Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-06-29

DeIore the killng was supposed 70
have been done. He (Bassett) was
not at home just then and did not see
Jester. He thinks that the killing
was done about two miles from his
old home. A few weeks after that
time A. A. Gates, the father, came
through that part Of the section, and,
ne 1t happened, MI. Bsssett, o Of
this city, was the. first whom Gates
asked about his son. Mr.. Bassett told
all he knew of the case and Mr.. Gates
began to secure the evidence upon
which q warrant was sworn out.
SHAWNEE, Ok, June 24.-Alexander
Jester and his sister, Mrs. Corneha
Street, who charges him with q muir
der committed twenty eight years
ago, YER interviewed by the Republic
correspondent to-day.
Several days ago Mrs. Street said
she informed on her brother because
her conscience pricked her for keep
Ing the secret and because the Lord
prompted her to do IL.
"What was your motive in writing
to the Sheriff charging your brother
with murder?n Mrs. Street was asked.
81 wrote the letter because 1 wanted
my brother away from here, and be-
sides he was going to get married and
/ knew | would be thrown out Of
doors.n
"Then You wrote the letter through
q selish motive and not because you
knew your brother to be guilty OF
m~urder?n
"Well, l do not know whether he is
guilty or not"
"Why did you state in your letter
that you knew Of your own personal
knowledge that he was guilty and
that you wanted him punished?"
"The father Of the man who was
killed identified the team belonging
to his son and the team was in my
brothers. possession, and l under
stood that my brother was arrested
for the crime in 1871, the year the
young man was murdered"
"Whom do you mean when you say
your brother2"
~ mean Alexander Jester, who now
goes BY the name Of w. A. HILL"
"Why was Il that your brother was
not tried and convicted for the crime7n
"Because he broke jail and has sue
ceeded In evading the officers ever
since"
"Have you been with your brother
ever SINCE he broke jail7n
"No, / hadn't seen or heard from
him for ove twenty years until l
came to Oklahoma at bis solicita-
tion.D
"Why have you kept the matter
secret for the past twenty years2"
81 never knew where he was until /
came here"
SHOW old are you?"
"Sixty- eight years.
"Have you and your brother ever
had any trouble?n
"Not until lately and I felt certain
II he retained his liberty for ten days
he would 60 away with herr
What r bis general prOpensi-
ties?n
swell, he says that he has been
preaching for the past twenty years.
l am sorry to say Il, but he is n Of
the most vicious, heartless men that
ever was permitted to go free"
Alexander Jester, alias W. A. Hill,
was asked II he had ever lived In
Missouri.
81 drove through the State at one
time.n
"wers you ever arrested for MUIR
der?p
"Nsver, nor did | ever murder any
one"
sis not your name Alexander Jester
and lie not w. A. Hill an alias7n
"My name is W. A. Hill. / had a
step-father by the name Of Jester.p
"Why do You receive q pension
under the name of Alexander Jester7n
because ! enlisted In the army In
1861 under that name.n
"where did Jon 60 when you left
the armyp" rata
81 joined the army in the State Of
Indiana, my native state, and re-
manned there until 1869, when l went
to Texas"
"How long did you live In Texas9r
"From 1859 to 1883. Then / came
to oklahoma and have been here ever
"How many relatives have youYn
~ have two brothers In Indiana,
three grown chIldren-they are all
married and my sister, Mrs. CornelIa
Street-God pity heri l shall ask
providence 20 disabuse her OF her
hallucinations."
"wsre you to be married next Sun
"Yes, I wa to be married to Mrs
Gable, q widow with even beautiful
children" I
"Have you ever had any trouble !
with your s~ister7s'
"Not until lately. Just as soon as I
The Knew | vas gong to get married
The began to complain bitterly" ]
"Were you ever IN Kansas7n
ayes, ! lived there about one year. .
"What year wts tbkt7n I
81 do not remember, but IL was
bout twenty-nvs years ago" I
"How could you live In Kansas !
twenty-five year ago when you lived 3
n Texas from 1See to fsee7n '
"Wel, ] don't know" b
Glow do youfesl over this mattsr7n Z
"To be candid, 20 be classed With
riminals is = melancholy considers Q
ioni ! ~certaioly need the charitable b
hought End consideration OF my I
Ieighbon.D n
"Whaf were you doing during the P
Inc t1rt Won Lived il Taxaa4H