Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-07

son. and recalled conversations be-
tween them and her husband relative |
To taking up timber claims. These |
conversations We're given in detail.
largely contradicting the witnesses for
the prosecution.
Afternoon Session.
Mrs. DWyer was not recalled to the |
witness stand at the conclusion of the |
noon recess, but Frank w. Kettenbach
was. He was character witness rel |
atlVe to the general character of r. A. |
Lambdin, as was also j. c. LIE Claire. |
kettenbach told of lending Lambdin
$500 on good security.
| George H. Kester, cashier of the
bank, was then called to the witness
stand He said he was SO years of
age, most of which he spent in Lewis
! ton. Sixteen years ago he began work.
ing Tor the bank as messenger and six
years later was made cashier.
Attorney Moore then rovA che wit
ness over the testimony Of the various
witnesses who had testified against
him and the other defendants In each
and every instance he denied that in
any of these conversations did he say
anything that could be construed as
being unlawful. He denied in toto
ever having had an prior agreement
with any of the men he advanced
money to to take up lands, to the eff
feet that the entrymen to deed to him
or Kettenbach or both of them, the
land after they acquired title to 1t.
Mr. Kester said he first met Ivan r.
Cornell in Portland, where they both
attended an academy: Cornell swore
that Kester induced him to take I'D a
timber claim, because he was broke,
agreeing to give Cornell $3.50 for his
right. Prior to that time Kester had
loaned Cornell small sums of money
when Cornell came to Lewiston, was
out of work and had no money.
Kester told of meeting Cornell on
the street, how they talked of school
boy days, and how Cornell asked him
to help him get a position He had
come to Lewiston hoping to get a job
with one of the railroads, but that it
had fallen through. He loaned Cornell
small sums several times, which the
young man always returned. One day
Cornell went to the bank and asked
for So which he gave him. 1t was
then, Hester said. that he suggested
Cornell take up a timber claim.
When he was on the witness stand,
Cornell said Kester came to his room
and suggested to him there that he
take up a timber claim.
Cornell didn't seem to know much
about the taking up of claim, Hester
said, so he told him all about 1t.
Kester said he would take the matter
up with Dwyer, relative to the latter
placing him on a claim. When Hester
went to Dryer, the latter told him
that he did not have a timber claim
just at that time but had homestead
which he would relinguish for 5000,
Dryer saying his wife could not finish
proving up on it. To make a long
story short, Dwyer took Cornell up on
the homestead, and how Kester ad-
vanced Cornell the money to prove up
with. Kester said he eventually took
UP the claim in his own name.
Kester denied that he ever had a
prior agreement with Cornell relative
to his buying the claim. The witness
also denied offering Cornell 500 for
the exercise Of his timber claim right.
In fact, he denied in toto, all the dam
aging testimony given by Cornell.
Then came long denial relative to
timber claim, with Hiram F. Lewis,
of Lewiston. He loaned Lewis money
to take UP a claim after all arrange
ments had been made with Mr.. Dwyer.
The Lewis loan was bank loan, and
the other loans mentioned were Ket-
/ tenbach's loans.
Kester said he and Kettenbach both
own the two Lewis claims He said
the claims were bought in because the
to buy them.
The witness denied that he had ever
entered into any agreement, under
standing or conspiracy with the de-
PENDANTS, ]. B. West or /. N. Smith, to
defraud the government out of any
timber claims. Neither did he have
any such connection with jackson
o'Keefe, deceased. He also denied am
such connection with w. Benton, E. L.
Knight, C. w. Colby or anyone else..
Kester denied any interest in any
timber claims held by Robnett or the
bank, or w. r. Kettenbach. Attorney
Moore produced, from the exhibits Of
the prosecution, certified copies Of
three deeds recorded In Shoshone
county in. his name. He denied the
lands were his, or that he had any in
terest in them. The deeds were filed
by Robnett in the name of Kester. but
Kester denied any and all interest II
them.
At ABS o'clock. after short recess
4 the witness was taken in hand by the