The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-21

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yes, sir"
Where did you see them %
'In front of Mr.. Rorer's restaurant
did you have conversation with
them there?"
Yes. sir
Tells of Conversation.
! can YOU state the substance of that
: conversation ?"
I don't believe I could just word
for word
Can you state the general substance
of it?"
yes. sir. / believe that I could"
II wish you would tell the jury here
all you can respecting that converse
ton"
s1Wen. he came to me and says. was
I game to take her CULINARY Cham
berlain out-and I told him no. that
I did not think I could, and he says,
I Well, I believe you can, let's go and
try it,"
about it?
chester Anderson. And he said that
he would do it. but that she had never
done anything to him, and that he
didn't like to do it, and so 1 went into
the telephone and him and ALT Under
muth went with me, and 1 called her
up"
Before you called her up did Ches-
ter tell you who wanted some one to
take her Out?'
mo. sir; he didn't tell me who-he
said the people up at Shady Bend"
but he didn't name any one?"
mo, sir, not any certain person"
mo one at alp"
mo, sir"
Called Girl Over Telephone.
you went to the telephone and
what did you do?"
well, I called her up and I asked
her if she didn't want to go out riding,
and she said. The last time 1 went out
7 fol y of
go out with you again. I told her 1
would give her a dollar and she said,
No, sir 1 told her I would give her
a dollar and a half and she said, NO,
sir Then I offered her a dollar and
seventy-five cents. She was angry, and
then 1 said, Now, Kid. come on; I
want you to go to a dance tonight and
I would like to have you go along and
learn me how and she said, If I say
I will go. 1 will 60 and I talked on
a little bit more and she said that she
would CO.
Did you tell her where the dance
was2"
Told Her of Dance.
Yes, sir. She wanted to know
where the dance was. and I said it
was over to Kowalkes, and she want
ed to know if any one else was going
and l told her that Delbert kindle-
sparger and Myrtle Connolly was go
ing"
did you tell her anything about
whether it was an invitation dance %
Yes, sir
What did you tell her?''
7 told her that it was an invita-
ton dance and that just a few were
going"
Did you say whether the invitation
included her or not2"
Il don't believe I did,
What further did you say to her
over the phone2"
THAT is all that I remember of
saying"
be up for hero
Yes sir. I told her that would be
up about half past eight
''And did you go up for her that
evening"
Yes, sir"
Where did you meet herr"
Green's store and she came out"
What time, If you remember, did
you reach there?
well, it must have been about half
past eight when got there"
Before you went, did you tell Ches-
ter Anderson and ALI Lindermuth |
where you were going?"
1T didn't tell them where I would |
go, no sir. they made up where for |
me to go and where they would meet |
me-"
The Meeting Place.
where did they say they would
"A mile north of Shady Bend
And then you went with Miss
them"
Yes, sir
And which way did you drive?"
at drove north and then east
How far north did you go?
It went one mile
Then how far east from that did
you turn around?''
'Wen, I never was down that road
three-quarters of mile, or very near
it."
Did you drive slow1y?"
Yes. sir
why didn't you go further than
I'VE decided to turn around and
come back"
''And when you turned around, how
far back did you go without stop
wen, it was about 100 yards
And the place that you turned
around. was that down at the foot of
a hill. or was it on high ground ?"
No, it was in a hollow"
1.-THE place where you spoke of as
about 100 yards. was that up on top
OF hill?"
well. it seemed to me that we were
going down like, going over the hill
and had got down on the other side
THAT is. you had just crossed the |
hill from the place you had turned? '
Yes sir
.'Now you may state what occurred
there at that time ~
The HoEdup Described.
We'll, the first thing that I noticed, !
she says Why, hear something and
I didn't hear it, or I told her that I
didn't, and then drove on a little bit
further and a couple of persons ran
out and hal1owed Halt and told us to
hold up, and they held guns"
Two persons pointed guns at you
there -