The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-08-30
Will LINGGR IN Jail
Three Of The BasWell Defendants Are
Committed Without Bonds.
JOSLYN TOO SICK FOR EXAMINATION
mrs. IRA ssa I'd. Ba q well aud Frank
Lavergne Get Little Consideration
In Justice Clark's Court-King and
Young Lavergne Discharged.

Long before ten o'clock Thursday
morning the court house was crowded
with men and women to listen to the evil
dence at the examination OF those who
are charged with being associated in the
murder OF N. s. Bagwell, early in the
morning OF June Is. The women specta.
tors were not numerous, but there were
enough Of them with the bright colors pc
culiar to female attire to add certain
picturesqueness to the assembly.
The state officers were a little late in
getting around, but at 10 80 o'clock Pros
ecuting Attorney Rockford announced to
Justice Clark that they were ready to
proceed with the hearing. The case
against Mrs. Philomene Brazzard, alias
Bsgwell, was the first called. The de-
PENDANT occupied chair next to her at
torneys, Messrs. Vance & Englehart, and
during the recital of the state witnesses
would occasionally converse with her
counsel in an earnest manner. She
watched the proceedings closely and now
and then smiled in derisive way.
d. f. Mulligan was the first witness
called He stated that he saw defendant
about 8 80 o'clock on the morning OF the
burial of Bsgwell. When first noticed
she was near the Hotel Anterior and GO
ing south on First street, and crossing
from the Guilland House diagonalIy
across the street to Lees corner, where
she paused a moment as II to listen-then
passed east on Chestnut street, to the
larger OF the Caldwell buildings, disappear
ing up the stairway. Witness was posi-
tive as to the identity of the defendant.
Sheriff d w. Simmons was called, and
stated that he saw defendant every day
for number Of days after the murder,
having gone to her house to secure her
presence at the inquest; but she was in
bed on the occasion of every visit and
said she was unable to get out. The in
quest was continued during three days.
The afternoon OF the day the body was re-
moved from the morgue to the residence
she was apparently too sick to be around
f. w. Dooley-Was running a theater
| in connection with his saloon during the
winter, and defendant was there some
time in January or February, and then
overheard her inquring for Bagwell. She
said she was looking for him and that he
was neglecting her, and that she would
| get even or fix him-at least, that was
the purport OF her threats.
Chs. Stone-Acquainted with defend
ant, and had a conversation with her in
which she asked witness to watch Bag
well with respect to going to certain places
and with women. This was month or
two before the shooting.
Louis Boyd-Resides at Hotel Yakima.
On Sunday, June II, he saw defendant
there at two different times after 5 o'clock
in the afternoon. She remained there
ten or fifteen minutes. Have no personal
knowledge that LaVergne was there at
the time.
d. Y. Sowlinger-Met defendant in
March, when she asked him to come to
the house, which he did and there she
asked him to watch Tex, claiming that
she was afraid he was going to leave her.
She had received letters relative to Tex's
conduct, and she wanted witness to do
something, (not namely and said if he
would do what she wanted he would not
lose by it. Witness did not see her again
for several days, when she said he was
like all the rest of them and wouldn't
stay by her. Bsgwell saw witness com
ing from the house and asked what he
was doing there, and said that she (mean-
ing defendant) had plan to get away
with him; that she had taken him out to
see some one and was struck by rock
which was evidently intended for him,
and that he supposed witness was one of
those "Hawkshaws" who had been dog
ging his steps.
At this point the state rested and Law
yer Englehart moved for dismissal on
that would justify the holding of his eli
ent. Attorneys Vance and Rockford also
spoke the former holding that the state
either had no evidence, or did not pro-
pose to show its hand or give the defense
an opportunity to controvert such evil
dence If any we're possessed. The justice
over-ruled the motion for dismissal and
remanded the prisoner to jail without
bonds.
The evidence was certainly not of
very binding character; but, as some one
suggested, they were there to be bound
over and the justice was going to do it on
general principles.
Frank LsVergne was the next defend
ant brought before the justice and was
represented by John A. Brown. The
most important witness called in this case
was C. w. McGonnigle, who now resides
about six miles from this city. but was
last winter and early this spring, engaged
in business here as gunsmith. He said
he was not personally acquainted with
the defendant, but he positively identified
the rifle found under the sidewalk the
morning after the shooting, as one brought
to his shop for repairs by a man he did
not know by name, but who accompanied
the LaVergne boys and who said he
lived in the little green house near Sheriff
Simmons with his father-in-law, Frank