Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-09-23
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 1S.-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 resident of Charleston. w. Va,
said that he was in an Office across
from the courthouse and saw guns
poked out of a window of the court
house and recognized Curt Jett as one
or the men in the courthouse at the
time OF the shooting. and saw him
come out of the door Immediately aft
er 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
ry Strong. John f. Patrick. J. j. c..
Bach and T. +. Cope. all from Backs
office saw the shooting and saw lett
Immediately afterward come ont 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
| Rreathitt county by the Hargises on
| account of seeing the shooting. His
| testimony was good and he made a
| Gne 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 yyhi In
| tilted. Tom and Kelly Mann corrobo-
| rated witnesses Friday morning who
swore tnat Jet had said that no -
- - - could shoot him off the streets
| OF Jackson, referring to the fact OF
difficulty between Jet and Cockrill
about week before the assassination
The main and most sensational feature
or the evening was the testimony of
j. b. Little, who said he saw Cockrill
| running at the time OF the shooting
and Immediately afterward Jet ap-
peared in front of the courthouse He
| heard Jet say week before the as
| sassination in the house of Mrs Sam
| Mans that he would kill Cockrill on
| sight, and that he (JetD never prom
| ised to do anything hut that ne car
| ried ii out. Little, when Cockril was
| killed, ran TO him and he (CockrilD
| said to him. Some one shot me from
| the courthouse" Iittle's testimony is
| corroborated by Charles Robinson as
to the position of Little when the
| shots Were fired, ana as 10 Jetl coming
out or the courthouse "a minute after
the shooting.
ID. ID. Hurst saw a blue mist like the
| shots were fired from smokeless DOW
der at the time of the shooting and
| corroborated Little in his testimony.
| y. 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 COME ssion. Condition
ely 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 Cockrll wnen he
was shot; that he aeard the shots and
| looked up and saw three men shoot
| ing from the courthouse window. and
recognized one of them as Curt Jet
| Jaw Jet afterward standing in TIE
| courthouse door VITA q pistol i'm Lis
Eand
|