The Dickinson press., 1895-12-07

that he told the Wadswoi tbs about
it, and then went to the nei.hb ,rs
and told them.
The testimony and cross exami.
nation Of Fred Rochm lasted two
days, having been completed Monday
evening at 5 o'clock. The hoy adj.
mitted that the sworn statement lie
gave to Mr.. Foley in Medora was
false in some particulars. 1t was
produced in court by tha defense
without objection from the prosecu.
tion, and in some respects proved to
be similar to the boys statement.
He admitted that he had broken in
to Scofield's store in Dickinson but
denied that he had ever threatened
to shoot anyone. The hoy was not
shaken on the material points of his
direct examination.
A. Young, II of the men sum.
moned by Roshm on the morning Of
the homicide, was the next witness
called by the state. He was on the
stand Monday night and all day
Tuesday. His testimony was sub.
stantially this;
A. Young testified to the hoy
R0ehm coming to his house and tell.
ing him SeversOn was dead. Wit.
ness went to Wadsworth' $ ranch and
CDAnf into Tim hn,pon yY0 sail IL, A1,.
Wadswolths: This is - pretty bad
thing about Eds being deal; and the
defendant, in Il laughing. smiling
way, said that he guessed he did not
I%suffrr much, us he seemed to have
died from the kick ola horse.
Wadsworth then said to him. as wit.
ness was going to look ut the body,
that probably witness would find in
Severson's pocket II note which he.
Young, had given to Severson, and
which MI. Wadsw0rth said now be.
longed to him, Vadsworth. The
witness then went down and exam.
ined the barns and stables on the
premises, to see what signs there
were of Severson being kicked by u
horse. He looked for signs Of a
struggle or staggering, but found
nothing of the kind. There was a
small patch of blood on Seyerson's
temple.
On cross examination Young ad.
mittcd that he had Il grudge against
| Wadsworth.
Dr. Stickney was called Tuesday
evening. lie testified to the autopsy
made on the body of Edward Sever
son Dec. %, and the finding of a
bullet wound. Wednesday morning
the DR.. concluded his testimony, and
the Tribune says:
On direct and cross examination he
detailed fully the situation of the
corral and the stable door when he
made an inspection of the same; in.
sisted that death must have beer in.
Simultaneous, and no voluntary action
was possible on the part of Severson
after he received the shot that proved
fatal; that the indications from the
bullet as found in the door, and from
the wound were that the boy stood
In the stable where he says he did
when he fired.
1t is likely that when the defense
come to put Ill their a they will
call Dr.. Stickney to give further light
on the affair.
In Wednesdays Bismarck Tribune
are the following notes:
1t looks very much as though the
Wadsworth case would take all of
next week. 1t is understood that the
state has ten witnesses.
One important element of proof in
the Wadsworth case is the course of
the bullet as it entered the stable
door after it passed through the body
of Severson. The testimony so far
tends to prove that after passing
through Severson's body it entered
the stable door in such Il way as to
indicate that the rifle must have been
discharged in the stable about where
the boy said it was. = If it was then
Severson must have stood about
where the boy testifies, and must af.
ter death have been carried or dragged
to the place in the corral where he
was found. The prosecution will con-
tend that the boy could not alone
have dragged or carried the body
where it was found.
A special telegram to the PRESS
from Bismarck Friday noon, reads
Nothing new or startling in the
Wadsworth case. Prosecution has
put in testimony of Roehm, Young,
Stickney. Deitz and Eaton. Case
will probably last all of next week.