The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-11-23
ANOTHER TRIAL
SUPREME COURT SAYS ER
ROR WAS COMMITTED
IN TRIAL OF JENNINGS.
Josephine County Youth Convicted
of Killing Father Gets Anoth-
er Chance for Life.

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er Chance for Life.
Salem, Or, Nov. 21.-In the case
of the state of Oregon, respondent,
against Jasper Jennings, appellant,
an appeal from Josephine county,
H. K. Hanna, judge, of the lower
court, is reversed by Judge HALEY.
/ Jasper Jennings and his sister
Dora were jointly infor rmed against
| by the district attorney of the third
judicial district for the alleged kill
ling of their father, Newton N. Jen-
nings, September 7 1903, In jose
phine county. In January, 1906,
Jasper was tried separately, con-
victed of murder In the, first degree
and sentenced to be hanged. He
appealed to the state su upreme court.
Five assignments of error are
specified. Tnere being error In the
| admission Of the opinionated testi-
imony of Witness Wickersham, the
Judgment of the lower court will be
reversed and a new trial ordered
] says the. opinion. Wickersham
was one Of the first persons to ar
rive at the house after the discovery
of the homicide and was called az
a witness for the state at the trial
The court holds it was an error te
permit witness to give his conclu'
sions as to the place from which the
shot was fired. He should have
been asked to detail conditions a:
they were aud the jury allowed tt
dtaw it's own conclusions from th.
facts detailed.
/ Hood River, Nov. Ala biz
sensation was produced here today
when Charles T. Early, superin
tendent of the Mount Hood railroad
offered a reward of $500 for the ar
lrest and conviction OF the person o
persons who. attempted to dynamic
its train Saturday night. The onl.
reason that the attempt was unsuc
ceesful Was the fact that the dyna
mite was frozsn and did not explode
10 all 20 sticks Of powder wer
placed on the track, five of whicl
were laid across tho rail and tn
rest In bunches on each side. A
present there is said to be no clue
| The discovery was made by a CAL
penter Sunday morning on his wa.
5 to work, and he found the pile G
dynamite 10 deep cut near wha
is known as Paasch's bridge. A
soon as possible he communicate
with Mr.. Early, who cautione
him to keep quiet, and in compan
with an officer visited the spot an
IS atlerward made an investigation i
the neighb >rhood to ascertain if an
one had been seen In the vicinity {
the place during the day. tn
powder used was what is known 6
: No. 1, has much higher explosiv
!, quality than that usually employe
1 by rancbers in blowing out stump
| and is used most in railroad COZ
! struction. 1t is said that no deals
| in Hood river keeps this variety
| explosive. and that enough of
was on theltrack to have blown ii
| train to atoms.
/ After an unsuccessful attempt
discover any evidence that wou
lead to arrest, Superintendent Ear
decided to publicly offered aaewar'
He will not say that he has no gu
picion, but says he will not imp.
cate any one until he is more ful
= satisfied Of guilt.
When the train passed over Il
4 big bunch Of dynamite it was dar
land the trainmen knew noth:l
II about the affair until yesterds 8
II when they we're told of their narro
II escape. The train consisted Of
il mixed one, with a passenger on t
II rear end in which there were 20
II 30 passengers.
II The point where the power W
II placed is a lonely one, and cann
II be seen from the surrounding cou
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