The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-11-22


tanned shoes he found near the
Sloane home was somewhat clear
ed up this morning after the shoes
had been offered in evidence c.
P. Fairman, stenographer who
was one of the roomers at the
Sloane residence the night of the
murder, testified that the shoes be-
longed to Mr.. Trip, another
roomer there.
Pike had testified that he found
the shoes on the stairs in the rear
of the Sloane residence on the
morning the body of James F.
Sloane was discovered, and that
there were blood stains on them.
He was instructed to produce the
shoes in court this morning.
Attorney Robertson, for the de-
Tense, and Attorney Barnhart, for
the prosecution, got into a wordy
wrangle this morning over the rec
ords of the official stenographer.
Robertson insisted he had a right
to the notations, but the prosecu-
tor claimed he had not. Robert
son based his right on the fac.
that the court stenographer is
hired by the county commission
ers and paid by the taxpayers. He
wanted Judge Huneke to make an
order that the notes must be filed
with the county commissioners
every evening as public record.
Judge Huneke refused to grant his
request.
C. P. Fairman testified this
morning that after retiring for the
night he heard some one go down
the back stairs. This person had
to pass close to his window, which
was partly open. Prosecutor Barn
hart showed him a photograph of
the Sloane residence, and Fairmah
described his room to the jury as
being in corner down stairs but
not exactly under the room where
Mr.. Sloane was murdered. Fair
man said that in less than five
minutes he heard some one go
back up the stairs. Soon after that
sane one went into the bathroom
and turned on the water.
Fairman awoke about $50
O'Clock and an hour afterward
arose. Going to the front porch
he met Mrs. Syphers, the land
lady, in the dining room. On the
porch he saw Sidney Sloane with
a morning paper in his hands. Sid
ney offered him the paper, but
Fairman said, 'Finish it your
self" Sidney said he was through
read and Fairman took the paper.
Sidney said:
Are you going DOWNTOWN?
YES
Keep your eyes open for my
father. He was not home all
night"
81 will"
Sidney then went into the dining
room, followed by Fairman, and
Mrs. Syphers told them breakfast
was ready. They sat down, and
possibly FIVE minutes after that
officers arrived with the informa-
ton that Mr.. Sloane had been
murdered.
Sidney said to him:
Take me to him."
On cross-examination Fairman
said the only noise he heard other
than the climbing and descending
of the stairs and in the bathroom
was on the front porch. 1t did not
sound like the fall of a human
body and was made between the
hours of 1880 and 11:45.
In the morning, about daylight,
he heard some one using the hose
in the back of the house.
He said that when he first
greeted Sidney on the front porch
the latter had a very wild look
in his eyes.
Robertson asked:
did you ever see an insane pei.
SOM"
Eyes"
State II Sidney's look was the
same"
The prosecution here entered an
objection to that line of cross
examination, taking the stand that
Fairman was not competent as an
expert. The objection was sus.
tained. Robertson jumped to his
feet and insisted that Fairman hao
the right to answer the question
because where the actions are
those of an insane person the facts,
must be told to the jury. Robert.
son said that his plea was in
sanity and he had the right to be-
gin his case right from the start
to prove or disprove what he
pleased without first offering evil
dence for the defense.
The cross-examination was con-
tinued, but the prosecution kept
continually excepting to the ques-
lions which Robertson cleverly
led up to the same proposition Of