, 1901-05-02
WITNESSES TESTIFY AGAINST
STONG In THE DAMAGE SUIT

of the p~enitentiary. and yet you forget
all about the conversation with Sam
Strong? Don't you think 1t would
help Nick Tully to get out of the peni-
Tertiary if you told the story about
Sam Strong?"
40. | don't think it would"
''You say now that Sam Strong is
guilty. yet you failed to bring this for
ward when it would have helped Tul-
lyg"
Witness stated that he believed that
Sam Strong was Hiilty of blowing up
the mine ever since 1t was blown up in
1894. Admitted that he was aware
that his evidence was important ever
since 1894.
You knew Tully. didn't you?"
"Yes.'
You were also friendly with Bob
LyonsT'
You knew their lawyers, also. did
you EotT'
You knew that Senator Patterson
was one of the lawyers"
Yes"
Now you sag that you We're
friends of these men and of the union.
Why did you not go to them and tell
what YOU knew!
Il was under arrest and could not.
Witness said he was under arrest
for murder and housing murderers.
James Gilmore. otherwise known as
"Cockney Gilmore, or "Cockney JIM,
was placed on the witness stand.
Witness said he had n conversation
| with Strong in Victor. He was sent
TO Strong in April of : OBrlen
sent him.
When and where did o see him
81 saw him at the bar in the saloon
with two girls drinking. | called him
and the ladies stepped aside. We
drank and he asked me if l was
broke. He handed me SO and told
me to meet him at IL that evening"
Did you meet him again that even
ing
Il did. about 11:3O o~'cl5,:z. He APP
preached me and said: Step outside
and follow me- l went cut and he fol-
lowed me. We went upstairs int a room
! Strong was seated on a bed. Sit
down. he said. Now he said. you
told me you wanted n job and you
We're not particular what the job is.
Now l have everything fixed He
then went on to tell what he wanted
me to do"
At this juncture the witness drew
himself up from the chair and with the
care Of an actor who has his lines and
poses carefully %rehearsed, began his
tale.
Your honor. can l show the exact
movements and say the very same
words | did when | was talking with
Strong that night?' he eagerly plead
ed.
Certainly, sir replied Judge Pal
mer. who was striving hard to repress
II smile.
"Well,' he continued, "Sam Strong
was sitting on the bed, his head back
with n devil-may-care smile on his
face. 1t was n hellish smile, your
honor, hut he smiled and smiled and
was n villain. l turned upon him the
eyes of an honest man, Il man whose
palm had never been tickled with the
touch of money which buys the doing
of a ~dastardly deed. your honor. my
bloomin' English blood stirred like
molten lead within me at that very
moment an l thought of the time 1
card me mother tell me the lessons a
man learns from is dear old mother.
Me tongue loOsened from the roof of
me mouth after awhile and 1 turns to
him and says: Sam Strong. keep
your bloody hands off me or I'll break
your face took me at up to go and
he yelled after me and said: Cock
ney, I'll make it interesting for you"
In his crude way Gilmore was certain
ly dramatic. One could hear n pin
drop the moment he got through and
when the crowd recovered themselves
sufficiently n very contagious litter
was heard throughout the court room.
Cross-eXamined by Attorney Wal
dron he said he had been in Jail seven
months and four day for assault to
kill u Charles Wilson.