St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-03
ALICE TOLD HER. STORY.
Evidence Strong Against Bixby,
the Alleged Wife Murderer.

the Alleged Wife Murderer.
z HUDSON, Wis.,, May 2.-The Bixby
trial had its sensation again this af
ternoon Judge Bundy had ruled out
all evidence Of improper liberties by
Bixby with Alice, offered. by the state.
The defense, in crosS-examination, en-
deayored to show that Alice had
threatened to run away from home
after the shooting. She admitted the
fact on redirect eXa %.n1tion. She
said it was because her father, as she
believed him to be, misused her. The
defense tried to have the answer
stricken out. but the court refused.
Alice became much excited today,
saying if one of the Bixbys claimed
that she had made certain state
ments he was a liar She broke down
Immediately afterwards under the
strain of ton, and was
excused for a period by the court.
The witnesses examined this fore
noon testified to different statements
BiXby made after the shooting as to
the cause of his wifes death. His
stories differed in some particulars,
but in each he had claimed the shoot
ing occurred by the accidental fall of
the gun. The state will construct a
full-sized south end of the Bixby cot
tage in the court room tonight for
the use of the jury tomorrow.
1t was yesterday that the state first
introduced Alice Bixby, it's star wit
ness. The girl is about sixteen,
modest, and possessed of more rnan
average good looks. She said that on
the morning that her mother was shot,
Bixby had sent the Oldest boy away
to town. About in the morning he
sent the hired man and the next oldest
boy, named Robbie, to F7leming's Mills.
About II o'clock the witness went
down to the barn, where she remained
about five minutes. While there she
met younger brother colning out to
feed the chickens. At the same in
slant they both heard the report of a
gun. Witness returned and met her
father at the door. He said to her:
Poor mother is shot,
At the same time Bixby told the wit
ness to tell the people that came there
that she was in the house and he was
out doors. He wanted her to say that
she was standing by the window in
the kitchen when she heard the gun
room and saw her mother sitting in
the chair with her elbow on the sew
ing machine. She was to say that the
gun fell from the nail and was ac-
cidentally discharged He further
told her to say that when she turned
around and went out doors he was
outside, on the steps, and then came
in.
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talks with her at different times, and
insisted that she should stick to the
same story. AT the coroner's inquest
Bixby told her privately that if she
said anything different he would do
something to her she would always
remember
Witness state1 that in the summer
he had made some advances, and one
day had put his arm around her out
at the stable and taken other liberties.
She told him to stop and said she
would tell her mother, which she after
ward did.
On cross-examination she admitted
that she had told the story of the
accident to the justice at the examina-
ton and to various other persons, but
insisted that she was now telling the
truth.
Maud LIE Grant, the daughter of the
nearest neighbor. testified that on the
morning of the shooting Bennett Bixby,
the youngest son, asked her to go over
to Bixby's, saying that his mother had
been shot She found Mrs. Bixby ly-
ing on the floor in a small pool of
blood.
Mrs. LIE Grant and I. T. Haley,
storekeeper at Emerald, were the other
witnesses of the day.