Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-10
The LIE Doux Case.
Stockton Record.


1t was the Dutch Emma LIE Doux
had set to with the Germans this
morning and came off badly worsted.
] 1t will be remembered that when
the time for passing sentence on Mrs
LIE Doux came up in court about a
month ago the defense moved for a
new trial, and in support of that
motion attorney G. Ii. FairalI intro
duced attidavits of Messrs Murphy
and Smith, in which they swore that
juror Ritter had talked with them of
the LIE Doux case during the trial
and had told them that he intended
to hang the woman. This caused no
small sensation, which was prolonged
by the fact that Mr. Ritter had gone
East on visit and was not expected
home until the first of this month.
Accordingly the matter was continued
until this forenoon.
When the matter came up before
Judge Nutter Friday morning his
courtroom was again packed by
spectators, nearly all of whom we're
women. Mrs LeDoux was gowned all
in black, and she appeared consider
ably more fieshy than when she was
previously in court. She also seemed
pale, but that may have been due to
her long confinement in haIf-light-
ed cell. She acted subdued, but gave
no appearance of being disconnected
or discouraged.
The district attorneys office at
once overwhelmed the defense with
aff1davits. First came Mr. Ritter's, in
which he denied totally and at great
length that he had discussed the LIE
Doux case or any.feature of it with
Murphy OF Smith, or any one else,
during the trial, or that he had even
spoken of the case to either of them.
He then attacked Murphy, declaring
him boy of unsound mind, given to
imaginary stories and vicious yarns.
Then came the affidavit of K. Fin
bel, saloon keeper at Eintracht Park,
in which the attiant stated that he
and Ritter were Germans and that
Ritter's reputation for truth, veracity
and being close m outhed was good,
and in which he denied that Ritter
and Smith had been together in his
barroom at any time during the LIE
Doux trial. He also denied that
Ritter had spoken to him or in his
presence of the case during the trial.
He said he knew Ritter we'll, and that
the latter frequently visited his bar
room, as did Smith.
Councilman George H. Heimann's,
NJ. Kinser, Charles Messersmith and
William BarnickoI made affidavits
that they knew Mr. Ritter, and that
all three we're Germans. They also
contributed to Mr. Rltter's good char
acter andsto Mr. Murphy's bad reputa-
ton for truth and veracity. They
declared that Murphy was hair brain
ed, rattleweeded and half baked,
without good sense or good wits. 1t
was disastrous inning for Murphy.
W. T. Thresher also took fall out
of MuIphy's character for truth tell
ing, and said good words for Mr..
Ritter.
Sheriff W. f. SibIey made affidavit
that MI smith was colored man and
an ex-convlct having been sent to
prison from MERGED county. Then
the people rested and the defense
appeared tired.
G. Fl. FaIrall, attorney for the de-
Tense, asked for time in which to Sc
cure attidavits to support the reputa-
tions of Messrs Murphy and Smith.
Judge Nutter said that he did not
want the case to drag any longer and
that he would give the defense until
this afternoon to present its atfidavlts.