The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-09-22
WEAVING THE WEB.
Damaging Testimony in the Jet
Murder Trial at Cynthiana.
Witnesses Testified That They Saw
Curtis Jett at the Courthouse Short
Iy After the Assassination of
Marshal Jas. CockriIi.

Cynthiana, KY, Sept. 18.-In the
case of Curtis Jet, now on trial for al
legged assassination of Jim Cockrill at
Jackson. Ky. on July q, 1903, John
Patrick. a refugee from Jackson, KY,
and a resident of Charleston, w. Va,
said that ne was in an office across
from the courthouse and saw guns
pOked out of a window of the court
house and recognized Curt Jet as one
of the men in the courthouse at the
time Of the shooting, and saw him
come out of the door Immediately aft
err the shooting and having a pistol in.
his hand.
His testimony was fully corroborat-
ed by Riley Coldiron, who saw the
men shoot and saw him come out of
the courthouse with Bill BrittOn Hen
~ Strong. John E. Patrick. ]. J. c.
Batch and T. T. Cope, all from Backs
Office. saw the shooting and saw Jett
Immediately afterward come out at
the front of the courthouse. The main
feature of the trial Thursday after
noon was the testimony of John Pat
rick, who was compelled to leave
Breathitt county by the Hargises IN
account of seeing the shooting. His
testimony was good and he made
fine impression on the jury.
Cynthiana. KY, Sept. 19.-In the
case Of Curtis Jet, now on trial for
the alleged assassination of Jim Cock
rill. seven witnesses testified for the
commonwealth Friday afternoon. All
of them in some way or other cOrrOb-
Grated other witnesses which have tes-
titled. Tom and Kelly Mann corrobo-
rated witnesses Friday morning who
swore that lett had said that no =
could shoot him off the streets
of Jackson, referring to the fact of a
difficulty between Jett and Cockrill
about a week before the assassination.
The main and most sensational feature
of the evening was the testimony Of
J. 3. Little, who said he saw COckrill
running at the time of the shooting
and Immediately afterward Jet APP
peared in front of the courthouse. He
heard Jet say a week before the as
sassination in the house of Mrs. Sam
Mans that he would kill COckrill on
sight, and that he (Jett) never prom
ised to do anything but that he car
ried it out. Little, when Cockrill was
killed, ran TO him and he (COckrilD
said to him. Some one shot me from
the courthouse" Titles testimony is
-corroborated by Charles Robinson as
to the position of Little when the
shots were fired. and as to Jet coming
out of the courthouse a minute after
the shooting.
D. D. Hurst saw blue mist like the
shots were fired from smokeless pow
der at the time of the shooting and
,corroborated Little in his testimony.
A. S. Johnson saw both Jet and Spi-
Ger at the door of the courthouse i'm
mediately after the shooting with
guns drawn.
Blanton. attorney for Jet, says
there will be no confession. Condition
ally the commonwealth rested unless
some of the absent witnesses come in
Friday afternoon, if not they. rest and
defense will begin Saturday.
Cynthiana, KY, Sept. 21.-The most
important testimony was given Satur
day in the Jet case that has been Civ
en- yet was that of Charles Green. His
testimony was that he was standing
about ten feet from Cockrill when he
was shot; that he heard the shots and
Cooked up and saw three men shoot
ing from the courthouse window. and
recognized one of them as Curt Jet;
saw Jet afterWard standing in the
courthouse door with pistol in his
hand.
WILL MEET IN TOLEDO IN 1904.