The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-10
NO FREEDOM FOR CARR.
Alleged Slayer of Bailey Bound Over
at Marion Without Bail.

Marion, Kan, April 10.-William T.
Carr, accused of the murder OF .. "A:
Bailey, has been bound over for trial
In the Marion county district court
without bail.
Early G. Purdom, a barber. testified
to conversations held by him with Carr
In the H. J. Bockemohle barber shop
Sunday morning, March %, a few hours
after the crime was discovered. He SAID
that Carr came into the shop with MS
(Carr's) overcoat and asked him for a
box in which to pack it, as he wanted
to send it to Kansas City. Purdom
furnished pasteboard box, which carr
took into back room, where he folded
the coat into the box and tied it up
with a string furnished by Purdom-
Purdom identified the package after
wards found in the Simmons billiard
hall as the one done up by Carr IN
the barber shop. Purdom also testlhed
that when asked If he knew Bailey,
Carr replied that he did, that Bailey
was a good fellow, but did not get
along well with his wife and that she
would probably be glad he was dead
Mrs. w. T. Carr wife of the defend
ant. was placed on the stand over the
objections of the defense. She stated
that her husband returned home sun
day morning, March %, after two
weeks absence, during which time she
did not know his whereabouts Sne
thought he appeared at the house about
two hours after daylight and she saw
him when he was admitted to the room
by her mother and he lay on coucn
where she could see him until daylight.
She saw him do nothing suspicious and
did not see any dirt or blood on his
face or hands and no dust or CRIME
on his clothes. She could not tell
whether he had recently washed his
face and hands
Mrs. w. c. Simmons, Mrs. carr
mother, testified to admitting Carr to
her house some time between mid
night and daylight Sunday morning,
not being able to state the exact hour
She, too, stated that Cars face hands
and clothing were not dirty nor BLOODY.
Prof. c.. E. McClung of Kansas uni
versity testified that he had examln-
ed the hatchet and overcoat that fig
ured in the case and had tound Dy
thorough tests that the spots on them
were blood.
The attorneys for the defense made
an effort to secure from H. H. Ger
main, chief special agent of the Santa
Fe, certain letters found on Carr When
he was searched just. after his arrest:
German allowed the attorney to- read
the letters, then turned them over 70 .
the Judge. The letters were not read
in court, but are believed to be very
damaging to Carr.
The afternoon session was devoted to
a lengthy argument by the counsel for
both sides over a motion filed by the
grounds that the state had failed to
prove the crime was committed within
the limits of Marion county. w. H
Carpenter. one of the attorneys for the
state, made a deep impression in the
court room when he bitterly denounced
the accused man, dwelling upon what
he termed the brutal heartlessness of
the murderer when he struck down
with Ratchet the friend who was
carrying him to his wife and babies at
~ xxhn
when the blows were struck. D. w.
Wheeler, for the defense, reviewed the
testimony at length and claimed that
1t failed to convict Carr of the crime
or to prove that the offense was COM
mitted in Marion county.