Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-06-29
THIRTY YEARS AGO SIZE SAYS
HER BROTHER MURDERED
HER LOVER.
her LONG SEARCH FOR JESTER.
The Fugitive Changed His Name and
Lived in Wealth and in Good
Rsputs in the West Will
be Brought to Mexico.

W1CHffAt MAS, June zz.--Aioxhuucl
Jester, alias W. H. Hin, charged will
the murder OF Gilbert Gates, nea
Paris, No., In 1871 arrived hsre lac
night from Shawnee, Ok, in charg'
of officers and wss placed in the coun
ty jail. He was denounced by his sis
ter, Mrs. Cornelia Street, of Shawnee
who says she was engaged to be mar
ried to Gates when her brother muir
dered him. Gilbert Gates was I
brother OF John W. Gates, presiden
of the American Steel and Wire Com
pany, and possible successor of Sena
tor Oullom.
Mrs. Street declares that only wheI
her brother is led to the galiows will
she feel that her duty has been done,
her life was ruined, she asserts, wheI
her lover was murdered. When Jestel
was placed in a cell, Mrs. Street tolt
the officers that 1t was the happies
moment of her life. She says she hal
spent fortune running down hel
brother.
Jester is now 90 years of age and Il
known to have led respectable LII
for the last 90 years. He is quit'
wealthy. The people Of Shawnee be
lIsve that Mrs. Street is not telling thu
truth.
A Chicago monument with this in
scription marks the grave of Gilber
Gates in plot at oakwood cemetery
"GIlbert W., son of A. A. and Mary
Gates, was murdered in Missouri b,
Alexander Jester, Jan. 25, 1871, aget
10 years and % days.n
JESTER WILLING TO STAND TRIAL.
WICHITA, KAs., June 22.-Reportl
received from Shawnee, Ok, to-nigh
say that Alexander Jester, alias W. II
Hin, has been arrested there for thu
murder Of Gilbert Gates on May 2
1871, in Monroe county, Missouri. Th'
information came in the shape of
message signed by the city marshal
The message adds that Jester 4
being held upon the order of Sheriff
Nelson from Mexico, Mo-, who Il
coming with requisition papers.
Jester has never tried to get away
He knew yesterday that he was to b
arrested, but only said:
tsLet them come and arrest me.
am innocent. I never killed GiIber
Gates.n
she went away that night withou
my knowing 1t. The reason ! escaped
was to keep from being lynched, Al
they surely Intended to do. Now
fear nothing like that, and / am will
ing to stand trial.n
Mrs. Street, Alexander's sister, wal
asked to-day why she accused hel
brother of murder. She said:
"The Lord prompted me to do 1t
No one has known the load ! have oar
ried around for these many years
When I would try to forget it,it woult
seem to me as If l could hear the Lort
saying: sYou are as much q sinner a
your brother
"As I grew older the burden ha
grown heavier. For the last 7 years
1 have scarcely slept. The dread o
carrying the secret to my grave ha
never been lifted for q moment. !
ran through ali the music and laugh
ter I ever heard. When we had guest
ut our home and l laughed and talke'
with friends. I could feel chill creep
ing up and down my back. 1t alway
came chasing after every pleasan
thought go close that / never coul'
find any enjoyment in anything.
thought Of 1t at night after going h
bed. I could not dismiss It from m,
mind, though struggled to forget
for Just > little while. 1t robbed m
of my sleep, destroyed my appetite
1t oppressed me till my bones ached
1 prayed to forget the crime of m
brother, but I found relief only 1
confession.
SHERIFF. MEIeoN EN- ROUTE.