Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1905-06-22
Sites TRAGEDY Arousss Dssp Feelings
In the County.
WHILE sHIssLgR HAS BAD RECORD
Some Talk OF Self Defense,
But Testimony VIII Show.

arm and in the side. The direct
cause Of the shooting is not known
by the public AZ yet-some believe
it was done in self defehse- and as
the preliminary hearing proceeds
the evidence will establish the truth
Of the sad affair. Sheriff Greene
arrived Saturday with the prisoner
and placed him in the county Jail
to await his hearing, which began
yesterday in the court Of r. R.
Hotchkiss. Attorneys for Shissler
are w. N. Scales and F. E. Fogg;
for the state, T. H. Bartlett.
The case was opened by the
statutory rules, fling Of complaint,
etc.
The first witness called was DR..
R. ]. Alcorn, who testified he was
in Kooskia at the time of the
shooting and was summoned to
Sites by . telephone call. Arriv-
ing there he stopped at the White
Front restaurants and was informed
his services were not needed, ae
Williams was dead, but to 60 to
Shissler, as-he was wounded, which
he did and dressed the defendants
wounds. At the coroner's inquest
he was asked to remove the bullet
from Williams' body. which he did.
He described the course OF the ball
and several details relative to the
operation.
Phil. Meinen was then asked to
take the stand and described hav.
ing gotten both guns. which were
now in the hands Of Justice OF the
Peace Goucher, explaining that
Williams gun was 80 calibre and
Shissler's "A or As; he also ex-
hibited the bloodstained clothes
worn by the deceased at the time
of his death.
J. w. Goucher then took the
stand and produced the two guns
and the bullet that had been taken
from Williams body.
JOS. Wilson then was called and
identified the larger gun as one he
had received from Shissler.
Jas. Jones, who was working in
the blacksmith shop for Williams,
took the stand and said: III heard
shots about IL O'Clock when I was
on the street, and went to the
White Front restaurant, where ]
found. Williams dying in kneeling
position. helped put him on the
bed and went to telephone his
folks who are at Garfield, Wash
ington. l had no other relations
with Williams than to be employed
by him."
"Did Williams say he was going
to have an understanding with
Shissler about something he (Shiss-
ler) had said?"
~ believe he did cay something
like that. Williams told me be
had been watching Shissler and
that he and Mrs. Harris went to
the home of Mrs. McMilien and
went to the restaurant with Mamie
McMillen, who was working for
them. l do not know If Williams
had q gun on him the day Of the
shooting"
Jones then made several answers
to questions regarding the question,
able relations between Williams
and Mrs. Harris, which he re
called.
II Mrs. Minnie May Harris tool
the stand and said: 81 was ct ths
White Front restaurant on tn,
10th inst. 6hissler entered abou,
noon and abused me; saw him
again in about four minutes wher
/ he came in with Williams; Mis-
!; Berry, McMillen and Haight wers
| present; williams asked Ghiseler /
he said Il was worse than Rose,
and he said, Yes Williams ther
made Q motion with his hant
!! toward Shiseler, and Shissler strucl
!him on the head with his revolvel
| and in . few seconds fred shot
/ then / ran away and heard NOR
! shots; / don't know how many.
II In the cross-examinati0n Mre
! Harris testified she had married h
/ D. Harris twenty-six years ago il
Pennington, Washington; WAS th
!; mother Of two children, and ha
!; not lived with Harris for eigh
/ years; she first met Williams i
| Garfield, Washington, then wen
! to Palouse City, where William
/ came also; then went to Sites wit
!; Williams. 1--WE lived oil one win
! ter in tent; the tent was 1924
| We never lived a man and wife /
! any time."
& s'Where was the revolver whe
! YOU last eAw it2''
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