June 15, 1916
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At the preliminary examination of Dave Cline which opened Thursday morning, a large number of witnesses were summoned in addition to those appearing before the coroners jury on May 9th.
Perhaps the testimony of Geo. Moore, given just before an adjournment Thursday evening, clinched more firmly the fact of Cline’s having Mary Glass in the Cline auto on the evening of her disappearance, and after she had left the Abe Cline home, March 24th. Moore was at the Ross Howard store, corner East Eighth and Sunflower streets, when Cline in the Buick car passed, and as he turned north on Sunflower, Moore waved his hand at Cline. On his way home, following the Cline car, witness testified that as he passed the old Cline farm on the north side of the river he noticed the tracks of an automobile where it had turned off of the main highway into a road leading to the barn on the Cline farm, where he saw a car, one that looked like Cline’s standing in the roadway between the barn and the river. On cross examination he testified that after reading in the newspapers about the Glass girl’s disappearance he told his wife about seeing Cline on that evening and explained the circumstances to her. After the body was found in the river he mentioned the matter to Jasper Swan and A.B. Carpenter, two of his neighbors. The prosecution attempted to bring out the nature of the conversation he had with Carpenter and Swan, but an objection by the attorneys for the defense was made.
Ross Howard, at Friday morning’s session corroborated Moore’s testimony as to seeing the car and Moore wave his hand but did not notice who was in the car.
Floyd Ford testified that he met a Buick car like Cline’s, on the cinder road near the smelter. It was coming toward town; was between 5:30 and 6 o’clock; saw colored girl in rear seat. Council for the defense on cross examination questioned Ford’s ability to determine whether the girl was colored or not. He decided the girl was “black anyhow” and left the technical part of color, perhaps to those who are better versed in such delicate differances.
Dave McDonald was in the buggy with Floyd when they met the car, and said a white man was at the steering wheel. A colored girl was also in the rear seat. He had seen the same car a couple of hours before and one of the Cline boys was driving it. Both witnesses testified that John Austin, a negro farm hand employed on the Cline place, and a brother-in-law of the murdered girl, visited them several times and questioned them as to seeing the automobile.
Arthur Davis testified to having seen Dave Cline on the afternoon of the day of the Glass girl’s disappearance between 5 and 6 o’clock. He was going towards home. Later he saw him in the car driving toward the city. He did not see any one with him. Witness stated that Austin called on him that night and discussed the disappearance of Mary. Harold Davis testified to seeing the Buick car on its way to town that evening. It was about 6 o’clock, and the wind shield was up and the curtains drawn. He could not recognize anyone in the car. he was with his father at the time.
After Davis’ testimony was finished, the attorneys for the state conferred a short time and decided to rest the case.
The defense said they would offer no testimony, and if the state wished to have the defendant bound over to court, they wished to know on what grounds.
Attorney Neal for the state, then made a short talk to the court asking that in all fairness to the community and to the defendant himself, he be bound over to the district court.
Mr. Welch, for the defense, asked that Cline be released.
Cline was bound over on a $10,000 bond.