The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-29
EVIDENCE SAME AS
AT PRELIMINARY


| Continued from Fifth Page.
Did you speak of seeing Stevens wher
you got homer
Yes, sir
/. After Mr.. Wrights testimony. the court
! adjourned until 80 in the afternoon.
Mrs. Nora Bell was the first witness
called at the afternoon session. She tes-
tilted that she was employed at Mrs
Keith's hair dressing parlors. between
Douglas avenue and First street, short
distance north of Stevens.
Il left there about ten minutes of Z.
saw MI Stevens walk across the sidewalk
from the store
Did you recognize him?
Yes, sir
Cross examined by Anidon.
Where do you live?"
Il live in Fort Worth, Texas, where !
have lived for about seven months From
Fort Worth L visited MY father in Win
chester, Ohio
You testified at the preliminary?
Yes, sir
Your name was then Nora Kline?''
Yes, sir
You have been divorced and married
again since that time?"
YES. sir
You don't remember the date when
you got divorce?"
NO, sir I don't remember"
'-Who requested you to come here TO
testify?"
Mr.. Eckstein.''
Where were you living last October?''
In Fort Worth
Were you acquainted with Mr.. Stev-
ens?"
No. sir. knew him by sight"
Where did you see him on the evening
of January 1st?"
II saw him on the sidewalk. He walk
ed across the sidewalk in front of me. He
walked 10 the curbing and stopped. He
was in front of the store"
What made you know what time it
wasp
II looked at the clock before I left
Mrs. Keiths"
IF you had been in the habit of look
ing at the clock couldn't you remember
the time you left The night before?"
Yes, SIR
What time did you see Mr. Stevens:'
About minutes of seven"
Redirect examination
You know Mrs Stecens?'
YES, SIR
You saw Mrs. Stevens that day?'"
Yes, sir
did you know they we're going to the
theater?"
Yes, sir. Mrs. Stevens said they were"
Frank Burt was called next. He testi-
fed that he was chief of police at the
time of the occurrence.
Were you called to Stevens that
evening about o'clock?'
Yes, sir l found The rear door bolted
from the inside. I saw the lamp sitting
on box, where the girls had placed IL, |
The pasteboard box that it had been in
was smoked and charred. The box was
very large and contained hats and paper |
There was string attached to the lamp |
which passed out a crack in the door |
surrounding this box were other boxes
which contained hats and other material. |
The wall between that and varneys jew
slry store was made of very thin wood"
do you know Mr.. Stevens?'
Yes, sir. / have known him about ten
years"
Did You have talk with Mr.. Stevens
and did he afterward hand you state
nent as 10 his whereabouts?"
Eyes, sir
Did he sign it?'
Yes, sir"
who asked him to make the state
nent?"
Il asked him to come down and make
he statement. He came down with his
wife. 1 took the statement down with
cad pencil and told him he would have
o make it out in ink and make sworn
statement before notary, which ne dia.
going before c. c. Stanley. a notary"
The statement was then read.
Cross examined by Adams
Did Mr.. Stevens make the statement
o you which has just been read?"
Yes SIR
HE signed it?''
Yes sir
Marshal Walden was then called.
What is your business?"
Fire marshal"
Were you called down to Stevens MIL
inery store on the evening OF January
1902"
Yes, sir. I arrived there with Mr..
Burt"
What was the condition of the store%'
THE show cases Were open: also some
T the drawers. | went to The rear room
nd saw the pasteboard box or very light
inc box lined with pasteboard The side
f the box toward the south had hole
\ it. Inside of the box were straw hats
nd a lamp had been sitting on the hals I
aside the box. l would imagine that ,