The Topeka state journal., 1905-04-21
t meant there was a mistake" re-
piled Heck


piled Heck.
Where was that mistaken
Between you and Sheriff Lucas"
On redirect examination Attorney
/ DeFord, for the defense. asked,
What do you mean by this mistake ?''
''I mean that I am being Jobbed,'
replied Heck.
''Do you mean by Hungate and
Lucas ?''
yes, I do" replied Heck. 'I have
been lied about Two men I know
are liars. I don't mean Hungate, but
do mean that Lucas and Croft are
lars
At the trial yesterday afternoon
Kuntz's bloody overcoat and clothing,
Heck's hammer used in the crime,
Heck's bloody trousers and handker-
chief were introduced in evidence. On
the stand this morning Heck attempt
ed to account for the blood on his
handkerchief by saying that on the
| day the assault was made on Kuntz
he was making a. box and while put
ting on the lock his hand slipped and
he cut it slightly. He displayed his
hand, and pointed to the small scar
he claimed was left by the cut.
That Cal, Heck viii be found not
guilty, or that the jury viii even dis
| agree, seems impossible. The testi-
mony of John Croft. the accomplice,
who told a story of the plot to rob
Kuntz and of the assault upon him
which the attorneys for the defense
failed in every way to shake, does not
stand alone. His testimony as to
every event, even to the assaultin= of
KuntZ. is positively corrOborated and
Kuntz corroborates every statement
about the assault up to the time he
! lost consciousness.
Heck on the Stand.
When Heck took the witness stand
/ he was asked by his attorney, Galen
Nichols: Were you ever in Kuntz's
! drug store ?''
Yes" replied Heck.
Was Croft with you?"
NO, sir
Heck denied being with Croft on
/ many of the occasions testified to by
Croft
Heck told of trip he made to
Burlngame for the Bell Telephone
company to repair a telephone line
! o'clock at night.
Did you meet Tom Watson that
night when you returned 2"
yes, sir"
Heck told of stopping in front of
/ Watson's barn near the Bell Telephone
office and leaving his kit of repair
tools there while he went back to find
something lost from the kit.
Heck claimed this to be one of the
occasions on which Croft claimed he
and Heck saw Watson While watching
for Kuntz to rob him.
Heck admitted going to the Orient
went there to get a lunch. In his
testimony Croft claimed they went
| there to watch for Kuntz
Heck admitted going to John Mill
/ ers billiard hall with Croft and said
he left and went home alone. Croft
| claimed that while in Miller's place
that Heck telephOned to Kuntz's place
to find out when Kuntz closed the
this.
Where were you on the night of
| Saturday, January Z, the night before
this crime was committed?' asked
AT Pasha's Sixth street restaurant
where I roomed,'' replied Heck.
Where were you Sunday. jan
at Pasha's restaurant. 219 west
Il Sixth street"
''Who was there that day2"
ALBERT Johnson. Roy McGreW,
Ethel Cooper, Pearl Sheridan and
others"
What were you doing?"
Putting hinges and a lock on
box for Pearl"
did you do any cutting?"
Howe"
ct was cutting out place for the
lock. Ny hand slipped and I cut it
Did you wash your hand?"
mot right away"
when did you2''
Some one said something about my
hand bleeding and I washed my hand
and wiped my hand on my handker-
chiet"
was that the handkerchief produc-
ed here yesterday afternoon?'
Yes, I think So
Did you leave the building that
night?"
Did you ever work at Kuntz's
house?"
YES sir
Admits Ownership of Hammer.
rs this your hammer" asked Mich
ols, producing the hammer used in as
saulting kuntz.
Yes, sir replied Heck
WI hen was the last time you saw it
before the crime was committed2' 2''
"A month before
1 Then you did not know where it was
during that month";
NO"
DO you remember it being told at
the restaurant that a body had been
1 ! found2''
yes. sir"
What happened2''
I'VE saw some officers going mast
with lantern and We followed them
4 out Of curiosity"
Did sherir Lucas ask you about the
hammer?"
yes. told him it was mine,
You didn't deny it2'
mo. sir
Where were you Monday evening2s
III I'm the Office of the county 1au'
4 stYVere YOU under aTreSf7's