The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-26

crop on the farm in 1870 The buffalo cal
! was caught on the river. We obtained huf
falo meat in abundance. and this we ,:ri'-
| for food. II was tho usual food there.
4 worked IN Wichita in the spring o
1870. Father had forty or fifty head o.
mixed cattle NJ that tim ! worked in q
hotel at Wichita three months. and then
when father came after NE To- take care
of the family while he went To- Indiana.
drew my money and went home. In the
| meantime father had sold the cattle.
II went with father as far as E-mpGriI -
bring back a wagon he had left Their" fui
| repairs. Father started with four horses
two sets of harness. one wagon. huffal'
calf dried buffalo meat auc an other No.
essary provisions. lie sent clothing and
provisions hom. Nv ne. Father count ri
his money In my prcsenc" before u" lcf'
Emporia ard he had over S!-n. H.. sci.
he expected ~ usC this money ~ buy ar
outfit with which 10 bring his sister and
family West. ! had about $50. which CAV,
him.
He went N 10 Indiana and then home
Our family then consisted II myself. tn,
oldest. my mother and four other children
| heard from father while he was in MI
nois He said he had bought team From
Indiana he wrote again. About May
father returned. and. In Z very few mo
men'S. before he ever entered IN" hoIS"
he was arrested. The officers RODE M an
covered him with their guns and ordered
him to throw up his hands. He did so and
they GOT dow and put handouts ON him.
Tn" Witness cried bitterly.
" Nv God. what - this for father said
" For IN" murder of Gilbert Gates r.
Piled the officers
Yes ! bought that team o! Gilbert
Gates and pail him the money for H. $50
SAT- father.
The officers took all the things away
chat We're IN the wagon. Father was tried
ANA mt 70 Mis- Uri In iN,2 | saw HIN a.
hnrr". had sister very sick when
ia'hCr was arrested in l-7l. and = few DAYS
after they took him away she III. Il. When
fath"" came back he only stayed a day
and night. ! saw him before n" left
What iii h. say :" you before he lsft%
the witu--SS ~.s asked.
The witness Sobbcd: Re good boy
and take as good care Of ycur mOth-r a.
YOU can
Cross, Namiuatiuu by Forrest
We had Il dog which had caught buffai1
calves, but NJ was not = shepherd and
father lid not take IL with him t" Indiana.
Father went by wagon so he could exhibit
the buffalo calf and perhaps sell il in the
East Fathers pony team WAS worth 81
or 500. lie had ab"u- twenty-five or thirjy
acres in cultivation. do not know What
father u,euded 20 Go with the extra
wagon"
Us is not true that he made his living
chiefly by hunting and trudIis:'
We'll. yes
~ no Owned the FARM
My fati.cI. After Go,her's death The
farm was sold by tn. administrator IA her
Eon-.t, AIDED he place ami later. 10 Obtain a
title. mother nomc-teadei the fariI-
NO. / DID not hear father say anything
IN !>.= 20 mother alb ut never returning.
lie rtid nothing 10 ne about never coming
hack
-I..Iu be ever RETURN
Not that know Of. / told him would
stay Al home and work anu take care OF
mother
"N,hy dii y"u tank he would never re-
turn"
i; caus.. he had broken t1ii and was run
mas uvh!. e., iii.tG a. N4cAitd in ISL.
tstEer ndI lawyers. Some n.isnDJTs wege
tu~r..'
.-isd they Know how much s,o,A your ia
iLrr uaIt
/ suppose 50"
'is.4 81. LAY anything about this stoci,
90 YOU .at..r. "a That UE.;
Ia uL.sIiuu W,.s otJv,ieu to md the ,l-
jet. n r.t- sustained.
Atom, !o:.e,t read young Jester :
sta,r.li- a.. Hi.-dr ~ vi hiid iHI renewed
has question. 80 .r.IS.5u was given
"FdIh,r nau p,,wc,u SO and $50 when
IL 4,!t nome. v hru II, left fs,H}.prIa he had
Oyer 80 ! KNOW tEe source .fpm winch ;.e
Iotai'."i tn m.",y- g-ve 1ifA about $40.
| >'w min count the M ney-'
So '''''
he witness said he wss sure It WIS NOR.
than that. Father spent $iJ ur So TN I'M
IpTld- lie lrIr rp muG'y with uE mother
that know OF lie had Tire or four COWS.
lat sold .u. just brtOry he l.f;"
''i'it be- l. { tel Jacobs III Wis selling the
COW 70 !assc III u,y 20 90 Etsty'
"I-s. ne NantcI To be sure ne had
enough"
ny Iid your ffth.r wan, to brins hi,
broth -in-law. VII" VS. cooper. ou- lo
tina. Vest, an "uuutry?'
They wio'e Jhat Um's were hard and
they wanted u 20 COM. AFTER Them
"lpUrt yea know that your aunt ana h, r
husband mad money enough To pay then
owl. Nay west ana buy their own outfit 20
Ne. Sr. ] -" not.
Why did your father leave Kansas in
miuH iHttr ana - East on SlCh Juu-a, ; -
To see his ylck SISTER ana bring another
sister and Ter family out West 80
Tn. younger Jester said Jhat his flth.r
after breaking :ail stayed all night II horn,
ans; then mounted hi mar. Fanny ana rod.
away. We next heard from him Ia Okla
hnua. His name was signed ". 4 Hill |
never saw any of the Hin ChiItr-n until
1871. when visited Iatn"r. was intro
duccd rs his nephew ami my sister 40 ms,
niece. The Hill children never knew | MS
a son Of Alexander Jester until he WAS ar
rest.i ia 1921.
Here JESTER again broke down and cried.
E-SuTning. n. said.
My father had no watch when he left
EmpJria IN 1871. In iS,ai he had in an sftceu
head of cattle. In 1851 he had eight cor ten
head. In ls6s he had probably forty or uftv
head. hut late that fall or in 1870 th,y were
sold
WHY did you and your father i.ave
Woodsnn County? IBID you not leave rather
huiricgly? Were you not invited by the rIe1-
pie ~ the community TO leave
M. sir.
Jester was on the stand tNo and a half
hours. Doctor H. l.. tanks Of HANNIBAL
Mo. graduate II the 81 i.outs, aI.!icai col
i,ge and once Coroner of Marion CONT =
Was called 10 testify with reference 10
'iic8te:S.
THE human body alive Is heavier than
water" he said. so Il is when dad nm
generation Of gases as a result OF dsr,rl-
position Will c;,Us" Il body to float H. rn,d
weather II body viii not float until dead a
long time II the temperature j. high ihr
gases generate quickly and The body tioaiS
very soon"
James ". Leech, a fisherman who lives
OF the Mississippi. testified;
II was vatchmdn at the Hannibal bridge
for fifteen years and hav. lived on m.
water many years. | have seen probably :.
dozen bodies in the river. Tn. last bodies
We found h0atcd III three days This Ms
In cold weather a longer rim. d.,
1871. at Hannibal. | described "a body founJ
over on the bottom. and he said the. d.s.rl.,-
iion suited his bov. and, if II proved to Be
the body Of his son he would give me a
thousand dollars"
X. Il. Lasrick, an attorney of Jasper. Mo
said: ''
Il know ". ". Shrewsbury. HIS repur,-
ton for truth and vcracity is had"
Decentralization: Mr.. CANT Sr,pk. q,
me about coming here "a Il witness. I hav.
heard many men say Shrewsbury was; NOT
n truth teller l am not member OF the
bar, but ! practice In the Justice
and police courts and look up evidence for
cases in Circuit Court No. | do not call
hat detective work. Shrew sbury had ma
an affidavit against man for selling Iiunar
unlawful.y. and the man was under arrest