The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-23
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witness. Mr.. James II. woolery. who viii
be here al as O'Clock"
HAS the defense any objection TO y ait
inx7' asked Judge HUEnes.
eve most certainly have" said Mr..
wirxtock, and the court said: Go anead
ana present your case 10 the jury.
we would like to make a motion.
sa a Mr.. Winstoek, 40 have this prisoner
DISCHARGED because Of the failure Of he
state 10 connect the prisoner with the
crime
Motion denied" said Judge Iunes.
Wed ike 10 be heard" answered. Err.
Wirstock.
The Case For the Defense.
Court doesn't desire 10 hear VOL" re-
marked Judge Humes, and Mr.. i1gsrsoll
made the defense's opening statement in
a Gear and concise manner. IL was the
intention OF the defense. he said. 10 fully
and satisfactorily explain away the evil
dence which the state depended upon 10
convict Wilcox The cnloroIorm story
would be explained away and ( would be
proven that Wilcox was in Tacoma on
Labor day, 1888, and not in Sea-.le. as
claimed by Mrs. dido and Mr.. Noble II
would be shown where he had ea.ea his
dinner his supper. where he had speht
night. As 10 the suit of clothes from
which Tailor Sallil.ser claimed 10 have
cleaned blood stains some time after La
Dor day, Il would be shown that t-e suit
was many miles away from Tacoma al
the time The defense would account Ger
the money displayed by Wilcox ny show
ing that part of L he earned honestly and
that the remainder was won a. the gam
bling table.
coma druggist, as the first witness aid
showed ny him that he had bottles In his
store in September. 1898, similar o NJ one
found in the Fet.ing cabin.
". r. Wallace, a Tacoma bottle dealer.
said that in September, 1S13, ne had about.
two barrels OF bottles The same style as
the one found In the cabin. Such bottles
were very common in the state at that
time and MIR. Wallace said he hal sod
them during September and October, 1898
20 a half dozen or more drug stores in
Tacoma and 10 the Hin Syrup Company
OF Seattle.
Samuel Calm. Seattle bottle dealer,
testified that he had great many bot
ties similar To the chloroform bottle
His Old Employer Defends Him.
o. G. Fennelson of Tacoma. who az one
time employed Wilcox as "A foreman in his
box factory. and says ha is rea,Iy TO Civ.
clares him not guilty" was the next wit
ness. Wilcox. he said. worked for him
back East. Mr.. Winstock tried 20 bring
out testimony from him to the effect that
two persons residing In Tacoma, who first
gave testimony against Wilcox, owned a
box factory which burned down under
suspicious circumstances, and that Wilcox
had important evidence against them in
his possession. Judge Humes would not
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a number of questions. all of which were
objected to and the objections sustained
by the court, Mr.. Winstock excused the
witness. not before, however. he had
brought out the fact that Wilcox had
made some winnings at gambling.
Dr. Emery. of Tacoma, testified that in
1902 he had treated Wilcox for a private
disease. Wilcox owed him a bill; also tho
drug store where the chloroform was pur-
chased for the prisoner by Messena. the
barber.
w. T. Munroe. ex-day iailer at the coun-
~ Jail. said that he knew Julius Sallinger.
the Tacoma tailor. who was called by the
state Tuesday TO identify Wilcox as the
man who had brought him the bloody suit
of clothes to be cleaned. At the first trial.
Munroe said. Sallinger had been unable to
identify him as the jailer who admitted
him to the Jail TO see Wilcox.
Evidence or an Aifbi.
Walter Reese. Of Tacoma. was the first
witness examined I'm support OF the alibi
set up by the defense that Wilcox spent
Labor day. 1893. in Tacoma. az saw Wilcox
after 10 o'clock a. IN. in the Hunters
Home saloon on that day" said the wit
ness.
On September S, 1893. the witness said
he saw Wilcox in the Hunters Home sa-
loon. Wilcox remarked that he had made
a big winning at roulette. and asked all
up to have drink. Later in the evening
Wilcox was gambling in the Paragon.
The witness said 1t was true that Charles
King son of James King had I'm January.
1891 and in the presence of the witness
and others, made the statement that he
was going over to Seattle ito help hang
that -" The following day
King came to Seattle to testify at the
Wilcox trial.
William Gibson, of Tacoma. testified TO
seeing Wilcox i'm the Hunters Home Sen
TENDER Z. 1873. Wilcox had money. and
stated that he had won # at gambling.
The witness knew that Wilcox had gam
bled. Dennis Foley. Tacoma saloon
I'm September. 1893. Wilcox had given him
$slo-S2o0 in gold and 500 in bills-to keep
for him.
The Winnings Mt Gambling.
George T. Lawrence said that IN Septem-
her. 1893. gambling was going on in Ia
coma. Games were conducted in the rear
or the Green Leaf saloon. Wilcox often
played there. His game was roulette
Lawrence was an employee of the place
He remembered that Wilcox had made
several winnings. About September g.
1Sq3 he made a winning OF $40
Frank Martin testified that he saw Will
cox gambling in the rear of the Paragon
saloon at i015 Pacific avenue in Septem-
ber. 1898. wilcox won about So or 500. II
was so long ago the witness said he could