The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-01-15
CHAPTER Xxx.
lContinued.)

Yes, sub. She crep' up CLOSE
enough 10 overhear what they was a.
sayin' when they met In that clump
o. trees between the Doggett house
and the Ransoms cabin. sub. She
heard all that went on between 'em,
suh-Chickasaw Jesse's declaration
that IT was him that killed Stamford
Tucker. their plans for goin' away to
get married and then goin' TO live In
Oklahoma, and all the rest O. their
talk. sub. She was waitin' for me
when | got home from Colonel Bill
Strickland's the night before this trial
began, and she told me the whole
story"
What did you do then. Colonel
Todhunter?"
There wasn't but one thing TO be
done, sub, II Chickasaw Jesse was TO
be caught and Tom Strickland saved
from bein' found guilty Of murderin
STAN Tucker. That one thing was
10 follow Jesse Breap and Lottie-
May Doggett without losin' a min
ute's time and arrest him befo' he
| got out o the state. sub. left at
once, and / drove all that night as
fast as could. | got hold o. Jim
Woodleaf. the sheriff OF Rails coun-
~, next day, and went to find Chicka-
saw Jesse and take him into custody.
| We was slow In findin' his trial, but
we did. We done II just In time, too,
TO keep him from mlrderin' the girl
as we'll. sub"
! The witness then confirmed in de-
tail that part OF the girls testimony
relating TO the capture OF Jesse
| Dream.
| did this man, Jesse Dream, make
a confession of his guilt as being the
murderer OF Stamford Tucker"
Yes, sur. And, furthermore, under
oath. he told a mighty strange story
OF a happenin' that in itself might b
hung Tom Strickland II anybody else
had seen II and MT known all the
facts in the case, suh."
There was a quick stir OF height
ened dramatic expectancy In the
courtroom. Major Gentry Dryden
paused until II had subsidized
What was that strange story, Col
onel Todhunter," ne asked, which
as you have Just testified, the man
Jesse Dream. told you and the sherin
of Rails county under OATH
He told me, sub, that Tom Strick
land himself appeared on the scene
OF the murder almost the next mo
ment. AS hollered to STAN Tucker
cussin' him, and tellin' him that
was a-goin' TO kill him for havin
wronged Lottie-May,' said Chickasaw
Jesse Dream. STAN Tucker drew his
gun and fred just the mint l fired
Ny shot got him, but his'n didn't tecf
me. When I saw that he was a-layin
III - AnH ar
down and saw that had plunked hin
through the head, right between tho
eyes. and that he was stone dead
Then I turned and started to rur
down the road to'ards the town o.
Nineveh.
81 hadn't gone any ways, hardly
when a man came to'ards me on tina
road. When he saw me he laughed
and the next mint he outs with hi
gun and fires at me. I was skeered
!, cause didn't want to be recognized
|. and turns and runs straight through
the woods. lookin' back once or twice
And that man came to the edge o
, the woods and heard him laugh, ant
then mutter like he was drunk ant
talkin' to himself-and then he DELHI
erately turned back on the Black Bot
UOus TOdu huu went AWdy W a vi
town."
did Jesse Dream tell you and thu
sheriff OF Rails county, Colonel Tod
: hunter, that he recognized the maj
whom he thus met after having killed
Stamford Tucker?"
"He did, subj"
What was that mans name|
II was Thomas W. Strickland, sub
Chickasaw Jesse Bream swears tina
he saw him plainly, and he takes hi
oath that II was Tom Strickland"
Did Jesse Dream tell you what h,
did after that encounter. Colonel Tod
hunter"
Eyes, sub. He says that he lay GU
In the woods for about an hour, ant
: that then he went back on the roa'
and came into town, and the next da.
he went to Oklahoma, not gettin' bacl
: here to Nineveh until the day befor'
the trial began, subj"
There was a momentary pause.
Colonel Todhrnter." resumed Majo
Dryden quietly, you say that the man
Jesse Bream, made these statements
4 confessing that he killed Stamfor'
Tucker on the night OF July twenty
sixth just past, and including tn
other facts you have Just mentioned
! to you and to the sheriff of Rail-