Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-06
THE TRIAL HAS BEGUN

Mrs. Wadsworth went down with me
into the corral nearly up to Ed, but
Mr.. Wadsworth stopped at the gate;
Mrs. Wadsworth did not make any ex-
animation of the body; Mrs. Wadsworth
cried and so did l, but Mr.. Wadsworth
did not go nearer than thirty feet of
the body: Mr.. Wadsworth told me that
l must go to Reads to report this and |
told him l would get Eds horse and go:
l went to the stable, got the horse and
saddled it, and he then told me that l
was to say that Ed was dead, died from
the kick of a horse: l remember one
other thing that Wadsworth said to me
and that was that he would do the shoot
ing himself if could pull the trigger: this
was before the shooting was done that
he said this.
The witness then detailed his journey
to Reads and to Young's places, where
he told the folks that Ed was dead: he
also told of the coming of the coroner
and jury to the house where they found
that there was a hole through Severson,
and when they fonnd that, MIR. Eaton,
the coroner, said that he would have to
take the boy with them. The witness
also detailed the story that he claims
the Wadsworths told him he wa to
stick toIbefore the coroner's inquest,
namely, that Ed was found in the corral
dead from the kick of a horse, and that
after the witness found him there, he
went to the house and told the Wads-
worths about it, and then went to the
neighbors and told them.
This ended the direct examination of
the witness and Mr.. Hammond then
proceeded to cross examine him. The
witness said that he worked for various
parties at Fargo and Moorhead, but did
not work for the Chicago Dry Goods
company, although he had stated at the
coroners inquest that he had worked for
that house: when he said that, he had
lied: admitted that he broke into Scho-
fields store at Dickinson and stole some
things out of it: denied hat he mad ever
pointed a gun at anybody in Dickinson
or Fargo, or had threatened to kill any
one at either of those places: had never
threatened to kill anyone in Mr.. Rays
butcher shop at Dickinson.
At this point it was adjourning time,
and Mr.. Boucher asked that the boy be
given into the custody of the sheriff Of
Burleigh county instead of being in the
custody of Mr.. Read. The state object
ed to this but Mr.. Miller said he was
willing that any person to be named by
the defense should assist Mr.. Read in
caring for the boy, and in seeing that no
one spoke to the boy about the case or
his testimony during the recess. Mr..
Boucher then asked that Sheriff Taylor
be appointed to assist Mr.. Read. Sheriff
Taylor declined, stating that he had
other duties to perform connected with
the court which rendered it impossible
for him to devote any time to the
matter.
" Judge Winchester said that there had
been some friction between the officials
of Billings and Burleigh county, and he
declined under the circumstances to in
sist that Mr.. Taylor should take charge
of the boy, but he would appoint any
one to assist Mr.. Read that the defense
named, provided they named someone
who could spare the time.
No one else was named, and Mr.. Read
was instructed to permit no one to speak
to the boy during the recess.
Court then adjourned 2 p. m.
This afternoon the cross examination
of the boy Roehm was continued. The
boy was examined closely as to the time
he hired himself out to the defendant.
Witness had had some trouble with
Severson Il few days before he shot him:
the trouble was about some cattle: the
witness lied to Severson, and Stevenson
said he would slap him. He denied that
he hated Ed Severson or that Stevenson
did not like him. Slept with Severson
for two months, always got along we'll
with him: never said there would be a
dead SWede around there.
NOTES.
The matter of sentencing Frank R.
Little and Luther Cakes was postponed
to the next term, owing to the fact that
Cakes is now an inmate of the Brainerd
hospital, suffering from the result Of a
railroad accident.
ONDAY
In the cross examination of the boy
Roehm on Saturday afternoon, in the
Wadsworth case, Mr.. Hammond took
the witness through the scenes attend
ing the killing Of Severson, and had him
recite again the conversations he had
with Wadsworth prior to the shooting
and after. The boy admitted that some
of the statements he swore to at the
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