The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-19
JURY WILL DECIDE
Judge Dale 0verruIeS 0emur-
er in Gray Case.
A. DORSEY TESTIFlES
Une Witness Admits TO Being
Owner of Farms.

The Anderson Cray case attrected q
good deal Of interest in the district CONT
yesterday. There was no new testirnouq
broaght out There were quite a number
OF Sumner county people Oh the witness
stand and they were only questioned IN.
regard 70 the Gray farm and the value
OF the Improvements ~ dfrerert times.
Judge Mcbride. who was attorney for
the EIuita DE Security company testified
that he prepared the papers in the case
md that he never had any Information,
70 the effect that the Dorsey deed had
been given merely as security in The
bond matter He admitted that he hsd
heard that about the time of The al,rr
OF this present case J. NJ R=sdv who
IS present county attorney OF sumner
county, YVES employed in the case about
the time If the sale and ne told ~ a
tEE o. The Gray farm and The conditions
q the buildings but II did not 7naterial "
ciiler from the story OF Anderson Cs-r-
Alr- Ready stated that az the time An
ceISoH Cray was arrested OF the charge
or mLrucr and held ID the TeI.frzra-
Jan mat his vie rented house and
moves from the farm 10 WELLINGTON and
ta2t when Anderson was released on this
bond. watch vas siEned br Der
1lF- ana Mrs Gray moved back u the
farm
There was an interesting incident in
connection with this moving ar Re.75v
h-o -9r-0erly stated thar he was attor-
ney Ier Anderson Gray JUST previous 20
th7 time he was haIed out II sau and
tn-t when Mr and Mrs. Cray had their
goods in the wagon ready u move hack
70 the farm Cray came to his house and
they had a talk III rrczt or the house
IEe defense was anxious % bring ou-
TINS conversation bur the plaintiffs at
torneE OBJECTED &c Mr. Rsddy stating
any part ot that conversation and M
Amicon read from the law Co show thar
So -eIlleIlts made 10 an attorney or ply
stefan were 10 be regarded IS coud0en-
tai ard could not be brought out in The
examination OF the atLcrnev The OBJ
lection was sustained b. Judge Dale and
th@r particular part Ct the CONVEX
satlon WlI not make a parc OF the his
tory or TINS case This ruling was az
course. no surprise 10 the lawyers. but
II was 70 good many of the spectators. /
They never before knew that q man
nisht commit crime and then 60 and
tell his attorney all about IL and that
the attorney could not tel Il on the Wit
ness stard without the consent OF the
fore 1t Il told This conversation be- /
tween Gray and his attorney was sup /
posed 70 have 0eeu about the Land. bur 4
as 20 that the jury IN this case vii never +
know.
When the plaintiff had submitted an +
Of his evidence tho defendants demurred .
and based their grounds for il on the I
fact that the evidence already submitted
showed thar the Equitable Security com
pany had no notice Of this Dorsey deed .
ana that the company was an innocent
purchaser. After arguments on both
sides Judge Dale overruled the deuur-
rer and held that the case should 60 20
The jury This was considered the criti-
cal point for Cray and the attorneys
were pleased when they passed that
point.
John T. Stewart was called for the de-
ferse aDl mis- evidence caused q great
ID II az merriuenr amonS some of the
people about the court house When ar
Stewart was younger thar he is now
be used % be a clerk in the real estate
Office ~ Steel q Levy. Cf this city. All
Of the oll-timers know him and are his
friends. AIr- Stewart ives brought on
- witness stand as ara expert iu sum
neg county lands They wanted him GO
tell - lar this 3acres If land 81 DISPUTE
was worth. After a great many CUES
tons had been asked and objected TO- E
the rlEhc question was finally framed
arG John Stewart placed the value ar
$3.50. That was 1ust 81 an acre the lau1
was worth In 1885. Judge Hauchey Of
Wellington had pronounced these ques-
tons 20 Mr Stewart and when he turned
hlIs over o. the defense Col sam Ami
don vent after him ia way that caused
some amusement
Don't YOU know that the buildings on
that GRAY farn cost over S5o02 asked
ar Amidon
NO. I was not aware OF just how
much rhey old cost
us it not q fact that vou were a bear
on the S--arer county land market about
th.t time2
no. The land market NJ that tire ala
no- need any bearing. Ii was bearing
ITSELF
~Hcw many farms ala you buy about
II o01t remember now could nos
tsll just how many quarter sections do
own unless would look over my
swell about how many. DO You cva
194 e-sirter sections
eyes tu1t many
Nhen IL is remembered that Sur7e-
county ranks amorg the very BEST in The
state. people VIII make up their UieIs
th-t the former clerk Tor steel g. levy
wiz ae a1le 20 ral1s care az himself
1e witness lnac CREASED the most i1-
terast Vas A. Dorsey. He IS tha nan
T. v-hom Anderson Cray claimed 10 have
6ee 3ld this % -acle farm fcr Tie purpose
Of securing hir. cgairst less en- account
of signing his bond when he Uas Ia the
S l-1n5r county 1-ll Il WAS reported tcfr
hc would testify -fo~ GRAY ana CONFIRM
bis story Of -he deed. bus e was claimsl
atler Ar Dorsey came 10 Nlcaico c1lr
neither Anderson Gray or f-s attorneys
could set sieht of him URN be crtncd up 3
lst evening ~ q witness fcr -ae defense Z
His eNauirlti-r caused @ EooI -l -
Interest ana t-a officials ~ Che cogrr
holse were attracted 20 the court room :
before h. was through Uith h.s Evidence.
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