Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-21

thru the public streets.
Was that the time you were kid
naped?" Mr.. Beeson inquired.
L don't know she replied
Then Mr.. Beeson went on to ask her
OF conference that Mr. Pringle, Mr..
Blank, proprietor Of the Griffith Inn,
her husband and himself had had in
her room.
| You were asked to make complete
statement of what you saw at the
slaughter house?" Mr.. Beeson asked.
She answered, Yes sir
In reply to my question we told you
we wanted to take no advantage Of
you, didn't we?"
Yes, SIR she answered.
Didn't you say in answer|to my
question that you heard no murdes
plot?' the attorney continued
Il probably did" she replied.
Admits Being Threatened.
All you heard these three men say
was something about money!" Mr..
Beeson further asked.
Mrs. Thompkins said that was about
all. placing particular emphasis on the
word about.
Didn't you tell US that you wer.
threatened that if you didn't come down
here and tell what you know about
Jones it would be the worse for your
husband, who was then under an In.
fdaetment y Mrs. Tonpkins was asked.
NJ Yes," she replied.
Didn't you tell US that you did not
know Frank Jones and you did not
know who the man was with the whis-
kers?" Mr.. Beeson continued regard
ing the conference.
The answer was "Yes." ~
Didn't you say that what was writ
ten on the back Of the photograph was
signed without you ever having read
it?"
yes" sss,
Rapid GriIling For Woman.
Didn't you say that you didn't see
Jones there and that you were sorry
that 1t caused him trouble?'
Yes; I said that if it wasn't Sena-
tor Jones, I was sorry that what 1 had
said caused so much trouIse."s
by what you saw in the timber, you
identified the photograph and by the
photograph you identified Senator
Jones?" asked Mr.. Beeson.
Yes, | thought it looked like him.
she responded.
And that was three years after
wards. You never had seen him be-
fore. Hid in the willows behind an
| orange bog you saw him; never nad
your attention called to it and in the
meantime when Mr.. Wikerson threw
the picture in your lap you said, THAT
looks like the MANI" Mr.. Beeson further
queried. And you still stick to its"
Yes sir" Mrs. Tompkins said.
In further direct examination Mr..
Mitchell asked of Mrs. Tompkins: was
there anything said in the willows about
where the money was to go?" 81
yes she answered. Being asked
| where, she said: well, Jake said,
where will we get the money?' and
someone answered.: "Out north where
Old man Whipple was shot"
Going back to the Senator Van Law
incident again Mr.. Mitchell asked:
How many times had you seen
Senator Van Law before he came to
your house?'
"Once, early in the spring." she said.
Mrs. Tompkins said that when Mr.,
Van Law came to her house he told
her husband that he was representing
Senator Jones and came to see what
his wife had to say. This was about
a week before the trial started. she
said. Mr.. Mitchell there brought out
the fact that she was not under oath
when talking to Senator Van Law
Didn't you tell Mrs. Blank that you
never saw F. F. Jones until Won saw
him in the court house here?" Mr.
Beeson asked of Mrs. Tompkins Of
cross examination. Mrs. Blank is the
wife Of the proprietor Of the Griffith
Inn.
| Orange Box in Evidence.
| II said not that knew Of" Mrs
Tompkins replied.
Before concluding with Mrs Tomp-
kins, counsel for the plaintiff intro
duced into evidence an orange box
land asked her If she thought she
could hide behind it, as she testified
| on direct examination she had done
while listening to the murder plot"
II could II 1t had some bushes with
it," the witness said
"You weren't as big then as you are
now?" asked Mr.. Beeson.
"No."
.By how much?"
Seven, or eight pounds"
Mr.. Mitchell put final question "a
Mrs Tompkins about how she hap-
pened to remember the name OF the
place where. according to the "murdel
plot. the money was to be left, 81: She
] said her maiden name was Whippls.