Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-07-20

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risd IN Para
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'0e3 esazty, makss TIE s0Ilo~ing
aats1eats
II rived vita NY uncle, A. }. Al
Einson. 81 Point sozsthang hks two
Nd q bali nlss east and ors-haIfs
MIA 1orfA q Mddle Grove, and vas
lhoSn Is ys4<s cd II ths tsze Of as
zurcs- OF Cases Myself and uncle.
Mr.. Atk1nson. were gong souih On
he MAdas0s Rad, whrh Ezs in shout
AhAH-milee Ct Two covered wagons q
TIE As51ls Grove rsad, running east
and vssl Rnown - TIE Made Grove
and PAIRS read We noticed q man
get cot q the fsont wagon ard 70 10
the back wagon and gst IN n In q
short Wills AfteVwGrd Ne got out and
lied a 70 the trent wagun and shes
ge4 into the frozf. driving On e1ss
into the AIIsn Greek road
1The iasa we saw Of the wagons wls
ire dissPpe2rAnce Of them Into the
timber near TIE HEien fsrn- whns
We were following the wagon We
noticeo blood stains On The szow, but
Ne never thsaght anything abeut n,
i1st supPosiag 4 wa eAussd BY one
Of the borses being hEx1 IN some HAy.
AlloEsthsr, / sapposs We followed the
wagons about . nile. Thia happened
IN gszsxy, ISL, and thers vas very
deep Enow On tAs ground
aAbczf NarcA ! he fzther q yozng
Gases came thrssEh Mozros county
Offering . large reward tor the b0cy
Of Gates, and Twas ene Of The party
Of NEE thai wadsd thr0ugh Anen,s
Greek hunting for the body, which
vas Supposed to have been put under
the ice, A. some parties claimed they
bad seen q hole cut In the ice near the
Hulen farm.
aWe started at HRIea's ford and
waded the creek nearly i've miles,
bat did not find any trace of the body.
/ never saw Jester, only at . distance,
and don't think ! could identity him
II 1 should see him.n
Detectives AT WORK
WICHITA, KAs., July Isl. H. Til
Iotson and Edmund Williamson, who
are posing a. St. Louis attorneys, ar
rived here this morning and com
mencsd gathering evidence in the
Jester case. They gave out the in
formation that John W. Gates, OF
Chicago, employed them TO secure
evidence. Il is known that they are
not attorneys.
i Tlllotson is assistant chief OF the
Pinkerton Detective agency At Kan
sas City and williamson Il his assist
ant. They are not employed by GkteE
or Jester, IT IL asserted, but are mere
ly looking into the matter for the
Pinkerton company, who may have
the case from Gates,of Chicago. Wher
questioned 80 to who employed them
both refused to state.
} They show no credentials. They in
terviewed men to-day who knew
Jester when ae lived here, and have
told officers here they are sure Jes'
ter is the man wanted for the murdeI
Of Gilbert Gates twenty-elght year
ago. nIIotson has asked for tn
records Of Jester's trial here 90 b
can interview the witnesses.
: TlIlotsoH stated that the story tol'
By the Jefferson City convict ha
been Investigated and finds there
> no truth In Il. The detectives vii
. remain here . week or two. The,
Z viii 60 70 Derby Tomorrow and in
vestigate the reeeLt confession o
Mrs. Corneliz Street, in which shI
says her brother killed q young doe
tor. The detectives said to officer
: here that what information the
have secured IL valuable.
L. D. Fisher, Of Cleo, Ok, who wa
constable here in the summer Of 1856
: knew Jester and said to The RePH6ls
correspondent tonight:
: sThat summer there was a ma
named Moore stopping on Jeste
o Greek with some cattle. On som
Q pretsxt, Jester got possession G
Moors's cattle and put them In hi
Z own herd. I believe be claimed th
cattle had damaged him and he re
6 fused to give them up. Jester was
g Preacher, but be was q great bulIdozs
and when Moore and some of b
friends gezt to get the cattle 3
q stood them Of with 3 shotgun. u
. kept those cattle, too, until ! threat
b ened to lock him up. ] know tbs
Jester stole lots Of cattle in tn
q way
9 A telegram has been received froI
Chicago stating that TIIotson and b
Q partner are working in the interest {
y John W. Gates. They viii gaths
witnesses here next week and taxi
e their testimony.
= MAJ. BRrsrow on THE JESTER CAsI
MONROE 0rTv, NO., July 15-"Di
you ask me touching my knowlede
Of and connection with the Jests
: eass7n said Mai. Bristow to-day. 6
have only this to say; ] never try m
N leases In the columns Of 3 newspape
!, Il Is not generally profitable to Ii
client, and is very apt to be harmfu
IA great deal has already been pull
a lished concerning this case, which
4 mere rot. I notice In the 81. Lou
papers an interview had with Jude
Bashav, Of st. Louis. The only II
= naFkzbls thing about his interyie'
Il that Ju6ge Bashaw ever gave n
"a terance to facts herein alleged or 81
/. pressed, or the legal opinion attribuI
ed to him. I know Judge Bashaw |
be both 8 good lawyer and q Garrett
and conservative judge, and II b
made tbs statement In said article {
d expressed the opinion therein Al
tributed to him, all that ! have to "a
. is that the judge has wonderful
% changed since be was an homes
y discreet and safe country lawyer an
Is counselor. Now, as to Judge Rouse
n connection with the (Jester) case,