The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-11
He Rode on a Santa Fe Train
Getting Off at Bliss.
TORRENCFS STATEMENT
Says He Can Prove Where
Cofelt Bought the Shot.

Winfield. Kan. April 1o.-The two i'm
portant witnesses ia the case OF the
state against Conelt for the murder OF
George c. Montgomery, today we're c. r.
Feeder and Ira s. Brecount-
G. r Peeden, who lives thee miles
east OF town. testified that he saw COZ
felt on West Ninth street going east on
September ?. on horseback, and agreed
10 take same to Hooso's livery barn He
gave his name as Maxwell and said he
had been working with threshing ma
chine. Someone at the barn said the
mare was wet" Peeden saw Coffelt
on South Main street the next day.
Ira :. Brecount Of Arkansas City was
a brakeman on the Santa Fe. from Ar
kansas City 10 Purcell. lest October
en- the night Of the killing he was IN
Arkansas City awaiting his train TO 80
cot on the road. He went out about I
c. clock. south He got a message from
the night operator before going 10 look
c1t for a certain man that had been
seer at Hackney. Witness examined the
tra;n before leaving Arkansas City and
found three men, one of whom was Cof-
fei. He had q large cslibred revolver
v itlt a white handle. All three of the
men got on at Arkansas City and COf-
fcit got of at Ponca City. The train
made no stops between the two places.
Precount. in cross examination, gave
laiuute description OF the clothes Cof-
felt and the other two men wore.
In opening the case. County Attorney
Terrence gave an outline OF the theory
OF the prosecution.
In order 70 familiarize the jury with
the scene Of the murder and the topogra-
ply Of the country in and about Winfield
and Bliss, he gave a description of the
same. locating the different towns which
the testimony would involve. He told Of
the trouble between the AIIlers and Mont
gO1nory in the territory and said by rea-
son Of this trouble the state viii en-
deavor 10 prove that a conspiracy was
formed which resulted il the killing OF
montgomery He said that the evidence
win show that Conelt made three at
tempts before ne killed Montgomery;
that he was in Winfield several times
under different names and DISCUSSES for
that purpose. and that the night OF
The murder, about fifteen minutes before
Montgomery was killed a responsible par
~ saw Coffeit going toward Montgom-
looked something like w. c. Johnson:
and that the afternoon OF the murder
Coffelt was seen going west on West
Ninth street and seen 70 enter George
Mulers residence. He also said that
witnesses would testify to seeing a man
near the United Brethren church the
night OF the murder carrying a shotgun
under his arm. This was q few minutes
before the killing. few minutes later
a shot was fired which ended Montgom-
erys life.
Mr.. Torrance told Of the two tracks
found below the Montgomery residence
and OF their fitting the shoes of w. c.
Johnson and O. ". Conelt.
He said he would show that a package
was sent Coffelt at Del Rio. Texas from
the Miller ranch, containing money, which
Coffelt inquired for when under arrest
there. but did not receive on account
of leaving the city before it arrived
It was afterwards received by another
party at Pawnee. 1t was sent IN q fic-
titious name.
He said that the evidence would show
that Co6elt got confused after firing the
shot and did not carry out the plans for
escape that had been arranged. and as
proof would show that parties were look
Ing for Conelt shortly after the killing;
that Conelt went south 10 the ranch
that night. lie said I'VE VIII show You
that Conelt got the shot at Elgiu, Kan,
with which 70 kin Montgomery and that
he had said 20 a certain party that he
performed the deed.
A NEARLY FATAL RUNAWAY
Started horrible ulcer on the leg OF
J. B. Orner Franklin Grove H.. which
deaed doctors and an remedies for four
wears Then BuckIerfs Ar-foa Sa1ve