Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-11
NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS, BUT A
MASS OF CONFLICTING TEsT.-
MoNY is INTRODUCED
MANY MORE WITNESSES
Doubtful If Preliminary Trial is Fin
ished Tcmorrow-claims That Far
reIl Threatened Morrows Life AN
Oasis In the Evidence

From Fridays Daily
With sixteen witnesses yet to be ex-
amined before the defense rests. the
second afternoon session of the prelim-
mary hearing Of Miles Morrow, charg-
ed with the murder of Ben Farrell
opened this afternoon.
Following the defense, the state will
put on large number Of witnesses in
rebuttal and It Is doubtful whether the
hearing VIII be finished tomorrow.
Throughout the day the course OF
the trial has followed It's usual slug
gish course. Nothing new, nothing
startling, nothing pleasant, but the
same dull things over again
AS picture of life in Smoky Row,
the evidence produced might be of in
terest to the sociologist but beyond
that, there is nothing. TIE defense
has introduced large number of wit
nesses who claim to have seen Far
rell waving gun, drawing gun,
pointing gun, etc. The same inaccur-
acies characterize the stories Of those
who saw Farrell with a gun, as was
marked in the stories Of those who
swore that to the best of their knowl-
edge he did not have one.
Also evidence has been introduced to
show that Farrell made threats against
Morrow shortly before the shooting.
The Morning Session.
Miles Morrow, charged with murder
In the first degree took his place in
the court room of Justice Ayres this
morning. He seemed the most uncon-
cerned man In the room.
AS he took his seat he shook hands
with Messrs. Kirby and Duke. his at
torneys, and with several of his friends
and acquaintance who were in the
court room.
The trial began.
AS yesterday there appeared during
the morning session no new develop
ments beyond what was published at
the time of the coroner's inquest or
since.
Yesterday Afternoons Session.
! Nothing developed at the afternoon
session of the hearing yesterday furtn-
er than evidence Of a threat Farrell is
said to have made Saturday night in a
/ saloon on the row against Morrow. r
Myrtle Finley testified that Farrell
told her Saturday night in the saloon
that he was going to kill Morrow if
Miles did not leave his woman (Mary
Judson) alone.
Like an oasis in the desert was the
evidence given by frankie Schwartz, a
fifteen year old white lad who lives
in the neighborhood and who from
nearby lot, where he was playing
ball, saw the shooting.
| When frankie was put on the stand
the state challenged his evidence on
the ground that the witness was in
competent to testify, claiming that he
did not understand the obligations Of
an oath.
do you know what you mean when
you put up your hand that way,
FranAe?"
Eyes sir, it means that must tell
the truth
"And what happens If you don't tell
| the TRUTH"
"You go to the reform school,"
els that all?"
.'No, sir, when you die you go some
place else.''
frankie was competent, there was
no doubt about 1t.
Not for a moment did he falter in
his testimony. He was sure of his
statements, able to give ineligible
statements as to distances where
adult witnesses of both sexes had been
most woefully weak, and in every way
SO covered himself with glory that JUS
tice Ayres was prompted to compli-
| ment on his testimony