Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-09
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TWO oT4ERS ALSO INVOLVED

Attorney faet4c defense in the#trial
Of Oliver TeIaE@ and William =Jardan
in the circuit court yesterday began
the taking Of evidence in the after
noon and introduced Witnesses who
tell an entirely different story as to
the killing from that told by Robert
Chatmans own family. The defense
will try to support its theory that 9th
ers aside from the two boys, killed the
old man and that theory will be sup.
ported by evidence.
Eliza Whitaker, mother If William
Jordan, with whom both boys lived,
was the first witness placed on the
stand for the defense She testified
that the two boys We're in the house all
night. She lived across the lake from
the cabin of Chairman and heard the
gun shots, but paid no attention to
them at the time. She saw the boys
in the room within fifteen minutes af-
ter she heard the shots. On cross ex-
animation she testified that her sick
child kept her up all night and that
she was compelled to go into the room
where the boys were every ten or fif-
, teen minutes.
Mary Chairman, mother of the man
who was killed, testified that she lived
elN { t. Gh2tman On the morning of
the coroners inquest she heard Belle
Chairman. wife Of the murdered man,
state that she Mrs Chatman) did not
kn@w who Killed her husband She
| heard Sam Leach say that if Chairman
! bothered him he Ueach would kill
| him and for saying this she drove him
away. She had also heard Mrs Chat
man say that Wilbur Lindsey and Chas
Harris killed her husband. She had
never told any one about Leach's
statement. She was not on very good
terms with Mrs. Robert Chairman
! Daisy Chatman, who IS cousin ct
Robert Chairman, was called and testi.
| fed at length as to some statements
made by members of the family If the
| murdered man. She told that Sam
Leach, stcpson of Robert Chairman,
had said to his mother and sister in her
| presence at the grave that he (Sam
| Leach) had killed the old man but that
all Of them must swear that Willie
Jordan and Oliver Peters were the
ones who committed the murder or
they would get him into trouble. She
also alleged that Mrs Robert Chairman
had told her that she had sworn to
, lie at the preliminary trial when she
swore that Oliver Peters and Milliam
Jordan killed her hus sband but that
she had to do it to keep her own boys
out of trouble. On cross examination
she became somewhat confused as to
her former statements and could not
explain why the statements We're made
to her or why she had told no one else
about them. She confessed that Will
liam Jordan, the eldest of the two
boys, had been coming to see her, but
denied that they were sweethearts. Hi
ram Chairman, brother of Robert Chat
man, was called, but objection by the
state overruled his testimony
Gen. White then said he would have
to rest his case until another witness
was procured before he put the boys
on the stand. The court then adjourn
ed until this morning.
On account of the non-arrival OF one
Of the witnesses for the defense the
case was continued until Wednesday
morning. Judge Grace announced that
he would wait that long fer the wit
ness to get here.
State against Estella Belcher, appeal
dismissed.
State against Andrew McGregor, ap-
peal dismissed.
State against Dave Parks, set for
this afternoon.
State against Chas. Hawkins, set for
this afternoon.
When steam heated flat is cold tl1a
tenants are sure to be hot. 4.