Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-12-19

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and make a light; some one has
knocked Mr.. Stillwell down, and 1
don't know whether they have killed
him or not" She said not to let
Josie come in; she might scream.
We took the children In our room,
and Mrs. Stillwell went across the
street.
Mrs. T. A. r. Gleason, the last wit
ness on the stand, testified that soon
after she arrived at the Stillwells she
saw DIR. Hearne, and said to him:
"How did you get here 80 soon?"
He replied that he had not gone to
bed yet; that he had been to the
party at Munger's, and was leaving,
and had got as far as the gate, when
the Stillwells came out. Mrs. Still
well asked him If he was not going
to stay for the dance, and he said no.
He said that he walked a short dis
lance in front Of them, down Fifth
street, and then went to his office.
This was about 1880 O'Clock, and was
the last time he saw Amos j. Still
well. ! saw him upstairs with Mrs.
Stillwell some time in the night after
this, and heard Mrs. Stillwell say to
him, when he had moved away from
her: "Don't you leave me-"
THE FATAL MEETING.
BOWLING GREEN, Mo-, Dec. 49,
When court was called to order this
morning and Judge Roy commanded
the attorneys to proceed with the case
the prisoners were not present.
A few minutes later DR.. Hearne
entered the court room, unaccom-
panied, looking fresh and with an I'M
usual smile on his face.
Shorty afterward Mrs. H~sarne,
Misses Hearne and Harold Stillweli
entered, Mrs. Hearne taking a seat
away from the party and locating her.
self Immediately in front of the wit
ness stand in order to confront r. II.
Stillwell, whom it was known would
be the first witness.
She raised her veil SO that her view
would be unobstructed, and when
| Stillwell took the stand, Mrs. Hearne's
eyes were upon HIM, but he was the
same methodical "Dick" Stillwell, I'M
disturbed and unrufiled.
He told briefly the story Of his early
life and recited the marriage of his
father to Fannie G. Anderson, who
was 20 years of age at the time of her
marriage; of their removal to Hanni-
bal, and of their domestic life up to
the time of the murder.
He recounted the condition OF the
bed, and said that the body had laid in
one place until the blood had left it.
DRYDEN OBJECTS.
Col. Dryden objected, stating that
other people might testify to the con-
trary, and the objection was sustain
ed.
1t was a story told under great diff
Guilty and under the "code." The half
was not told.
Finally the witness was allowed to
describe, by illustration on the table,
the position of the body when he en-
tered the DON 1t was substantially
the same story as told in the Hearne-
De Young deposition at Hannibal,
that there was no blood on the floor,
but there was some blood on the wall
at the head of the bed, which had
splashed through a crack in the head
board. This was just at the point
where his fathers head had made an
indentation in the bolster.
This was a strong point for the
State, as, before the Coroner's jury,
Mrs. Hearne testified that the dead
man was struck while standing at the
foot of the bed.
Witness testified that there was on
ly one position in which the body
could have been when the blow was
struck, and by what he said, the in
ference was that the blow received
was while he was lying down.
Witness could not say who found
the AK.
The windows and doors of the house
were all bolted when he came and no.
body could have gotten into the house
from the outside.
Witness heard DR.. Hearne describe
a week later where he was on the
night of the murder. He said he left
the Munger party at 1880, walked
with Stillwell and wife down Fifth tc
the corner of Broadway; that they
stood and talked a few minutes; that
he went to his office, fixed the furnace
and then went home, read awhile, land
had just gotten into bed when called
to go to the murdered man.
Witness said Mollie Stillwell was a
Quincy the night of the murder, and
that it was unusal for her to be away
She had been presented with a set O
furniture on Christmas day, the first
time a room was ever arranged fol
her. His father was a methodica
man and locked up the house ever!
night before going to bed.
Witness knew that Mrs. StillweI
was not in love with his father; thai
she had told him 80; that he was tot
old a man; that she wishsd-she irns
marrfed sumc-younger man, and tina
there was considerable trouble be
tween them.
Witness afterward heard Mrs. Still
well come and tell his father she haG
met DIR. Hearne down town and tina
he was an elegant looking man, ant
she had a nice talk with him; she wa
tickled to death with the meeting.
Gin short" said the witness, i'm
pressively and sadly, 81 saw before
left home what I thought was the
commencement of a Irritation between
her and DIR. Hearne."
The witness was here asked if h'
knew whether or not his father hat
made a will, which was objected to
} The court desired to know what thu
} State expected to prove. The jur,
then left the room for ten minutes ant
the point was argued.
Mr.. Giles said the State expected II
J show that Stillwell made a viii leav'
| ing his property to r. Fl. Stillwel il
trust; that Mrs. Stillwell knew it, an
succeeded in breaking it. The Stat
! will prove that Hearne said to r. Il
l c..u-.r 49, ha wopfa1 tn marry