The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-17
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caeysnne. Wyo.. Oct. l4.-Tssti.
mony given In the trial of Tom Horn
yesterday was Of Importance only In
solar q much Of the succeeding svk
dence upon which the acquittai o.
conviction Of the accused depends Win
~ hinged upon. what was pcesspte4
70 the jury during the days sesssons.
The defense was given . needless
scare yesterday moFitAg BY the pebli
icatien h Dsnyss OF . false report tat
Miss Gvspdolins Irsas Kimmsll, ~
school teacher who vas slisCsd IN;
that iccoant to hsvs bssa Hesn.4
sweetheart, came secretly to Chsysane
the night before and was 70 remain In
hiding here until called 70 the stand
for the prosecuflon. Hhe has not been
subpcenaed " the; state and u ct
present in Missouri.
The morning session OF court In the
Horn trial yetterdAY was very import.
tAnt, and Witnessed tAe begfnHing q
the real nght 70 proye the tnnocsnce
or guilt OF the accused, In That the
prosecution sought to prove that the
wounds found on the body OF Willie
Nickel were. inflicted by asbtlIet Of
small calibfe, probsbly . $780, and
that IL was nred with great force by
smokeless powder at AsdistAnce Of ap-
proximately 400 or $50 yards. The es-
tablishing OF this fact In the mind4 OF
the Jury ID Of great Importance to the
state. for the reason that testimony
will be introduced later showing that
the prisoner carried q 1890 Winches-
ter. using smokeless powder. while In
the Iron mountain country the three
or four days previous to the. killing.
II this fact can be established In the
minds Of the jury the prosecution Will
have accomplished a great deal
Realizing this, the defense Is doing
everything possible to prove that the
wounds were inflicted by bullet OF
large caliber, or at least as large % o.
.38. Three physicians and one expert
gun maker testified during the morn
ing session with reference to the char
acter Of wounds made by various bull
lets under various conditions, and each.
witness was crossAexamined closely by
the defense. +.
For the first time during the trial
John c. Coble. manager Of the Iron.
Mountain ranch, and who, according to
Horns alleged confession, was the man
with whom l do all OF my business" ;"
was present in the court room to-day
to witness the proceedings. He eyed
witnesses closely and drank in eagerly
every word that was said He did not
remain throughout the entire session.
but came and went frequently.
Mrs. Kels Nickel was called to the
stand for the purpose Of Identifying
some bloody clothing shirt. vest and
! pair Of pants-as that worn by her son
the morning he was killed. Mrs: Nick
| ellis face pAled ~ her eyes rested upon
the clothing Of. the little fellow. and
tears welled into her eyes As she said,
In quiet but arm voice:
| Yes. sir; these are the clothes worn
! by, Willie"
From the blood-stained garments
Mrs. Nickel turned her eyes In the d.
| rection Of Tom Horn, but the latter was
eyeing the floor and did not see the look
OF grief and sorrow depleted upon the
face of the mother.
Kels Nickel also identified the cloth
ing as having been worn by Willie.
which were cut from the body by Cor
oner TurnbulI and turned over to the
sheriff by Mr.. Nickel. After taking
one look at the clothes, Nickell trans
ferred his gaze to Tom Horn and kept
his eyes fastened upon the prisoner all
Of the time he sat In the witness box.
Horn returned the gaze and never once
dropped his eyes until Nickel had
taken his seat In the audience.