The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-15
Witness Testifies That Crimson
Stains Appeared in the Snow
Behind Movers Wagons.
CARAVAN LEFT MAIN ROAD.
Turned Abruptly Into Lane
Gilbert Gates Considered Jes-
ter Cross-First Week of
the Trial.
REPUBLIO SPECIAL

REPUBLIO SPECIAL
New London, No., July 14-The first week
Of TESTERS trial Is ended. Thus far the evil
dence seems very much against him, pu'
1t must be remembered that all the VIII
misses introduced have been for the State.
Mr., Cullen when court opened to-day
called for Charles Hazelhurst fer crcss-ex'
animation Witness stated that when Gill
bert Gates started east from Kansas IN lS1l
he did not take any deer with him The
defendants nephew. James Moore, was also
recalled for cross-examinRtion- He said:
IT was with Detective Hofman's men IN
Kansas near Jester Creek, when they were
digging to discover a box supposed to con-
tain letters written by Gilbert Gates"
A. NJ. Bassett testified as follows:
IT live at Middle Grove and am A years
old. I lived In 1871 on the Paris road. i
know the topography Of the Hulen lane VI
cinity well. The country is somewhat
broken, especially at the east emo OF
Hulen's lane and one cannot see very Tar
in any direction. Allen Creek and its heavy
timber is on the south. Looking north a
traveller would see no timber or evidence CT
a stream. I saw Jester and Gilbert Gates
inst in front Of our house near Hulen's lane.
I sold the boy some hay. 1 asked him
where he was going. and he replied that he
had been out West and was going 10 lii
nois I saw the buffalo calf The old man
called to the boy. Come on with that feed
Gates Disliked Jester.
Gates told me that he did NOT hhe 10
travel with Jester because ne was e'oss'
Standing at the forks of the road at the
east end of Hulen's lane, you could not see
Things house nor the Harris place. put
Won could see the n. c. Hulen mouse,
quarter of a mile away
Bassett is the last, except, perhaps, Jes-
ter. who talked with Gilbert Gates
He said that he once assisted Gates In q
search for the boys body. He identified
Gates and then Jester. The attorney asked
him to name the man he was previously
asked to point out. and he said he under
stood It to be the elder Gates. He had seen
him often and had seen the defendant sew
eral times.
critical, and the sudisnce listened with al
most breathless silence.
Blood in the snow.
Captain Hugh Stewart was riding morse
back with his wife q cold winter day
along Hulen's lane. He was riding rapidly.
Half a mile away he saw some movers
wagons standing still, he believed, in the
road. When he reached this place he saw
a large spot Of fresh blood in the snow. 1t
had made a depression in the snow. 1t was
about as large as dinner plate. As he
rode on he saw drops of blood scattered
along the way. He gained on the wagons
They turned abruptly to the south, leaving
the main Paris road
The wagons were close together. Near the
mouth of Hulen lane he met Bill Maxey
hauling logs. When he passed the mouth Of
the lane the wagons were 800 yards away.
Standing at this point witness said one
could see a person riding on horseback at
my place east or west in Huien's lane
Witness thought It was some time In the
afternoon when he passed along there and
in January Of 1870 or ISL He saw no
drivers and could not say that any person
was with ths wagons. He did not meet
Dawson hauling corn. He did not rernem-
Der meeting any one on that road but
Maxey, the negro. He thought there was no
hedge fence on either side OF the road at
that time.
Stuart was not witness at the preliml
nary In 1871. but testified at the Paris trial
last fall. He located the large spot of
blood on the north side of the lane, while
other witnesses place Ii on the south side.
At any rate there seems to be at this time
in that lane a spot OF blood.
Court adjourned at noon.