The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-04
Jett and White Claim They are
Innocent Men.
Deny They Fired the Fatal shot-A
Great Conflict in the Tes'
timony.
PROSECUTION CoRRoBoRATE z


case Of the commonwealth VS. Jett and
White, on trial for the murder of
James b. Marcum on Nav 4, Bruce
Little, u special bailid of the Breath
lit county circuit court during the
first trial Of Jctt at Jackson, testified
that he and several men with soldiers
captured Tom White after an eighteen
mile ride over the mountains Mt 4
o'clock IN the morning.
On the conven ing Of the court yes
terday afternoon, Curtis Jet, one of
|, the defendants, was placed on the
stand aud interrogated by Judge James
Black of his counsel. He said he was
friendly to j. b. Marcum, and with
the exception Of few words with him
some four years ago they had always
been friends. He corroborated Barney
Sohia, who testified for the prosecu.
ton that J@tt was talking to Joe
Moore aud himself before the killing
Jett said that after the shots were
fred he walked into the courthouse
and looked about. but seeing nothing
returned by the side door. the way he
came, and went across the street and
that he did not aid in helping Mar.
cum, who was then dying and around
whose body Others were rushing TO
give aid. Jett said he saw Even run
ming around the court house. He, a
few minutes after this, saw Tom White
on the street. and with him went
down town TO a place near the depot,
where they crossed the river and Wis
tied his grandmother HaIgis, mother
Of Judge Hargis. and there had din.
ner. He said he met Mrs. Mary John
son. who asked him II he had killed
her brother; he told her that he did
mot, but that they would accuse him
Of it. He and White both came back
that evening to town and went to Free
y
and, having none. they left Before
he left town that morning he bought
a bottle Of whiskey at Goodloe Combs
and took part of IL to his grandma
Their. Jett testimony oorroborsted
the prosecution a. 60 his actions on
that fateful day. He denies having
clared on the witness stand he had
spoken TO them about the murder Of
Maroum. He gave full account of
his actions MP to the time OF mis- ar
rest. The defendant showed his right
hand to the jury. upon which two
joints of the ring finger were taken of
few weeks before the shooting by
working with sswlogs.
The main feature of the day was the
cross.exsmination by Tom Marcum of
Thomas White, who was next placed
on the stand by the defense. Marcum
is one Of the attorneys for the prose
cution. He is brother Of the dead
and resides at Musoogee. I. 7. White
came from . place eighteen miles from
Jackson IL oking for work, according
to his testimony, and did not get IT,
although he had tried for two days.
His testimony corroborated several
other witnesses for the prosecution
who said that he had gone into the
side door Of the court house and had
come out the front door.
This was Ewen's testimony and
agreed with that of Miss Clarke and
Miss Rawlings, who testified satur-
day. Even said that White turned
and leered at Marcum as he came
from the court house, and White did
not deny that he turned and looked at
, Marcum as he passed out the front
door. His testimony corroborsted
Mrs. Horde, another sister of Mar
Gums. who said that he and Curt Jett
came into her house on Sunday after
noon looking for her brother. only
that White said that Jett was not the
person with him at that time. White
says after dinner the day Maroum was
killed he left Jett ct his grandma
Tiers, while Jett says that both came
to town together. He says that he
was looking for Callahan Immediately