The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-05-22
MISS ESTHER

MITCHELL'S YOUNG SISTER
SAYS SHE WILL TESTIFY
AGAINST BROTHER.
Prisoner Pleads Not Guilty and His
Trial Is Set for June 25-Pu.
ter Arrested in Alameda
Tries g Draw Pistol
but Loses the Drop.
! Seattle, WASH, May 19.-George
Mitchell, the youthful slayer Of
I',Joshua" Creffeld and the avenger
4, of the wrongs done his two sisters
by the Holy Roller prophet, plead
ed not guilty to charge of murder
in the first degree before Superior
Judge Frater this morning. The
proceedings took only few min
I utes and shortly after the pleading
June 25 was designated as the day
on which the trial will commence.
Mitchell is taking his confinement
philosophically, and came into court
freshly sbaven and with his cloth
ing carefully pressed. He was &C..
lcompanied by bis attorneys, Morris
and Shipley, and took much inter-
est in the proceedings which trans
pired before he was called upon to
enter his plea. Interest in Mitchell
has not tagged, as was ths case
when he " 8 arraigned, the deputy
sheriffs who brought him into court
were forced to shoulder pathway
through the crowd which had az
sembled.
| After entering his plea Mitchell
walked to his seat and before the
case had been set started to return
to the Jail at the beck of his guard
ians. He was recalled, however, by
Will Morris, one of his attorneys,
and smiled when he was informed
that 1t was desi, ed that he remain
until the date of his trial had been
fixed. This detail gone through
With, Mitchell shook hands with his
legal representatives and followed
the deputy sherifs through the
crowd tack tc his cell. =.
When Mitchell is called for trial
the strange spectacle will be pre-.
senied of his sister, 17.year-old Es-
ther. testifying for the prosecution
in order to send him to the gallows
for killing Crefield, and his BROTH
er, Fred, testifying in his behalf.
The sister said today at the police
police matron's home, where che is
being held as witness:
II hope my brother will have
time to repent Of his Sins before
they hang him."
She is in daily consultation with
Prosecuting Attorney Macintosh
aud has outlined to that official the
evidence she will give. The pros
ecutiou's hope of convicting Mitch
ell Of some degree Of murder bas in.
creased since the sister has come to
its aid.
Esther Mitchell declares even now
that Crefield is Christ and that he
will rise again. She says her broth.
er lies when he says that 'Creffield
ever did her any harm. She ad-
mits that Crefheld will rise again
from the dead to lesd his flock.
She says that her brother did wrong
in taking his life and thus depriv-
ing his flock temporarily of leader
ship.
Fred Mitchell, who reached Seat
tie yesterday from Corvallis declares
that his brother did right and that
he will stand by him. He says that
his sister was ruined by CreHeld.
Esther Mitchell said today:
my brother had no right to XII /
Crefield. If he says that Crefield
did me any harm, be lies, and be
knows it.
"Crefield always treated me
properly as he did all of his other
followers. They sent him to the
pen simply to break up the religious
camp We hid. He was not given a
fair trial. The people of Corvallis
did not like US and they thought II
they cent him to the pen we would
| all desert him.
"They committed perjury to send
him to the pen. Every onein Cor.
Wallis knew it was put up job
When we did not desert him and
leave Corvallis, the people there be-
gan trying to send us to the insane
asylum. I am sane and always
wac. So are the rest. They sent
me TO home in Portland because
they said I was crazy but too youug
to 90 to the asylum.
II know Joshua" will arise. ]
shall testify against my brother
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