The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-06
BOXEI.L MURDER CASE
REV. RODERICK MURRAY, A STAR
WITNESS, TEsTIFIEs FOR
THE STATE
TALKED WITH THE ACCUSED

The Defense Made an Effort to Pre-
vent the Introduction of His Tes-
timOny, but the Court Ruled for
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the
Minister'S Story-Had Quizzed
Joe DcWeI Closely.
BUFFALO, Mimi, July 5.-Rev. Rod
erick Murray, pastor of the Methodist
church at Annandale, was the star wit.
ness for the prosecution in the BoXelI
murder case today. He was formerly en-
gagged in the ministry at Howard Lake,
where he formed the acquaintance of the
BoXells, and met them frequently. The
defense tried to prevent the admission of
his testimony, but the court ruled against
it, In the latter part of his testimony
the witness said he asked Joe to tell him
all the details of the affair, and Joe had
said in reply: II wish 1 could In the
same conversation, however, he endeav-
ored to convey the impression that Alex
McVeety was the guilty person.
Rev. Mr.. Murray testified to a CONVEX
sation with Joe at the Methodist confer
ence at Smith Lake last fall. They were
sitting or the platform near the pulpit.
He talked with Joe about his fathers
death. He asked if Joe had any suspi-
cion as to who was the murderer. Joe
said he had He believed that George
Taylor and John Boxel were the MUIR
derers of his father. Witness further tes-
titled that he saw Joe after that riding
in the same rig with Taylor on his way to
Buffalo. He saw Joe again after his ar
rest. He had talk with him at the con-
stables house, and told Joe that there
was an eye that beheld him and knew all
he did that night from the time he left
his home to the time that he went across
the field to his fathers house and back to
his home; that eye saw him. Joe then be-
came greatly excited, and said he guessed
that was the person his wife saw coming
out of the woods and watched him going
to the depot. Witness then asked Joe if
he remembered saying that George Tay-
Tor and John Boxell We're the murderers
of mis- father, and he said yes. Continu-
ing, the witness said:
l asked him if he remembered that
met him on my way to Rob Mealey's,
while he (Joe) was riding with George
Taylor. I told Joe that the day befoT e
this l had told George Taylor that Joe
said that George was the murderer of his
father. then asked him what George
Taylor said to him concerning 1t. Joe
said Nothing" 1 said, Did not George
Taylor say anything TO you about his be-
ing the murderer of your father?" He
said, mo, he said not a word I told
him 1 thought it was very strange that
he would ride side by side with man
that he had accused of numbering his ia
Their I asked why he had told me that he
believed Taylor and John Boxell We're
the murderers. Joe said because of the
way they acted before the murder.
asked how they acted. Joe replied that
George Taylor told him that he wished
the old man could be put out of the way,
because it was too bad that the money
the boys had worked so hard for was be-
ing used in such way.
Ex-SheTif ]. II. Ego, of Hennepin, was
recalled and testified to seeing scratches
upon the hands of the defendant several
days after the murder. The scratches
were then fast healing.
Mark Woolley was Oh the stand for the
prosecution part of this afternoon.