The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-09-01
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THE JAMES TRIAL.
The Defense Making Vigorous Eff
forts to Save the Prisoner.

st. Louis, 91.-Special from Gal
latin to the POSt-DiSpGtch: In
Frank James trial the defense con.
tinued their line of impeaching the
States witnesses. James S. Demas-
tiers, justice of the peace, testified
that at the coroner'5 inquest on the
body of. Wood Hite Mrs. Bolton
testified that she had not seen Frank
James for two years, and then at her
fathers house.
Colonel Phillips then rose and
stated that General Shelby desired
to make a statement to the Court.
When the General came in he
saluted the Court with courteous
bow and said: If anything that
l may have said or done yesterday
offended the dignity of the Court 1
regret it exceedingly. AS to the
other parties | have no regrets.
Judge Goodman replied: General
Shelby, your conduct yesterday in
appearing before the Court in an
unfit condition and showing an in
subordinate spirit, was reprehens
ible in the extreme, as it was not
only a defiance of the dignity of the
Court but calculated to prejudice
the interest OF the defendant.
You are man of national reputa-
ton and enjoy the respect and
confidence OF large number of the
people of Missouri. | can only say
that [ was much astonished at your
very reprehensible action of yester-
day, 1t is in testimony that you
have drawn a pistol right in the
verge of the court, which is in itself
contempt of Court.
General Shelby, (interrupting),
"That, sir, is false"
Court-The marshal of Licking
ton testified to it under oath.
General Shelby-Then he lied.
CourG-The Court is amply salts
fed with your apology to it, but your
attitude towards the attorney for
the state yesterday in answering in
a threatening and offensive manner
and your talk of calling them to a
personal account cannot be over
looked. The Court then fined Gen
eral Shelby $40, which he paid and
passed out of tie courtroom.
&C. Mason, Ananias Duval, W.
D. Rice and James Duval, all i'm
peached the testimony of the FOrds
and Bottoms. They testified that
they heard them say they had not
seen Frank James for years and
that he had gone south.
john T. Samuels, half brother
of frank James, testified in
May, 1881, that Jesse James,
with Dick Liddell, at his mothers
house, heard Jesse and Liddell both
say they had left Frank in Ken
lucky. There was a striking re-
The Juniata and Enterprise have
semblance between Wood Hite
and Frank James. In Au-
gust. 1881, Frank James
was at his house with his sister, wit
ness wife. He found him there on
his return from a trip to Texas,
and never saw him afterwards IN
til yesterday in jail. Witness was
rigidly oss-examined. He did not
make a good witness. Took recess.
Mrs. Susan Palmer, sister of Frank
James and wife of the preceding
witness, testified that in 1881 she
resided in Clay county; that her
brother spent three months of the
summer at her house. A rigid
cross-examinatiOn failed to shake
the witness testimony.
Mrs. Serella Samuels, mother of
the James boys, testified that she
had lived in Clay county, near
Kearney, for forty years. When
asked as to the date of Jesse's birth,
she showed much feeling and an
swered: IS Jesse was at my house in
May, 1881, accompanied by Dick
Liddell. l asked Jesse where Frank
was; he told me he had left him in
Kentucky in bad health. I
commenced crying, and said
Son, you know he is
dead and you might as well tell me.
He said: No, ne is alive and in
Kentucky; and then Dick Liddell
spoke up and said the same thing
| Jesse was in and out Iof the house
with Dick Liddell and the Hites
until after the Winston robbery
I U10 lpboU C1luC L ORM hAJ 0Oh Il AS~A1y
| bsfore I met him at independence,
was seven years ago this fall, when
Sheriff Brown can to my place and
shot at him." (Cross>examined.) She
said she did not see Frank during
the summer of 1881; thought him
dead. Witness recalled the depart-
ure of the wagon in August and ad-
mitted that She had furnished q
dress, bonnet and apron to the
outfit.
"Why did you do that?n asked
the prosecuting attorney (Wallace).
because they wanted to PASS one
of the gentlemen off for a lady 50
that you could not catch them" "
was the reply, given with much un-
concern.
Aftsr a recess Of Fifteen minutes
the defendant took the witness
stand. He showed not the least
i trepidation, but looked the july
squarely in the face and gave in 3
clear and 6iItinct voice his testi:
mony, which was substan>
tally as follows: am
defendant in this case; in the winter
| of 1876 [ went from Missouri te
| Nashville; in July, 1877, rented 8
farm 10 the White creek neighbor
hood in 1880 was logging for the
Indiana Lumber company; it wa:
bor5 rI,ork, nv health becomiRc