The daily sentinel., 1908-07-13
THE FAMOUS CRIMINAL
TRIAL NEARING ITS END

1 knew about the case"
| And were the other ladies, Witness
es in the case, present at that timer"
"Yes. sir
| Miss Theresa Woodford was then
called to the stand. She is resident
of Tonopah. New, but was at Mrs.
| Meenans boarding house in Telluride
the night of the Collins murder Miss
Woodford described quite minutely
Mrs. Meenan's boarding house.
DO you remember the night of the
Collins murder?" asked Judge Hilton.
! "Yes. sir"
What impressed that date on your
memory?"
II broke a lamp chimney curling my
hair. and then there was a bet of box
| of candy on the result of the game"
She gave the names of the four men
at the card table; but said she never
played cards. and din't know one card
from another.
DO you remember anything next
day that fixed the occasion of the kill
| ing of Mr.. Collins your mind?"
| 1T was a sad day in Telluride. being
the. anniversary OF the Smuggler- -Un-
| ion fire. and | went to the cemetery
and read the names on the gravestones
of Is or 20 young men who Were killed
then"
Her attention was called to the gun.
and she swore she had never seen 1t
| before.
when did you come from Tellu-
ride?" asked Mr. Hogg.
| Cripple Creek, where / was cashier
IN a hotel"
She said she was born in Boston. and
came west about ten years ago. She
worked first in Telluride at Mr.. Rey
nolds She went from there to Mrs.
| Meenan's.
| Mr.. Hogg asked the witness num-
Der of questions as to the boarders and
their occupations testing her recollec-
tion. which seemed to be good.
When did you first think of this
gamer asked Mr.. Hogg.
"About six or eight weeks ago. when
was subpoened as Witness"
And you hadn't talked with any
one?"
No"
with whom did you first talk 1T
over?''
) with Mrs. Meenan, when she came
out to Tonapah to tell me | was a wit
ness in this case"
Did Mrs. Meenan tell you what hap
) pened that EVENING""
NO. l remembered 1t myself"
"And the boys often played cards?
''Yes.-but l didn't often get a box
of candy replied the witness, who
had ready Irish wit. and a consider
} able Irish brogue. Miss Woodford bore
up well under Mr.. Hogg's questioning
and her sallies frequently caused a
! litter in the court room.
When did you first hear that Adams
was connected with this case?"
| AT the time of the Idaho trial"
where did you come to when you
: reached Grand Junction.
The st. Regis"
who did you first see of the law
yers in this case?"
Judge Hilton. l was with the other
witnesses and we talked the case over
with Judge Hilton"
And you have talked with some of
the men who are witnesses in this
lcase?'
''Yes. l asked one of them whether
he remembered the night L got the
candy"
"Did you talk with Esteb or Whit
seIl?"
No"
The witness further stated that
Judge Hilton talked with her again
last night in her room at the La Harpe.
Asked about Arthur Baston, she said
she thought he was at the house at
tnat Tune. Dut tnat sne ulun remember
the names of all the boarders.
This concluded Miss Woodford's ex-
animation. and Miss Catherine Cassidy
was called. She is now "A resident OF
Spring Valley. Ill. She told of going
to Telluride on visit, and of boarding
at Mrs Meenan's.
| She said the date of the Collins muir
der deeply impressed upon heI
mind from the fact that she had a
. brother killed in the Smuggler- Unior
disaster the year before. She first
heard of the killing the night after it:
occurrence.
She told of those who We're presen
at the card game. but said she did no
know what game they were playing
r as she knew nothing about cards. Sh,
L said she never saw a gun of any kint
in the house.
1nterrogated by Mr.. Hogg. she sal,
she frequently visited in Telluride ant
j first met Mrs. Meenan at u churcl
social. while she was visiting Mis-
Woodford. Miss Cassidys uncle a
that time was superintendent of thu
= Butterfly mine at San Bernardo. an,
l ! she had come out from the east to Sc
him.