The daily sentinel., 1908-07-13
CASE MAY REACH
JURY WEDNESDAY.
Witnesses Swear Adams Was Playing
Cards at the Hour of the Collins
Murder--Interesting Testimony

to testify for the state, alleging that
she was tired of the w. +. NJ. bunch:
but this she denied. 1t is expected
that later an effort will be made to
impeach her testimony.
Following Mrs. Meenan came Miss
Theresa Woodford. little Irish girl.
bespectacled and meek looking. but
who proved an interesting witness.
nevertheless. with her brogue and her
flashes of wit. Mr. Hogg was able to
show that her recollection of what
had occurred the night of the Collins
murder was much more strongly inn
pressed upon her mind than subse-
quent events; but he was able to do
with some reason for whatever had
occurred and the spositiveness with
which she declared that she remem-
bered the date because ii was the first
time she had ever in her life asked
a man for a box of candy and received
it caused even Mr.. Hogg to smile.
Miss Cassiday. who followed Miss
Woodford. the best witness for
the prosecution of any who had been
examined up to noon. She is "a resi-
dent of Spring Valley. ILL.,. who has
not been in Colorado since the Col
Inns murder, when she was visiting at
was a well-dressed woman. past her
first youth. who gave her answers in |
a quiet tone, and was never for mo-
ment nonplussed by Mr. Hogg's cross
examination. She admitted that her |
memory concerning the events of the |
night of the Collins murder was clear
er than that concerning any other day
of her visit in Telluride; but said the
day impressed on her mind from
the fact that her brother had been one
of those who We're killed in the dsas-
ter at the Smuggler-Union mine just
one year before the date of the killing.
william Miller. who followed Miss
Cassiday on the stand. perhaps
the poorest of the witnesses for the
defense so far. While he could tell
all that had happened the night of
the Collins murder he was unable to
tell with any deiniteness anything
Else that had happened during his stay
IF several months in Telluride. and
his hazlness of recollection Mr.. Hogg
will undoubtedly bring forth good
for disputing his story. t..
Miller was still on the stand when
'ourt adjourned for the noon recess.
Mrs. Mary A. Meenan, the boarding I
iouse keeper. was the first witness
allied for the defense. At present she
8 living in Matterhorn. Colo. which
s about IL miles from Telluride. She .
$ married. living with her husband
nd was brought here by the state as
witness for the prosecution.
The night of the Collins murder she
vas conducting a miners boarding
ouse on Columbia avenue in Tciiar-
de. At that time her boarders We're
Walter Hull, Frank Price. A. j. Tyner,
Ohm Griffin Steve Adams. Mrs Wood
ord. Miss Catherine Cassiday and Mr..
'oyer.
She first heard of the murder of Col
ms the morning after the killing.
rom the night engineer of the Snug
ler-Union mill. The date of the kill
lg was fixed upon her mind by the
,ct that it was the anniversary of the
Union fire in which several
len lost their lives.
Adams had boarded with her when
ne conducted the Colorado house. and
oved with her to her new location
bout three weeks before the Collins
urder.
The night of the murder William
oyer (since deceased Frank Price.
teve Adams and one other were play
g cards. the game having begun at
bout 1880 pm.
The night of the killing she retired
stween 9 and 10 o'clock.
Judge Hilton here called her atten-
on to the gun Introduced by the
ate. and she said she had never seen
lie gun, or any like 1t, in Adams
'om.
Cross examined by Mr.. Hogg. she
Id that, in her boarding house busi-
,ss she never kept books. She first
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