The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-02
AGAINST MOODY
Two Women Witnesses Testi-
fled Today.
They Said They Heard De-
fendant Make Threats.
THE MOODY MURDER TRIAL
Court Room Crowded With
Spectators.
Mrs. Gathers and Mrs. COe
Appear for the State.

1.-THE - III get MIN
yet
witnesses in the Moody murder trial
testified this morning hearing Henry
Moody, the defendant, make use OF tnls
expression on the afternoon he snot
and killed Morgan Howard a few hours
before the killing The witnesses, boun
of whom swore to the same expression
were Mrs. r. B. Gathers and Mrs Rose
Coe, both of whom were on their front
porches they said, when Moody pa1d
a visit to the Samples across the street
An explanation as to how Morgan
Howard happened to be in the alley
where he was killed also was brought
out at the morning session, George
North, 412 West Locust street, testify
ing that both Morgan Howard and his
brother. being in the habit of spending
considerable time at his barn, espec-
tally at the time the teams of his are
unhitched.
Mrs. Gathers testified she was sit
ting on her front porch, perhaps so feet
away from Samples front porch across
the street, when Moody paid a visit to
the Samples home. On cross-examina-
, ton she declared Moody complained
rather bitterly of having to lay off on
account of his hand, injured in the
fight with Howard two days before.
What did Moody say before he made
the remark you testified about?'' she
was asked.
He said he had to lay off on account
of his hand, and that he could not go
to Ozawkie for the Fourth of July as
he planned because some of his family |
were SICK the witness said.
Then he made the remark you told |
about?"
Yes. he said, The - - - I'll get
him yet.''
WAS the remark made in an ordi-
nary tone of voice"
mo, Mr.. Moody seemed to pc ex-
cited, and was talking loud
Mrs. Coe told practically the same
story but, being a little farther away
she declared she could not hear the re-
marks that preceded the threat She
street from Mrs. Gathers and also
across the other street from the
Samples.
How did you know it was Mr..
Moody talking?" John ]. Schenck de-
How can any person ever tell an
other persons voice. she re-
sponded.
eff you are asking me. I'll say I
don't believe you know it was Moody"
Schenck said.
81 know it was Mr.. Moody because
I know his voice, and 1 saw him talk
ing" the witness asserted.
After she had been excused she
was called back for another question.
Didn't Morgan Howard steal your
pocketbook at one time?" was asked.
Attorney James A. Mcclure, for the
state objected and was sustained, AMI
Mrs. Coe returned to her seat, making
a wry face and muttering under her
breath. 1.-The very idea
North said Arba Howard, a brother Nf
the victim, was in his employ as a team
ster shortly before the killing. The horses
were kept at the barn back of his house,
he said. Morgan Howard frequently went
to the barn about the time the teams
were unhitched, and on the day of tha
killing he saw both Morgan Howard and
his brother at the barn, a few minutes
before Moody appeared on the scene. The
evidence is being given to show that the
Howard brothers did not go into the alley
to wait for Moody with the idea of get
ting him, as Moody has asserted he be
lieves was the case.
The court room, which has been crowd
ed with spectators since the hearing be
gan, was even more crowded today. |
Nearly every available space is filled with |
spectators who are taking a good deal of |
interest in the trial. 1t is likely that tne
state will finish its evidence some time
and the defense will be given
it's inning then. The trial bids fair to last |
well into the next two weeks, the last CT
the present term of the court