The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-05-01

road to Greensboro. He said that he
never saw any money in st. Clairs
possession, except s11.50, which Mr.
Williams paid him when he was dis
charged. He said that he and young
st. Clair were together at Owens
boro until IL o'clock Saturday night
February 20 and that st. Clair left
him in company with a light haired
man that would weigh about 15C
pounds, and that this was the last he
had ever seen of st. Clair. Thds de-
scription was In direct contradiction tC
the make up of young Phillips. as he
is small, will not weigh more than 1876
pounds and is of dark complexion.
Tom Petty said that he lived at Dan
Station and that he got on the train
at Fordsville Sunday night, March 1st
TO return TO his home. He said that
young Phillips and st. Clair were
on the train and that they were to-
gether a considerable part Of the time
until they reached Narrows. st Clair
told him that he was going to get off
the train at Olaton, and that he was
going to ride on the outside of the
coach from Narraws, home in order to
escape the payment of fare. Young
Phillips told him that he was going
TO get off at Narrows.
John Bratcher identified q hat as
being that of young St. Glars, which
was found on he railroatd bridge across
Rough creek, Monday morning March
End or 9th, he was unable to state
which.
Estil Funk left the logs at Livermore
and knew nothing about the amount
of money st. Clair had.
Nose Hudson told of finding the
body.
Joe Bewley, gentleman TO whose
house young Phillips went after leay-
ing the train at Narrows, testified that
Phillips reached his house within 80
minutes after the train passed Mar
rows. After the body of young st.
Clair was found Phillips told him that
he came up on the train with him
from Owensboro, on Sunday night of
March list, and that when he got off
the train at Narrows, young St. Clair
also stepped off and climbed back on
what is known as the "blind bag
gage" stating that he had not enough
money 10 pay his way to Olaton and
that he intended to beat his way.
Lon Phillips, an uncle of the ac-
cused and William Park each told praC
tically the same story as Bewley re-
garding young Phillips statement
about getting off the train at Narrows
and st. Glars getting back ON. Their
statements were straight forward and
correspondent in every particular.
Carson Park knew nothing ma
terial to the case.
DR.. Nj. 7. Mcdowell examined the
body of young St. Clair and found a
fracture in the left temple and a small
hole in the skull. His examination
would not enable him to state how
the injury was inflicted.
Tom Barrett knew nothing impor-
tant.
Cooper Harrison told the same
story exactly as did Lon Phillips and
William Park.
H. c. Acton told of arresting young
Phillips, but knew nothing of i'm
portance.
Billy Renfrow had known young
Phillips for seven or eight years, but
knew no material facts about the
case.
After producing this volume Of evil
dence the Commonwealth rested it's
case having no further evidence to Of
fer and on motion of attorneys for
defendant, the court discharged him
without any eveidence from his side
of the case.
This leaves young Phillips as free
as before his arrest.
After he was discharged, his many
friends who had come to hear the trial
pressed forward and congratulated
him upon his acquittal.
Sennment was in young Phillips
favor from the start and his attor-
neys were offered kindly assistance
from his many friends in and about
Narrows.
The discharging of young Phillips
leaves the ST. Clair case in the same
condition as it has heretofore been,
except it practically establishes to the
satisfaction of most of the people that
he fell from the train while 1t was
crossing the Narrows bridge and was
thereby killed, his body falling in the
river below.
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