Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-26


creased wages. This will cause COM
boys We're employed at the mines.
BAD FOR JESTER
Damaging Evidence Combatted by
the Defense-state,s Rcbuttal Being
Henrd-The suns story.
New London, Mo-, July 2s.-Ti.e de-
Tense in the trial OF Alexander Jester,
charged with the murder OF Gilbert
Gates. today put on the stand mum
Der of witnesses to impeach the testi-
mony Of William 8. Shrewsbury, who
testified that the saw the murdered.
kman's body in the defendants wagon
near Hulen Lane. Witness testified
that his reputation for truth and NOR.
sality was not very good. The last
witness was DR.. C. H. Graves, who
gave expert testimony on floating
4 bodies and the defense rested its case
The state Immediately put on more
testimony in rebutta1 to prove Shrews-
bury's reputation good.
w. W. Riley, an old citizen of Mon
roe county, tes tilted esterday that he
saw Jester and Gates pass thru on the
Middle Grove and Paris road one MORN
1 ing in 1871 and that he rode horseback
about thirty or forty miles behind
them. The witness said that he did not
tobserye any blood in Hulen Lane or on
\ the road turning south orson any road.
! He did not see the other witnesses,
Mr.. Clark, Mr.. Slatterley and w. S.
Shrewsbury. who swore they rode
along this lane about the time Jester
\ passed with Gates.
James McMorris. who lived On the
Reece creek, swore that he saw the
4 carcass of a COW going down this creek
| in the spring of 1871 or 1872. With this
1 witness the defense is trying to account
for the body Mr.. Riley, for the state,
swore he saw floating down this creek
4 in 1871.
Is With w. l.. Jarvis, Of Columbia, the
defense is trying to account for the
blood found near Bee creek. He said:
Ny father owned paririe farm near
Il lCentralia in 1871. We were hauling
a rails from the woods west of the Bee
branch to the rrarirle farm. My
\ horse broke thru the ice and cut his
4 leg, and, after crossing the bridge.
4 stopped to examine the wound. 1t
\ made quitea pool of blood in the snow
4 where the horse stopped. The Gates
searching party recalled the incident
and asked about the blood at the time
\ of the excitement over Gilbert Gates
4 disappearance.
4 Harvey Jester, the defendants Oldest
u son, testified in part as follows:
q i worked in Wichita in the spring OF
Z 1870 Father had forty or fifty head Of
mixed cattle al that time. worked in
La hotel at Wichita three months and
then when fat ther. came after me to taIe
care of tllesfamily while he Went to In
ldana l drew my money ana Wen,
home. In the meantime father had sold
the cattle.
a i went with father as far as Empora
to bring back a wagon he had left there
for repairs. Father started with foul
horses two sets of harness. one wagon
a buffalo calf diiod buffalo meat anf
: all other necessary provisions He sem
! clothing and necessary provisions hons
= sEby me. Father counted his money ii
my presence before he left Emporia ant
he had over $3.50. He said he expected
" bLS5 eAii
! which 10 bring his sister and family
] west. 1 had about $50, which gave
! him.
I He went on to8Indiana and then home
I heard from father while he was ir
, Illinois. He said ne had bought team
I From Indiana he wrote again. About
May father returned and in Very
> flew moments. before he entered tllt
Ihouse. he was arrested The officers
rode up and covered him with thel,
guns and ordered him to throw up his
: hands He did 80 and they got dowr
: land put handouts on him.
The witness cried bitterly:
]. MY God, what is this for?s father
: said. For the murder of Gilbar
i Gates" replied the officers Yes.
l lbousht that team of Gilbert Gates ant
{ Ipaid him the money for it--ss5O." saie
= father. The officers took all the thing
away that We're in the wagon. Fathe
g was tried and sent to Missouri
I James w. Leech a fisherman. wh,
; lives on the Aiissis sippi. pi.testiied: II wa
Il Iwatehman a the Hannibal bridge fa
A fifteen years. 1 met A. A. Gates in Oc
tober 1871, at Hannibal, described
body found over on the bottoms and h
said the description suited that of hi
: son. and If it proved to be the body 0
his son he would give me $1,000
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