Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-15

Are you in the habit of making
bluffs?'
mo, SIR
Did you not, in a store at Hecla
about eight years ago, pull gun on a
man named smith,
I'VE object" said Mr.. Thresher
The objection is sustained" said the
judge.
Did you leave England of your own
free will?"
Yes, sir"
Did you not state otherwise at some
time?"
mo. sir"
Several questions relative to the pull
ing of the blinds of the saloon windows
and door were then asked by the coun-
ty attorney.
DO you know Harry Lepler?"
Yes, SIR
Did you ever meet him in the county
jail?"
Yes. SIR
II will ask if you did not. in the Jail.
on June 4, in answer to question from
him as to why you shot Woodside.
answer Il do not know and when he
asked you what you We're going to do
about it you answered that you did not
know. as you had not had time to think
about it,"
Il remember having talked to him, but
do not remember what l said
II will ask you if you dld not, in the
county Jail on June 13, say to w. II.
Stumbaugh and Oscar Wall. in answer to
a question propounded by the former as
to why you shot Doc say that you
did not know. and add, when asked what
you expected to get out of it, that YOU
might get SO years or you might get the
rope?"
Il do not know what 1 said to them.
l remember that u conversation took
place between us, but l cannot remember
what it was
Mr.. Thresher then asked the defend
ant if he, Thresher. had not directly
after his services We're engaged. called
at the Jail and admonshed him with ref
erence to talk he might feel inclined to
indulge in with outsiders about the case.
but an objection was made by the coun-
ty attorney and sustained by the court.
This ended the testimony of the de-
| fendant and w. l.. Robbins. in whose
employment stevenson had been at the
| time of the tragedy was recalled to ex-
| plain the manner in which the windows
of the saloon were frosted and blinded.
| Oscar Wells, an attorney residing at
Melrose. testified that he knew the repu-
tation of Stevenson for peace and quiet
in the community in which he lived and
| it was bad.
1T is very bad is it?" asked Mr..
| Thresher on crosS-eXamination.
Yes, sir, it is very bad was the re-
ply
Mr. Thresher then asked Mr.. Wells If
he had not made a sensational affidavit
! in the Clayton murder case seven or
| eight years ago and the witness re-
| piled that he had. He was then asked
some other questions by Mr.. Thresher
with reference to the Clayton business,
but the county attorney objected on the
ground that the affidavit itself was the
best evidence. The court sustained the
objection. The attorney for the defense
then attempted to go deeper into the
proposition, but the court threatened to
fine him for alleged irregularity in the
questions propounded.
| William Little. who gave testimony
yesterday also testified that Stevenson s
character wa sbad, and Mr.. Le-
douX, who kept saloon in Mel
rose, followed with similar
statement, modifying it. however. by
saying he would call it bad. The answer
of Mr.. LedouN was stricken out as ire
sponsve to the question and the wit
ness then omitted the would call" and
said bad"
On cross-eXamination the witness was
asked if he had not called upon young
Levi Cartir in tn county jail anddis.
cussed the Stevenson case with him. ant
in that discussion told Cartier tina
Stevenson was not bad fellow ant
would get out all right.
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