The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-29
TELLS OWN STORY

tlOnIluueu FROM rage One-l
moned at once, Mcdaniel said He
then told of the incidents following
the discovery of the attack.
The prosecution has made only one
/ objection to the testimony. 1t was
overruled and the calm recital con-
tinued.
His wife was taken to the hospital
/ Mcdaniel following her.
Kissed Her but Not Recognized.
81 kissed her as she lay on the bed"
he said, but she did not recognize
me-"
Mr. Mcdaniel, did you assault your
wife that night" Judge Strop asked.
| 81 did not" the accused man an
swered.
He related that he acquiesced in the
proposal of C. A. Cook, friend, to
burn the mattress from his wife's bed,
shortly after his wife died.
1T has been stated here you owned
blackjack" Judge Strop said. did
you?"
THAT is as false, as false can be-"
Mcdaniel said.
Have you ever made any offer, di-
rect or indirect, for evidence in this
case?" he was asked.
Il have not, at any time" the pros
ecutor replied, telling how he Mad dis
covered certain evidence used in his
behalf Mcdaniel said he had been
willing to pay all Legitimate" ex-
penses connected with the prosecu-
ton. He said he had given a check
of $1S7 to L. w. Elliott. detective who
has been active against him, but that
it was returned because it had been
improperly made out.
Lockwood a Political Enemy.
The prosecutor said he had made
every effort to obtain a speedy trial
but that several continuances were oh
tanned by the state lover his protests"
He had not asked for any continu-
ances, he said.
The name of Bart NJ. Lockwood
the special prosecutor, was brought
into the examination. A political
campaign in which Mcdaniel and
Lockwood were opponents was de-
Scribed.
Mcdaniel was refused permission to
tell his children goodbye the night he
was arrested, he said, the direct ex-
animation then closing an hour after
it had begun.
Odell Mcdaniel. the prosecutors
small son. sat silently beside his
grandfather during the examination
Neither the prosecutors mother ncr
Mrs Sarah Moss, mother of the slain
woman, were in court
Mrs. Phoebe Isaacs, another sister
of the accused man, also testified con-
corning the domestic relations be-
tween the prosecutor and his wife.
Loved Her as a Daughter"
Sheriff c. H. Jones was placed on the
stand as a defense witness and testified
that he and others had learned by inves-
tigation that the window of the murder
room could be seen from the front porch
of e. e. Gard. Gard testified yesterday he
had seen Mrs. Mcdaniel pass the window
about IL 80 O'Clock the night she was
murdered. The prosecution has sought to
show she was murdered before IL o'clock.
Did not you think it odd that you, the
sheriff, should make himself witness for
an accused MANI" Attorney General Bar
ker asked.
az did not consider it improper" said he.
D. L. Mcdaniel. the aged father of the
accused man, took the stand.
did you ever hear a disagreement be
tween your son and his wife, he WAS
Never. thought as much of her as
of my own daughter" the aged man an
swered. He declared Mcdaniel was grief
stricken the night of the murder. He WAS
questioned briefly.
Extra policemen were ordered to be
in attendance at court today in antici-
patton of a large crowd to hear the
prosecutors own version of the events
the night of July IA. when Mrs. Nc
Daniel was attacked in her bedroom.
crowd jammed the court room yes
terday N the belief that the accused
man would take the stand during the
afternoon following an announcement
by attorneys.