Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-25

'ffected in any way until cross t
by himself. He did not q
know how to talk law, but he did r.
know how to talk common sense. l
After telling the Court that he {
thought a mother who would send I
her child to testify in case Of this
nature unprotected was unfeeling {
and no real mother. he exclaimed {
''Why did she go after me? I'll
tell you. She kaew that I was
easy; that was friend of the
poor and needy, and was poor
niger who looked out for my
friends. Now let lis take this ia
nocent child's evidence" he said.
"The county attorney did not get
the evidence out of her, but l did,
and it hurt my case, but / wanted
the truth. He then overwhelmed
the evidence from beginning to end
with sarcasm, particularly that Of
the mother and the child.
He continued to repeat the ques-
ton as to why the charge had not
been brought while he was here
and not while he was away to
raise money to pay off the mort
gage on the hotel. He openly
charged the child, the mother and
Mrs. Walton with conspiracy. He
sarcastically referred to the child
as an ''innocent well Of purity,
and as "like lily growing in a
stink pond, amid slime. Then he
said, s'look at the mother and tell
me what you think of her! She,
the mother of this child, was will
ing to accept a bride for her child's
virtue. Well, if l have done any
thing wrong, and God knows !
have not, she has compounded a
felony.
From Fridays daily.
He told of his business troubles
and how the constables had taker
his little boys pony and saddle ane
r were using it themselves, and how
: when he was on his way people
had called him up on the telephone
and said: "Run, Vinegar, run !!
S and if he had wanted to get ava.
l no Mclean or anyone else coul'
S have caught him; how the lawyer
4 down at Lewiston had worked
S colored friend of his for $40 TO
n "habis cops" l don't know wha
n that is" he said, "but / dom
O want any of it in NINE" He ha
: been chased like a felon an
n brought back like a criminal.
It The strongest portion OF hi
speech was when he spoke of hi
a relations to the Shearer family, an
n said: 81 love that family, and We
n proud when some of them in the
l. testimony said l was one Of til
IS family, and 1 am proud of it, an
t. not ashamed to acknowledge i
l. and thank God that few of the
e said it; and I want to say that
IS feel this way towards that famik.
n that if anyone was guilty in COZ
q nection with their little girls as
le am charged, that there would be
r. good chance to lynch this niger.
T. He said the alleged confession
N the child Dorothea was remorse
o. having lied about him, and that
@ was natural for the child to t.
TO the truth to anyone who won
as question her kindly, as MI
be Shearer did.
ed Referring to Shearer and /
ne wife testimony he said: "Me al
or him are like Damon and Pythis
to I am Damon and he is Phythis
at and I would give my life for hi
H. and / am welcome in his house
ne day." He apologized for the ties
OF mony of Duval on the ground tn
Lis he did not speak good English a
a did not know what he would t
rs; tify to before he was placed on I
I'm stand.
After coplimenting the proset
an ton he said he did not ccnsit
Mr.. Scales had exercised due d.
I'll cacy in asking Edna Shea
OF whether he (Vinegar) had e.
ed petted or fondled her. He touch
! lightly on Mrs. Hannant's tes
'eo mony.
lat He practically closed by ref
no ring to the statutes and telling
,ue court that he was held on
led wrong charge-that the o.
got charge which could successfully
he brought against lin was coma
on assault. He then tried to sh
bo- that the mother had compounde
ase felony. He became greatly excl
The and often had tears in his eyes.
say tried to impress the Judge with
he fact that he did not wish him
her render hasty judgment but to II
in the matter under advisement.
nld made soul-stirring and eloqu