The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-12-03

enemies and that trouble never ex-
listed between them.
Cigarette Explained.
| The presence OF a cigarette nea-
the front porch of Atchisons home.
was explained by VIII Dycus. a resi-
dent of near Bardwell lie testified
that he was at the Atchison home on
the night of the killing anu that he
had left shortly after the arrival of
the Masons He said that while at
the Atchison home he drank beer
with Atchison. He said that while
drinking this beer he threw a Gig
arctic stump into the yard. He tes-
titled that he left the Atehison home
about $40 O'Clock.
Prosecutor Smith asked Dycus
point blank if he had not been
bribed to appear and swear that re
had thrown the cigarette into the
yard, He entered an emphatic de-
NAL to this. He also denied that
he had told Charles Dickerson that
he was in good with the Turks since
telling them that he threw the
stump into the Atchison yard.
The prosecution introduced about
ten witnesses to testify as 10 the
regulations of Turk and Dycus for
morality, truth and veracity Only
one witness testified as to the in
ferlolity of Turks yeracity but four
others testified that his moral repu-
tation was bad. Gray-halred men
swore that Dycus reputation was
anything but a good one.
Three OF the four witnesses who
testified that Turks reputation for
morality was bad, also admitted
they had no good feeling toward
either Turk or his father.
Sister Noticed Worry.
Mrs. Maggie stevens. sister of
the Copeland girl. bore out the state
ment Of her sisters to the effect
that Miss Copeland showed signs of
troubled conscience Immediately
preceding the murder and following
the day of the alleged assault. Her
sister had eaten but little after COM
ing to her house from Atchisons to
stay, she testified.
She also testified as to Miss Cope
lands visiting the Atchison home on
the Saturday following the assault
on Tuesday, and that she returned
with a bundle of clothing.
] D. Mason. a prosecuting wit
ness. testified when called by the
defense, that he had seen beer at
the Atchison home and that he
drank bottle or two on the night
OF the murder
He swore that Atchison was sick
on Monday, July IA. On Tuesday,
July is, the day Atohison is al
legged to have made the assault on
Miss Copeland he said Atchison was
well enough to walk to his house
and eat dinner.
The prosecution introduced no
witnesses who testified that Atchi-
son was elsewhere the time Miss
Copeland swore the assault was
committed
Paducah Woman Testifes.
Mrs. ]. b. Elkins, a widow, of
Paducah, who formerly resided near
Bardwell, testified that she was at
Mrs. stevens house about week
before the killing and that she saw
Atchison talking in low tones to
Miss Copeland. She said she could
not tell what Atchison was saying
but heard Miss Copeland reply
mo, | amt"
Miss copeland had testified pre-
yiously that Atchison had asked her
If she had revealed the secret he
said must never be told.
Misses Clara Watson and Jennie
Shaffer, OF Bardweli, bore out Miss
Copeland in her statement that she
had gone to Atchison's home on
Saturday after the Friday she left
her sisters home. They swore that
she drove out to Atchison's about
four O'Clock and that they accom-
panied her. They also testified
that she asked her sister to stay in
the house until they returned homo
which was about an hour later.
Miss Carmi Wright, clerk in
her fathers store at Bardwen, tos-
tilted that Miss Copeland had been
IN the habit of purchasing goods
ana charging them to her brother
in-iaw but on the day preceding the
murder when Miss Copeland made
some purchases, she notified her rot
to charge the goods to Atehis7n 'ui
to her personally.