The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-14
De MOTT ON STAND
Sedgwick County Witness
Tells About Jester.
WENT TO SUNDAY SCHOOL
Defense Makes Point on Gates
Paying Witnesses Expenses

The fourth day of the Jester trial be-
gan yesterday morning at New London
Mo. The prisoner looked refreshed and
showed no trace of the ordeal he went
through on the previous day.
John DeMott of Valley Center, this
county. testified that he had lived there
twenty years and had known Jester for
thirty years He said Jester lived with
his wife and seven children and that he
never knew him as Hill. He had around
his place in 1870 a two-horse 'tjolt' wagon
and buffalo calf. The witness said
Jester farmed and also exhorted a little.
lie attended Sabbath school.
J. c. Temple OF Renick, No, testified
that he saw Jester and Gates at his town
in 1871. Jester exhibited the buffalo calf
there and took up a collection. This is
supposed to be short time before Gates
was killed.
Alexander TESTERS daughter Alice ar
rived from Norman, o. T., yesterday. In
company with her brother, she passed
the jail where her father is confined
without stopping.
Joseph B. Delaney, an old citizen Of
Monroe county, testified to the truth Of
the story that his wife made him get up
at their home near Middle Grove one
night in January. 1871, stating that she
heard cries of distress Mr. Delaney
said that the next morning he went to
the camp and asked the old man there
what the noise meant He said Jester
told him ne had chol1ed young Gates
while he Jester) was dreaming. The
witness today pointed to Jester as the
same man who told him this story that
morning in January, 1871
Ex-Governor Charles p Johnston Of ST.
Louis, one OF the chief attorneys for the
state in the trial Of Alexander Jester,
charged with the killing Of Gilbert Gates.
brother Of John W. Gates, made a state
ment as to the reasons which led to the
prosecution by Gates Of the aged pris-
oner. Said he:
The Gates family had long since given
up al intention of ever pushing the case
OF the murder Of their boy to trial. One
year or more ago this man was forced
again 10 the attention of the Gates fam
lily under the most peculiar circumstances
by TESTERS sister. Mr. John w Gates
told Us he felt it a duty he owed 70 the
memory Of his dead Brother. a duty he
owed the state. and. above all, a duty he
owed his aged parents. to demand = vic
. orous tr'aI and an unearthirg Of all the
testimony possible. We have had de-
tecuVes follow that open trail through
four states and knew nearly every act ~
Alexander Jester for the past thirty
years"
FRANCIS Marion Dawson, who lived
about four miles east of the Hu1in Tan.
and south Of the Paris NIo.) road in 1871
TOOK the stand yesterday. He testified
that in January. 1871, ne net Alevor7a,.
Jester in this lane The cid man bod
two teams and two wagons. They va
standing still in the road At point east
OF the West Madison road. As Mr. Dav-
son passed by, Jester asked him b7v- far
IL was to road that he could turn sou+l,
on. This evidence is considered sfgnif-
cant as showing that Testers turning
from the main thOrouehrare was not an
accident but to conceal his alleged crime
Ihe examination ofsCharles Fazelhur=t
OF Augusta, Kan. was resumed Thurs
day. He said that he and Gilbert Gates
had Travelled from Chicago to Wichita y
distance of 500 miles. They were on thu
road about six weeks. stopping at various
towns through which thcv passed Ct1-
bert Gates was in the enjoyment of COOL
health. little down. not whisl1ers. was
on his face. His eyes were dark brown
ms expression was sweet and mild, a boy
calculated to draw people to him.
After staying in Kansas for a while h.
got homesick and started back. taking
the team that he drove to Kansas.
Hazelhurst said: MY wife belne5 hin,
pack his trunk when he left. I noticed
the articles as they were put in. and re
men beg his dark blue suit and wine-co1
ored coat and vest, six or eight shirts ana
Undertaking, the same clothes that ba
LETT home with. 7 remember he had an
overcoat and cap. He had a e-,In vra+,r,
and chain, powdcr-h0rn. some Money fso5,
and enough horse feed to last hin, untiI
ne got home; also $50 pounds of terle5
buffalo meat which he was taJ1inu b,o,,
10 my folks at ST. Charles. III. for which
paid him $i5. He had some ferllad baas
OF MS oWr. his faithful shephard dog ana
some buffalo hides packed in his WAGON
have never since seen Gilbert Gates
ne irSt time | ever saw Alexander los
ter was at his trial al Wichita. baro~a
Squire Dodge in 1871: he tried on Cirbar+
Gates vest which I knew It ba3
pinch Of powder in the vest pocket II,
could not button IT, as 1t was too small
Tor him. Jester was q larger man than
Gates"
on s-eT7mination witness stated
that his expenses incurred in a++o,5f,-
This trial We're to be paid by the prosacu-
ton At this point Mr.. Forrest said tha.
he hal promised 70 pay the expenses Of
all witnesses outside Of the state as that
was the only way he could get them to
come here. There was lively sna-rlng
among the lawyers as 70 whether les
tiers conduct could he described bv the
witness when Jester found the powder IN
Gilhe~t's vest pocket The objection wss
overruled. and the witness said that les
ter could not speak; he seemed 10 be
paralyzed
A. A Gates was recalled and said that
when the powder was found in Gilbsr.'s
vest pocket he seemed stunned. stupefaz
and dii not answer. Mr.. Gates said he
had a son n Eur3pe-John ". Gates
who was taking pleasure trip: that h
would have dropped the case i've vas-x
ESQ. as he wished 10 bury all the events
connected with his dead boy cut % his
sight cherishing only his memory. Here
'he aged father Of the dead 10y went.
s. owrsby cf Little Rock. Ak
was deputy sheriff of Monroe county IN
ISL. and took Jester from Wichita 10
Paris and placed him in jail. He recog-
nized the prisoner as Alexander Jester
lad seen him and Gilbert Gates together
a. N'65le Grove the day before the sllo-
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