Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-12-01

REORGANIZATION: I came :,
TINS country from Wallace. / never
9erved term in the penitentiarv.
=. was really a boss around the ho.
,el 'or ohearer. l was his advisor
! was treated as one of the family
9n1 ! was one of them, thank God
! slept with the boy and he is INV
boy IN my heart. Mrs. Chase ac.
cused me of making this assault
upon her daughter, but never adj.
united it and l never pleaded with
ner, on my knees, to keep it quiet.
as u would ruin the Shearrr family
II the truth came out. 1 owe he,
money yet. 1t was not until I had
liked the testimony with the Shear.
er family that [ stopped paving
her. When this happened | was
proprietor at the hotel. never
mentioned the Shearer. family to
her. ! gave all the children mon
ey, and | bought them clothing.
Redirect: l have raised nine
ooys;. Oscar is my ninth. l have
sworn to rails ten. l am a gam.
bier aid an all around sport.
ke-cross-examination: l belong
to that family; my whole heart and
soul is with that boy Oscar.
Il. ID. Shearer then testified sub
stantially as follows: / reside at
GrangeviIle; have known Watkins
Mrs. Chase and Dorothea Chase:
they all resided at the Palace hotel
during the month of August, 1899.
l was proprietor Of the hotel.
mad a conversation with Mrs. Chase
IN the presence Of my wife and
daughter Edna, in which she said
that she had received $50 on ac-
count OF 5000 for hush money.
Later, in the presence of my wife.
asked Dorothea Chase why she
told this story on Charley and she
said her mamma had told her to
tell 1t, because he had $1,000 and
she wanted the money for her ,li-
vOrce.
Characterization: Watkins was
with us two years, his position was
that OF porter and roustabout. We
had no business relationship until
May. except he was manager in
my absence. l always treated him
like brother, Or one OF the fam
lily. The conversation with Mrs.
Chase occurred in room 5; she said
Vinegar had assaulted her daugh-
ter and he was going to pay her
$500. l don't know that she had
the child examined. She said she
did not tell of the matter because
she did not want to expose my
family; l advised her to hush the
matter up because it would be best
for all of lis. She was chamber
maid for us; l owed her money and
owe it yet. She was to get the
money owed her from Watkins.
When l turned the hotel over to
him, h. assumed the debts. She
never denied that defendant made
the assault; she always said he did.
l do not know when they had the
medical examination. The reason
she did not leave the hotel was
that she was fricndless and home
less.
Redirect: l have been told her
husband is wealthy, in ae Palouse.
Watkins has clothed my son Oscar
and taken care of him ever since
he has been with us. He thought
lots Of Oscar and Oscar reciprocal
ed. l was sick for month after
the business was transferred to
Vinegar.
Re-cross- examination: My wife
transferred the property to Wat
kins because / was sick and sold
out to him.
Edna Shearer, daughter of the
former witness, was called and tes-
tilted: Am IA years old; know
Mrs. Chase, Dorothea and G. v.
Watkins. Lottie is my sister. ]
had a conversation with Dorothea,
10 days after my return from
Washington, when she said that
her mother told her to say that
Charley raped her and she would
get 5000, and with the rest she
could 90 and see her auntie; that
Watkins had $4,000 and she was
going to get it. did not believe
it because Charley had always
treated us like ladies. He was
like a relation or one Of the family.
l never told Mrs. Chase what Dor
othea had told me. Dorothea told
me that defendent had made THU
assault on her. never told hel
to tell her mother or the contrary
Redirect: I did not believe il
because Charley has lived with III
for year and always conducted
himself like gentleman.
Mrs. Mary NJ. Shearer: Am thu
wife of r. D. Shearer; know Doro
thea and Mrs. Chase and C. V
Watkins. Witness cOrrOboratet
the former witnesses as far as thu
con yersation with Dorothea and re
ferred to defendant continually a
NJ V;pooar and then retOld til,