The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-22
JESTER BACK IN JAIL
His Preliminary Trial Closed
Yesterday Morning.
BOUND TO HIGHER COURT
What Prosecution Claims to
Have Proved.

The trial Of Alexander Jester Of Shaw
nee, o. T. alleged to have killed Gnber
Gates, a travelling companion, came TO a.
end yesterday morning at Paris. Mo.
Judge Moss, the presiding justice open
ed court at 10 a. m. and the witnesse
who testified yesterday signed their evi
dence.
There were some few slight correction
to be made in some Of the testimony, al
Of which Jester readily consented to. H
appeared very cheerful and was quit,
laxative After the evidence was al
signed, Judge Moss arose and said:
Jester, after listening attendvely to the
evidence introduced by the state and TAX
ing into consideration the facts and cir
cumstances connected with the case, /
deem it my duty to hold you to await the
action Of the grand jury next week, and
I therefore remand you to jail without
bail"
The decision seemingly had no effect
upon the prisoner. He looked intently at
the judge while he was speaking and did
not seem to be at all confused and show
ed no signs of surprise As the judge
started to render his decision Jester, who
was sitting some distance away, asked
that he speak little louder, as he was
little hard of hearing.
Mr.. Cullen, the attorney handling the
defense Of Jes, sr stated last night that If
Jester was indicted 10y the grand jury
next week, he would Immediately ask for
a change of venue and argue it before an
other court. This closes the greatest pre-
Hminary ever held in this section.
The prosecution claims to have proven
the following points during this hearing:
First-That Jester and Gates Travelled
together from Kansas TO Middle Grove,
Monroe county, Mo.
Second-That Gates was never seen
alive after leaving a. NJ. Bassett's on the
morning Of January p, 1871.
Third-That Gates was so attached to
his belongings that he was at all times
unwilling to sell or trade any of them.
Fourth-That Jester tried at all times
to get Gates to sell his possessions to
others for cash instead Of trading them
for other articles.
Fifth-That all along the route Jester
treated Gates cruelty.
Sixth-That on the night before the
murder Jester assaulted Gates in camp,
but was kept from doing him harm by the
loud screams OF Gates.
Seventh-That on the morning Of jan
uary ., the two wagons stood together
for some time near the intersection Of
the Madison and Middle Grove roads.
Eighth-That on the approach Of wit
nesses Jester jumped hastily into the
front of the wagon and drove away at a
rapid sai-
away a pool of blood was left on the snow
on the spot where the wagons had stood.
Tenth-That a trail Of blood was left on
the snow by the wagons in their retreat.
Eleventh-That. this blood dripped
through the bed of one of the wagons,
staining a buffalo hide and the rear wag-
on hounds.
Twelfth-That covered with a blanket,
with the exception of the feet the form
Of a man. answering the description of
Gilbert Gates. lay in one of the wagons.
Thirteenth-That with this body in his
wagon Jester drove a long distance out Of
his way onto an untraveled road, through
dense timber, to The bank Of Allen creek.
Fourteeuth-That Gates was not with
the wagon east of the pool of blood, and
that one wagon without a driver was fol-
lowing the wagon driven by Jester.
Fifteenth-That Gilbert Gates was seen
alive and Wen q mile west Of the pool Of
blood at a farm house. where he bought
hay and that there he gave no sign Of
an intention 10 abandon his journey or to
sell his outfit.
xleenth-That Gilbert Gates was
nome boy and would have gone immedi-
Rtely home had he been alive.
seventeenth-ThatJ Jester had all Of Gil
bert Gates things in his possession east
of the pool of blood.
Eigh,een,h-That Jester needlessly de-
strgyed by burning a good. serviceable
trunk which haJ belonged to Gates.
Nineteenth-That Jester at various
times and especially at the first prelimin-
airy hearing. claimed that the clothes
Identified as the property of Gilbert Gates
had never belonged to any one else, al
though they were very much too small for
him
Twenaeth-That Jester had in his pos
session "a large dirk katte with which the
murder could have been committed.
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