Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-22

told how he had delivered to Trnnlx
lin in person . letter bearing the Chi
ma postmark. Otto Orthaidsden. a
little Swiss jeweler, whose shop
boosted many odd dninties in the lew
elry line and who had Partially
for articles of European make, took
the witness stand. He proved to be
q very methodical man, for he
brought one OF his books with him.
He examined the unidentified watch.
which was Of Swiss make, and said
he had sold 1t to Col. James Franklin.
Then he produced his book, showing
the date OF sale Of every watch, with
its number, make and the name of the
| person to whom 1t was sold. A refer
ence to his book showed that he had
disposed Of No. 5000 Of this particular
make to Franklin. The cost of the
watch was here also and the date Of
the payment. The unidentified pin
was then shown to him, which he
recognized. 1t, too, had its peculiar
tiles of design and special make, and
his professional eye at once located
1t. He declared that he had sold this
pin, or one exactly like it, to Frank
lin.
John Hauptmann. dealer in boots
and shoes, testified that he had se-
cured q small consignment Of arctics,
the only. shipment of the particular
kind he thought in the city. He had
made only three sales of this kind of
overshoe at the time of Wright's muir
der; one was to the mayor; the sec
ond was to the chancellor, and the
third was to Frank Hillsman. He
sold these three persons oil their
shoes, and as they wore different
numbers he had sold them different
sized arctics.
Mrs. Herbert Wright and Mrs. An
derson next testified to the tlisap-
pearance Of the old pistol, and the
substitution of the new one with:
which Wright was supposed to have.
been killed. Mrs. Anderson also told
Of the visit Of the man in the red
flannel shirt.
The jailer and the doctor who had
attended Herbert Wright testified to
the attempt made to poison the ac-
cused, and their suspicious that the
man in the red flannel shirt had
manipulated it.
Then. to the surprise Of many per-
sons, Old Tom, whose, real name was
Bob Hathaway, was introduced, and
he made o clean breast of all his
workings in the case. He admitted
having been a party to the trap set
for Irving Warde, for which job he
and his partner were to get hand
some sum conditional on the success
of a certain scheme. He confessed
that Franklin had hired him for this
purpose. He had also logged Wartle's
steps on several occasions for Frank
lin.
His companion, Dick Padgett, con
firmed his story in all the essential
details.
Finally the man in the red flannel
shirt was put upon the witness stand,
but this time he had on blue flannel
shirt. He was a very crooked look.
ing customer, but he told remark
ably straight tale. He had done a
great deal of work" for the colonel.
The day Herbert Wright was put in
Jail the colonel had given him the pis.
tol which was in evidence. and had
told him to GO to Wright.s house and
substitute it for the old rusty affair
which had belonged to the prisoner,
The colonel had learned from Mr.,
WaFAe that Mrs, Wright was on a
visit to her husband and had sent him
to make the substitution in her alb
sence. As he was coming out, how
ever, he had been hailed by lady
living near by Mrs. Anderson
whose testimony he confirmed. Later
on the colonel had employed him to
so to the Jail and get one of the pris-
oners to slip white powder into
Wright's food. He had paid a negro
whose name he did not know, to do
this, He did not know positively that
the powder was poison, but suspected
that it was. The flannel-shirt man
admitted very naiyely that he was q
general bird-of-prey, who did all such
odd Jobs and chores as this for the
requisite cash. Col Franklin had
been particularly valuable client Of
his and had always paid him we'll;
but when at last he had been cornered
the colonel had thrown him overheard
Aliens with his friends. Padgett and
Ha thawaay: A contemptuous scowl
enriched the deepening gloom Of
Franklin's face as he listened to all
this testimony. but he did not open
his lips. just how these men were
caught and made to tell what thew
knew was revealed further ON in the
trial. - - =,
Frank Hillsman now took the stand
and told the following story:
Several months ago when Mr..
Wright's safe was robbed, and be-
tore the news was out, I met Tom
Morris at the N. & depot. He w lass
just preparing to- leave 1os, ~ the out nut
going. train. Seeing u Inc, he came up
d 4EIt y and said;
We got q paper here for the
Qalonel, but I've been called away
suddenly and will not have time to
see him. I wish you would give It to
him and say that will write about
It. 1t is of the greatest Importance
that he should get it, IS. s
II didn't see the colonel that f1av.
and the next morning T was mildly
surprised that Morris had Been idoina
the fight-fngered act. This caused caused
me 70 reflect. and End made Up II ! my mind
to lock at the paper he had handed