Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-12-13

aad ssw the trunk and aoks VI
two men. Tracks very rf&in. for
the earth was soft.
Stephen Wood testified lhat he
knew Bowles and Stews Had
had q conversation wit BowIee
aboat robbery. Bowles - comirg
mp road on 18th of 0ctaaer aud
hallooed to him TO come O. and 60
mp and get balance OF old nott's
money. Replied that be dat ex-
pect there was any left. Bowles
said he thought there hight be
some loose change scattered around.
Asked him boz mnch ms.5sy kaatt
had. Told me there was t260O in
paper $50 in silver aud SO so in
gold. On October %. in smother
conversation, when they wsre OPEN
ing some wrapping paper Bowles
asked for package to count, and
after he had counted it, waited Mr..
Reeder to guess the nuasber of
sheets. Bowles said thers was q
hundred and that old man lKnott's
money was fixed in this wa I'M 800
packages with string tied around
each package. Asked ne il it
wasn't 30. Had another talk with
Bowles recently in which qothing
was said about the money. hut Bow
les said his house had been searched
by an unbonded officer and be was
going to give them troubled Want
ed witness to 90 to Knots with
Edgar Russell and see il h would
say something to sue for. Went to
Knots house and saw tracks lead
ing from house to where trunk was
found. There were two tracks.
Was shown q shoe and said it was
Frank Stewards shoe. Had seen
the shoe fitted in the tracks where
trunk was left and il fitted them.
On cross examination said henever
told Edgar RUSSELL that il vas not
Stewards track.
Mrs. Catharine Downs, daught-
er of Henry Knott. testified to her
father coming 70 MorgePzs with
Martha Knott on Monday. October
18th. She lived at Morganza.
Went to store with them to help
select the hat, etc. Saw Bowles
there. Saw him take a blue and
white striped coat out of the store
and 60 of with it like he was in q
hurry. Saw him leave the store
between 1 and 2 o'clock and did
not see him any more until about
5 o'clock, when he walked mp to
Mr.. Loves stable whistling. Sta
BILE 10 very near witnesses gate.
Henry Clay Thompson testified
that he had husking feast on the
night Of Monday, October Is. DAN
iel Bowles was there. Came be-
tween z aud s o'clock. After sup
per Mr.. Bowles asked me had i
heard the news and said cold Mr..
Knott has lost all his money, He
didn't seem to want to talk about
it in the yard and went into the
house. / asked how much money
Mr. Knott had Lost, and he said
$4,000. ] asked II it was all in gold
He said, emo" aud asked me not
to say anything; that he told me
because it would get out any how.
In reply to the question IL he had
any idea where it vent. hs said il
didn't 20 out Of the family.
asked Who. and he answered, "thai
d. fellow, Jim Knott" Said
there was some gold and some ell.
yer, but didn't say how much. New.
er heard anything about the robbery
from anyone else that night.
Clarence Reed lives ct Oakville.
Was employed by Dan Bowles on
Monday, October Is. Pulled corn
in the morning and went to Nor.
gsnza with cart in afternoon to gel
rails 10 fix cross line between Ben
Love and Mr.. Drury. Mr.. Rowles
wss with him. Rowies went with
him to the ice pond on the Glenn.
ent's road, and then returned tc
get an axe. Sent the axe by Harry
Downs and didn't come back. Did
not know the time. Sun was about
an hour high when witness went
home with cart, aud was the frsl
time he had seen Bowles since hs
left him at the fence. On cross
examination, Reed said, be worked
on fence about an hour and ther
went back 10 the store and asked
for Bowles and he came out.
| Harry Downs, aged Is, was mex