Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1890-06-13
TERMS, So 90.

Mr.. Lynch is receiving congratu-
lat;ons this morning from his many
friends, who rejoice that his inno-
cence is at last clearly proven. Af-
ter the jury was out but a short
time they returned verdict Of mot
guilty" 1t is evident that some
body perjured themselves and per-
haps was drunk at the time,' but
that is no reason why he should be
paid a reward of $50 in advance for
doing so. The cost to Mr.. Lynch
is about SIS, and who is to reim-
burse him for this useless outlay?
Perhaps the ''persecuting attorney"
who brought the suit will divide.
COLUMBIA, June 10.-The air this
morning is full Of vague whispering
concerning the case of DR.. Evans
on trial. Allseemed to expect sen-
sation of some sort, about which
there were a dozen stories. The
court room was filled some time be-
fore the hour Of opening at 8 a. nl.
Wien the first witness, Mr. Miller
Williams, was called there was evil
dent disappointment among the
spectators. He testified that he was
employed as night clerk at the Ken
nard hotel during July 1890; that
he was on duty during the night Of
July 18th; that he heard no distur-
bance and did not know that any
one was sick until 3 a. NJ. when Ed.
j. Chalfant came down stairs and
wanted him to go after Dr.. McNutt.
Witness did not go and did not
know whether Chalfant went or not.
He did not enter room 3S, where the
sickness was said to be that night.
When the next witness was called
there was bu III of excitement for
it seemed to coroborate the various
stories afloat. The witness proved
to be Ed. ]. Chalfant who had been
implicated with the accused. It
was known that he was under in
dictment and had been confined in
prison for nearly a year. 1t was a
surprise to many to see him now on
the stand as a witness for the pros
ecution. The witness was not so
much moved as the spectators SEEM
ed to be. He gave his testimony
in straightforward, confident man
ner substantially as follows: That on
or about the 5th of July, 1889, he
called upon DR.. Evans, the accused,
and stated that he, Chalfant, was
in trouble with girl named Lottie
Williams and requested the doctor +.
to perform an abortion upon her;
that he, Chalfant made a bargain
with the doctor to perform the oper-
alton for $50; that the defendant
called at the house Of R. S. Williams
and that the defendant was alone,
with Lottie Williams for about half
an hour; that after the girl was.
taken to the Kennard house on
Friday, July 70, the doctor came to
her room and performed an oper-
alton of some description upon her
in the presence Of the witness; that.
on Sunday night, July Is, witness
saw the defendant and told him that
he did not like tine way things were
going and that the defendant must
go to her room and stay there until
there was change; that defendant
asked the witness to procure some
brandy, which he did; that witness
became very much alarmed and went
down stairs and asked Williams. the
night clerk, to go after DR.. McNutt,
but that Williams did not know
where DIR. McNutt lived, so the wit
ness went himself and called the
doctor, also Wilbur Chalfant, wit
ness's brother; that both in going
and returning he went upon the run
and that upon his return to room 3s