Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-12-15

knees. Did not remember if May had
mittens on
The SlEl-tts that he saw ON Mays
trousers were below the knee. He
noticed them only on one leg of the
trousers. Did not remember if Hibbs
had anything on his hands when taken
cut OF tie we'll.
Witness had made a change at the
well after the death of Hibbs. He,
took the cid pulley off and threw it in
the gIranary. Never saw it since.
The cid pulley did not seem to work
right. He Thought THE tap on the
belt was riveted
Witness was then questioned about
the animals in the corral where the
we'll was when he first arrived there.
There We're calves in the corral then.
Did not notice at that time if any of
them We're bleeding. A short time
after, a week or SO, a calf had broken
its horn off. Nothing of that kind
had happened before he got there.
Saw some of the blood on the ice that
the calf had shed, from the broken
horn. The appearance of that and
what he had seen at the we'll were not
the same. The ice east of the we'll
where the blood was was pretty
smooth. The ice there is formed
from waiter that overhows and leaks
from the bucket. Most of the ice was
on the northeast corner. The flow
OF water is from that corner down to
where the blood was.
Witness Thought one button Of
Eilbbs' coat was buttoned when he took
him out of the well. He helped carry
the body to the house. Described how
the body was disposed OF after the
body was taken from the well. Body
was carefully handled The face was
up. Witness supported the body at
the head. Body did not bleed any.
1t was placed in the north room. Next
saw the body the next day. 1t was
| being dressed He helped dress it
He Thought May had dressed the hea !.
| May made NO statements to him at that
time
Inc bucket 1.-the we'll. he said, would
sink when he loosened the rope. The
static then sought to show that the
bucket bucket would sink with the rope slack,
but the defense objected. Witness
! was then asked when he changed the
pulley and said about the time the cor
oneu's jury was there The question
as to the buckets sinking was then re-
peated. and the defense again objected
The objection was overruled and the
witness said the bucket would sink.
Inc bucket was the same, and there
was no change around the well durinp,
0he time he was there. An examina-
tlon then followed as to the effect on
the bucket if the pulley was loosed or
thrown ON the ground, and the witness
sa1d 1T would sink He knew this bv
experience. ~.
lhere was mud on defendant s over
shoes. Witness then stated the stain
OF blood On the boards was on the out
Side, with regard to the curb. -,
He staid at the Hibbs ranch that
night. He saw May during part of
The night. He was reading news
paper. Thought he went to bed a little
while in the morning.
On crcss-examination witness said
May got to the ranch before he did.
He Thought May was at the well when
he got there. =
! He worked with May until the body,
was taken out. The body was taken
out about noon. He did not pay par
tleular attention to all of Mays move
ments on to what he did with the pull
ley, cn' his position when he fixed the
pulley 49,
He did not remember how or when
the bucket was taken out-was not
sure. Was not st the we'll all the
time. Was questioned as to the fast
ening cf the rope to the bucket.
Thought the rope that held the bucket
was used. either to let him down or
haul the body up. Thought the rope
was united at the singletree. May
might have been making that change.
Did not notice his position at that
time. May wore the same pants from
| Wednesday until Friday morning,
when he changed to come to town
Did not rem member seeing bucket in
the we'll. Did not remember if the
rope was fastened at the corner of the
well. !. Knew the bucket would go
down with a slack rope. Did not know
how long the rope was.
The calves ran around the well aad
got hay near the we'll There was no
frc2en calf manure near the we'll.
Some in the yard but he did not notice
how close to the well.
Witness said the blood about the well