The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22


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Finally, she consented o8efeEs
SIC didntwant the body aiken sway
rom the house for the auto
Her further testimony was that dur
ing the day she had seen Jake take
q small package out Of the watch
pocket Of his trousers and he told her
that was what he was going to square
accounts WITH"
+ At this point Attorney Ogden ASKED
her If she put poison in that cup Of
coffee. She denied it,ai Ayerred she
never saw Fychnine in her life.
a Den of Devils.
If all the allegations are true, then
that one house contained a murderer
or murderess, counterfeiters. black
maiIers, rapists and thieves. Some
thing to the effect that all Of tnese ex-
listed there has been brought out in the
trial.
Mrs. Payton testifes that on Sun
day afternoon Jake came TO her and
told her that unless she got check
for $4,000 before O'Clock that even
ing she would be sorry. This money
was to come from prominent man
and Ethel was to be the tool.
she refused to do SO, Not only
Ethel but she herself was to be a par
ty to It Il Jake had his own way, she
claimed. He told her that If she
didn't get 1t he would not live; that
he would have nothing to live for.
Jake, she says, was willing that She
go with other men in order to get
money. She says she never did this.
She was asked by Attorney Ogden
about the tools for making bogus
money. but to this Mr.. Lowe objected
and court sustained the objection. Mr..
ogden alleged that Jake made and
passed this queer"
She was then asked about relations
existing between Jake and Ethel. To
this Mr.. Lowe also objected but be-
fore the court had time TO sustain, the
answer was made that. she. the wit
ness. had known that they had illegal
intercourse.
Dcnieo Staying at Hotel.
Continuing this morning on direct
examination Mrs. Payton said that
Jake slept for the last three weeks of
his life with a double edged dagger
and razor under his pillow.
Told of frog hunting expedition,
Said jake and Wright returned about
midnight from this and Jake asked
her for q bunch of keys. Told her he
was going out TO magazine where
ritro-glycerIne was stored and get a
can Of the explosive and blow up the
Hamiltons.
She told him that If he did she
would tell and said that ever after
that Jake wanted to die.
She acknowledged buying opium
and morphine for Jake, but never
strychnine. Wright never bought any
either.
Wright testified at the beginning of
the trial that he and Mrs. Payton
stayed all night at local hotel on the
2Sth of June and confessed that the
signature on the register, Frank
Wright and wife," was in his own
hand Mrs. Payton said he lied If he
said that. Claimed she was never In
innate with Wright either before or
after the demise of Jake.
Her memory is extremely good In
regard to some circumstances and
very faulty where Others are con
cerned. Now she doesn't even re-
member about saying that the last
Gun poor Jake and l drank out Of"
the morning after the death.
Her Talk With Charley Floyd.
Concerning the talk alleged to have
taken place between herself and Char
lev Floyd on a street in Warrington
in regard to his failure to provide
1.-The stuff Mt which q witness was
present. told the jury that she had
reference to whiskey for Jake.
On cross.examination she answered
in response to a question by States
Attorney Lowe, that her first husband
died one year after marriage, in 1904.
Asked if ne didn't die suddenly, she
answered no. 1t developed here that
Mrs. Payton is twenty.nIne, while
Jake was but % on the morning of his
death.
She told of many instances where
Jake had asked her for money and
and said she always gave it to him
when she thought he needed it and
she had 1t to spare.
The prosecutor got her to acknowl'
edge time when she went to Jake's
employers and drew all the money he
had coming, more than twenty dol
lars.
In the Michael whalen; or The
Girl Heroine Company" which Mrs.
| Payton claImes she backed financial
", Wright had not cent, but was a
partner and was to share in the profits
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