Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1906-08-02
MORE ABOUT THE BAILEYs
attorneys For the State Prepare
Statement to the Public Giving
Their Side of Celebrated
Case.

Is rs 'iinapeu IN verdict against
the state, the public, especially 10
caiiy, Will no doubt be glad to hay,
some statement from the attorney,
= Tor the prosecution, giving their views
!. and some important side.lights of the
: case. Such statement has been pre
y pared for the Mexico LEDGER which 4
printed below.
"a To the Public.
!. MEXICO, Mo-, July 18th. - The
Bailey murder case has terminated ir
the verdict of mot gulltyn as 10 both
OF the defendants OF course the pub.
{ nc understands that the jury had to
Z 40 simply with the guilt OF the defend.
I ants under the law, and in-as-much as
+ the plea of Insanity was set up In
the case OF Edmund Bailey, the Jury
were at liberty under the instructions,
II they believed that the tale told pv
his wife rendered him insane, TO bring
in a verdict of not guilty. The in
, structions In the case Of Aiva Bailey
made 1t the duty of the jury to deter
mine whether or not Alva Bailey in
cited her husband to commit the act
ne did. Whatever may be the legal
aspect of the conduct of Mrs. Bailey.
one thing was disclosed to a moral
certainty and this disclosure came not
from the States witnesses but from
the hand writing Of the defendant her.
self, that Jay Lawder never laid bis
hand upon Alva Bailey and that he |
was the victim OF falsehood told for
tine purpose, as the public at Fulton
believe, OF melting her husband to |
Kill the man whom she could not de.
coy into a disgraceful relation with
herself. The State was unable to call
fiom the tomb the only man who knew
OF the black attempts Of this woman
to entrak him, but fortunately for the
good name OF this innocent and noble
young man, the Defendant while she
was attempting to entrak him put in.
to black and white the unimpeachable
evidence Of Jay Lawder's attempt to
avoid her and Of her attempt to black
en- and ruin him In her endeayor to
TOLL into laison worthy and noble
young man, she put into enduring
form the evidences OF her failure, OF
her guilt and OF the unusual and man. ,
ly conduct Of the unfortunate jay .
Lawder.
In these cases IL was sworn by Mrs. a
Bailey that intimate relations began
between her and Jay Lawder on the
10 OF July and continued on.
Constable Ernest Grubb testified | Z
that Immediately after Lawder was {
killed be went to Bailey's home and c
said to Mrs. Baileyif l have to protect Il
Ted from a mob, l want to know
something about this case. Has Jay c
Lawder ever insulted you, or attempt Z
ed intimate relations with you? Mrs 6
Bailey replied mo he has not" 4
10 letter Of Mrs. Bailey's OF August
Ind she says to Lawder 81 know you a
but you don't know me" "Gnd how do o.
you know that l want to cultivate II
1our acquaintance unless told you?" ci
August 7th letter similar. August Ii
10Th a letter asking Lawder II he is CT
willing to see the writer to go out r
outh of Farber at $50 that night. m
All Of these letters long after she "
wore intimate relations began. In CT
mother letter of Oct. "a she asks I
why do you shun one who has your n
interest at heart, " in letter Of Nov. Bi
/ she says, 81 will not let you 90 to G.
lrs. Judy's and board and show an ag
ther woman the kindness you denied II
o me" In letter of October 16, she th
ays, 'by the way what is the matter Sr
With our friend Charlie, we never ge
peak as we pass by, and thereby M
angs tale. l guess he knows Of my III
DndneSs for you and that l got him no
My to use as stepping stone to your b.
lvor, Well Charlie can be consoled H.
ow, for / lost out any how. te'
In another letter she refers to her. -"
slf as woman of market price," Va
another letter she says 'if you do not
ecd my warning and do go to JudY's 1 H.
i'll follow you there and you will not O.
ave alive" In letter written the =,
light before the killing she says 81 I'm
ave little weapon the best of its
ind, ready to do its work" This was ~,
le pistol which was borrowed by ~,
Irs. Bailey the evening before her hus- On,
anu uiu sle Aiiiiuk' bel
There is no place in any letter which
RS. Bailey claims to Lawder that he
yer mistreated her, only by his re- Do
Isal to have anything to do with her
er claim that she had been mlstreat- hi
only came after the killing David we
,eele, of Cincinnati, Iowa, was sou
ought in court, He swore that the wei
alley woman came time after time as
bis store and wanted him to agree sou
meet her and that he refused, that ami
10 wrote him letter In wnlcn sne ing
Id she was tired of the life she was tin
mpelled to lead with her husband riv
ID would do as she pleased. In this cei
tier she pictured scene TO Mr.. ed
eele of him and her alone out In the fro
lods with no one near aud II he Tn
u tired they would lay down in the ton
ade of tree and he could put bis tur
ad in her lap. Mr.. Steele read this at
tier to Mr. Bailey and after gave Gro:
e original letter written by Mrs.
liley to her husband. This happ- Mel
ed months before the killing. The II
structions of the court were to the pre-
ect that IL a man hears his wife Gro
S been seduced and IL he hunts the Tht
tlEch