The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-04-30

The notorious Ledger murder my>
terry appears to be- as Oar from s1Iu
tiou as ever and apparently is suffer
ing from q superabuudauce OF raw te.
tective work or an uacommonlv large
amour, of lying
Yesterday the preliminary eNamina
tion ot William Knowles. charged
With completely in the murder of
Ledger. was held before Justice Jack
son in tho 0-nhate >-,-t room Ten
witnesses were examined aud Knovles
easily proved AZ alibi He success
fully proved that an FRIDAY night
Septenber -. last the time when the
murder is supposed TO have been com
mitted, he was with Golden and Jones
selling mules in Oklahoma City. on
>epte ember % he was i'm Edmond and
on sunday, the 3oth. the day Ledger'~
body was found. returned to Guthrie.
Jones a pevereauN appeared for
Knowles while Huston represented the
territory. The witnesses were .loscly
questioned and after a careful and
minute hearing, the defendant was
discharged by the coust
The principal witnesses against
Knowles were Louise holland. the
courtesan inmate Of Mrs. Jackson $
house the place where the murder is
thought TO have been committed, and
two small boys named John McLain.
aged 3, and Louis Geshengcr aged
IL. The boys swore that they saw
Knowles sitting 10y the side Of
Ledger's dead body on the bank Of
the creek near tho fair grounds, but
upou being closely questioned, admit
ted that they had been prompted To
make this statement Further evi
dence developed the fact that an i'm
toNicated man named uerndor had
been lying on the bank OF the creek,
but no one was with him.
Everytime the woman holland opens
her mouth she tells a different story
At the coroner's inquest she testified
that neither Thorn Ledgers or Seeley
were in her house and Knowles was
not alluded To- Yesterday she swore
that Knowles was at the house. knew
OF the murder and represented hmm
self as being chief of the merchants
police"
On Saturday rip lt last after being
loosencd mp by copious draughts Of
whisky, the woman stated 90 sheriff
Painter, Detective Meager aud TuF
LEADER man that Thorn. Nee'ev aud
Ledgers called al her house at D..
o'clock az night. talked % her awhile
and then went to a spare room where
they chlu;oformed Ledger and showed
his body out the window to knowles
and Thorpe She firmly die Jared that
Ledgers wa, not dead when hl, body
left the house, despite her own state
ment that she knew nothing Of the
crime aud did not know when the, dee
parted. When asked why She was su
positive as 20 Ledger.s condition she
replied "that IL he'd been dead the
house would have been 'bau,ed and
the house wasn't 'hauted.
GA the stand yesterday the woman
said Thorn and Seeley left the house
at 2:3o o'clock, and that Thorn called
at o'clock the same morning making
Inquiries for Ledgers
The holland woman is far from be
ing ignorant, and it appears ,hac She
is either trying to shield herself or
others. However, she is likely 20 sur
fer for perjury, IL nothing more
Marshal Baxter swore as 10 the find
ing of the body and Dr. Chas smith
testified TO his examination OF the
same. lie said there were no external
bodily injuries and that death could
have resulted from apoplcVy or heart
disease. A minute examination OF the
stomach boy DIR. Pinquard showed no
traces of poison. However, these facts
do.not dissipate the idea Of murder a,
i, is hardly proba5le that the Euglish-
man would have wandered 20 the Cot
tonwood and dropped IN
The examination of Thorn and See
ley will take place today when the
ofi 'ers intimate that some sensational
development, will follow.
Since the release Of KuowIe, the
public mind is mo-, at an happy. and
many opinions were expressed last
night derogatory 20 the detective from
California and lhc purile Hawkshaws
aiding him Opinion prevails that the F..
sleuths have not touched the case and .
are making promisruous arrests for
g-audstand effect However. these /
opinions are unwise and premature |
since neither of the men who stood. il /
is alleged, close 10 Ledger and knew I
h.s habit, have been examined
lUhNDl IN MI lulC