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Show SENSATION AT JACKSON Witness Ewcn Says He Was.Offercd Bribe for His Testimony. JACKSON. Ky., June 11. Capt. B. J. Ewen stated today to State Inspector Hlnes, who is Gov. Beckham's personal representative here, that he (Ewen) was offered J5000 to testify in the Jett case that he was excited immediately after the shooting and did not remember whether he saw Jett or not. For his better protection Capt. Ewen was oday taken to the military camp. Under the provost marshal the town is quiet, notwithstanding the excitement over the testimony of B. L. Ewen and Mrs. Mary Johnson, the sister of Mar- cum. The crowd at the courthouse was much larger today. The soldiers brought Jett and White from the jail and guarded them in court. Jett was as confident as ever and White was more despondent. White's mother Is with him and constantly begs him to tell the whole truth. Mrs. Sarah Hargls, daughter of the County Judge, was today to-day again seated beside the defendants. |