Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-08-11
EXAMINATION OF STONEMAN.
The Girl Tells a Straight StOry-The
Accused Bound Over
Bail $4,000.

tice Goodell's court to undergo pre-
liminary examination on Il charge
of rape, as already recorded in the
JOURNAL of Saturday, District At
torney Bingham appearing for the
state and Geo. II. Burnett defend
lug. By request of the attorneys all
persons except officers, counsel. wit.
uesses aad press reporters were TX.
cluded from the room.
The accused appeared to be com.
posed, but very quiet and not at ali
very comfortable. The first wit.
uess was DIR. J. n. Smith,
who had by request of the justice
and district attorney made a medi-
cal examination, and testified that
the physical conditions indicated
carnal relationship which might
nave been of prolracted existence,
though he could not swear positiv-
Ely that such was the cause of the
conditions.
The girl, Belle Oswalt, and hel
little sister Elsie, were brought into
court accompanied by the two ladies
in whose charge tEey have been
since Saturday. Belle will be 13
years old the 18th of next October and
elsie is six. Belle did not want to
De sworn, but after little advice
from The court and the ladies she
vent through all right, in fact be-
coming quite cheerful after a little,
and told a straightforward story,
She has falr, open face, large eyes
md could be made by proper train
ng good, intelligent girl. What
ever of depravity in her nature is the
result of bad surroundings, probably
gnorant, careless parents, who de-
voted little attention to the proper
teaching of their children. She
Swore to the same facts recited in
saturdays JOURNAL, which are not
necessary to repeat here. The cross
examination failed to vary her tale
of shame, except wherein she ad
mitted to having made no resistance
aud to having consented willingly to
the outrage.
Her first movement in court, after
she recovered composure, was to place
ON the table in front of Stoneman
heavy plain gold ring, which she af-
terward testified was his and she
wanted him to take. She says she
has known him six years; that he
lived in their family in Freeport,
Illinois, and he occupied the same
room upstairs that she and other
children slept in. His first
criminal relation with her was
fully year ago while her mother
was living, but she told nobody.
Her father and her grandparents
knew of and consented to her COM
ing to Oregon with Stoneman.
These are the only witnesses intro.
duced by the state.
The defense introduced q. |. Cad
well, a carpenter, in the same party
with whom Stoneman and the Os-
walt children came from Freeport.
Mr.. Caldwell made up crowd, who
chartered "A car for the trip, and Mr..
Stoneman joined them. He did
not know Stoneman before, but he
was highly spoken of by such men
as the sheriff there, merchants and
other public men. Mr.. Caldwell
said; They all considered him as
a gentleman; we found him so and
think him so yet. He treated the
children (Oswalts) as ] would treat
sisters and l saw ne undue familiar
ity between them"
\ brother-in-law of Mr.. Caldwell
and two other gentlemen testified
TO the same state of facts as Mr.. G.
and the defense rested its case.
Justice Goodell considered the evil
dence sufficient to bind him over to
await the action Cf the grand jary,
and placed his bonds at $500, which
he says he can procure. He intends
gag bis properly to secure the
bonds and says he will then so back
TO Illinois intending to bring on tes-
.imony which will eXonerate him.
He says he is entirely innocent, but
he did not go upon the witness
stand.
The girls We're taken in charge
again by the directors of the Or
Dhan's Home, where they will be
cared for until suitable mr.
can he made for their
'uture.
DANGEROUS CoNDITIoN.-Dr j. |