The Ordway new era., 1917-11-23
PENDERGRAST ON STAND

PENDERGRAST ON STAND
Q.-Where were you living in Feb
ruary, 1917? An Ordway.
Q.-What position did you hold?
bank of Ordway.
Q.-Were you in the bank on the
morning of February 25th? A.
Yes sir
Q.-What day was February 25th?
A.-Sunday
Q.-What time did you go to the
bank in the morning? About
II o'clock and stayed until noon
Odd you see the defendant, A.
F. Enyart? Al did
Q.-What were you doing in the
bank? Al was checking up on
some insurance business.
Odd you talk with the defend
ant? A-Yes sir.
O.-How long About thirty
minutes.
In the front office.
o.-What is the best recollection
of when you left the bank? A.
About 12 or 1890.
Q.-Were you CARED back in the
afternoon? A.-Yes.
Q.-Whom did you find there?
A.-Epvart. Potter and Griffin.
Q.-Who called you? A.-Mr.
Dick Potter
Odd you find the body of Black
in the directors' -"Nm? A.-Yes sir
o.-What position was the body
lying in? A.-As I remember the
head was against the wall.
Q.-What direction did the feet
extend? A.-Northwest direction.
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in? Al would say that the end
had been pushed around
On what direction? A.-West
Q.-State whether you saw any
thing lying on the floor? A.-Yes.
I Q.-What did you see? "A
! gun on the right hand side and scab-
bard on the left
Q.-How was the gun? A
About foot from the hand.
/ Q.-What was the position of the
hand? A:-Up little.
! Q.-How close was the butt of the
revolver to the hand? About a
foot
Q.-Did you examine the scab-
Q.-DeScribe it as nearly as you
can. A.-Leather; seemed to have a
slit in it and had hook on the top.
| O.-What color? A.-Tan.
Q.-Did you see any letters? A
Yes.
Q.-Where were they? Alt had
the initials J. w. B. and Neb. City.
Q.-Was the scabbard new or old =?
A.-Seemed to me to have been used
about year.
Q.-Describe the appearance of the
letters. A.-They seemed to be
scratched ON with apen.
Q.-Were they scratched fresh or
did they appear to have been on there
some time? Al would say long
time.
Q.-What is your best Judgment
about the carving? Alt never oc-
Cured to me that they had been put
on there at different times; that it
had all been done at once.
Q.-Dfd you see the men who
picked the body up? Al think l
remember when the body was picked
up.
Odd you see bottle? A.
Yes.
Q.-Describe it. A.-Cannot say
whether it was a pint or half pint
O,-Where was it when you first
saw it? A.-Seemed to have dropped
out of the clothing.
Q.-What were you discussing
WIN AAi "hSH Sou WCio Ldlh-
ing with him in the morning? A
Nothing more than a visit.
Q.-Did you notice anything about
him that was unusual? A.-No sir I
did not
Q.-Where does Enyart live? A.
About nine miles west.
Q.-Did he come back and forth
In an auto? A.-Yes.
Odd he carry revolver on
these trips? Al think he did.
0-When he was in the bank
where did he leave his revolver? A.
Always left it in his overcoat
pocket.
Q.-was Mr.. Envart in the habit
of carrying lots of currency with
him? A.-Yes sir.
Cross-Examined by Jessen
Q.-who had been in the back
room where the corpse lay? A.-A
dozen people.
Q-Could you name some of
them? A.-Riley, Meikle, Campbell,
Grimm, and think MT. Ferguson.
Q.Was Clyde Potter theref A.
~ think 90.
Q.-Yoa were present when Riley
holpod with the bOdy1 Yea.
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