Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 8 May 1896 — Page 3

SPRUNG A SURPRISE I 7 William Trusty Says He Drove the Cab to Fort Thomas. TELLS AVERY STRANGE STORY. A Wllih-h* Culled by the Defi-iise Prove* to He One Not Wanted, Although Col* one) Nelson (Iroxs-Exaiiilneil Him—lt 1* Cliurgi'd Tliut Some of the WltlM'MeH Have Been Cotiebed. • ‘Newport, Ky., May 5.—A surprise sprung in the Scott Jackson trial yesterday was that of William R. Trusty, who testified that on J an. !J1 he drove tin old man whom hewupposed was a doctor out to the Fort Thomas region when' the beheaded girl was found. This witness only knew one person in - t Iris <*t >tnt<iel io wasjcwoniatiwith whom h*' had been acquainted six years*and whose name was Georgie Baker, alias Emma Evans; ho did not even know the number of the house from which the corpse was taken, hi' ; only knew the ho’i e was on the south ■ side of George street, near Elm street. All other testimony was insignificant compared with t Ins. farnier Locke T<**tifle*. J. B. Locke then took the stand. lie testified ns follows; lam ;">fi years old. It j was on illv farm that the body of rt woman was found, Saturday EeFi, 1. I was in my house, ami I was told that the body had been found. J. at once tele-: phoned to the authorities, and notified the I officers of Fort Thoma*. 1 then went down Uhd..looked at the body. W hen the Ollier rs came. they examined the spot ami i its Surroundings. The body lay 2<XP feet < from the Alexandria turnpike and 400 feel 1 from Highland avenue. There were a lot . of privit bushes pla'nted there. They were I about five feet apart. W here the body lay one of the by.shcs had died out. The] body lay on it* breast, and the iiead had been cut off 'close. The arms were I stretched ouf. There was a small bank | where the body lay. The hands were i opened. They looked, shriveled, as if they | had been in 'water There was a spot of ■ blood about the side of-a plate. I did not I notice how thick:, it was. 1 should, think, there must, have been about three pints of blood. There was some of the blood at her loot? It looked :.* if some bloody substance had been laid down there. The clothing of the body was drawn up.- It looked as if sue mignt have been dragged some little piece Got the Wrong XX'itnesA. George Dayton was then called. He said: "1 live at 320 West Sixth street 1 • lived there live years. 1 ani a bartender, j In January ol this year f was inCiiicmnati. 1 don’t know where I was on Jan. ‘ •jl. I was not near the corner of George ami Plum strcers.” Colonel Crawford stated that I he defense had been misiiTformed and that this was? ■' not the witness he. wanted. Colonel Nel-j son, however, decided tiX'.x-am'me the wit- I ness and after a . ;)t JJ-twcen the at tor-I neys he handed ft paper hy the com- j moiiwealth attorney and asked if he could i tel! whose hamlwr.ting it was.. The wit- I * ness said: "Detective John Seward's. He] gave me that letter on April Tin tin IL] brary m this com ; house I have bad many I k interviews with Seward. 1 met him on April 24 at Herman’s hotel. ” Colonel Nelson ■, anted to read the letter to ihe jury, but was not permitted to do so. The jury was asked to retire while the lawyers discussed the matter. He claimed that by this letter the state could prove that Detective Seward, in the employ of the prisoner.had coached witnesses ami told them what to swear to ami that a fraud had been attempted upon the state of Kentucky. Sensational Story. William 11. Trusty, Jr., was then placed on the stand and said: "1 live near Cham paign, Ills. I lived in Kentucky before that. lam a railroad man. 1 am now in a tile factory at Urbana, Ills. 1 have been a brakeman on the Cincinnati I was a farmer before 1 was a railroad man. lam single. 1 have a father, brother and sister. My family lives at Crbana, Ills. I was in Cincinnati booking for a job. 1 was there on Friday, Jan. SI.” Colonel Crawford—Did you have anything to do with ti dead person that day?” "Yes sir.” Continuing the witness said: "I got here in the morning. 1 met a girl 1 know, and we walked up Sixth street to Plum. She was to meet me after dark th.-jt niglit. 1 went back there and met iter. I talked to her a minute and xvt- walked to Hie cor- : tier of George street. We went east on George street Then 1 got on a cab and drove Oil. Before that, as 1 walked up George street, a woman was ahead of Us. While we were standing t here .talking.a cab drove tip. it had glass doors ar.d an : iron gray hor-e drnwi'ng’ic The miut t ii.it 1 drove the cab was a big mana.Ad had on a . silk hat. He oil tiie.eab mid went in-| toll house with a woman. waited j outside. Pretty sotih two men t-.amtv out carrying a V Oman between tliiu One had her feet, Ihe oi her held- iier around t lie aims. The other woman walked alongside. She carried a hat in her-hamls. 1 | opened the door of tl|e cab and helped ' them put her in tin- cab. I had hold of her hand, aim it felt cold. I did see her! face. Her nniiitb was open ami her eyes rolled back m lieiqheial. 1 am sure she was dead. < IY2 says lie Drove the Cab. ‘T g'ol bon the call and drove if off. 1 drove it over the Newport bridge. 1 had been directed xvhich way to go. The man gave me a bridge pass. I drove two > blocks from tlie end of the bridge: then a man who had been waiting got on the cab and drove with us. He mid a doctors case in his hand. . 1 drove aw ay out in the * country. When stopped 1 not iced a house ,011 the I’ighf hand side. We drove On by that, t hen we stopped. The man paid me lift, and then lie took the body out of the ■fab ami took it over the fence that was there. 1 turned around and come back. I left the vehicle with the cabdriver, who met me at the foot (♦the bridge. "The man 1 met on the corner directed me'how to drive. 1 was told where the body wa* taken out to bring the hack back. When 1 got back 1 left it standing there. I walked across the bridge, and then I went s> the Ceptra-1 street railroad station. I sat (low nin life resliytrant. I dop-’i know l.ow lofig I staid ” I here. 1 4 .dozed oil. W hen 1 w oke upkit wys 6:2P o’clock. Then 1 went-up to Ed Bradley's in Richmond street. 1 am Bradley’s Cousin. 'The Bradleys live- in Ludlow now. They wen in bed yet. They got up , and let me in. Mrs. Bradley got break* fast for me.. .After breakfast 1 went back to the depot, mid along in the TiiortTiug I left the city for. Indianapolis. There I looked for work. From t here I w ent to Urbana, Ills. fxlid read about the Hilding of the body as I traveled from Indianapolis to Urbana, Ills. I told my father the story as soon as I got. home. I told I i -J (,'apiain John Seward about it nflerwm ’.. The' V ' ■ ’.‘t OU* ty; '-’W ai 1 r - - • ' p . ■ " ? . 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day, Jan. HI, is Georgia Baker. She is known here as Evans] Wn itxsn < rossed-EviunliK-d. Colonel Nelson—Will you please be kind enough to write your i.ame here, please?” The witiivs*did this. Onerous-ex tminatlmi he said: "1 came in on a freight train. The conductor’s name is Charley Ayer* J don’t know who-the cabman was. I don’t know who the pepole were that went out there with me. 1 walked over the bridge coming back. I don’t know what became rd the dead woman. I don’t know Avhat became of the ’doctor.’ The last I saw ot the doctor he was going-over the fence. ] came herelhis timeon the second of the, month. I know George Dayton. ] luj.ve not adviser! George Dayton what to tlcstify to. lam a distant . relativeof John Seward. 1 am ids third cousin. John Seward sent me a ticket to come here. I have never been in the detective business. 1 know that John Seward is a detective. 1 know he has been in the Kentucky peni, tentiary. I have not. been employed in this case. I first talked with Seward on Feb. 14. I have been boarding at Herman's hotel. He is living there. Dayton eats his dinner there. Wallace board's there. 1 don’tkmm what st reet my cousin Bradley lives on in Ludlow. 1 lived in Fifth street, Cincinnati, with John Seward: L lirst saw Seward at Urbana, Ills., . -about—Feb,—m_. He waa„LUitf I.luv. otfotir dais He talked abwtrt this Fort Tho’m is case. I don’t know 5 whether he was emplovigl o'i tiie case." Colonel Nelson- Will you look at this paper and say if you ever saw it b lore: ’’ Wilms —That's n*y tatber's handwril | ing. I did not know that my father had wr.iiten to anybody about the e.isi. The . letter was then rend to the jury. It was to A. S. Bryan, Gix e.a.ust le, and emit ait led ini oiler•'o Mr. Bry.-m to tell him of the doings cf g-certain detect in- employed by the deipii-e. The. writer said'that rhe deI sense wooltTti yto pro.ve that Mr. Bryan’: i daughter was killed in Oiiio, and not in , t Kentucky. It was signed by William 11. , Trus: y. i ; Aimther letter of the same kind, was 1 read. It wn- addr- sed to Silas Hays, Grceiic.-ist.'e, Iml. In speaking ot Seward in this letter the. writer said: "lie can . get you some good , e.-t iimmy.. .He iisjid-Ao-I be ,;t l.iwier, but win denarred torsuboi-n-H ion of w.t m- . He is used to get ting al! kinds of ((,.-.;■ mliy, either for or against/’ Getters t'roni rusty's I'atlier. * The witness W .i;itn 11. Trusty. Jr., ! was kept an the stand much of the aft--1 ernoou under a furions cross-i'xumiiia-tion.. He said his father was it third 1 cousin to John Seward, or Svard, as he ! sometimes spells his mime. He identi- : fif'd a photograph of John Seward as ! the same perron as an engraving on the ' outside of a pamphlet- in the hands of 1 the prosecution,-which pamphlet xvas , entitled "Tin' Confessitm of John Svard of His Complicity in a Murder in Casey County, Kentucky.” It also developed in tin* testimony of this witness that Join! Seward served a term in the Kentucky penitentiary. Furthermore, it transpired that John Sewardhad visited Urbana, Ills., in Febimrury aiid had talked with the witness. William R. ! Trusty, Jr., and his father, William ! Trusty., about this murder. Furthermore, letters wore shown j from William Trusty. Sr., to Mr. A. S. i Bryan and to Bryjui's attorney, Air. I Hays, in February, offering for a sure consideration to thwart the defedse in , its purpose to procure evidence to prove . Pearl Bryan died in Cini'intiati and i taken ti' Kentucky and beheaded. It j was shown that John Seward had ; coached the witness, George Dayton, ■ Who made a co.nplere flunk bn the stand I yesterday afternoon. They produced : written directions prepared by Seward i and given to Dayton to testify to. He failed to deliver tjio goods ‘when the time came. The prosecution antieipated this testimony of witnesses produced’by Seward and have counteracting witnesses here. Depositions from the dental college consumed the rest of the afternoon. The annual commencement exercises of Indiana University will be held Wednesday, June 17. Two naptha tanks of the Standard Oil company at Whiting burned, causing a Joss of .*’15.000. At the town elections held Monday Fowler reports the first Democratic officers ever elected within its limits. Governor Matthews has commissioned State Senator Ellison of Fort Wayiie, a member of the board of state charities, to succeed Aquilla Jones, resigned. The world’s fair medal and diploma awarded to Indiana for the excellence of its agriculture display, has been received by the state board of agriculture. While a number of young ladies were romping at a farmhouse near Wabash, Miss Itest’i, aged 20 years, jumped from a porch, a distance of only four feet, and j immediately felt a sharp pain in her side, I Ph>smians say i he c.ahnot recover, having received intern -. injuries. MARKET QUOTATIONS. i rrevailmg Trices For Grain, t attle and I’rovisions on May 5. i ■ . -.(. ! Indianapolis. WHEAT—DuII: No. 2 f< ,I.'"'l'. Cimx —Dull: No. mixed. ; e. () a l.* ' Dull;..\o. J mixed, 2 c. (’a!’ l I 1- — Heavj dr\ fed steers, $4.20(® 4.35; sliippmg ami export steers. stjHkg; I 4 |5; common to fair steers, jHT.'wiJI.iO; feeding steers, - si.4(W.s:>; medium to < choice heifers, «fl.sA<r I.IM; medium to choice cow*, f2.(>u«ii3.so; veal calves, s:i.so@ 4.75. Market, firm. , . Hoes Packing and good to choice, 53.45(((3.1>(>;. light weights, 5-:!.55(.t3.i;’. i: . 2 : pigs ami roliglis, $2.75®3.1U.’ Market active. SllKEl’—Uommon to choice lambs. #3.00 (((4.00; export ewes and wet hers. _ s3.Oo(fj . 3 45; common to choice sheep. bucks, per head, $2.00«i 1.00. Market slow. Chicago Grain and Provisions. AVIIE.A I July opt'iled <’>l closed ti'*' 4 c. Sept, opened ti2;';c, closed 03 l s c. t'oltx —July opened 29 ; \e. closed 2*J’-.jC. Sept, opened closed UO-qc. * Oats —July opened is- 4 e, closed Bic. Seiit. opened I'.i'jC, closed Ur’sC. I’oliK .Inly opened $3.05. closed s#.o2. Sept, opened $5.25,,..c105ed $8.22. LAl.t' -July opened $1.85, closed $4.87. Sept, opened $5 till, closed $5.02. Kins July opened $4.22, closed $4.2.. Sept, opened $4.37, closed $4.42. Closing cash markets: Wheat Ole, corn ‘JS'-i.e, oat'- I i qc, pork $7 92, lard $4.77, ribs $1 15. Ciiicininit i Grain and stock. WllEAl Scare : No. 2 rM', I’.Oi'* Firiu,. ,'xo. 2 mixed, 31 qe. OA l .'I robg; N’o» 2,mi xed, 22c. ('ATi i.l Strong nt ’..'ui 4.25. IIiiGS Sien.dv al'#3.-00(,g3.4 Sin.l'i’ — Stead' at lambs, Bteady fil $3.50«td..>0. Toledo Grain. •• AVhEAT -Active: No. ■J ciisli. fiMr. ’ Cot:x —Steady: No. 2 mixed, 'J'.i'jC. (_)Al’s —Quiet; No. 2 mixed, 19c. ■a „ L BuU'klo Live Stock. C VTTI.t:-“A+l: consigne I t hrottgh. Hogs Active at st.ilt,., Siti’iA’ F'rm at t-W:;.;:>;. lambs, fl . . - * • „ e>-, • fl -' '

' Noth cto High School Teiieliers. SttperiiHendenlH. principals and teachers of ail commissioned and rmnr commiHHioned high schools of Adams county, Indiana, take.notice: That in June, July and August, 1806, the J>epartnient of Public Instruction will furnish county superintendents with listH for the examination ot high school teachers, covering the branches pro vitled for in the course of study of Hie, school in which the applicant expects to teach. For the township graded schools and non-commissioned high schools, in addition to the common school subjects' will be: T. Physical geography. 2.: Outline of general history. 3 Ray’s | higher arithmetic. 4 Civil government 5 Book-keeping. ■ I For the city high school of Decatur: j 1. Algebra. 2. Civics. 3. Latin, 4 I Rhetoric. 5. Physical geography. | General History. 7. Physics. # Geometry- !L Chemistry. 10 Englishj and American literature. High school licenses will tie issued i for six, twelve, twenty-four and thirtysix months on the standard ot giaiiee imide by applicants for common scb< m licerses. Teachers bolding state cci-t-ilic.il.es and diplutmis from the stale normal scl 00l are exempt from examination bn tie high school suLjec’s. No teacher is elligible to contract io do irrgh scltr.c: work m u he or she holds a valid high school license. See. 4420, 1-501. 11. S.) also oruer of state superintendent. Out of regard for theold soldiers and their friends, the May examination of teachers will be held Friday, May 29 h, lllspi ctluliy. (■>B-sd-5 3 w3tn J - F. Snow. Co. Supt. ♦ . ‘ —• j Sand. Sand. Sand. When you want sand call on Ashley ■ Mann and Mont Evans. They will j supply you with the best, at their yard near the waterworks. Always plenty i on hand. Iwl3 Wanted Several trustworthy gentle ; men or ladies to travel in Indiana for established, reliable bouse Salary S7BO and expenses. Steady position. Enclose reference and self-addieased scamped envelope. The Dominion Co.. Third Floor, Omaha Building. Chicago, Illinois. 50w24 ’Kail lor St. Louis and the Coiivcntioii .June 16 til. Tlie National republican convention will be held at St. Louis. Mo.. June l(i. 189(1. ’Tis none too early to "fix fences” both as to candidate and route. To those located east of St. Louis, particularly in Illinois. Indiana and Oiiio. we say Clovt F Leaf Route/ Correspondence invited, Address, C, C. Jenkins, Toledo Ohio. Head This Noliee. Notice is hereby given that I intend to take contracts for plastering and patching in tbe year 189(1. I have lost all my means of support through sickness, and take this method of notifying the public of nfy intention. Before letting your work call and get my figures on tbe same. lam prepared to do all kinds of work, such as building chimneys. cisterns and cement sidewalks, and will do all work in first-class shape and as cheap as anyone else. All work warranted to give satisfaction. 46tf Ashley Mann. Sotice of Trustees. I will be at my office on Tuesday of each week. George W. Brown. Trustee ot Kirkland township. w 29 6 m I will be at my otlice Tuesday of each week. L. W. Lew ton, 2wtf Trustee Root township. I will be at my office on Tuesday of each week. J-D Nidlinger, Its TiuStee Union Tp. The oliiee days of the trustee of, Washington township will be Ti’.esdavs ■ and Satitfdavs in tlie.Survevot’s office, i ■and Wednesdays at home. John Steele, ~ 22tf Trustee of Washington Tp. Cheaper Than Ever At Hughes'Granite A Marble Works. Fifteen per cent., of a discount for tlie year 1996. All work warranted to be new and first-elrss. Lettering done in German and English. You are invited to stop and get prices. L. 0. & Wm. HUghes. 47tf (Successors to W. S. Ilugbss.) For Sale, one-new Breywan Tile Machine, nearly-new. Very cheap. 51tf AdamslCounta Bank Goto Ed Johnson’s and get a quart, of sweet corn for live cents. Vegetableplants such as cabbage, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, etc. While there he will show you the freshest and best garden seeds on tbe market. His “are all home grow.'. ■ Sei d potatoes, the genuine early losi , j the bell rose. He has the famou* > Banner potato, which lie guaiaulet s ’t ' exeell all others in yield and qualiu -j Last v ear he raised over a bushel from ! pne potato. lull ; For.Mile A good farm ot su u-r s. well improved, good house, good barn. ati4 t Ihmoiighly underdrained. —U orchard, eldse to . school, church and 1 ; he "post oliiee; two good wells of water x .u;.cilice. sw.

DEFENSE HAS ENDED Some of Its Witnesses Are Thought to Have Hurt Jackson.' THREE WITNESSES SENT TO JAIL. Melodramatic Scene* In tbe Newport Courthoiixe Yesterday—< olonel NMnon , Wind* l.'p Some of the l*er*on* on the Stand —No Slock Taken In Trinity’* Story. Newport, Ky., May 6. —In 35 minutes ] after tim noon recess the deLmse yrs- | I terday rested, just .two weeks having ; I been spent ih examining witnesses, j I Twelve personal witness's and eight i deposit ions were heard yesterday I The forenoon testimony was nionot- ; onions, that of the afternoon was melo-' I dramatic. At tiines judge nnrj-.]ury had ' .to exert their -elf, control. to avoid | laughter. The pr> t.I ion will now be eng:'.sred in rebuttal. It will not I-' I surprising if one or two < as s of p'-rjury should develop. ' — I (ircaeim'* I a idee"<•. Th'- first H I.- - ■ -■. I -.. L I’<>rt - ' mt;y«'r'. Ilesaid: "1 know ll >f-ii’.viirtz. I rAk rib r 1.t.:; talkin'- Wilt, n,.'- Bro .tlte stury t-iiarJolm F"-.m had ' -Id -I'.m. ■ ’ I did not say to Him that it "- <* - 1 ae j ’lh ii 1 hi'sc part ie# c-auie ‘be .". e : they did "Trot emije into my .-t’oi'e.- 1 did no! say that l hev did ■ * /<ane in ' <• mv i J'.,: 1 ’■ :-l U,: 'a'"::. ’ TiiC next wirni" yv.-r- Job., i ■ “I ' de. iot know-JIiTl <t: •li v.. i . I-''. :rer reporter. Ido not fefi -ml* i 'a’kin.. ;o , Mr. Soil war:;: ab-uit tt'.- tah r*. 1 (lid not de- ':’!!'(• the two ::./Ii io .iim. ('e!o. >•! ’■■ ■■ .a: -’' ed 1 Votl hi •• >1”i seribt-l those t' *o uteti and'ii.ive tori the ■ trut hl • “No. sir.” . •„ C '!< nei Crawford —It . voir know Mr. 1 Schwartz. Sta-ml- up. .Mr. Schwartz, a:.d ' let t lie witm-ss see yon. I Schwartz stood up. I, ; Witness -Or. ve-: I know him. C(>hmvl t’raor. id--’:’h .!I. I Herberr S "i.W".rtz t hen ■ the stand, iHe said: "i had a talk with John Forti meyer. 1 raided with him one Sunday” 1 sot fie 'weeks after the finding of the body, i 1 did say to Fortmeyig- : hat it w s strange tlujt sucl. persons going to Ihe terry, h'd ! not stepped in his store, i’ortmexyr fold ; line tlmi he did not retm-mber whether these people had come into his store on .-Monday night.” \ I-"Fortnn-yer said: 'Yon know, the more j I I think hboitt it the more I think those ; people were in Believin'.’ " Depositions of Several People. ; Colbmd Ne<so.u introdtr-ed sevi-rd depoi sitions and read them. ’I he lirstoite read i I was from Curtis K, Hughes oi Griqm-. ■ castle, which .'aid: • "I know’ S.oti Jackson'. I know his general repei ation among bi* -nvigh’bin-s. it w.a '• good as tar as.l ever Ih--ard. " W iliam Gardener, in a deposition, said: ' "1 oi ." 1 years otd. I know Will Wood, son of Ib-v. D. M. W. od. I h.'.v • known him every since 1 have !iven in Greeiivast I don't kiioo where he b s now. 1 know ' hts repute tUn for morality: It is not good. | II is reputation for truth mid veracity is bad . 4 i James L. Baldoek. in his deposition. ' f said:. "‘1 am 21 1 live in Green- : ' castle. -1 kllow Will Wood. I ’nave known ; : him two year.-. 1 know hi.-, reputation I for morality, it is 1 .cl. His reputation] I for truth is bad.’’ , I Deposition of P. S Baker: "1 live in | Greencastle. lam a professor in DePauw j University. 1 have known Will Wood a number .of years. Ido not know ' he has lived here. I know his reputation, j It is very bad. His reputation for truth and veracity is very bad." Deposition of M. Ricketts: "I am an optician. I know Will Wood. Have known ; him three years. ' 1 kiiow his reputation. ■ It is bad. His reputation for truth is very : bad.” - •] Deposition of Tom MeKwing: "I am'42 I years old. I live in Cincinnati. 1 know i Allen .FoJinsoti, colored. I know his reputation for morality. It is bad." Jackson’s Indiana College Record. The next deposition was that of Dr. George E.-Hunt of Indianapolis. In it he said: "I am secretary of tlie Ifidfana Dental college. I know Scott Jackson. 1 knew him in the Indiana Dental college from October. 1894. io April. 1895. His reputation was good while he was in college. 1 never heard puything bad about him." Dr. J. N. Hurty’s deposition was then read: "I live in 'lndianapolis. I am 44 l years oh] I ain an analytical chemist. I lam a director of the Ilidiana Den-,il col- j lege. 1 Know Scott -laek-oii He was in mv classes and .recited to me. I ne'er ! heat I afl;.'rhiiig >aid ag.tit.st him. His i ivpHltrtiihi was good." ; I Frank Brinkmmi w as.l i:eu eaHi'd and he testified as billow.--: "I am waiciimau. on ! Hie Central bridge. 1 am ii.glit watch- ! ' man. Igo on duty at 5o i ;ocx at nig t i tmd st.ix (ill daylight, (hi t n.c lie.at of I Friday, Jan-31- 1 "as a. tlie 'midge; 1 ■ I was not i ll the bridge at ail. . i '[ii'iit my 1 i time between the tA> o t-eket oiiices. I saw ; | no ci'itve) am. e come ox er the b.-with i a colored driver. I’here "(■;.■ o.iiv three I couvevances cattle. ,ov r Iro n I m-inii-iu j ali night. ‘ From 3 c.cluck on 1 was ar - ticket oilice on this end. l.y'ii ppsit'il'j?’ t hat- no one came J li-totigli & u bout payin . There I-plenty of light tb r< . ami it fun one had collie J. ijltlstijiave . seen 4 iiem. I ami the tn ilector 6 ere t here trrifiQfp o cluck, then the .d.'iv men ea-n»e om'" dn response to J Huge Helm the witness said: i "- know your carriage. lam pretty sure that your carriage did not go across that night.” Colonel Nelson—A\ ill you swear that only three carriages passed you from t incinnati that night: \\ itness —Weil, 1 think so. . - Colonel Nelson —Are yoit sure that no one .ever gets by without paying:-. W itness —Ob, they have done it. Cohmel Nelscui —That’s all. Crawford Causes a Long Watt. Then came a long wait, Wltile Colonel , Crawford consulted with his witnesses. The next witness called was Frank Branuon.- He said: "1 ajn 37 years old. 1 live in Dayton. 1 used to work for Frank Lawrence in Cincinnati. I worked forhim in January. 1 quit workaboit-t twomonths ago, 1 was working thereon Friday, Jan. 81. I know Scott Jackson. 1 know he bad his beard Kha veil oil hi Friday, bred i .Albion, iny roommate, shaved iiim. Albina j joi.cil with him so much that Jackson cou- ' seiiteil to haw it shaved. It "<js the (l.ix; 1 teiure t lie boiiy.w.is Toii.ml.’ Colonel Nelson Ne-u . 1 w ' K-e tip ad ] tell us " hat is your room .mH c * name. | Witness Fred—Fred A ibi rm ’ '’Colonel Nelson —Alberti". Ihov .do. you I Spell it? ° . 1 W itne.-s -1 don'i*know as 1 ( are to spell it. Continuing, the witness said: “1 often saw Jackson ami AI bion ti'get her. -Wtill-. ■ ing used to oe wit ii t rn'm. ’t-'n' 1 - rot kn '. v Jolm Seward. 1-remember Friday. Jam 31, because the next morning my roomjnate. Fred Albion, said to me: ’ I’hey may ‘ suspect ine oi Jitiving something to do '' '

with it.’ I told him thei" ■.av no dungur; that 1 Knew where he ix is tijat icglm 1 did not know at that tin - that one of 1 J ’curl Bryan'-, valises w its • 'itrl in A H(ioi; ■ ’ w.ishstaiid. 1 knew' it was i' ( ';m| (he i arrest.” Colonel Nelson —I'll ask I >u to look at that valise, and see if th. 1 is tne-.arne as in Albion's " i- stand. Wilm s* That looks Ido a-. Defense Drawing to an End. In response to question- . fudge Hi-lm the wit lie-s said that. A Hi,' ■ . aml Wa ifiiig were in their room at 6 oh.in k letter. They Went out to mill a let tvr a little after 9 Albion calm' hu k. Walling was not seen by tile witness again that night. Colonel Crawford then said: "May it please your honor there i- ot(ly one other witness 1 expect to hltrodm e for thefiefense. I think I have read all the depositions, that 1 desire to remh 1 -ent otit for that witness yesterday, and v#jeh to say that 1 think I can get thro -gh in an hour after lunch time. I think that will close t.he'case for the defense. If we adjourn now I think I can get the xvitness for this afternoon.”* i Colonel Nelson—Very well. I only want, i to siigcest that. I want Mis- Ito-.,-McN'eviu . again. f 'ilom-l Crawford —She I; — in’ another s'.i: I li.ixe no lim - Il tlie r iHHGTonxveaTtri wan - her they will have to at tend to it. Trusty Recalled by I’,’HcciUion. The prosecution in the aftm-noon' did ( not bring John. Seward, '. < re tix -, I i,:to court to ma 1-tis ex.- o-.l e nt’i--.- j sio I ,tiv. 'ti’.ng th'-'J-t' of William H. Trits.and ciuudiingli h m s":ear to ! it. Tin ',' laid tire found on_, im-wi-yor, ! for it by rismlliagpTrusl ■ .nm '’itciti: g j from liim a denial,that W ’rnim Truly, . Sr., ttml S.-vy. it'd, are ore ;. . - m-ii.w. , I ciy theJr !><•: .'Ltions. sYfti r Tru.sty the dm’ - liresented : Edward .Mosley, jane's S l .. r ir ~g- Jolrn Lee, nil members of ■ Caldwell I Gt’aro.s,. of which Ge or;; bl. Jackson I is eapt.tin. ' All had mad d no-iri, 'iis j that (r. orge H. Jack.'- m the coiori'dc e.:b-driver Tvas. front 11 (/'-look Friday ■ niglit, Jan, 31. until . 2 a, m. ! ■ u. 1, "ti- i 1 gaged in eourtnmrfial a d could int., have driven .the. cab to i’/ scene of ‘ muriL r. (Jn the stand y st- rday ti'.ex' ‘ ail swore the drill of the guards was ott I I Friday night and the court martial on | Wednesday night. -Timii' squirmitigj' ’ on the stand was very They w.ei'i'all t!:i'’'e bound ins.’.'" 11 h. to re . nmiifca..». w.it.tiesses and k.>r night they 1-dged in Newport jail. All three denied signing their depositions. This quits the. defense to th.' trouble of breuking down the credibility of three witnesses vvliieh it was the lii'M ’to inti'o- ( dace. l’vi<lvnce In I’ebnilal. William Beasley of ti-e Caldwell ! guards also Contradicted a deposition which Tie aonfitted he signed forth" defense, Ho said the deposition xvas uni true and That it was nor i ad to him. Engine Hart and William Rbbinsott. menib' rs of the Caldwell guards who liad made no deposition, t -tlll’-d that i th." drill ended at luidi.ight Friday :i. fit; Jan. 317 in time fb : its cap- ] t:fili. Gt'urge. H. .hi'iNili. st make Hint murder, us. cab drive xvith. Mailing, ■gjac .son ami. Rearl Brya.'.. timt he has describ d xvitli such derail. Alb'U -lolHisun. colored, denied there-, ; cent testma ny of •Attorney AndreAvs of ' Hami'rro-n. .that Johnson reminded him when they met at Wailingthrd’s of i having defemled hint in Hamilton tvhTi indicted- for urizetigHting with Sullivan. ■ John L. Jones, a colored instructor of 1 boxing from Toledo, testified that lie, '■ and not Allen Johnson, was the colored ! man indieted for prizefighting in Ham- : ilton. ■ John Seward, alias Svard. and William R. Trusty, alias Truste. are explosive material yet ’to be roach'd off. Both are under bond 'and under detective I shadowing. William McCarty of Kings-. ■ ville, Casey county, Ky., gave testtj mony-extremely damaging to Seward’s ' and Trusty’s character. The examination of the colored soldiers of.the Caldwell' guards was- a comedy. If the court had not enforced quiet the nxmi would have been in an uproar of laughter. especially when the three members that slept io the Newport jail-last night were examined Ont* important bit of late testimony was that of William D. Collins, bartender at Theobald's saloon on Fifth street. Collins says Scott .I.mk<on (-ami' to his saloon at 7 a. m.. Feb. 1. the morning of rhe murder, and paid back Si-that he borrowed on rhe preceding i Wednesday. This conffiets with JaekI son's own story ami tliat of others. .' lieccptiou 1 or Coiuiiiniiiler Durbin, p Amh’.ksox. Ind., May H.--Anderson j ( onihiaiiderx'. Knights ’Te:• plat.', has ' de'-'oed on May .21 for a gram! rec ;>f.'-n '. ; to Winfield T. Durbin, xx iio was recet .y ] elected grata! comniaiider. H ""il be.a j I suite afmi:' a mt’ many Vcmni 'Mere's are* I, | expected. - ! I . . . . —a—-■ Fine Horst* I3u; nF.d. ; Wxuasii, u:d.. May : 0 h::"n of | John Paul of- Lincolnville xvas totally j destroyed by git iueptidiary tire vaster-' day. The line Clevelaild bay stallion Fo’iu.h's Pride was ert tuah'd. Loss, 0(10: itisttrance,’ SBOO, Air*. Davies Gets B*l,ooo I or injuries. Peru. Ind.. May 6.—The a io.Wo damage suit brought against the city of Peru and G. G. Manning, trustee of the FirstBaptist church, by Mrs. F. L. Davies, who fell into a ditch alfiugsyle the church in Ocffiber, 1894. and' sustained a sprained ankle, has been compromised, the trustees allowing her t*l.('(M). Time of ( losing’ Changed. Ft.wood. Ind., May 6..— May 29 'has been designated as the date for the xx imUi'vglass factories to close, but few xvill run the allotted time. At the last meeting most of the factories decided to close May'l6, a> it is useless to dpera’te longer xvb.ile trade is so dull and stocks are so large. In the Clutches of Vncle Sam. ' Hun'x.o-xu. Ind , May 6.—Michael Bolan of Newcastle was brought before Comniissß'iier -Binkley of this, city i’’ai'/.ec with operating a retail " liquor s. Io- a! \\ ithout government license. He I e.i'o tcu a plea of Hut ~guilty.. He wits I tnkcii to Indianapolis to await grand I jury action. " . ■ i AVai on I i-.li Spinors mid DA Emitter*. Washington, tnd.-, Mnv fi.— The sher*, j iff > ,ag x\ hoh'sale al'ti sts ■' I '-t-i Lu*hernial(_illllns couinyAch'd have v'o- 1 ' i [4uli*4 ;lu' law . ugginst (fx efir/t :'iid| ' .'■(' nti’g ti'-h. Th" streain- : a It'- - u I ' ;!"■* (' -u'ity hax e been runted tor angling . ’Sc<. s’ ' *— — - -w. «. *» — n '

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Schedule In eflect Feb., 9, 18S6 Trains Lea ve Decatur as Follows TRAINS WEST. No. 5. Vestibule Limited, daily for i p M Chicago p---> r. m No. 3, Pacific Express, dally for i , Chicago f No. I. Express, daily except Sun- f 15:1'1 P. M day for Cbi'.ago. f No. 31. Local-daily, except Sun-1 jy. ;i5 A y .. day - b 1 TRAINS EAST. No.’B, Vestibule Limited", daily for ( S p .. New York jmd Boston [ ’ ’ I No. 2, Express, daily except Sun- i p u I day for New York •>’ " P ’ M No. 12. Express, daily for New • ... York , f 1 ' ' A ' No. 30. Local, daily except Sun.', ’ lav ,-iO:,:-'. A.St. Through coaches and sleeping cars to New Yprk and Boston, Trains. lat d 2 stop at al stations on t,hc C. ,x E. division. Train No. 12 carries through sleeping cars to Columbus. Cirelevill, Chillicatb.e xv.averly Portsmouth. Irontor. and Kenova, via Coium bus Hocking Valley X Toledo and Norfolk Jt Western Lines. J. w. DeLong, Agent. W. G, Mac Edwards T P A. Huntington. Grand Ranids & Indiana Railroad. Took effect April 6. 1886. GOING NORTH. STATIONS. No. 1 No. 3 No. 5 I No, 7 Cincinnati..lve . ... : 8 Ufiam * 30pm' Richmond 3 30pm 1100.. .11 25 Winchester.... 434 .. ’l2 00 .. ,12 20am’ Port land 5 17 ° il2 42pm; 12 51 .. Decatur 612 .. '145 .. 137 .. , Ft.Wayne...arr 655 .. :235 .. 210 .. " " .. .Ive ........ ■ 2 55pm 2 20,. 1815 am Kendallville 4 00 .. I 3 14 .. ' 926 .. Rome City 416 .. ■326 .. 945 .. Wolcottville 4 21.. 9 51.. Valentine 4 33 .. 10 02 .. LaGrange 442 .. 348 .. 10 11 .. Lima : 4 54 ~ .... 10 24 .. Sturgis 1506 .. 406 .. |lO 40.. Vicksburg I 56.. 4 52..; 11 32.. Kalamazoo, arr j 620 . 515 . 12 IH) . •■8 ..Ire 6 43.. 5 20. 1210 pm Gr. Rapids., arr.... ... 1 8 2a.. 1 710 am j 2 00.. " “ . .Ive; 5 25pm: ...... ; 7 35... >2lO .. 0., G.H. A M.er 5 41' . 750 ;225 .. Howard City... o -l" '• 0” 331. Big Rapids .... 7 27- “42 .. ' 412 .. . Kevil Uity. ... sei. h<21!... 4 50.. Cadii.ae art ‘4 25 1120.. ; .. . .Iv.. ..” . . It 25 .. 610 .. r~«verse City 129 pm 7 53".. " Kalkaskal < 115 ... 735 .. • v ’etoskeJ. ......... 1;; . '.'fO.. Vifu-kinae Cite v'-’u.. 10 35... GOING SOUTH. , .... __K— - - —— - STATIONS- No. 2 No. 6 Nc. 4 No. a ' ..S— — —.— — — Haekinaet'ity si’vpm - Ainu Daily ' Petoskey ■ ■ 'le '0 • •’ •' ' K;.!l;as:;a 12.55 am 11 40 Traverse- .’.... HR’ Cadillac. .alrr 2 1.15 pm . . ive 35 . 136 . ... .. 7 am Reed City. - - - 245 850 .. Howard City. no fTt.>;. .D..G H.X.'l.er i. 30 . 5 00. J l -’".- Gr. Rapids .arr 0 45. 51> 11 Jo.. ..Ive 725 am 700.. . 200pm Kalamazoo.arr-. 9-20.. >sp 345 . .. Ive; 9 25".. '55 350 .. Vicksburg i 949 .. 922 .. • 4 " Sturgis to 40 .. It' 12 a t'6 .. Lima Iv 54 .. .i" 24 .. ; dll •• LaGrange... .'IO7 .: 'H ■ ■ ....... n-29 -. , Valentine til.'. 10 44 . XX Olcott ville... 1130.- 10 54. No. 4 ? Rome City.... 1136 10 59 .. jex cp't 5;>1.. Ketidallville... 1150 .. ‘«16.. (Suud’y J>o9.. Et. XVavne..arr 12V> .. a2ti..‘. ,15.. " “ ..Ive 115 pm ■oeaim 545 am Decatur 159 .. 116 ;6 30 Portland 300.. '.'lsam . ->0 Winchester.... 3 44.. 2 58... . 8 09.. . — Richmond 1445.. [ 4 00.. I 915 pm: Cincinnati J 725... 715 .. il2Ol . : • Trains 2 and 4 run daily Grand Rapids and Cincinnati. . ’ .: - C. L. LOCKWOOD, Gen. Pass. Agent JEFF. BRYSON Agent, D«eatur Ind < LOVER LEAF TI.VIE. ■r XV ESTBOI'NII. No. 1 -1 PN 0.5... .8:33 p. tn. No. 23. local freight 9:40 a. m. O ' E XSTHI'I'M'. ■ - . :G~ No.»8 12:I."> p. m, No.fi * • .>,.>(> a. m, . N,>.4.'.' 7:08.p. 111. : No. local freight ;1 '>'’ PNo. '■ tpaki's (tit'et eomieetioti with the j 1 I . ,v W- at K-Fomo i"t linlmtmpolis get-. I :ii|eii:te t’.'e city at 10-110 ar mr-tNu. 1 leav- ' ing hi'Te at 1:30 g. ui< is direct todmljan- - apcilis, a:'.pving ill p. nc .G"h!- by No. ■■ 1 y du-cau ret'tH'ii home at 7:3 p. m. I’hiS is lie me>t direct route (d the state capitol. - • --~r ' • .. •' ' /■ ' u.. - , ’ - > «