The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-05
CASE OF THE ACCUSED
,.nuister Makes a Good Wit
ness i'm His Own Defense.
..sc DAY SWEARS TO AN AlieI.
witnesses rmpeach Witnesses
tcr the state-Case TO Go to
the Jury Today.
..ss DAY SWEARS TO AN ALB

~...s,sav was the banner day for the
80 "A the BauDisssr murder case, for
.saltson 20 building up strong slioi
A.s,ablsshed the fact that Fred Perkins.
- ssate's chief witness. mad drank thirty
- az beer, two OF whisky and two %
So. night Day was murdered and pre-
- "a .ae tine he had claimed 10 have
= ,he accused coming from the cirec-
- the tragedy. Witness after wit
= sxore that Perkins had a bad char
- Or truth and veracity, and one or
= AZ rot think Mary Plummer, another
s.ssng witness for the prosecution. was a
- xoran. The surprise OF the day
-.rs when the accused took the stand
- ..oviy and distinctly told the jury Of
= S1sugs the night OF the tragedy. He
=. sarnssf IN manner. apparently sincere
ssxsryfhfng he said. and stood the cross
..msnation without being shaken. His
- vas that he was not out OF Mrs.
-. house from about 7.3A In the even
- - me night Day was killed until the
- rnorning. save when he went out TO
,aszs the chicken coup and to get pail
: water. Once he became slightly ex-
-.ss and said that he was Innocent and
ss~ark, the people OF Franklin had known
- laug enough to believe that he would
: teeapabie OF a foul murder.
US Day, the wife OF the murdered
So was the most interesting witness
s~tsas OF Bannister. and her evidence
.sst a long way to establish an abb. She
x.hogt Al years old, but there Is not a
rrnkle OH her forehead. her eyes are
xrht and she might be called a good
\ ssstng woman.
rae other important witness was Mrs
a.nah Hines. who slept with Mrs. Day
4 - he br "a
:, gannister went to bed at IL o'clock
! =. snored so loudly that she had to call
: ain TO stop In order TO let other people
ssea During the day the court room
sss fairly well filed. the majority Of the
| sassnce being eoIored people, who
gysssed great interest in the proceedings
aaa enjoyed every sharp saying of a Wit
rs<s
Tbomas Jones. sr.. father OF the boy no
serves newspapers at Franklin. testified
tat hls son came home about 10 o'clock
| tAs aight Day was killed
| Tommy Jones. tr.. swore that he left
Bsanlsssr's house about 9:15. where he de-
| Hyered a paper. and IL would take him
about ten minutes to get home.
Henry White, colored fiddler. was
ssisd but Prosecuting Attorney HASTE
saad the witness had been excused the day
Asfose and hal not been sworn. Have
White said ne had. but il was discovered
tkai be had been registered as a voter
instead OF sworn as witness After the
matter had been set right White told the
lury that Tommy Jones was at his house
between and } O'Clock the night of ne
murder On cross-examination the state
Questioned the witness closely. with a
view Of showing that White might he
mistaken in the date. White insisted that
be knew the day Of the week If he didn't
the day Of the month.
Bannister Had Club.
Hiram Campbell. a colored miner. who
has known Bannister for several years,
sald he passed Mrs Days house about
80 O'Clock. and saw Bannister outside
BE further testified as to Bannisters good
character. but added that Bannister had
acHb Ike the one In evidence. Bannister
vas near the door, which was partly open
campbell thought Bannister did not have
his shoes, because there was no noise
zen he stepped about
Prosecuting Attorney HASTE attempted
show that there was "a rug or mat in
| fsnt OF the door that might have dead
ed the sound from Bannisters feet, but
ampoeil insisted he did not know any
iaag about mat.
HIS. Hannah Hines, who lived at Frank
u for three years. was In Mrs. Days
feese the evening of the murder. She
No Tommy Jones was there. and that
canister was In the house I'm the early
sfsaing, when she arrived. lie did not
Pave the house except to go to the chicken
COOP aud after pail OF water. being alb
Sai not 70 exceed ten minutes. The peo-
Ie N the house went to bed about IL
etock
How DO you know Bannister went to
as Toomf was asked.
nhen Mrs Day. Eliza Day and myself
Nsas upstairs Bannister came behind me,
ssa vent 20 his room. l heard him take
~s heayy shoes on. for there was no car
Fs on the loor"
new DO you know further that Bannis-
- vas In his room after II o'clock ?"
ns shored very loudly. and 1 cried out
a 70 tufn over on his side so some
eie could sleep"
" cross-exam!nation Mrs Hines said
- vent out 20 get a drink OF water and
ss'sfnlng found Baunis,er in the door
- she told him 10 get GU; OF the way.
instead be tried 20 pat his arm around
3. aal broke her watch chain.
a.lat De try 20 kiss your" mo. sir"
uaat Mrs Day Say something about
s@a's1eFs aoiioas:" No. not that re-
Terry King. night taller. vas called 20
seVe that Bannstsr suored In his sleep.
- eeari sad: Il suppose you want 10
49, thSi FaunisteTs snoring disturbed
asAi latter as Il did Mrs. Hines. The
r5Saess Is excused
The widow on the stand.
"a sarah Day. widow OF the murdered
sore that h1rnis'cr. Who was board
atI aoase. came home about : o'clock
afternoon Of The day OF the muir
49,. "e haa TWO buckets and a lantern.