The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-21

| coupling pole Of testers wagon The blood
WAS dry and In streaks" Witness showed
I the jury on diagram just where the blood
| was.
| ~ asked Jester why he had !wo teams
| He said hr started with only one. hut
| traded FOR the big team en- the way. His
| clothes We're too small for him. I looked at
the calf FOR half an hour perhaps.
Isaac lester had a store there and Alex
| anIar visited him | noticed that the de-
| PENDANT looked uneasy or scared The
| blood was on the big wagon thought he
| lo.ke.i very guilty"
| ''On Cross-sNaminat'on Mr. Allison drew
| from him the admission that some one had
paid him SO before he came bore.
IN indianapolis did you sec a detective
| with bg roll Of rnon.vc''
NO. lii not
IBID the detective give each Of the W.T.
| raSses money!
NO. I saw nothing Of che kind
The witness was OLD AMI very deaf
Mr.. Allison was compelled to yell ut the
Top q his voice
What arrangements have YOU about be
ing paid frr your tim. out here
The OLD man smiled, and said: None Mt
all l am thinking Of STAYING hon. all the
t'tli''- N''''4l Inc To MAKE IRIS Enfu.
II | could hrl Z. woman who wants a boy
to raise"
Mrs. josephine Clark wa recalled. and
interroCated ny Mr. cullen.
You said Yesterday that some che ~
PRODUCED you 10 Mr. Streyy -brrry since You
hare been in New london. Who was that
person.
Answer: Il 10 not know I only talked
moment with Mr.. Shrewsbury
JurymRn Went to sleep.
Inc witness could no: say the hoy who
was az her house that day Was named
shrewsbury. She dii not know him then
During the giving Of this testimony on, Of
the turynen famed himself vigorously 20
Keep awake. but finally surrendered lie
nodded repeatedly. but after a time awoka
and seemed to feel better
Testimony Of benjamin Crawford of
Wayne County, Indiana:
Il have known Alexander Jester for many
years | saw him about March I AZ Les
Antsvil!e with a bay team and pony team
He asked me who wanted u buy a team
l knew Of no one. / hooked at hia wagon
10 see how II was coupled. and I saw what
appeared to b. str"akS Of blood on the
wagon / recognize Jester now l afteryya; Is
saw the buffalo calf / never knew the de-
PENDANT by any other name than AlaxanIsr
Jester. l am personally acaunfnt.d win
him. but do not know him very we'll Tho
wagon WAS narrow tread. and this was ~
unusual in that country that was led "a
an examination Of the coupling and saw the
blood"
The witness said on cross-eyarofnati,n
that his way is paid over here. that Il man
gave him $50 out Of which he bought his
ticket Governor Johnson asked: Mr.
Crawford. has the payment of Your ex-
penscs here had ANYTHING TO do with your
testimony with reference to this blood on
that warcr?''
" No. sir. not a thing
Gould YOU have come TO this state TO
TESTIFY In behalf Of the State Of Missouri
without some one had paid your expenses -
i am poor man and could not have
come without IL "
Mr.. Thomas Burrows Of Indiana said. 81
saw Jester In February several times IA
Franklin and Los Antsville and near there
noticed his big bay team and tried to
trade Tor the mare. His mare was worth
about $40, and sold my horse for So.
offered him an even trade and he asked M,
s. To boot. The offer was So liberal thar /
grew suspicious and would not trade
MT. cullen: How much u-y did You
set for coming over hrre?''
twenty-five dollars.'' !
That's all. Stand aside |
Mrs. streets nephew.
JOHN II. Howell OF Raudoiph Comfy In
diana said:
In n.l 1 lived in Wayne County. In |
GLiha am nephew Vi Calvin street |
Alexander Jester came 10 Indians. ana SoIa,, |
Time later my uncle and family went back
West with him. Jester had a big bay taan.
ana smaller team. one OF mis- wagons |
was larger than the other. | WIS al 4
| ncIes TWO nights before they went West |
saw Jester driw trunk out from under 1
ne bed ana take from 1t a white shirt, |
A suit OF Clothes, too small for him rvo
checked shirts. som. hanukerchIefs. and |
he asked my aunt To wash them
Tie us:a!ly wore d pair OF dark OF blue
PANTS Nhich We're similar TO some clothes |
saw III the trunk. 1 saw him take out
some letters ana u revoIVer AMI lay then,
'n the bed Was taen IL " 10 years |
Mr.. Cullen asked: How are you related
. Mrs Cornclia street. who is So Intimately
onnected with this caseg'
She married my Uncle"
Questioned about money matters the Mi, |
itss explained that he tod the man who !
sked him to come and testify that h. WAS
poor man and coGid not pay his way out |
ere ihe agent offered IL pay his exp-ns.s |
Witness then said his family woul,, iced |
Import III hls absence. and 1t was agreed |
hat his family should have SiV HnyaiI
ala he had already ieceiN Ell so. The y.hIts
hlft Jester removed from The trunk an
cared to be too small for defendant bu, the
o!ored or checked shirt seemed larger.
MIR. Cullen; Have you been often to the
tate's headquarters. that room downtown
here the walls are covered with maus2"
No"
And have they not often pronounced you
he most apt scholar they have
Question objected TO and objection sus-
aimed.
The jurymen have headquarters and sleep
lg-rooms IN the Opera House. In their alb |
ence the strong, new lock was broken and
n entrance effected. There Is no clew to |
he purpose of the deed or the identity Of