The Nome nugget., 1903-05-30

kDOWn JaEReS since HrSU COHlluS to Nome and had known Jolley since the latter part of June, 1901. She saw Jolley last on Jan. 4, this year, at her rooms She sent for him. Jolley came between II and 12 am. She had been drinking a good deal and she had had sfew words with James," she wanted more money, and she told Jolley that he could make James give her money if he would. Jolley told her if she wanted money from James to go and get it her self. Then she threatened Jolley: she would go to the council, she said; and Jolley said ''you may go to it as fast as you like" Then she told him that she would have him written up in the Gold Digger, and Jolley said ''If you do I'll kill that big son-of-a-b--- Stevens" Jolley said you want to blackmail me, do you?" Then he went downstairs swearing. Mir. Sullivan moved to strike out the witness testimony, and the court said it would be admitted for the present.
 McGinn-Did you state what you would haze published in the news paper?
 The witness appeared eager to an- swer. but the court checked her. Then she said yes. Then began long argu- ment as to the admissabi1ity of the testimony. McGinn said he proposed to show motive. The court finally overruled all objections, and the wit ness continued: "My exact words I told you; I said I would publish his taking $500 from French Frank. Then Jolley told her she was trying to black mail and if she thought there was any thing in it to go to it. Another motion to strike met with the fate of the others.
 Witness continuing said she saw James on Jan. ! at a. m., and James told her that Jolley had laid him off on Jan. 4. The last time she saw him was on Jan. at his cabin between : and 5 o'clock. She went to the. cabin about $50 that morning. James. she said, had a small revolver: he called it a Derringer and it was lying on the table, and he said. "Give me that. I'll return it to Jolley when give him my star.
 | Another motion to. strike resulted in the jury being instructed to disregard the statement. James the witness said had had the revolver fer year or more. The revolver was shown wit ness and she said "It is like James, but his had rust on one side of it." The Derringer which James had had in his cabin; for she had seen it every day; twas under a mattress, and ''I handledBit every day.' said the witness. with a shrug of her shoulders. She saw itS frequently except one month when she was away from James cabin. "It was red rust," she said ''the bed was damp under it." James moved to B. street and the Derringer was laid on a table. It was there on the morning of Jan. 8, when James. put it in his pocket. She was not at James cabin between Dec. 9 or 26 until Jan. S. She was in MT. Jolley's home in Sept. 1902, when he was in the states and she saw there, one just like the revolver shown. She picked it up and put it in drawer. She didn't know what became Of James other revolvers.
 McGinn asked her if she had ever heard any conversations between James and Jolley, and she quickly answered, that in June 1901 she had heard one as to the division of money" The de- fense objected to this line of testimony and after a great deal of talk in which the court sustained and overruled sev- eral objections. McGinn was told 10 put in writing what he intended to show by his questions. This was. done and the court read it and referred it to the de- fense. It was not satisfactory. "This evidence is mere bearsay," said Attor- ney Sullivan. 'Tt is utterly immater- ial and irrelevant and has no connec- tion with the case; it is purely extrane ous matter" The court sustained the objection, but McGinn succeeded in adding to his written offer of proof, the court giving him an opportunity to show if there was ''pot of spoils," as he put it. The argument continued. The jury had retired as well as the witness, and alter all objections had again been overruled the jury and wit- ness returned and the case proceeded. l Witness "P0t of Spoils.''
 In October 1901 she said, she was in James, cabin and James and Jolley brought in drunk, Sandspit man. and they asked her to hold the light while they went through him." "The next morning" continued the witness, Jolley came to the cabin and said, that fellow had $25O in belt around his waist. There's fellow who had