The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-07-05
CLOSING CHAPTER
The Last Incidents of the Trial Against
Paul Page in the Fraser Mur-
der Trial.
The Jury Was Out Forty-dVe Hours and
Had a Difficult Time to Reach an
Agreement.
WIDOW WANTS MONEY
Mrs. Fraser Begins Suit Against Mr.
Page for $4,000 Damages for
Killing Her Husband.
TO BE SUED FOR DAMAGES.
Widow Fraser Brings Suit Against Paul
Page for $4,000 Damages.

Page for $4,000 Damages.
Seattle Times, %: Paul Z. Page was
acquitted last night of the murder OF
Harry Fraser and this morning Fras-
er's widow and her baby boy by his
guardian, commenced suit against
Page in the superior court to recover
$50, 600 damages for causing the death
OF the husband and father. The dam
age suit is the first of its kinG ever
brought in Kings county and is being
discussed by verybody in general and
the members of the bar in particular.
A copy OF the complaint was served
on Page at the RainerGrand hotel this
afternoon and it is said an effort will be
to have the case set for trial at an early
date, so that Fraser's acquitted slayer
can leave the city. The trial will
probably create as much interest as did
the murder trial. The latter was a
matter between the state and Page.
but the damage suit is between the
widow and Page. 1t is alleged that
substantially the same evidence as was
offered when Page was tried for his
lie will be presented to the jury which
sits on the damage case. The com
plant is very brief one. 1t sets out
that Harry Fraser was killed on April
26, 1895, leaving widow and six-year-
old son. The child is the issue of a
lawful marriage, contracted in San
Francisco in June, 1888. Prior to the
time OF the death of Fraser, the com
plant states. he was in good health.
and was by business and occupation the
proprietor OF a saloon and retail liquor
establishment known as the Hotel
Northern Sample Room. He was con-
Quoting d profitable business and earn
ing 5000 month for the support of his
family
On April %, 1895, the complaint
states Page without just cause or PROV
ocation and wrosgfully, willfully, NAL
iclously and feloniously shot Fraser,
mortally wounding him and causing
him to die
BY reason of the acts and trespasses
so wrongfully committed the widow
and child claim to have been damaged
in the sum of $25, 200 and they pray
judgment for that amount.
After being out forty five hours. dur
ing wlch time its members were twice
brought into court and instructed that
it was their duty to agree, the jury in
the Paul E. Page case came in at fifteen
after 10 o'clock last evening with YER
dict OF not guilty. The verdict was
reached at 40, but Judge Humes had
to be sent for and counsel for both sides
notified, SO that thirty-five minutes
were spent before Page was acquainted
with the finding of the jury.
There was not large crowd in the
court room when the jury filed in
Page sat at the side of his relatives,
Mrs. Fraser was not in the court room,
IN TACT, she has not been present since
the case went to the jury last Saturday
night Mr.. Piles and Colonel Lewis
who conducted the defense, did not
show up, but saw Page later in the
evening. The jurors all looked pretty
tired when they entered the room. and
they didn't deceive their looks.
Foreman Tibbitts handed the verdict
to the court. Judge Humes glanced at
1t, and turned it over to the clerk with
instructions to read it. A dozen people
grasped Pages hands after the verdict
was read, and hundred more tried to
Then came applause from the specta-
tors, and indignant Judge Humes ex-
claimed: