ness on that night?'
I first noticed him when he asLed mo
Ior some pennies in change, which he used
to play slot machine" ~s0
Dldn't you make a statement on Ianu
AIRY snt ~ that a! you didn't see Jesse after he
II do not remember that did"
"Abot "6W long sig DID you see him altogether?"
MY clock had not been keeping the cor
rect rect time tine and l stepped back to see the
hour when the curfew blew
o.,!3 yDid you see Jesse pass with his moth
,''Yes, saw them pass about $50 or s.ss
aae "a, CARED Ia yalise and I did not notice
Mr: Farr asked:
..SMho called you before the grand jury?"
doSs0 somebody Snt d dteiephoned for me to come
went to Mr.. Reeds Office and made a.
statement" :"
Gaugh Saw Him After o O'Clock.
walter Gaugh, who was at Thirty-fourth
and LYDIA. testified that he knew Jesse
James and on the night of the. robbery.
saw him at Hill & Howard's drug store
about $780, - --S
Some time after 9 o'clock saw Jesse in
front OF the same drug store" said the
time because looked at the clock as soon
as got home. 1t was then after 9 and
II REQUIRES but a few minutes to walk from
went edi direety ed ths SoGa gar line o my house.
~ Charles l1a1, s Howard. on. of the proprietors
OF Hili sa& q 5seyn Hewafds I'd s;ug store. said:
five minutes Of 2 o'clock. was fsllin@ u n
prescription ar the time and stepped out
when herrd Jesse come In. At this
time time sever Il persons were sitting out in
Ayro0 L.
Mess-s Wright and Hovey. At % about T io:so
! !, s. several officers standing in front Of
DO you think it was as early as 1o:ao?"
Mr.. Reed asked. -
II am reasonably sure"
How DO you know ther those men were
"Mr. Wright told me that they were Of
fcers. Two or three Of them came in INV
store @ and asked to use my telephone. I
At this point Mr. Reed asked the witness
several questions concerning his testimony
before the grand jury.
Of the witnesses for the defense had not
testified the same before the grand jury
as they did during the trial.
Took Down the Testimony,
H. B. Walker, assistant prosecuting at
torney. was called. He testified as fol-
lows:
Il took down the testimony Of several
witnesses of the defense. Some of the
transcripts are now in Mr.. Reeds possess
sion. wrote all the testimony out after
Jesse James was indicted"
Were these questions that Mr.. Reed
asked witnesses to-day portions Of the
transcript that. you made while the wit
nesses were being examined in the grand
jury room?"
Yes. think so.''
"How many witnesses did they have be-
fore the grand jury after the indictment Of
Jesse JameS?"
81 do not know the exact number"
Did they have 2. G. Jones; Joe Cor
and Mrs. Leaven. Charles Howard and
asked Mr.. Walsh.
Yes. all of these were before the grand
At this point the defense attempted to
prove that D. NJ. Hisey. the telegraph
operator, had made contradictory, state
ments concerning the robbery.
Miss Murray. stenographer who took
down the testimony Of D. NJ. Hisey in the
case against Andy Ryan. was called. She
of Hisey and that he had been sworn as
a witness. The deposition of Hisey was
produced and the following extracts were
'eau ouestionN"Haye 1e fd you ever met the two
men who came in your telegraph Office the
night of the robbery?'
I have and 1 could not say positively
James S. Rice testified that he saw
Jesse James on Troost avenue, near the
end of the car line at about 9 o'clock or
s:05.
Jesse walked in the drug store as
went in said the witness: I saw two
officers in front of Hill & Howard's drug
store between II and II o'clock"
STILL PRESlDES
Sat on the Bench Yesterday Despite
His Disbarment by the Cir
cuif COurt.