Second Day- Morning Session. MR. George E. Krouse sworn.

Direct Examination

By Mr. Matlack:

State your residence and business, Mr. Krouse.

A. I live at 474 North Street, and am a wholesale wine and liquor merchant at No. 319 Division Street.

Mr. Kerr: Did we receive the name of this witness in the list that was given us?

Mr. Matlack: Yes, sir; I think so.

Mr. Kerr: I think not.

Mr. Matlack: I understand so. I think the name is there, though I am not sure.

The Court: On what line is he to testify?

Mr. Matlack: On identification.

The Court: Then, I will let him testify.

Mr. Kerr: We have no objection if it is on that line. Mr. Matlack:

Q. Did you know Charles Hill in his lifetime?

A. I did.

Q. For how many years did you know him?

A. For about five years.

Q. Intimately, or otherwise?

A. Very intimately.

Q. In what connection did you know him?

Mr. Kerr [interrupting]: I object. It is not material.

Mr. Matlack: Did you know him in a business way, or socially, or how?

A. Socially; in society.

Q. How often did you see him during that time?

A. Very often; a couple times a week in society and meetings.

Q. Did you see him elsewhere?

A. Yes, sir; entertainments, and one thing and another. We were intimate friends.

Q. In the month of May, of this year, did you see the body of a dead man in the city morgue?

A. I did.

Q. Do you remember the day of the month?

A. No, sir; it was the day after the body was found.

Q. What time of the day?

A. Just previous to the post-mortem examination. It was in the morning.

Q. Were you alone?

A. No; there were five or six of us together.

Q. Who?

A. James Smith, Doctor Forrest, and several of the other doctors; and I think you, Mr. State's Attorney, came at the same time.

Q. Did you see more than one body?

A. No, sir; that was all.

Q. In what condition was that body?

A. The body was in a condition that as soon as I looked at it I recognized it to be Mr. Charles Hill.

Q. Did you observe any peculiarities that attracted your attention?

A. The shape of his forehead and general features and general appearance, because I was so frequently with the man and knew him so well that I identified him as soon as I looked upon him.

Q. That is all.

Cross Examination

By Mr. Kerr:

Q. How much hair was there on his head?

A. Very little.

Q. Indicate to the jury in some way how much.

A. I can not tell.

Q. What part of the head was covered with hair?

A. Part of the forehead, I think; but I didn't take much notice.

Q. Generally, the head was stripped of hair, was it not?

A. Pretty much.

Q. You didn't notice whether there was any or not?

A. Yes; you could see a few hairs remaining.

Q. How about the mustache?

A. There was a little part of it on one side yet.

Q. How about the eyes?

A. You could identify the eyes.

Q. Could you see the color of his eyes-were the eyes open?

A. I could not tell that now.

Q. Did you identify the color of his eyes?

A. No; I did not.

Q. How about the ears?

A. I don't know, as I didn't much notice his ears.

Q. How about the neck?

A. By his general appearance I recognized the body, as I said before.

Q. What was the condition of the neck, please?

A. Pretty sloped down, and pretty well used up, the same as the body.

Q. You looked at the body closely?

A. I did; I walked around it.

Q. You looked at it very closely?

A. Yes, sir.

Q. You base your testimony on that kind of a view?

A. Yes, sir.

Q. That is all.

Frank Watts, being duly sworn, testified as follows:

Direct Examination

By Mr. Matlack:

Q. What is your name?

A. Frank Watts.

Q. Where do you live?

A. At present I live at 237 Park Street.

Q. Where did you live before you moved to your present residence?

A. No. 47b North Street.

Q. On which side of North Street was that place?

A. On the east side.

Q. Did you know Charles Hill in his lifetime?

A. Yes; intimately.

Q. For how many years?

A. Between ten and eleven years.

Q. Where did you know him?

A. He was a member of my family during that entire time.

Q. In what place?

A. In St. Louis, and afterward here.

Q. You may state whether or not he was a member of your family in the month of May of the present year.

A. He was.

Q. State whether or not in that month you saw the body of a dead man in the city morgue.

A. I did.

Q. When?

A. Between seven and eight o'clock on the 22d of May.

Q. Do you remember the day of the week?

A. On Wednesday.

Q. Who was present when you saw that body?

A. James Smith, Dr. Forrest, I think, and a number of others, among them John Hill, Charles Hill's brother.

Q. State whether or not you recognized that body.