Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-12-19
DR.. Hearne'S Trial.
THE STATE AND DEFENSE AGREE
UPON A JURY.
Certain Witnesses Will be Excluded
From Court Room-Col. Dryden is
Fighting For Every Point.

From Court Room-Col. Dryden is
Fighting For Every Point.
BOWLING GREEN, Mo-, Dec. H.
Interest in the trial of DR.. Hearne is
growing every hour. Long before
court opened this morning the spac-
ious court room was filled with spec
tators, many of whom were ladies.
Promptly at 9 O'Clock Judge Roy
raped for order and inquired If the
State was ready to nnoun it's chal-
lenges ON the jurors.
Attorneys answered dyes" He then
put the same query to the defense
and they asked for time to examine
the list.
In one hour they returned the list,
and Clerk Moore proceeded to call the
trial jury, as chosen Is follows: Kirt
Smith, Shelton Cochran, Herman Nc
Donald, John NJ. Givens, John T..
Mackey, Joseph L. Davis, William H.
Reading, Jacob Fry, Henry s. Brown,
Lloyd Buchanan, Frank Gourley,
Frank A. Hayden. b
OF this list of twelve nine are farm
ers, one a retired capitalist, one drug
gist and n stock trader.
Religiously classified, six are Bap-
lists, two Cumberland Presbyterians,
one Catholic, and three nondescript.
The jury was called and sworn by
Clerk Moore, and they all took seats
in the box.
Defendants attorneys asked for a
rule to exclude all witnesses from the
court room while any one witness was
testifying, and it was ordered by the
court.
Later by agreement of attorneys on
both sides, an exception was made to
this rule, by which three witnesses on
each side are allowed to remain.
These are for the State: r. H. Still
well, H. Clay Heather and S. A. Burch.
For the defense: Mrs. DIR. Hearne,
Rufus E. Anderson and Miss Virginia
Hearne.
PLAY OF H DEFENSE.
Col. Dryden for the defense asked
that the prosecution be required to
call their list of witnesses so defense
might know whom they had to meet.
Attorneys for the State objected to
this and a brisk discussion followed,
in which all the attorneys took part.
The court ruled that he could not
compel the State to give it's list of wit
nesses, but if it failed to do SO, it was
at its risk.
He might, in course of the trial,rule
out any witnesses whose name was
mot called
The prosecution fought hard to
move the Judge from this position,
but he stood firm. They then asked
time to confer and prepare their list,
which vas granted.
Court adjourned to 1870 for that pur-
pose.
HOPE FOR HEARNE.
The jury is made up of the best men
in Pike county.
The general impression here is that
it will take very strong testimony to
induce them to convict DR.. Hearne.
HOW sTILLWELL WAS KILLED.
BOWLING GREEN, Mo-, December
12.-The trial of DR.. Joseph G. Hearne
for the murder of Amos j. Stillwell
was resumed at s O'Clock this morn
ing, and, Notwithstanding the early
hour, the court was crowded when
Judge Roy took his seat.
The Doctor and his wife did not ap-
pear as jaunty to-day as yesterday,
Especially is this the ase with Mrs
Hearne. She looks careworn and de.
jected to an extent that would sug-
gest great mental agony. DIR. Hearne
holds up better.
Clashes between the attorneys were
frequent to-day, principally between
Champ Clark and Messrs. Ball and
Dryden, but the Court, acting as
peace-maker, successfully QUOTED
them down.
The rulings of the Court to-day were
on the same line as yesterday, and
unless they are modified some sensa'
tional evidence will be excluded.
The first witness this morning wal
DR.. Gleason, who was on the stant
when court adjourned yesterday. He
described infinitely the wound which
caused the death of Mr.. Stillwell;
also, the room and the contents o.
the room, the situation of the beds
and the condition of the doors and
windows. He said:
"When I got to Mr. Stillwel's room
l found the body lying on its RICH
side on the north side of the bed, in
nude condition, with the exception O
u night g0wn,- which wae ~drewn@oi
close under his arms. The nights gown
was saturated with blood. The body
was lying near the edge of the bed
with the feet and one knee resting OF
the floor. In the middle of the bee
was an indenture about the length o.
the body, and there was also an in
denture in the bolster, where his heat
had rested"
Witness then detailed the search
which was made for any evidence
and said the party found some COIN
in the wood shed, some paper none.
in the alley, which, upon examina
, ton, was found to be covered will
! blood. Witness took the ak up t,
Stillwelrs room and found that tn
blade correspondent exactly with rh'
wound which had produced death.
The ak was here produced and wa
identified by the witness.
:. The witness said that the body wa
not lying In the same position it ha'
been in when the murder was com
mitted.