Mexico Missouri message., 1905-02-02
WATsON'S TRIAL.
Mother and Sister Visit Him
in JAIL

( New London, Mo-, Jau. % =
New London was deserted to. day
for the first time since the begun
ming of the Watson trial. Judge,
lawyers and as many witnesses as
could get home left on the late
trains last night, but most of them
returned on the afternoon freight
from Hannibal and ure spending
this Sabbath evening at a temper
ance lecture at the Methodist
church.
The jury spent Sunday in their
quarters at the hotel.
Shortly after dinner they start
ed on a two hours walk about
New London, carefully guarded by
deputy sheriffs. Judge Ely sat
on the Jester trial and at that
time he personally opened the mail
of the jurors which came to them
during the long siege. He has not
yet announced his method in the
Watson case.
The defendant was visited to-
day by his mother and sister, who
spent an hour with him. His
brOther-in-law, DR.. Waters, who
was one of the first at his side the
afternoon of the tragedy, was al
so a caller during the day. DR..
Waters is also one of the chief
witnesses at the trial.
Since the beginning of the ac-
tual trial, DR.. Watson has not
changed materially in appearance.
After court is adjourned friends
and relatives greet him but all are
received on the same plane.
James Watson, brother of the
doctor, and who was the first wit.
ness for the prosecution, was or
dered by writ OF duces tecum to
produce the buggy in which the
fatal ride was taken. This he
failed to do yesterday, testifying
that it was at his home and would
be produced later.
Tomorrow it is probable that
the State will make a definite eff
fort to compel Watson to bring
the buggy at once.
Incidentally, it may be men
toned that there is little left of
the body of Mrs. Watson. Three
weeks after the catastrophe the
State dug up the body and the
body was carried thru the streets
of New London TO the Sheriff's
Office, where the autopsy was con-
Quoted by the st. Louis chemists.
1t was a metallic-lined casket but
the water had soaked through and
the body laid half covered with
water, and the grave clothes were
soaked. The scalp was taken off
and the brains removed. Then
the lungs, liver and portions of the
kidneys were taken out and car
ried to st. Louis where they were
tested for poisOns.
After lying in the Sheriff's Of
flee for several hours, the lid was
replaced on the casket and the
body was again buried.
A month later they disinterred
the cadaver and carried it to the
cemetery Toulouse, where the
specialists again opened the casket
and took away portions of the
anatomy.
In the morning F. b. Stout will
again take the stand for the State.
The cross examination failed to
shake his statement that a body
could not be hurled or dropped
over the north side of Organ Ferry
bridge in such a manner that it
could have been found in the
position aud situation rs the State
claims that it was found. He was
on the stand for an hour yesterday
and stood a most rigid examination
from Judge Roy.
New London, Mo-, Jan. 20.-Af.
ter hearing grea tly con
fused mass of testimony this morn
ing, relative to the buggy in
: which DR.. Taylor Jones Watson
drove on the night he is alleged to
l have murdered his wife and thrown
I her body into n creek near here