The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-16

He wanted me 70 write Z letter 10 his
son, and said he would tell ne who nit
him, and 50 forth, provided would not
tell II unless put on the witness stand
This IS as close as the attorneys we're
allowed to get to their main point OF
old man Jones supposed dying confession
10 Hal
County Attorney Amidon then question
ed Hall as follows:
Where are you boarding at present,
M HaII?"
AT the county hotel"
How many times have you been IN jail
betore?"
"Oh, that's no difference in this case"
Twenty. you suDDose?"
NO. sir"
The rest OF the interrogations were
along this line, in which Mr.. Amidon en-
deavored to bring out the evidence that
Hall was q pretty tough character.
DR.. Fordyce and Dr.. Purdue were exam
ined along purely medical and pr0fes-
sional lines, in order 10 show whether OF
not the cause for Jones death was from
the direct result OF the wounds ne re-
ceived or delirium tremens produced by
q cessation Of stimulanrs after he had
been OF a protrac-ed debauch. The testi-
mony tended TO show that death might
have resulted from either Of these causes
After the examination Of Miss Wells.
superintendent Of the Wichita Hosnital,
and other unimDortant ones. Nina Ray
mond was put on stand 10 tell her own
story. She answered some OF the hard
questions put % her by her own counsel
as well as by Mr. Amidon with some de-
gree Of modesty, because It brought ID
her mind the memory Of her mothers
death her fathers desertion OF her and
her subsequent shame.
Questioned by Attorney Fred Stanley
as follows:
You a-ae the defendant in this case.
are you NINA Raymond"
What is your aEe?'
Twenty years"
Where are your 2arents?"
Mother is dead. do not know where
father IS"
How old were you when your mother
died?"
Eleven years old"
When did you last see your father?"
He left US when I was fifteen. and
have never seen him since that time"
How long before this Jones trouble oc-
CURED did you 60 70 Mrs. Roberts house
10 stay?"
About four or five weeks, I think, in
January"
who told you 10 20 there?"
'.Dr. Hamilton told be 70 get room
there IN which 10 stay while was taking
treatment from him"
How long had you then been addicted
to the m0r3hine habit"
About seven months. I think"
Nina, how long have you been q fallen
girl
since my father left me-"
Were you at Mrs. Roberts house on .
Tuesday night before Jones death, and .
did you see Jones2'
YES. sir 7 stayed there that night.
but didn't see Jones, I passed hurrtedly .
through the kitchen and went 70 the
southwest room There was a man with
me who slept in that room that night +
After we went into the roomN came out 1
about 9 O'Clock and handed Mrs. Roberts .
fifty cents for the room rent was not
again out of the room until morning
Whom did you see in the kitchen when .
YOU passed through that night2'
Jim Zimmerman. John and Allie Rob .
e-ts. the old lady and Fred
Mr.. Amidon took the witness and had .
a fiery time for about fifteen minutes.
He read her testimony al the coroners 1
jury and al the preliminary trial. which .
c.1Fietef with her present testimony.
Nina attempted 10 explain this away by
giving reasons for her testimony a. that
time. The attorney shook the bloody STAT
before the witness but il had no terrors
for her. She struck 10 her story that she
had never used Il on anybody
Lee Stearrs. the North Main street liv-
e~v-a1 was put on the stand by the de-
ren-e 70 show that thu STAT with which
ola man Jones was assaulted might not
have been q b5dzlat Al al He said that
II resemb,ed very much the Stats that
compose crates in which buEEtes are
shippei ~ him and that he thought he
had this particular slat the assault was
made NJ tSearns was pretty sure that
The bloody Stat was the one which he hal
used n u-5n his door. ard IN that ease
r. rauI5 not have been the badslat that
came from Mrs Roberts bed. because l.
was -o7 long and = was too rough luH-
bs~ This testimony was very favorable
~ the accused woman
Stanley & tSa--ey calm that this In
rl5e-- which they had tu=- discovered
Yesterday noon. proved couclus-veIy 10
their minds the plot OF deep conspiracy
formed bv thu gang interested IN LAYING
the murder 7n Nina Rsyn 5r5. ID murder
7tz nan Jones in order % get his money.
and that -1e deed was done IN the Fey
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