The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-20

| with Ericsson in which he provided the
prosecutor with names and incidents
| relative to the alleged Gillett affair.
| Ericsson stated that he would be glad
| to bring Mrs. Thomann and Ieta
| Foster to Bones office and seemed
quite free to discuss the transaction.
| The next day Bone called Simon over
the telephone and urged him not to re-
| lease the affidavits to Wilcox and Black
without consulting him. Bone was in
Fort Scott when the arrests were made,
went to Denver and did not return to
Topeka until a week later.
On cross examination. Bone was
asked to produce his memorandum
concerning the case and also an en-
velope in which were files of informs.-
ton in the action. The envelope was
labelled 1.-The United .-tates VS.. E. c.
Wilcox" Bone stated that the question
of misuse of the mails was not pre-
scented to the grand jury at the Fort
Scott session and none of the witnesses
were examined.
]. S. Richards, a Rock Island train
dispatcher was called. He said that
train No. 54 from Topeka to ST. Joe via
Holton. left Topeka at 7:45 the morning
o. January so, 10 minutes late. 1t was
OH this train, the state claims, that
Mrs. Thomann and H. c. Medlock went
to Holton and could not have been IN
Topeka at the time the Foster girl is
said to have met Judge Gillett.
A. L. Shultz. a State Journal reporter,
testified concerning certain interviews
with Wilcox.
Sheriff Tells of Conversation
Sheriff Brown, of Harper county
ADDED a bit of spice to the morning
session when he related a conversation
with Wilcox the day following the ar
rests.
did you have a conversation with
Wilcox May 1922 Brown was asked.
Il did"
state the substance of that CONVEX
sation.''
Il met Wilcox Sunday after the ar
rests He was coming from the train
and asked me if 1 had heard of it,
I told him I had not and he then told
me of his arrest. Believe he said that
he and Black and Ericsson and another
detective We're arrested and that the
detectives had found Judge Gillett in a
room with a II year old girl. believe
asked him if he thought it was true
He said 'Gillett is just human. same s
any other person and I told him I
couldn't believe the story
Wilcox Arrested First.
ITO refresh your recollection. was any
thing said concerning getting out war
rants?''
Yes He said they had filed some af-
fidavits-one from the girl and some 9th
ers-and somehow they were arrested
themselves before the other parties
did he say anything about what ne
would show the people?''
Yes. He said it might be that they
would show up Gillett as he was"
There was no cross-examination.
Need Tells of Serving Black.
One of the most damaging bits of evil
dence against the defendants came late
yesterday afternoon.
L. z. Need, deputy United States
marshal, told of serving Black with a
subpoena to appear before the federal
grand jury in Fort Scott. Service was
secured shortly before midnight May S.
Immediately the state followed this testi-
money with telephone records from Coun-
ell Grove. showing that at S:c5 the follow
ing morning, Black called Wilcox at Har-
per. Charges were reversed and the rec
ords showed that wilcox o. KID. the call
At SIS the men began talking. Because