The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-11-16
Arguments
Being Made

and insisted that he could have fol- |
lowed the tracks west. i
e. B. Estill, a salesman al String |
fellow & T%annehill's, testified that
Jones was in the store the latter part
OF October and that he bought some |
shells, a sledge-hammer handle, etc.
He had a small hand grip with him. !
Estill had talked with Geaton about
Jones and the defendant had told
him that Jones had gone to Texas
and that he had bought his outfit.
Mrs. J.. L. Knight said she had
seer the mattress before Jones had
disappeared n that there were 10
spots on it. then. She had made up
the bed many times and she was sure
there were no spots IN the mattress.
Recess was then taken until eve
ming.
il. Knight was the first witness
at the night session and he testified
that he a seer the mattress before
Jones disappeared and had seen no
| spots on it. On cross examination
the witness said that he could not
swear that the mattress in court was
the same one that Jones had II
there had been spots ON Jones' mat
tress he would have been apt to have
seen them. and did not believe they
could have been there without his
seeing them.
Mrs. Ella Davidson testified that
she ran a boarding house ON Main
street in October, 1903. She was ask
ed if she had ever seen Geaton be-
fore and replied hat his face looked
familiar to her but could not say if
she had ever rented a room to him
in October. In that house there were
two inside stairways and n outside.
Of the inside s~tairways, one was in
front and one in the rear. Going up
the. Jack stairway, the room on the
left was used for transients. The
room at the head of the stairs was
occupied by Frank Rainwater during
the month of October, 1908. The other
room to the rear was occupied by
her son.
On cross examination she said that
she had many transient guests, some
of them arriving after dark and ma
ny of whom she did n see their
faces as she required them to pay in
advance. These transient rooms rent
ed for fifty cents per night. OF the
three rooms accessible by the back
inside stairway, one of them was used
for transients, the room to the left.
This last was the first door to the
left. This room had a window in it,
full bed set, carpet, etc. The
defendant could have been there that
night and she not remember him. She
could not say that he did not rent
that room the night of October 25th,
1903. The room at the head of the
front inside stairway inc to the right
was used for transients. This room
fronted on the front yard.
Jim Piggin had attended a Saliva
ton Army meeting in September,
1903. and Geaton had held up his
hand and asked to be prayed for. On
cross examination he said he had
talked with Attorney Carlin about
the case and had told him that the
month of the Salvation Army meet
ing was September. He would not
swear to. this, but believed it to be
true.
Bill Geaton was recalled and said
that he did lot tell higgins in No
vember of 1909 that Jones had gone
west and he had bought the well out
fit of Tim.
higgins was recalled n said that
in November of 1903 that Geaton had
tod him that Jones had gone west
and he had bought the well outfit of
him. On cross examination he testified
that he was positive about this.
The prosecution then rested its
case.
The defense placed Attorney carlin