The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-18
SAW GILBERT GATES'S BODY
WITH BLOOD ON THE FACE.
Witness SHears That Jester Grutfsy Told
Him to Get Away, as the Boy
Was Drunk
SAYS the Prisoner Afterwards threatened Him With the Pen
itentiary If He IOid-AIOre About the
Blood Spots
R.PTETTC TTCTAL.

REPUBLIC sT'ECTAL.
New London. No. July I---Thero was
standing room only at the Jester trial to-
day. The audience was larger .har ever be-
fore. and showed a marked in re ise # vs.
itors from distance. Many witnesses arc
arriving from Indiana and elsewhere.
Most Of the evidence to-day presented
was never heard in court before. and the
p;cInise OF the prosecution To produce an
abundance OF new and sensational tesJi-
n,ony IS already fulfilled.
Juror Became sick.
At II O'Clock. ]. E. Willis. ore o, the
your= jUrymeu. became i'll ana court was
adjourned until D. NJ
This incident led to much speculation as
70 The results which would follow a serious
sickness OF any member of tHa jury. Will
+. however. recovered sufficiently from his
slight sickness to attend court this after
noon.
J. n. Curtwr's't. questioned by = T.
Rodes gave this testimony:
Il live n Monroe County. between Paris
and Middle Grove. and am veil acgu t!nted
with tho country around GsiGasr~- Farm.
While / was county Judg.. = proposition
was made to build a railway. and. in an
election, the matter was submitted to The
people.
ION the day Of that election, February !.
ISL. very heavy rain fell and as a re-
suit Allen Greek was very high. ! crossed
Allen Ford. and had to ger M on my knees
in the saddle to keep from getting wet.
This was the FIST breaking up % tie
ice and the streams were Ru~-e,;. / crossed
Zee Branch. and iound II breast deep TO my
horse. / was not a member ol the county
Court in February. ls7l. but l examined the
records. and know the date Of the cleo
ton. As ! started to the elect .oE. a deep
SNOW was on the srouna. but it rained al
day. and then tie creeks were high
Gutcs's Face Was Bioody.
Mr.. RoGes then introduced William y.
Shrewsbury. He talked 50 "a % ) that the
stsuogrlphers were compelled % hes him to
slow up a little So they could take his
testimony. Yet this man with the lightning
tongue complain i tiat Mr.. cullen talked
too st n ask.ng hts questions.
William W. Shrewsbury. who. according
t. his own testimony. has heen almost ey-
er.vher.. and has done almost evcTy thing.
was one OF the many who met testers
caravan on January p. 1871. lie saw much
in few seconds and had no trouble in re-
Iajing it TO the jury.
He swore that he saw the two wagons in
tn East Madison road after they had
turned south from lIulen's lane. There
was the buffalo calf. He saw the young
man lying in the rear wagon. He had seen
that boy before. Two nights previous he
was at the movers camp and saw Jester
and the boy as he saw them in camp and
his descIiIIjYn .allies with that given ny
other witnesses. lie met the wagons
ana saw that the rear wagon was ON a
lock He saw the young man partly COW
red. his face bloody. lying IN the wagon
He snure that me old man said STuihy:
Get away from here; that boy Is dfunk
Witness saw comforts OF buffalo robes
over the boz ana recognized the driver and
the boy and entire outfit. The Older man
he saw in Jail ar Paris in June following
ana positively recognized - as the same
one.
In November. le said. he saw the man in
the PARIS Jail, ana recalled the following
couve: sati"n:
DO you know me?''
No"
"pid you see me in your camp one
night"
No"
Yes. you did" and Il believe that boy
was dead when I saw him in the wagon
Jester t. said TO have replied: If you
swear TO that / will peniteutiary you Tor
perjury
Shrewsbury as never witness before
on cross-exam. nat ton cullen asked:
Where was GU at ;he time of the Paris
preliminary
In warren County. Iowa"
Have You seen that mover since. you saw
him in jau|
YES. IL this courtroom to-day. There he
is. leaning on that cane
did you know, Mr.. Shrewsbury, that tho
punishment for perjury in capital case is
deatL?'
NO sir; but was not afraid 10 tell this
Under q rapid fire of severe cross-eNarni-
nation witness told much OF his past his
tory. assuring cullen he had made zen
thousand trips selling books, in the auc-
ton business. selling medicine, giving med
!cine shows, Indian shows. etc. and ne
could not possibly mention every lit!e
move IN detail. He bought Doctor Chascs
hooks Of Publisher Rice OF Ann Arbor.
Mich. and sold them to farmers. Mr.. Cu!-
len asked:
Was you n book agent?"
Define it yourself. sir; l am not Web
ster.
AT Little Rock. Ark. l received tele-
gram from Detective J. e. kaufman to
meet him at the Savoy Hotel in Kansas
city. | responded and met Kaufman at the
pinkerton headquarters. diI ed with him
ana Slept an hear ur ~ and went I. Paris
tn uigat with him. Looked over the
ground where 1 saw Jester and remembered
The event Clearly"
Meme, for His TIae.
Mr. Cullen asked witness how much he
received from Kaufman Tor his services
here Shrewsbury said he was to receive
his expenses and money proper for his le-
Ultimate tine. Witness said his time WIS
worth "a hundred dollars Il mouth
How much have you received Already
q s!led the attorney.
Fifty dollars, sir. telegrsphed me b
Kaufman
How much did he give you in the Park
Hotel yesterday.
Not a cent. I signed a receipt for the
nifty already paid me
shrewsbury said that he had never been
indicted bv e. Grand Jusy or arrested for a
a~ IA. 2.s '..' titled IN q Cir
cult Court before in his life.
Unuer Cu..-i. > ui4a.a.., ire the patent
medicine man al EoJ quail, buJ ht.C nis
own. lis irish viz was equal 10 every
w. Crawford Harris. now deceased. tegti-
fed in Kansas Il ISL. His statement was
read 70 the jury. lie saw defendant Jam
uary Is 1911. with two wagons and a box |
marked buffalo calf
Jester was then down In Reiss Creek bot |