Evening journal., 1902-04-14

FOUL MURDER
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house. She was lying on her right side.
| turned her over and then saw that her
throat was cut. John Henry. George
Henry. Joseph kenney and ! think Roy
henncy helped me carry her into the
house. | did not see amy sign of a scuiiie
in the carriage house ] did not see any
one around there II was about O'Clock
when got there.
1T was between and o'clock when
saw Elmer going out i'm the field. ] was
about 300 yards from him. ! did not see
the children in the wagon / did not see
him when ne came back.
James Collins, father Of the woman.
said: 81 do not know anything about
it, ln answer TO questions lac said he
did not go to the house until evening.
}. IT, kenney when sworn, said
George Henry and ! heard someone
making a noise and saw q man going
from iIenry's. heard someone crying
] walked over 10 the Collins farm and
saw the body in the stable. ! thought
horse had killed her. ! helped carry her
into the house. She looked as if she was
thrown in the stall" He did not examine
the woman and could not say whether
the stocking was torn.
- never heard of Mrs. Collins having
he continued ~ do not know Of
she and her husband ever hay
ing any trouble" lie said they fol-
lowed tracks for thirty or forty yards in
a field. They could not find any tracks
near the barn He remembered hearing
George Hcnry's daughter saying she inn
agined she saw a man running from the
house. Some boys said they saw a man
wearing a white hat and ragged pants
running i'm the branch. One of the tracks
ran toward the field where Collins was
working. Two rows of nails showed in
the tracks"
Mrs. George Henry said: II saw Mrs.
Collins i'm the stable. ] helped straighten
out her hair. | first learned of the muir
der yesterday morning when Elmer Col
lins came TO my house. / do not think it
was more than o'clock. My husband
was out in the field The murdered wo-
man had been washed when / dressed
hor. As far as | knew, Mr.. and Mrs.
Collins were kind and alfectionate TO
ward each other. When Mr.. Collins
came 10 the house he said some one had
murdered his wife. Both children were
with him."
DIR. Fowler. who is not a member Of
the jury, but was allowed TO be present
tried To get the woman to say that Col
Inns said his wife was killed.
Mrs. Mary Smith said she arrived at
the Collins house between . and 10
o'clock. Mrs. Kenney's son, Roy, told
her that she had been found i'm the
stable dead. When she arrived the body
was on the lounge. When asked about
where Mrs. Collins carried her money,
she said:
"She did not tell me. When times
were better than they are now l carried
money and you nor any other person
would not know where / carried it,
Captain james Smith said he did not
know anything about the case. All he
heard was at second hand.
George w. Henry, who lives across
the road from the Collins home, said.
collins came to my place about 8
o'clock and told my family someone
had killed his wife. went over TO
tho Collins house with him. | was the
first man there. Collins was walking
up and down the yard. He said: Some
one has killed my wifa / saw Collins
team leave the house about o'clock
I helped carry the woman in the house.
/ did not see Mrs Collins in the morn
ling"
John II. Henry said Collins went TO
his place and said his (CollinsO wife
had been murdered. lie saw the
woman lying in the stable. He did
not see the woman alive during the
morning. Collins, he said told him
his wife carried her money I'm her
stocking. Collins looked for the money
Iaftor the woman was taken into the
house.
Sydney Goslee said that between S
and 9 o'clock Elmer Collins. better
/ l. n 81 T.H.
Collins had been killed by horse.
The witness saw Collins, the husband
OF the murdered woman, at work in
the field Ho did not see the children
He talked with Collins. This witness
found the hatchet and bolt. He saw
the tracks in the field.
Georga Adams was called, but did
mot know anything about the case.
$. A. Kitchens said at one time he
worked for Collins. He denied saying
THAT Collins killed his wife.
Elmer Collins. otherwise known as
Bruno" said Mr.. Henrys little girl
went 10 his house and said Mrs. Col
Inns was dead.
sydney Noble was called as a wit
ness. but he did not get to the place
until about o'clock
Dr. James H. Chapman, of George
town, said the womans death was
caused by injuries inflicted by some
other person. A horse could not have
done It. The wound in the neck, he
said, was made by knife
The following verdict was rendered:
Resolved. That Mrs. Aida Collins
came to her death from injuries in
aicted Saturday, April 1S, 1902, by a
person or persons unknown to the
Jury.
Armed Men Guard Swamp
The news of the murder soon spread
on Saturday and was brought to Iau-
rel about II o'clock. People hitched
Iup teams and raced for the scene 1t
took about an hour to travel the bad
roads. Or. Joseph NJ. Hitch, with I'M
dertaker higgins were among the first
from Laurel to reach the scene. They
found about thirty people from the sur
rounding country there. Most Of them