The Ordway new era., 1917-11-16
EllY CASE CONES IjP n nIsTpI7sTE1
COOllS FIRST EVIDENCE "Wednesday


o.-what did he do? At was
my gun and he took It to Myers'
;, Asked il 1T was a 1920 blue steel
he said yes.
Q.-Where did you get III A.
OF Mr.. Decker, Garnetts Kans
There was no cross-examination.
In turn d. D. Decker of Garnett.
kans., was called. He is the man
from whom Mcmahon bought the
gun. '"e
do you recollect having sold
a gun to McMahon? A.-Yes.
Q-How long ago? A.-1913.
Q-Did you ever sell more than
one gun to him? A.-No.
Where did you get it? A.
From Mr.. Voorhees,.
, Q.-What kind? "A Colt
o-what kind of frame? A.
A forty-fve.
A.-No sir.
Q-What kind of barrel? A.
A blue barrel.
Decker was not cross-examined.
AT this point In the case the attor-
ney for the defense, Sabin, objected
to the introduction of this evidence.
saying that II the state had any real
object in doing so all right. The
state explained that these witnesses
were necessary to show that Black
did not have gun when he entered
the bank.
j. ]. Voorhees, of Garnett, Kans..
was placed on the stand.
Q.-Do you recollect having sold
gun to Mr.. Decker. A.-Yes.s
Q.-Did you ever sell more than
one gun to him? A.-Not that kind
of pattern. sold him shot gun.
Q-Did you sell him 1920 on
45-frame? A.-Yes.
Q.-What was the number? A.
do not know.
Q.-What does 1920 mean?
voorhees, then explained its meaning.
Q-Where did you get the gun?
A.-Of the Garnet Hardware com
pany
Q.-When? A.-1910.
Q.-Bought from whom? A,-Mr.
Davis.
Q.-What kind of a gun, single or
double action? A.-Single action.
Q-How many chambers in the
gun? A.-Six.
Odd you ever buy any other
gun than the one you described? A..
No.
Voorhees, was cross-examined, but
nothing different was brought out.
Ed Davis, the Mr.. Davis from
whom Voorhees, bought the gun IN
the hardware store in Garnett, Kans.
was called to the stand and he told
about selling the gun to Voorhees,
and where he had secured it-of a
wholesale house In Chicago
Irwin Yoder, the man who bought
the gun from Myers in Colorado
Springs was called.
Q.---Did you buy a gun in Colo
RADIO Springs? A.-Yes.
Q..--From whom? A.-From Mr..
Myers OF Colorado Springs.
Q.---Who sold it to you? A.
Mr.. Arnold.
o.--What kind of gun? A
Colt s2.2n on forty-five frame,
blue steel barrel, single action.
Q.-Do you know the number? !?
A-Yes; 309,211.
Q.-You are positive that was the
number of the gun? A.-Yes.
C.--How long did you keep it?
Al bought it in October and had it
until the spring of 1916.
Q.--What did you do with 1t then
A.. Traded it to man at the Ord
way Hardware company by the name
of Joe.
Q.-Have you learned what his
last name is? A.-Joe Grill.
A.-Traded 1t to him for a Win
chester.
G-Have you ever seen the gun
since you sold 1t to Joe Grill? A.
Yes.
Q.-Wben? An. the spring
out at the ranch.
Who had the gun? A.-Lew-
is Worker ard detective.
Odd you examine the gun?
A.-Yes. because it had few hicks
in the butt of the gun.
Q,--Did you examine the number
of the gun: A.-Yes.
Q.--Was 1t exactly the same kind
Of gun: A.-Yes.
C.-What sbout the hicks in the
gam Any brother had 1t one day
and drove staple. making small
nicks in The butt of the gun.
Q.-,-And you are positive 1t is the
gun you sold to Joe Grill? A.-Yes.
Joe Grill was called to the stand
and testifietd that he had secured
the gun from Yoder, describing the
kind of gun, the number size and
serial number Of the gun. He traded
the same gun. according to his testi-
mony of I. A. Rodeck Of the Toggery
shop in Ordway, after he had kept It
but a short time.
Rodeck was then placed on the
stand and he testified that he had Sc
cured tho gun, a 1920 blue barrel,
serial number 309,211, from Joe Grill
Q.-What did you do with the
gun? ] sold It to Clyde Potter OF
the Ordway Trading company. In
the testimony 1t was brought out that