The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-01
NEW WITNESSES
 GIVE TESTIMONY Case Against Jett and White Materially Strengthened .MARCUM'S SISTERONS TAND Tells of Dark Conspiracy That Result ed In Death of Attorney-Armed
 Men Lurked About His
 Home for Months.
MARCUM'S SISTER0NS TAND

Cynthiana, Ky, July 31.-Common- wealths Attorney Byrd surprised all to- day again by the introduction of new witnesses in the case against Curtis Jett and Thomas White for the murder of Mareum. A halif dozen have testified to seeing the prisoners enter the side door Marcum was shot, and emerge after the marcum was shot, and emerge after the | shooting. At the Jackson trial Jett claimed to be talking with Barney Sehiff when Marcum was shot, Schiff could not be found during the Jackson trial, but here he testified he was not with Jett when Marcum was shot.
 The new witnesses eorroborate Captain Ewen as to the movements of Jett and White when Marcum was killed in the Jackson courthouse. The defense today recalled billiard Hadden for the purpose of further cross-examination. Common wealth's Attorney Byrd examined A. L. Hargis, clerk of the Breathitt Circuit court, as to Marcum being called to the courthouse on the fatal day, and H. H. Gibson, civil engineer, as to plats he made of the scenes of Marcums murder.
 
 Saw Jett at Door.
 F. A. Bradley, foremen In the Brea- thitt News office, located over the Jack son postoffiee, opposite the side door Of the courthouse, testified that he saw Jett come to the side door of the courthouse immediately after the shooting.
 When court convened in the afternoon Judge osborne sent the jury to it's room N1 afn fad bot ha haH r6 ons had been drawn on witnesses on the street and he wanted any one having information regarding such incidents to report 1t to him.
 Alexander H. Smith, another new wit ness testified to seeting Jett, White, Ewen, Marcum and others at the time of the shooting corroborating the testimony of Even and others.
 Marcum's father-ln-law and his two sis- ters testified during the afternoon.
 MT. Hurst, the father-in-law, testified that Jett came to him the afternoon of 'the murder and wanted to talk with him. White was with Jett at all times on the three occasions that they met after the death of Marcum. Hurst testified that members of the family knew of a consplr- acy to murder Marcum for over year before his death.
 Marcum's Sister Testifies.
 Mrs. Hord. a sister of J. B. Marcum, tes- tihed that when her brother came into her house on the Sunday afternoon previous to his murder, both Jett and White follow ed. him Into the house and walked about in the different rooms of her home. She finally insisted that they leave and they | did so.
 Mrs. Mary Johnson, another sister of Marcum, testified that armed men were ak her brother lived. She had lived at her brothers home for a year previous to his murder and the family was fre- quently warned that Marcum was to be murdered. She testified that she saw Thomas White and three other men in q stone quarry about two hundred yards from her brothers house; that her broth CT intended taking a trip and sent her out to see if any one was lying in wait for him. When she returned and told her brother about White and the three others being in the stone quarry he did not go to the depot. She testified that she saw both Jett and White after her brother was killed, and that she asked Jett personally about 1t and accused him of 1t, and that he replied 'Hargis' money killed him, but fired the shot"
 Mrs. Johnson testified that she also asked Tom White about the shooting and accused him of helping to kill her broth- err to which he replied: "Go and ask Ewen who killed him. He saw who did 1t and will tell you he knows who did it.