Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-07-20

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IoAnson, Of 81 LSuiA hss hesz en-
% azEsst IN as prosecutien,
sut 4 b lskrned freth an sppGrsnay
rslsshls sozrcs thai Ar. 5ohnsoas
Esrvines have beez seenrsd By joan
Gates. 4
Oh nAn Gates fAtber q GfrosrA
haa N his possession a vexy pecuHAr
cap, which, n b said, GIIbert estes
had when he len hozze. and wAeh
fc1nd N The bottom o. JezssrAs
trunk aftar he wa arrested. He also
has TIE huEAlo rcbs =@SA halesged
10 HIS On and wAicA Jester ID said te
have sold to amsrrhsns IN Dsczsax
IN
Mr.. Gates accidentally discovered
that gesasF had soAa 4 In Decs.ur, 30
he went there and nn&lly sueessdsd
in heating the person - whom Jester
sold the robe He asked 10 sse IT,
but waE told thai II had besn ssnt 70 .
tHnnery. Then Gates ard the mer-
chant vent 10 the tsnnsry and saksd
for the robe. They were told that Il
Vas soaking.
me tanner asked the merchant II
ne had nOticedsnything peculiar about
H. and he replied that be had not. The
tanner then told him that II vas badly
stained with blood. Whenit wHs taken
out Of the water in which II had been
soaking, the water showed indications
OF human blood. Gates recognized
the robe immediately a. the one that
his son owned, and tooka large bottle
Of the water to Chicago to have 1t
analysed. The coloring was caused,
the chemists said, By human blood.
II IL stated that the merchant to
whom Jester il said to have sold the
robe and the tanner win be present at
the trial to testify against Jester.
TESTERS attorney, Hon. Pat. oullen,
Of Mexico, has requested that Prose-
cutting Attorney Rodes join him in 81
request for q special term Of the An
drain County Circuit Court to try the
case early IN September but Mr..
R0des has refused to do 80, because
ne Is not sure the State can be ready
for trial 60 early. Besides that, he
thinks it probable that the old indict-
ment against Jester viii be quashed
in order that 81 Indictment may be
returned against him covering the
charge Of shooting, the old indictment
having been drawn on the theory that
young Gates was stabbed or dubbed
to death. The case will be brought
back to Paris IN the event OF . new
Indictment.
John W. CAFES told Prosecuting At
tornsy Rodes how be identified Jes-
ter. After pointing Jester q to the
jailer At Shawnee, Gates, a. further
proof that the prisoner was the right
man, told the jaIIor to raise TESTERS
upper lip and he would find = cavity
and inside Of bic lower lip q lump that
would at into Il. Both marks were
found.
A, A. Gates, father Of the man
whom Jester Is charged with having
murdered, will come 10 Paris soon TO
assist In the search for evidence
against Jester.
Il TESTERS PENSION.
A press dispatch from Richmond,
Ind, dated July 18Th, says testers APP
pIication for g pension two years ago
may caass his conviction. II Il said
that Jester enlisted in the army dur
ing the Civil War from Henry County,
Ind, and about two years ago made
an application . ; pension. He
wrote to persons at Newcastle, stat
ing the fact OF his having applied for
. pension and added, II l. claimed,
! that be had lived under the assumed
name Of Hill and wanted them 70
identity him as Alexander Jester. The
attorneys are said to have secured
copies OF all the letters that have been
prepared.
!. Hon. Alvin O. 0wslsy, 3 prominent
criminal lawyer Of Denton, Texas,
has, q press dispatch says. written e
Jester offering to defend his case in
. court.
!. PARIs, Mo-, July 1s.-Prosecutine
Attorney Rodes said to-day that the
purpose Of his visit to Chicago lasl
week was to ascertain what evidence
had been sent to John w. Gates that
, had not been semi TO him and to SEE
. about assistant counsel and 1t is nov
definitely settled that Charles P
johnson, OF st. Louie, will assist him
in :he prosecution Of Jester.
! 81 win begin tomorrow interview.
ing the grand jurors who returned
! the Indictment against Jester and en-.
l deayor TO ASCERTAIN as far as possible
what testimony vas ELECTED before
. that body" said Mr.. Rodes.
? 81 viii then personally interview
each Of the witnesses who appeared
before the grand jury. I expect C
systematically gather the evidence Ia
this case"
, In an interview with J. A. Can
naday, from Carrollton, No., he said
that he was raised with Jester IN
Indiana; that they wers boys to.
: getheF, and that he knew him many
years; that Jester was always in
trouble, and had the reputation Of
beng one Of the meanest boys in thai
community, and was always . very
profane young man.
"He ~professed conversion In 1855, >
said Mr.. Oannaday, "and united with
the Christian Church, reforming
some. In 1851 he joined the Union
army and when the var closed be
came back 10 Richmond, Ind, and
was more profans and disreputabls
than he was before be joined the
church. He shortly afterward went
to preaching, bat No q who knew
him had any faith or confidence in
him"
II. W. Mounce, 9 prominent lumber
dealer Of Moberly, sAid to-day that
ne was living In Paris in 1871 when
letter drove through there with the