The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-10
HOBBS STICKS To
STORY ON STAND
INSISTS BlL6o RECEIVED NO
PART OF sRIsE monEY-WtT-
sess HAS DISAPPEARED.
MISS PLUNKETT MISSING
psfsnse Shows Witnesses al Variance
on Quoting B'be as Having I'd
mittso n. Got Sem. Of Money
Psio BY csstlsman.

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When the ezrlagr9e Of legal Lcs'i'i
Ties and amenities Incident +, the tria
Of Lieut. GOV Eijho ceos'd. upon sd
jonrnmcn' Of l,ur, hy Judge Toa'
there wan no on" connected wilh ne
case who wa sufficiently posted to 20
able to predict when IL" ead n tie
trial would BE- rrachrd. Hywn'cr. #
seems to be a pretty safe conjecture
that It will be a week before the CasC
gets to the jury.
The situation up IA the present r.
thig; Each side has put on what II
believes Is ita strongest direct eyi
dcnco, which Is that q stephen B
C%astleuian, the man wilb the roll
who has figured az the star Witness
on the stand for the prosecution dur
ing the double section trial In two
counties, and g. 4. Hobbs, who has
testified once IN hts " defense and
again this week in behalf Of his friend
and hiR alleged CO.cOnspirator, who
was jointly indicted with him,
There is one more important de,
fense witness to be heard, which is
Theo. g, BIlbo himself, who will doubt
less be placed on the stand
While the state has not disclosed its
line Of rebuttal testimony, 1t IL said
there are several other witnesses on
that side OF the fence TO be heard.
Whether this will include Miss Matte
plunkett. state librarian. whose name
was first on the list OF state witnesses.
Is considered doubtful. This lady was
wanted by the state, but for ZONE rea.
son, not satisfactorily explained, she
was not accessible, and, so lar az IL
known. is still missing. There Is con.
siderable curiosity M to her where.
abouts, indefinite and current rlmor
placing her In Birmingham. Ala. where
fhe may possibly be.
The absence Of this important wit.
ness has really been one Of the geri.
GUS situations of this noted trial, for
The reason that each side seems to
have built considerably on her part ia
the drama. .
There is n probability that the state
will recall Castlemap, who has been
waiting around for two days, having
been advised To remain, and also that
Ira Sample, the mystery man." and a
few others viii he called on. II is also
considered possible that Gov. Brewer
viii be on the list Of rebuttal wit,
nesses and that Senator Hobbs will be
recalled by the defense 10 surrebut.
tai.
The probabilities are that there will
be some further ~clashinEs and OK
changes Of hOstiIities before the case
is ended, while the battle royal will
come when the time for instructions
10 the jury Is reached,
II was gathered that there will be
no further character testimony offered
Of any kind, either by the state or
the defense. The defense had sum.
moned some 500 witnesses OF this
kind, and II was stated that practically
all Of these witnesses have been ex.
cused, and have been advised that
they may return TO their homes.
The proceedings we're f~eatureless
after Senator Hobbs was excused, fol.
lowing his seven hours Of testimony,
direct and cross. He made a remarka.
bly, cool witness and showed no dispo-
sition TO run counter to the court in
his statements TO the jury. He stuck
10 his story, refuting outright many
OF the statements OF Castieman. deny.
Ing the payment Of any money or the
completely OF Bilbo In his transactions
with the BeizSnian.