Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-10-12
PRELIMINARY
HELD AT MONTGOMERY CITY
SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE
0. S. COMMISSIONER A.
L. THOMPSON.
BOUND OVER 10 GRAND JURY.
Many Witnesses from This City Sub
poenaed Released on $500
Bond to Appear in St.
Louis at November
Term Of Court.
BOUND OVER 70 GRAND JURY

MoSreTaERy CRY, Oct THE
preliminary hearing Of Miss Dixie
charged with sending impro-
per matter through the mails came
up this morning at $50 before United
states Commissioner, Il X. rhomp-
son, Of this city
The trial was held 10 the Circuit
Court room. Many witnesses from
Mexico were in attendance.
Miss Tuttle was accompanied by
her parents and sister, Miss Eva
Those from Mexico who were sub
o enaed as witnesses we're: Joel Gard
and wife, Constable b +. Fox, Post
Master @ II. Kunkel, Geo CLARK,
S NJ. Malone, T. w. Lambert, Percy
Trealore, A. G. Turner and Rev. G. G.
Selecman,
The letters were not read because of
their vile contents, but Commissioner
Thompson read them.
The first witness for the Govern
ment was Post Master Kunkel He
told Of his suspecting Miss futile as au-
thor Of the letters and making a strict
search for the culprit. The parties
who had received letters complained
and gave him several letters as a clue.
Finally stamps were marked by blot
ting the stars out in the upper corners
with red ink and selling them only to
Miss Dixie futile. Later be found
these stamps OH some Of the obscene
epistles. He saw several Of the letters
mailed and identified them on the
stand as having been placed in the
mail box by Miss Tuttle.
On July 18th and June 5 and p Miss
Eighty-One Tnrley was sent letters,
Miss Winifred Fox on June ID, Edith
Lambert. Aug. 10; Leila Wiley, Aug.
I; Tom Bruce, Aug. 10; Prof. d. A.
Mcmillan, Sept. I; T.. T.. Turley, June
%; Miss Ellie Bruce, June 2S.
S. NJ. Malone, Of the Mexico Post
Ofice was the Governments second
witness. Mr.. Malone stated that the
letter to I. T. Turley on June 2Srd
was dropped into the box by Miss
Dixie futile and be caught it In bis
hand before it Raced the bottom OF
the mail receptical. he identified
Miss Tuttle from her position in the
court room.
Geo. Clark, carrier on r. +. d.
No. 2, which passes Miss Turtles home
stated on the stand that a letter
addressed TO Miss Leila Wiley, was
given him by Miss Dixie futile at her
home near Mexico and she gave him the
money TO purchase stamps for IL. A
letter 10 Miss Ehie Bruce was also
gwen him at the same time. They
we're discovered later TO contain
anonymous communications. A letter
directed 10 Tom Bruce was also ideuti-
aed by Mr.. Clark as having been taken
BY him from Mr.. Tuttle's mail box.
Percy Treloar, another posto9ice
employe, testified. He saw Miss
Dixie Tuttle deposit a letter in the
post ONCE to Prof. ID. A. Mcmillan
Sept. 7th. While she was at the
stamp window be saw the letter adj
drefsed 10 Mcmillan in Miss Tuttle's
hand. Joel Gard testified TO Miss
Tuttle's reputation as beng good, also
A. G. Turner and Rev. Q. G. Selecman
testified the same Also for the de-
defense as TO general reputation, Ed
o'Brien, B. + Fox, Mrs Joel Gard
and Mr. Lambert Meinhardt Same.
beck va on the stand and identified q
postal OF an anonymous nature, which
was sent TO him The attorneys made
no argument.
Miss Tuttle was placed undor 500
bond to appear at November 6tt
term Of United States Court, st. Louis
For Medicinal purposes Spesr Wine
Sband the highest among the PROBES
sion they are just the wines required
for the weakly and aged. The Spec
n. ]. Wine Co, at Passaic, N. J.
made the first Port Wine, Burgundy
and Claret in America over 40 year
ago. and have the Oldest and fines
stock OF these wines now on hand al
s1lutely free from all deposits l
takes years for wines TO deposit al
their coarse unhealthy parts. tn
cellar under the Speer's Chateau a
: Passaic, contains wines made % year
l ago this fall This old Port Wine |
called The Chateau Extra Privat
Stock Port and sells for SIS per dozeI
bottles wholesale. There are familie
in New York, Philadelphia, Bait
more, Washington and Pittsburg VIII
can afford it and will have 20 othe
wine.