The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-09

- "a vent. Wilcox ramhsed 49, =.
ssek without losing or vfsrsr.
.a wilcox hsd testified sa sa.~. :.
= ne Vas asksd BY NJ. Ccfrs, - -
- unt o. his whereabouts on the 80
.ss murder. He MID.
49, = IN Tacoma I'll dav Isbor aav q.
- snt e the Cameron house "a A. !.
r. AI.er dinner went - - Un-s~-s.
r,,S.s, ssaocns uhers I vent ou.se r..
f-or K 7 sfaysd there until Z o'eso~t
20 sc~. ! vest 70 my room ana then
far a.. acsnt say whers eli I waa. hut
nooot $50 vent inso Lew. e., 49,.
en- M sssrssd 70 play poker. h,uss. ga -
- so 20 o. ehecka Iplayed from theu an
eoek, then left nav chsck. ~. ~.
= 1na told them TO keep nv pssne n,
venf out "a get supper. VIE, I
49, eominE back met Canfrsli. and he
II. s.os. '1 ~ : quarter: gave IL % him.
nenry Quinn. Of Ses,sles e.sIss ~. sno
49, .efe there. lam surs 4 vss isSn,
81 p.yed IN good lock for : While.
49, 49, snsn got mad ~ Lew ana EFF ,hs
1c room was afraid I would hersr
49, sne money already had. ana msAs
cuss 20 isave. whsn I eos 10 TIE
~ house, the Boston. Nj. Starring
Funday. Two sewing rnarhins $500.
tnere: one Of them drank beer with
~ ! think that there we're seyerai ots.r,
-reeusar lodgers- went 70 bed a
.ooat ~ O'Clock And that il where I ws.
. saom noon on that day to midnight. md
mi. morning, for slept Ia my own bed.
knowledge" - " my
hr. Coiner then asked Wilcox about the
.nise nat Wilcox said that II belonged
- ot.rling. and rot 20 him. As 60 the
sui. o. e'oshes, although they were mis-. he
r ~. never had Tailor saiinger clean them.
Wncox was then asked about the coat
ana vest he had refused TO give nm 10
sns snfhoritsss While in the county iail.
ne said shat he had done 20 becau.e At
sornsy Archer had told him q few day.
oeiere that the authorities we're looking
Tor bloody coat and vest, and was afraid
snst the authorities would lob him. IL
they got the clothes.
Here court adjourned 70 7.so In the
evening. IL being O'Clock.
when the trial was resumed after ths
recess wilcox again took the stand. He
explained how be happened to draw the
eun on Wolf and Watts shen they accused
nim OF being concerned Ia the murder.
sayine that be was afraid they would
1ck" him. His story OF how he came 10 be-
carrying the gun was lame. for he said that
ne WAS held up in August and carried Il
from that time on lest Il might happen
ssaan. II isft the impression that he
carried the gun to resist arrest In
case OF detection In some crime.
ne next told the story Of the chloroform.
but only corroboratsd what had already
been testified to by Massera and Starring
with more attention to detail.
He was then crosse xamined by Mr..
Miller, whose preliminary questions we're
interrupted BY Mr.. Coiner askinR permits
sion, which was granted, to subpoena a =
witness the proprietor Of the Grand South.
srn hotel in Tacoma, who 10 20 produce
his hotel register. Those Question.
served to bring out facts In Wilcox's
early life. some quite interesting. one
being that no Was introducsd to the game
Of stud" on the day Of his arrival in Ia
coma BY his future employer and lost slh.
wilcox then rambied around In his testi-
mony, telling In circumstantial way the
story OF his doings during the few months
preceding the murder. Among other
things he said that at the time OF his ar
rest he had just made arrangements 10
lease she box factory for one year; the
papers were 1t the city Jail now. Several
Efforts wsre made to impsach him by his
own conversation ct the time Of his
arrest, but without any success to
speak Of Al to the amounts OF
money he won on different dates. and ~
to the dates themselves, he was q little
weak. but none Of the slips he made were
followed TO any enoing last night, and ct
10 o'clock Judge Humes adjourned court,
and the remainder Of the cross-examina-
ton TO this morning. II was expected
from Wilcox's hesitating way Of testifying
on direct examination that he would fall
an easy prey when he was ss-examined,
but the fact was that on cross-examination
he strengthened his case. IL any thing.
The state II said to have witnesses in re-
serve who will testify in rebuttai and not
only swear positively that Wilcox was not
gambling In Tacoma on the night of the
murder, but that he was In Seattle. The
case. in any event, will 60 to the jury to-
night.