The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-12
CURTIS JET KILLED MARCIJM Swears That He Shot
 the Lawyer. HIS MEMORY IS DEFECTIVE At the Crucial Point His Recol-
 lection Fails. The Witness Takes all Biame upen Himself ana Says That Mar
 cum Was His Bitter Per-
 senal Enemy. Fw
HIS MEMORY IS DEFECTIVE

BeattyviTle. Ky, July fi.--Curtis Jctt testified today in the trial of Hargts and Callahan on the charge of murder ing Lawyer Marcum, that he (JetD blame upon himself and said he killed Marcum because he was his enemy
 Jett at the afternoon session of the court took the witness stand, admit ted the assassination of Marcum and told the manner in which the crime was committed.
 sMr. Marcum had prosecuted me in several cases and was my bitter ene- my. and am the man who killed him" said lett.
 He then told of the assassination. tallying with the description given by B. J. Ewen. Jett said he had not cons ferred with White in regard to the killing. The pistol he used. he said. was his own. and had been owned by him several months. He told the att torneys this morning that Callahan had given 1t to him.
 The defendants helped to defend him in his previous trial He did not know but thought they had paid his attor- neys' fees He suddenly lost his mern- ory at the most crucial moments ana could tell nothing of his or White's action preceding or following the mur~ der Jett did not remember seeing White in the, court house at all and as far as he Is concerned. White is per- factfy innocent.
 That Jett has had some marvellous change of heart is apparent. but the reason may be found in the statement of commonweaith's attorney. Adams. who said Jett was beaatly drunk and that another attempt will be made to- morrow to get him to repeat his con- fession.
 rom white followed Jett on the stand and asked Attorney Byrd to ex- cuse him as he did not want to answer any questions. He was asked if he was in Jackson the day Marcum was killed, hut declined to answer.
 White even refused to answer after being told to do SO by the court. Judge Dorsey ordered the witness to taiL w, B Johnson said Tom White told him just . few wesl<s before MaRcunf was killed that Harris wanted him t0 do the fighting for him. This testi- nlony was excluded yesterday. but was admitted today.
 Testimony af Felsuer.
 Nose Feltner testified that after the fiiing of the suit for damages by Mrs. Marcum against Hargis, Callahan and others, Hargis, Callahan and French came to see him in Leslie county and asked him to leave the country and not testify In the case Me said they later came to him In Win and remain until after the trial At torney Jouett introduced the check for 5000 which Feltner claims wRs given to him to defray expenses but which he turned over to the attorneys for Mrs Marcum without getting 1t cash- ed. This was e severe blow to the de- fense and was permitted to be intro- duced over their vigorous protests
 Asbury Spicer testified that he waa approached by Jim Hargis and asked to kill Marcunm Hargis wanted him ta hide in an old house and shoot Mar cum as he passed. Hargis told the witness to get any aid necessary to assist and he would protect them. The witness refused to accept the propesi- tion. Spicer said Hargis asked him in June. 1909, to go with Nose Feltner and Tom White to kill Marcum He quarry to kill Marcum. He went to the court house with E. L Noble. and others at the instance of Callahan. Witness saw and talked to Jett just be- fore the killing. He said he went for Jett for Jim Hargis and Callahan with word for Jett to hurry to the court house.
 A statement was made by Attorney W. A. Young. of the defense. that Curt Jett had sent for hi mand stated that lie would fix matters and swear that his recent confession was Q fake if the defendants would give him s1s0Oo. On the other hand Jett stated to the at torneys for the commonwealth that every influence had been brought t0 bear on him since making his confess sion to retract it and swear that lt was secured by fraud,