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EDWARD D. WORRELL. 111

they recognized me. Prisoner inquired about my family and
about the condition of the road. The body of Gordon was
found two and one-half miles east of my house.

I would here remark, gentlemen of the jury, that Gordon
was never aeen alive after he left Hutchinson's house.

Mr. Pace, the witness to whose testimony I have already
referred, saya that about five miles east of the place where
the body of Gordon was found, prisoner and Bruff overtook
and passed him. Gordon was not with them. Bruff waa lead-
ing 8 horse without a saddle, and prisoner was riding a chest-
nut sorrel Some four miles further east I passed them again;
they were in a grocery, and their horses were hitched to a
fenee close by. While watering my horses at a ereek near
Kenner’s, they again overtook and passed me, It was anowing
very hard, and prizoner remarked that ‘‘it was a very dis-
agreeable day.’? Witness recognized the prisoner as the man
who spoke to him, and Bruff as the man who was in company
with him, The testimony of Mr. Hervey corroborates Mr.
Pace’s.

Clay Taylor, another witness, met prisoner and Bruff about
noon of the 25th of January, on the Boonslick road, about
15 miles east of the place where the body was found. Wit-
ness had been'to St. Lonis and was returning in a buggy to
his farm in Warren County. Col. White was with him. Pris-
ner was riding a chestnut sorrel horse and Bruff a dark
brown and leading one of the same color. Col. White called
the attention of witness to Worrell’s horse by saying ‘That
is a damn fine poor man’s horse.’”’ I then noticed the horse
particularly; he was fine looking and carried himself well.
‘Witness further states: I went to the St. Louis jail on the
night prisoner was brought there, asked him if he recognized
me; he looked at me closely and remarked, ‘‘T think I do.’’
I then asked him to state where he had seen me before. He
replied, ‘I am not certain whether it was at Warren or on
the road this side.’’ I then asked him if he recollected meet-
ing three buggies on the day of the unfortunate occurrence.
He said he thought he did. Mr. Sturgeon was with me at
the jail and told prisoner that he was a friend of Gordon and

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