Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-05-26

Kensler would leave him. | said
take care AL, don't get mixed III
with that woman" He said, "Johr
don't care what | do with her"
State rests. Defense opens.
Neil SHREDDER, Ole Olsen and Other
witnesses already called, testified &c
appearances of warm friendship ex.
listing all the time between John ano
Freel, and that John always spoke
highly of his hired man.
Alfred Frcel testified am % years old; can't reat
or wrte am teanster and stock rider; lived at Gleug
Lefry since | was ten years old. went TO work fol
John hensler last July. At the time | commenced
10 work MIS- kensler not there but she cams
there in I'VE deys after and she came TO the ranch
dressed IN mems clothing On October II John and
| went to Gleuas Ferry in the morning and we ali
a lot Of drinking together about the town while
There nc bargalhed of the ranch to Messrs Roseyesr
lot SStpVu. Iheu we drank more and filed two MINI
masks with whisky and got aboard the wagon ~, =
went hone-both pretty full but our senses ss t.ei
as ever. unlltehod the team AMI he said Don't
uihaintss put them in the stable with tho harness
on, winch DID. then went into the haltse ava i +
bhd SIT down together 20 supper Mrs Keualrt h n
company htiie before and she and her two children
H4i supper then. John said 10 her "Ive sold Tho
tehei ana she said, in joshiAg way ~ won I
elsh hhe papers. He rot mad got up and hit her
s'1 tHS, % ---- -.- that's the way YOU al.
ways do She cried and said ''J0hn yotiil III, sorr,.
Tor this, you'll never strike me again and went mo
The front room closing the door behind her Heapd
had ehlpted one flask our way home aud We were
qulte id'I and We danced and sung and played a
mouth h@TP, both IN the kitchen and Oh the porch
got urea ana drOWsy and 80 | went to the stable
ulharne-Sed the team and went to bed which | had
Dtonght to the haystack tell asleep aud in short
Tune ne Woke me up to 60 back to the Ferry 70
near soy Mcdonnell speak that night / said we
noth hAd drink enough and refused to 70 A short
,inle after, heard the team leave and cross the
bridge over the ditch in the lane fgll aslctp hut
as again woke up. This time it was Mrs kenser
She said, That old al has hit mc again and am
going 70 Nil hilli come ami help NE said, Don't
YOU DO u. She says to me, "if YOU don't help me
VIII get some one else that will" / reasoned with
ler and told her ia be blamed for it, and she agreed
NOT 10 10 IL ana went away. | dropped asleep aud
BY and by she and man whose face was BACKED or
masked woke me Up, and the man pointed gun at
my head, telling they had killed john aud for me
70 get up and help to bury HIM they'd blow my
- lights out | got up and accompanied them to the
house. Ihere saw kenser dead hls body on the
loor on canvas sheeting. They said they'd bury him
n the ditch and compelled to 90 to the headgate
With them and turn the water out She walked
cad, the gun in one hand, shovel ia the other.
followed ana the man followed after with gun in
land, and she opened the gate and let the water in
4anheid ditch. We got back to the house and they
4uS tlt mole IN the ditch and the and dragged
the body out the canvas to the hole refused to
but she put the gun TO my head and said, "You K
J. OF a D., If you don't help I'll blow your head
nun up and cleaned up We then went into the
house. The bedeluthes were bloody and were burned
The bed was - the northeast corner oi the front
room. she then got q dshpan fun of warm water
and washed up the blood aud brain matter of OF the
Oor the man holding the lamp for her 70 do 50. Ii
TOOK until clock IN the morning TO do this Then
she went out, hitctcd up the team, drove them out
ana turned them loose. QHte soon it was daylight.
She next got brtakiAit ana she, aud the children,
Myrtle and Albert, sat down to eat She said 10 me
johns gone to town" | said Yes he has that
IA re q fEtu
team loose she eft washing the dishes aud went
away with the hloudy canvas in guuny slCk to bury
It and in half an hour returned with shovel in her
hand. She, by threats and sntreaties, got me- to
promise not to tell on her so kept still. feared
her That's why told these witnesses what they
sand told them They told the truth.
In the cross examination, Freel ad.
mitted criminal intimacy with Mrs.
Kensler, and his story in this line is
better omitted than printed. 1t is q
sad story OF a wife's general inhdeGty
and total depravity,
Redirect eXamination-I can't read
can't calculate. Don't know month,
Of the year in proper order. My knowl
edge of English language is limited tc
plain talk.
Rebuttal by State--Myrtle Kensler
Papa slapped mamma that uight Al
the supper table, and mamma said
that is the last time you'll slap me-
This was a surprise to States counsel
who called the child to rebut Freel',
statement OF that fact, and although
questioned repeatedly in the SAM
manner they could not shake her
This left Freels statement corobof
ated-entlreiy the reverse of their pun
pose and, being their witness, coult
not be impeached.
Elfreda Freel--I am the mother @
the prisoner. AZ ten years OF age h
was kicked by mule II the head, an
ever since his head has been more g
less unbalanced. The doctor told M
not TO send him to school.
Arguments Of counsel were the
commenced, Mr.. Ruick opening fo
the State followed by Messrs. Bier
bower and Wolfe for the defense, an
closing argument for the State by Di
trict Attorney Rogers.
At 10 o'clock Saturday night til
case was submitted TO the jury.
The Verdict.
Sunday night, at 9:15, after bein
out almost twenty-four hours, the jur
returned into court and handed i
their verdict, which was read by CleI
Reynolds, and is as follows: awe, Il
Jury in the above suit, find the deien
emit, Alfred Rosenerans Freel guilty
murder in the second degree
charged in the information and re
commend the highest penalty OF Il
law for sentence by the court"
JOHN A. MAhMBURG,
Foreman
Freel was then rcmanded for se
tence. His face frightened when
sentence was read, realizing that |
life was saved. The verdict is no le
and conceded by great many &c
! citizens, no more than he justly
serves.
Wolfe and Bierbower of counsel
, defense made a most mastery defer
of Freel all throughout the trial Eve
inch of ground was contested W
earnest yigor, and every thread of {
dence in his favor, however light, '
weighed most carefully that none
. its value was lost. Through their
roic efforts to save the life of the
/ fortunate, but foolishly errauc you
man, he was snatched from the seal
t after standing in the shadow Of
gallows since his FIRST trial Tn
eternal vigilance was his safety Fl
! death. The statutory penalty is
l ,,,.i,n,,nlnni ~ harA lnhnr for not