The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-09
VERY DIZZY ALIBL
uIleox Shows the Exciting
fime He Had on Labor Day.
r<yelEp IN MONEY AND WHISKY.
:. c,ssns to Have sss.s 80 Day Moro
interestingly Ihsa In Hurasr-
his Aiibl - De sassAsA.

- trial of William 4 Wilcox Tor the
.,sraer Of old Mrs. Fstting viii cad today.
w;eox has proven . good aiibi, sppar-
] ...sfx. and the strong chsin Of circumstau-
I ss-l evidencs which mads his cass look
-snast hopeless has been Weakened
~rrrfsy In many important links. The
zs6anse will submit tss case to the Jury
- after the court opens this morning.
sadly. Wilcox himself and the most Of
{ {. xitnesses havine testified. Before the
6 nv rstires to deliberate, though, the ssats
1 nj p!acs on the stand witnesses to testify
& ]. rebuttal and smash the atibi Wilcox
,rored yesterday TO smithereens.
wilcox stands q greater chance Of ae-
Sufttal nov than at any time during the
ssial. He has gone on the stand sud told
asesmingiy straight story of his doings on
fbs day Of the murder. saying that IL was
erent in Tacoma club room on Pacific
avenue. In this he has bsen coTrobcrated
y several witnesses who are appsrsntly
csdible and positive. and by others Who
- not 90 certain. He has sworn that he
svsns the evening at his lodging house,
thinking and playing cards. and in this .
aumber Of witnesses have corroboratsd
fim. bat not with desirable positiveness.
3 n hes sworn that he slept In his oun bed
al whole fatal night. The chambermaid,
uhoss testimony II undoubtedly true. says
hat the bed was indeed unused" BY an
occupant.
TIE bottle Of chlorofosm which has
pasysd an important part in the trial has
SOW rival. Wilcox has corroboratsd the
tstimony OF the barber and drug clerk,
,ot be has not only proven by good Wit
ress that the bottle and part Of its con-
ssss we're in his possession after tie other
bottle was found In the cabin. bat he has
also had brought into court its fragments.
fshsd out Of gulch in Tacoma, where he
ssys be threw the vial on September II,
md they are those Of . Washington
oysln bottle branded II. g. Co." All at
this evidence win have 70 be cisproved BE-
lors he can be convicted.
The prisoner Was brought in ct the
uyual hour OF opening court. looking hag-
md and sIeepless. When Judge Humes
called court to order the room. which was
ssready crowded, was quiet instantly. The
defense called a. it, first witness William
Gibsen. . Tacoma engineer who spends
considerable time at the Hunters Home
saloon. He corroboratsd the stories told
BY the other witnesses who saw Wilcox
display the money in the Hunters Home
sod Folsy's saloons and soy he had won
II gambling. G. H. Lawrence, "bouncer"
In the Green Tree gambling house. had
seen Wilcox playing roulette early in
September with good luck. Barney Levy,
~b>>I .x h.,
thought that Wilcox Vas in has place on
Labor day from 4 to 8 In the evening and
won about $i2a Albert Cohen. . gambler,
eorroborated him. Sam Ableson, ped
der and sport, did the same. The notori-
Gus Jumbo" Cantreil. Of Tacoma, saw
Wilcox at the cigar store Ut s O'Clock that
evening and borrowed Is cents Of him.
Max Lewis, . gambler IN . small way.
ecrroboratcd Jumbo. not very positively.
Nary Barry, pretty Irish girl, the dsugh-
~ Of Wilcox's landlady at the Boston
house, made Wilcox's bsd the morning
after the murder and said Il had been
amussed,n but didn't see Wilcox. William
Nofton, who lives at the Boston house,
az small bottle Of chloroform in VIII
COTS room before the murder. but could
nosswear IL was two-ounce washington
esaip The noon recess was then taken.
After recess Walter Rees was recalled to
testify that Charlie King had told him he
vas gong over 10 Seattle to help hang
Wilcox; Henry r. Irvine corroborated
him; Elya Foster, who has worked for
Tailor Salllnger. was called In rebuttal Of
his testimony. bat nothing came Of It:
Joe McBurnett was recalled and said that
H. - a.
hat; W. s. Fonda, song and dance artist
Rom Tacoms, swore with but little posi-
tveness that he '.rushcd the growler"
With Wilcox at the Boston house on the
night OF Labor day from to IL o'clock;
Prank Starting. . lodgrr ct the Boston
house, said the white siouch hat in evil
dencs was his own and produced the sweat
band Of il from his pocket. The hat had
been loaned to Wilcox 10 wear on hunt
Ing trip about October 1. On September IL
witness was In Wilcox's room. where the
hitter was packing up to 60 up on the
Great Northern to work. and saw bottle
Of ehloroform nearly empty. Wilcox left
II out Of the trunk, and when he and the
witness were on the wav down 70
the Hunters Home saloon Wilcox took
Il from his pocket and threw IL
into the Twenty fifth street guich back of
the Boston house. The witness here pro-
caced from his pocket the pieces OF two
ounce bottle. saying that he found il there
In the gulch the Sunday after the first
Preliminary hearing. They were the
pieces of bottle the same as the one
ionnd in the cabin. and bore the 81. q.
Go. on what had been the bottom. The
iaoel was torn and iliegible. Crossex-
snlned. Startling denied that the bottom
Of the gulch is full of old junk. including
bottles, and was the dumping ground for
iAe whole neighborhood. He did admit
70 Mr.. Miller. though, that the reason he
DID not bring the pieces of a beer bottle to
court Vas that il would not resemble the
bottle found in the cabin.
At this point Mr.. Conner announced
hat the defense was about to close its case
ahd asked TO be allowed TO consult with
hscient. Court took ten minute recess.
Alter the recess Wilcox himself was
called TO the stand. He gave his testi-
sFssping and rather shaking voice. with
peculiar falling infection AZ the end Of
ssea sentence. lie twisted . white hand
tefchies all the time He said when the
ecx factory shut down he had $50 coming
. atm, or agreed 20 take that from Mr..
Ds'se, the manager. in lieu OF what Was
coming by way of 10 per cent. of the prof
g, his share. Baird could not pay the
s-o st once, and. IS Wilcox wanted to 90
saek 10 Michigan. where his parents live.
naFd gave him $50 and railway ticket.
sas same day Wilcox and Baird went TO