144 Page – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document

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112 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.

I would like to know if he suffered after he was shot. The prisoner replied, hanging his head, "He did not." Several days after this, I again saw the prisoner in jail; I told him that Mr. Gordon was a particular friend of mine and a co-laborer on the railroad, and I wanted to know if he suffered any after he was shot. He replied, "I can assure you, sir, he did not."

Martin McMahon states that in January 1856, he was boarding at Christian Way's tavern in St. Charles. About dark on the 25th of January, the prisoner and Bruff came to the tavern and remained until the next morning. They had three horses. The next morning, after breakfast, they started in the direction of St. Louis. The prisoner was riding a chestnut sorrel horse; after he mounted his horse, a black boy belonging to Mr. Wentz went up to him and asked if he had bought that horse from Mr. Gordon. The prisoner replied, "No;" that it was a horse he had brought down the country.

You will recollect, gentlemen, that this is the black boy who went up the line of the road with Walker, Gordon, Wentz, and others on the 14th of January and had charge of their horses.

Hartwell Richards states that in January 1856, he kept a house of entertainment on Broadway in St. Louis. Between 11 and 12 o'clock in the morning of the 26th of January, the prisoner and Bruff came to his house, remained all night, and left the next morning between 10 and 11 o'clock, stating that they intended to cross the river into Illinois. They had three horses with them: two bays and a chestnut sorrel. The sorrel horse had a knot under his jaw. The prisoner called himself John Ross, and Bruff went by the name of Charles Strong. It is about 18 miles from my house to St. Charles. I recognize the prisoner as the one who called himself John Ross; I have seen Bruff since this trial commenced, have conversed with him, and recognize him as the man who called himself Charles Strong.

Mr. Gould states that in February 1856, he and his father kept a tavern in Vincennes, Ind., about 150 miles from St. Louis. On or about the 2nd of February, the prisoner and Bruff came and put up at their house. The prisoner remained...