Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-07-28

that which was to be desired In this
was mistaken. He might have looked
= tride pale. his demeanor may have been
rather thoughtful and subdued. but
there was a quiet dignity and an open.
IN. dashed look on his face that i'll ac-
corded with the popular idea Of associs-
tion with hardened criminality. no.
ticed he only once seemed to observe the
presence of the women. and then he
turned his head quickly away. never
looking at them again. at least SO far
rs could make out
There was hush. and the magistrate
read over the necessary preliminary pa
pers in connection with the charge In
dealing with this case | shall neither
repeat discussions regarding points OF
law nor give in full the evidence of the
witnesses. confining myself To the main
features. therefore do not pretend to
be technically correct
The charge was to this effect-that
be. John Fafquharson alias John Tyn-
dali. did. near the Cloncurry. on or about
the ninth day of March last. kill one
James Sexton. bnshman and miner.
etc. Guilty or not guiltyf'
"Not guilty, was the quick and half
indignant response. Then the sergeant
Of police who conducted the case for TIE
crown. said that, on the 9th of Marcii
last. one James Sexton. bushman. dig
ger. stockman-one. in fact. who. like
most other men in Queensland. turned
his hand to anything-had left Cloncur-
ry either in company with. or on the
same day as. the prisoner, John Farqu
harson; that fortnight later. the
prisoner entered the town Of Norman
ton alone. At this time it was not
known that he had left with the de.
ceased A number Of horses had been
stolen some time previously at the cattle
station Of Millungera. and as the pris-
oner had been seen with u gang II men
who were recognized horse thieves
couple of police officers We're sent up
toward the Cloncurry to find ont if GER
tain horses had not been planted in
that direction. On their way up they
found the murdered body of James Sex
ton. 1t was known that the murdered
man had about him a considerable sum
of money. The numbers Of certain bank
notes-Queensland National bank notes
he had were found on slip of pa
per. in small pouch which the muir
derer had overlooked. The watch of the
deceased had also been taken The fact
Of finding the body had been kept as
quiet as possible by the police. in order
that the murderer might be put off his
guard After giving it ont that he was
going to the gold diggings on the Gil
bert the prisoner had disappeared. and
all traces of his whereabouts were lost.
Descriptions of him had been sent to all
the police stations in the country. Some
few weeks ago word had been received
from respected and we'll known squat
ter, Mr. Mackenzie Of Tarragong and
the Robinson river. that he and some
others-the prisoner among the number
had come across the body of "a man
who had been murdered by the blacks
The description of this man CORE
sponded with that of John Farquharson.
and the papers found ON the body were
also those of the latter. 1t was therefore
believed that the murderer of james
Sexton had met with his just deserts at
the hands Of the blacks. However. a
few days ago the prisoner was recog-
nized as being the real John Farquhar-
son. living under the assumed name OF
Tyndall He would produce witnesses
to swear to his true identity The sur
mise was that when he discovered the
body of the man who was murdered
by the blacks. seeing in it present
ment of himself the idea occurred to
him to effect transfer of personalities.
He had previously changed his name to
that of Tyndall He therefore transfer
red his own papers to the person Of the
murdered man. whose real identity had
thus been lost Moreover. two s. Queens
land National bank notes had been
found on the body corresponding with
the numbers on the notes that had been
taken from the body of Sexton To say
the least of it. it was an ingenious de
vice of the prisoner Personally the
sergeant had no knowledge of the ac-
cused. but he would produce witnesses
Of undoubted respectability and probity
who would identify him
At the mention Of the aforesaid wit.
nesses of 'respectability and probity'
an old bushman in the body Of the court
broke into an explosive snort He had a
keener sense Of humor than his COM
rades. but he was promptly elected
from the tent by stalwart trooper
The sergeant now produced warrant
for the prisoner s arrest and testified to
its execution. He repeated that he
would produce witnesses who would
testify TO the prisoners identity and
justify his worship committing him for
trial
He paused His straightforward and
earnest manner Of stating his case had
made its impression. Jack. however
seemed perfectly unmoved. Then the
sergeant called his first witness Timothy
Daily. looked at this representative Of
"undoubted respectability and probi-
ty" and confess TO having experienced
q species Of admiration for the man =
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