The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-24
RALPH Balm TO
TESTIFY MONDAY
Continued from Fourth Page.

Balm shot Flynn accldentaiy!
YES sir. | said it might have been"
"Did YOU tel Harry Sutton that you
didn't believe Balm meant to shoot?"
mo sir.
Ibid you tell Sutton that Flynn was
laying his cigar on the piano?"
mo sir, but he might have been"
sWho was there at this timer
Kirk johnson, Balm, Flynn, Inez NIL
Ter and myself. One girl was there.
''where were you standing?'
"At the folding DOORS
"Did Flynn shake his fist in Bain's
face?'
'.Yes sir
..I thought you just said his finger?"
'.No sir"
..How long did Balm have the gun?'
"a few minutes
'Did you know when he cooked it?''
"No sir
"How far from Flynn was the gun
when the shot was fired?"
about two feet"
FLYNN said to put that gun up, you
-T
Eyes sir
"And Balm calmly sat and said, please
70 away and leave me alone?'
''Yes sir"
'sWas Balm maGT'
mo sir He did not seem to be-
'eWas he mad the last time?"
Eyes sir. He meant it that time He
was not what you would call mad
.eWas Flynn interfering with hira?''
NO sir, only that he was going to make
Balm put up the gun.
.eWhat is your business, Barkhimer?
Electrician"
did you run slot machine business IN
Wichita
eyes sir Not for myself, but for
salary
..You frequented the joint2"
Sometimes
ssNfost of the time?
s'No, SIR
"Do you frequent South Tremont?'
''very seldom"
Redirect by Amidon:
''Was the colored piano player there?"
81 didn't see her"
There were others there you didn't
know
Eyes, SIR
Charles Blake, hack driver, was then
called.
AZ am a teamster living at 25S North
Main street. 1 knew Flynn for about
year His reputation was quarrelsome.
and he claimed to be a fighter. He also
carried a gum"
Did you ever hear him say anything
against Bain?'
Yes. L heard him say he would like TO
Kill Bain.''
Cross-examination by Eckstein:
''Were you ever arrested, Blake?"
Eyes. sir. Once that / remember Of"
'What for?''
Fighting.
weren't you arrested for beating your
wife?"
Eyes, sir; at this same time"
Ibid you beat a girl down between
Second and Third?"
At did for fact
''Then, the next day you went up and
married herr"
"Yes sir"
''You were beating herr"
Eyes, sir; she was trying to rob me. I
beat her and then next day married her"
Afterwards you were arrested for beat
ing her again.
about a year
E7ynn?'
Three times"
when was the first timer
Last winter. a year ago. Next time
was one day last winter, when I boned
him for money he owed me-
when was the third timer
about a week before he got killed.
(which one of these times did Flynn
say he would kill Bain?"
1.-The last time 1 saw him. 1t was when
he was coming out of Wells saloon, and
/ tried to collect a hack bill of him. But
he wouldn't talk to me at ALL
r Didn't say anything to you?"
.'No. sir"
That's ALL
Grace McDougal was then called.
'I work for Inez Miller; have since
last fall"
did you know Flynn
Eyes. sir"
What were you doing at Inez NIL
ier's?'
II was porter
Did Inez Miller tell you to hunt for the
mo. sir; that morning.
Did she tell you that Flynn had
thrown the gun away?''
'No. sir
Did she tell you to look for F1ynn's
gum"
Yes. sir
did she tell you that Flynn had thrown
It away"
mo sir
"she told you to say nothing about
this?"
NO: not at that time. She said not
until after she had talked to the county
attorney. But 1 had found the gun
then"
Where did you look for the gum
''In the back yard
''You know when Flynn went 10 Ger
trude Barr's door?"
''Yes, sir
did you find the gun about 81 feet
southwest Of Gertrude's door?"
Eyes, sir"
''In some weeds?
"a little south of the weeds
"Cross-eNamination
''Where was the gun found Grace?"
'.South Of Gertrude Barr's house.
''How far back Of Gertrudes house?"
"Ahout 81 feet, Mr.. Sutton said
f:IEInIIlJ13II1