Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-31
GOOD PROGRESS BEING MADE WITH
THE FOLEY TRIAL.
STATES CASE WAS STRONG.
DEFENSE PROMISES TO EXPLAIN
SUSPICIOUS EVENTS.
Will Prove q Good Character for Fo-
ley-Courtroom Was Crowded
Again Yesterday mt All
Three SesaIOns-The
Crime Record.

Liberty. No., Dec. 30.-tSpecial) Good
progress was made in the Foley trial To-
day. The state rested this afternoon after
completing what is considered very
strong case, and the defense began the in
PRODUCTION OF testimony. Major Woodson.
in making the opening statement LOT foiey'
said 1t would be shown that Foley was
peaceable, moral young man, who wouid
be most unlikely to commit such crime as
that of which he stands accused. He also
declared that the circumstances which had
been cited by the state to prove Foley
guilt would be explained to the jury's sat
isfaction.
Court convened at $50 with the court
room crowded. Ed Cave, deputy sheriff.
who has been active in the investigation
of the case ever since the murder. and who
procured much of the evinedce In possess
sion of the state. was the first witness. he
told of being called to the Foley place on
the night of the murder and produced Two
pistols and a knife which he found at the
Foley house. and also three pocketoooks
and the cartridges which were in the ss pisa
tolls The cartridges in both pistols were
the same STYLE which was peculiar.
The witness testified that Foley had told
him he was sure Hoover committed the
r. /. Thomas. a Pinkerton detective. OF
Kansas City, who was employso Sa, 10 assise he
in the Foley case. was io asked wnom non ohe ne
iected to BY the defense, He said he net NET
Foley on the morning of the 18th OF NO,
vember Foley told him ne had h, shot 1steI at he
told him 1t was Monday that he had shot
The witness made an examination Of the
house Foley told the detective where he
kept his gun and bootjack: also that his
shells were kept under the bed in a box:
how he took a shell from a boX ,ai ana thn ran
burnt powder that stuck to his iinger. lnai-
eating II had recently been dischaTsed;
He made an a, exaha'iTn i on Oh p,sta, s and the
shells were like the one found In the box.
He examined the dresser drawers. where
OF order. He was with Mr.. Cave when
the knife was found in the desk Inc
knife is supposed to be the article that cut
James Baker testified that he was living
with Jim Morrow when Mrs. Foley ana
her daughter were murdered; de came 10
Conversation with Foley near the Little
shoal bridge, as they came 10 towh. Eoiiey iy
said there would be trouble In the Fqiey
family before a year, as the folks nau
been bossing him. He said that his moth,
er owed him $500, and that with that and
the rest Of his share he could go 10 hahsas
City and have a time.
At 40 the state rested Its case. ,,,s
When the state announced that 1t would
it's ,or the fv for ahs
which was granted. At AS the case was
resumed, Major Blake L. Woodson. In
Ssnns Spnns for se e sRes that William
Foley was a law-abiding and moral young
man and that on the night Of the killing
there were boys In the woods hunting, ahotH , ama
their guns that the people heard. foisy
and some of his relatives shed tears while
Major Woodson was ADDRESSING @ @ ius the jury; fo-
the defense. He said that he was hunting
on the night of the murder. near the Foley
there. He heard three shots from shot
gun while sitting by fence.
John Hudlemyer was hunting the night
OF the murder. He said he heard only one
shot, that from the 22-caliber pistol which
was in the crowd. Ernest Warren testified
that he was with the hunting party.
viii Foley, said that she had visited the
Foleys every week for a long time. She
stated that the Foleys' treatment of each
e other had always been good. and she al
family. She never heard Foley use hard
language TO his mother and his affection
said that all the Foleys were at her house
for dinner the Friday before the murder,
and that Foley took his folks to church
and returned for dinner at Mrs. Wilson's
house.
At $40 the court took recess until 7:15.
Night did not keep the immense crowd
away from the court house and many
ladies were again present. The aisles were
crowded up to the railing and as far back
as the door. DIR. j. T. Marsh, Of Liberty.
Mrs. Courtney, of Excelsior; Mrs. Sidney
Morrow. of Kearney. and ]. J. Stogdale.
Of Liberty. were witnesses as to Foleys
= good treatment of his mother and sister.
= ]. ]. Morrow. Foley's brother-in-law. to
whose house he took his sister. Amelia. on
the night Of the murder, testified that he
boarded with the Foleys before his mar
riage. and Foley always treated his mother
well. He had never heard Foley curse his
mother or sisters but once. and then not
directly. The witness told how Foley came
and informed him Of the murder and how
he sent him on to wake the neighbors.
Morrow drove past three or four neighbors
and never thought to wake them up.
He was with Foley the next morning when
Foley remarked: whoever killed those
people might have thrown those pocket
books in the pond. The witness described
the search the two made for the missing
pocketbooks. At 9:07 court adjourned until
$50 Friday morning.