Semi-weekly herald., 1910-12-12

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cession, and two following shortly
afterwards. Miss Earl and Pearl Ell I
liott rushed to the door, and saw |
Num- by the door and Goeglein STUN |
bling In the street. Later she saw two
colored men leaning over Goeglein' s
body in the street George jenkins
was the first to reach his side after
he fell. On cross-examination Miss
Earl testified that Mum had displayed
no gun during the night The men
had had no dispute that nigh. the
only unpleasant incident being Mar
tins refusal to let the girls buy
cigar for the marshal with his money.
Pearl Elliott testified in regard TO
meeting the crowd that night and
serving them drinks at the Cozy Cor
ner, her testimony being about the
same as Miss Earls Ella Morrison
told about the same story.
Eyewitness Testifies.
The best witness for the prosecn-
ton was Miss Katherine Taylor, whose
testimony was looked forward to with
considerable interest as she was The
only eyewitness to the shooting.
| She said she came to Telluride on
| July 30 to hunt for man named
| Joe Leek of Denver, whom she knew
had money and was afraid he was
drunk and spending it. She found
him and arranged to have supper with
him on the night OF the shooting. She
failed to find him, however, and asked
the marshal to help her. They went
to several resorts and me rarshll
asked her to wait a moment while
he went into the Cozy Corner to speak
| to a man. She waited abouc fourteen
| feet away and the marshal went iE.
later coming out with Mum follow
| ing closely behind AS Mum passed
the marshal coming out he fired into
the marshal's back, she testified, and
several shots were fired. The wit
moss said Goeglein threw UP his hands
L
no gun in his hands.
Miss Taylor seemed to be hostile
to Attorney Russell. and on cross-ex
animation she said she was bunting
for Leek at the request of Denver
friend and that he was no sweetheart
of hers. When asked why she woulc
Toll a1. tIa
before, she told the attorney that she
Fad told her story to Assistant Prose
cutting Attorney Allen and as he was
the proper official and asked her no
10 talk about 1t she refused to dc
so. She said she had been Offered
money to tell her story. but refused te
do so.
George Jenkins testified in regard tt
finding the body of Goeglein lying II
the street few feet from the walk
saying Jim Steele and Andy Robinson
came up also They removed the bod,
TO the sidewalk and placed a pillow
inder his head. When they moved
him his revolver fell from his pocke
and all the chambers were loaded
Steele and Robinson told about the
same story, the only difference in th'
evidence being that one said it wai
laid on the sidewalk and the other OF
the ground near the sidewalk
DR.. Rothwell testified that last Apri
while talking to r. N. Rogers, mayo
of Telluride, Mum came up in al OK
cited manner and told of being arrest
cd by the marshal for carrying a guI
arl after laying in jail all night, hat
las gun taken from him. They'll
never taken another gun from me,
he said.
George Gibson testified tnat he wai
with Mum in March and April ant
Mum told him of his arrest, sayln,
that If they tried again to take {
gun from him, there would be some
thing doing. This evidence the judge
ordered stricken from the records
a woman of mystery, Katheryn
Taylor is reported to be. Rumol
whispers that, few years ago, wher
all the world stood rghast at the cud
del. shifting down of the celebrated
artist, Stanford White, by Harry X
Thaw, woman companion of Eve
lyn Nesbit, victim of the pngiidy ot
Stanford White. witness to the kill
ing, was missing and was long sorght
without avail. And rumor rs per
sistently signs at the present time
that the witness VINO was never found
is now a witness in another pilIder
case-that Katheryn Taylor oi New
York is Katheryn Taylor of Glenwood
Springs. and that she who failed to
appear to aid in the conviction oil
| Harry Thaw is the only eyewitness
In the case of Jesse r. Mum.
The jury in the Mum case is com
posed of the following: o. p. Lyons
]. w. Martin, Gus Moss. w. S. Rose
| W. c. Davis, r. w. Mexican. John
Wooten, Frank II. Miner. Jack Lar.
son, f. E, Barnes, Gus Arps and o
l.. Howell