Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-10-05

the afternoon the first evidence in rebuff
tai was introduced. The defense was not
finished but tho witnesses were not pres
cnt and tho time was used for rcbuttal.
Judge ". l.. Stafford of Washington, d..
O.. formerly n member OF the Vermont
bench. was in court yesterday and occu-
pied a seat at the right of Judge Hasel-
ton.
PRIVATE ANDREW.
Private Daniel a. Andrew. Troop J..
testified that he knew Williams in the
army. saying that during his ACQUAINTANCE
Williams was sullcn. ab~scnt-minded acted
- though he did not know what he was
doing and wore II peculiar grin. Thc wit
noss said orders had to he repeated "a
" illiams several times and that at drill
he would mix up the men by not obcying
commands properly.
PATRICK BURNS.
Patrick Burns was recalled to the stand.
The testimony given by him Wednesday
was read by the reporter and he was then
asked If he could not state the number
OF shots he heard when McGrath was
killed. lie said there was more than one
but he could not tell the exact number.
}. W. NETCHCM.
J. W. Ketchum. a United States pris-
oner serving a sentence for making false
entries in the books of the dcfunct Farm
crs' National bank of V%ergennes, testi-
fed that he occupied a cell ut the Chittcn-
den comfy jail while Williams was con-
fined there. his cell being just across the
corridor from that occupied by Williams.
At first Williams WAS in the mcrry-go-
round, being confined there u week or 10
days. then being transferred to the second
floor of the Jail. where Kctchum's cell
was located.
SPIRITS BOTHERED WILLIAMS.
The witness said that during the period
of his confinement. previous to the first
time he was taken to Windsor. Williams
acted quocrly. did not talk much. slept
irrcgularly, complained of hearing strange
noises and voices. At one time he threw
numerous books and papers from his cell
to the corridor and when asked by Ketch-
upon him for reading matter and that he
was given it to them. When Ketchuin
started to pick the papers up Williams
told him 10 leave them alone and let the
spirits get them. Ketchum said Williams
'oillI'lttII'h VI III IhPl'iiSo VII az
wall and that he frequently said a "Grea-
SER or Mexican whom he had formerly
known bothered him.
After returning from Windsor, Will
Jams. according to Kctchum's testimony,
would wake up in the night and say
spirits were in his bed and would not let
him sleep. lie would then light his pipe
and pace back and forth in his cell, some
tts,Zp fNr at,t nt 81 Ctrlta nnvin ~
the other prisoners awake by his numb
ling.
At one time in speaking OF the spirits
Williams said to Ketchun.:
II have condescended to do what tine
spirits asked me to and they have left
me alone"
a BURIED TREASURE.
Nctchum referred to Il story told him
by Williams of a treasure hidden i'll the
West. According To tho evidence Of
ketchum. Williams and three pals Sc
cured a large amount of money by hold
ing up a train. The treasure was buried,
but soon after Williams's pals got lost
in the desert, became crazy and died,
leaving Williams the only living man
who knew where the treasure was To-
Gated. This money. Williams said. he
knew he could never get because of his
trouble and expressed a wish that
Ketchum should have 1t, going so far
as to draw a plan of its location. Ketchum
said he told Williams he had done all
the time he wanted 10 and did not
want anything to do with the money Sc
cured in the way the buried treasure
was.
HANDLED MUCH MONEY.
Williams once told Ketchum that he
received IL communication to go to a
certain western town and stand on a
certain corner and Il man would hand
him n large sum of money. Williams
went to the spot designated. met the
man, received the money and was then
told to go to another town, whore an
other man would meet him to whom the
money was to be delivered. Williams
said he delivered the money and that he
never knew who the men with whom he
did business were.
UNDER A CURSE.
While in the West Williams and his
pals raided a ranch owned by a woman,
whom they robbed and strung up, Is
another story that ketchum said Will
Jams told him. While the affair was in
progress the woman cursed the men. All
the others are dead and Williams at
tributed his present trouble to her curse.
Another story that Williams told
Ketchum was to the effect that he had
traveled in the far East, where he did
not understand the language OF the
people but they understood him and
did not modest him although Christians
and white people were being killed
In response to questions concerning
Williams homicidal tendencies Ketch-
UNI said that Williams told him he
had made peace with the spirits and
they had told him he had three more
to do.
CROSS-EXAMINATION.
The cross-eXamination was begun by
references to the bank episode which
Williams mentioned to Kctchum.
you never took any money from a
bank in the West, did your asked At.
torney Fits.
NO." replied Kctchum.
at was in the East with you?'
"Well it wasn't just the same way."
was the reply.
With reference TO the hidden trca.
sure Ketchum sal he had communicate
cd with a western Pinkerton agency
but had not discovered the money. He
said Williams refrained from mention
ing names of people and places but
that his plan proved OF great assist