Evening journal., 1902-04-19
COLLINS RELEASED
ON SMALL BAIL
Continued From First Page).

"What did he say?'
81 don't remember him saying any
thing"
"What else did he sayg'
Not much"
did he say anything about money!
"Ile said he had not been in the house
and he wanted US to look If the money
was there. He said that it was in shot
bag in a box. He went himself and said
that the money was gone
How long did You stay around the
placer
81 stayed there from about 9 to 12
O'Clock"
what was he doing?'
''He was going around there. and
saw him and Mrs Jacob Collins, his
step-m0ther, looking at some chickens.
Kenney Skaters States Case
Robert c. White Collins attorney,
took Mr.. Kenney in hand and during the
cross-examnation brought out the fact
that there was an important bit Of evil
dence that Mr.. Kenney had not spoken
Of in the direct examination. Mr. Ken
ney said that he could have seen any
one leaving the Collins home during the
time he was i'm the field. He had plain
view of the house and grounds and he
had not seen anyone about except when
Collins went to Henry's house crying.
do You keep an eye on the road all
the timer" asked Mr.. White.
"No, sir; not when / am working, fol
! can't work and look about, too"
You think, though, that you could
have seen anybody If they had beer
aroundTn
"Yes, sir; for at the end of each row
1 would look about to see if any teams
were coming My boys say that l se'
every man, woman, child and team that
goes on the road"
Saw Peculiar Footprints
Did you not see mans track nea
the house on the private road toward tn
swamp in that direction|
Eyes, sir"
"What kind Of a track was itf"
TT looked TO be that Of a No. 9 sh0'
and there were two rows of nails in it.
"Did it look like an old trackwi
mo, sir; it looked as if it had bee
made that morning"
WAS this the only track that yol
saw?"
mo. sir; l saw another track aroun
near the waste gates Of Collins mill an
it was just like the one near the house.
How far was this from the hOuseY'
ut was about half a mile'
did you follow this upg"
''No, sir"
"Why?"
Because four boys came up to MI
Smith and / about that time and told u
that they saw a man running across tn
branch just up little ways. We ran u
there, but could not see anyone. Til
ground was so hard that we could NJ
{ follow the track"
) Mr.. Ward-"When was it that 70
y saw these tracks,"
q I'm the morning and in the afternoo
" of the day of the murder"
- You did not see any man around Il
- house when you were in your field
le work." asked Mr.. White
+ mo, sir"
Sc 1T was rather late when you went ol
p to work, | believer
ie Yes, sir; it was somewhere near
o'clock"
IS "Could not these tracks have bee
e made before you left homer
p ''Yes, SIR
a you could not have seen anyone abol
5 there il you had been in your ow
IT house?"
= ''No, sir"
sr 'Then they could have been made b
le fore you went to your work."
Yes, sir"
re George Henry next was put on Il
n stand and told substantially the san
Is story OF the finding Of the body as d
Dir. kenney. He did not see any foe
e prints. After the body had been carri,
sr into the house Collins said to Mr.. Henr,
W That's bad business" meaning Il
murder Of his wife.
re Mr.. Henry also brought out the ia
that the body was lying face down in
le pile Of manure in the stable
le ). =. Goslee told how he found Il
le blood-stained iron bar behind the ber
m crates.
N Il asked Mr.. Collins if he knew Il
al bar and he told me that he used it
b stake his COW out with" said Mr.. Gosle
Where did you keep it?" / asked
Ut In the corner Of the carriage house
n Mr.. White-"Mr GOslee, did YOU S
Mr.. Collins that morning before the mu
10 derT
"a "Yes, sir"
Where did You see him?"
He was in his field at work when
passed there"
What time was that?"
W 1t was between and o'clock"
ls Did You see the children in the ie
~ with himi"
y mo, sir; l did not see anyone b
'ff him."
Francis on the Stand
There was a renewal of interest d
played in the case when State Detect
Theodore w. Francis, who has be
sr working night and day on the case sin
e last Saturday, took the stand. Mr.. Fra
, els was pale and showed traces Of havii
been working hard.
He told his story MS follows:
-, Il arrived in Laurel ON Saturday eve
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