The trial of John Cookman, being tried for killing John McBride near Dresden on May 21, 1901, continued with the cross examination of John Jackson by Cookman’s attorney Shain, who asked Jackson if he had taken been interested in the case and had helped hire attorneys Sangree and Lamm to assist the prosecutors.
I like to tell a Sea Story every once in a while just so I don’t forget how to do it.
Yesterday, I drove past a house a few doors down from ours and noticed that new neighbors had just moved in. For the past several months of renovation, that house has been a blur of contractors, carpenters, and tile deliveries. But yesterday, I spotted the king of the renovated castle — a small bulldog sitting a few feet outside the new front door, surveying his freshly mowed empire.