Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25
There was no cross-examinatiOn.

James W. Gibbs of Paris testified: !
am 20 years old. l have been in the en-
ploy of Mr.. Brown at the mine most OF
the time for year. l have boarded at
the mine, in the cook house, and have
worked about there preparing and using
dynamite. Everett had charge of the
dynamite. l used to order from him,
and he would get it and bring it to me.
The week of the accident there were
in the crew Mr.. Everett, Charles Howe
and myself. We quit Thursday at 4:S0.
took drive after supper, and got
home about 10 o'clock. / heard of the
accident the next morning.
Invent to the mine the next morning
as usual, and went to work. Did not GO
to the scene of the explosion. Saw Mr..
Everett, talked with him about the acct
dent. He said Ed was in the dynamite
house, and was blown up.
was with the coroner and the jury
Friday forenoon for a short time.
Charles Howe and later searched with
Wallace for Eds foot which was blown
off. We looked the ground over
thoroughly, especially to the south, to.
ward and over the stone wall.
During the search we found a knife.
l saw the glistening of piece of dam.
per, and Everett stopped to pick it up,
and he says, "What's this?" said,
ats knife" The spot where it was
found was marked with stake.
Wallace said he had never seen the
knife before. Said it must have been
Eds knife, and what he pulled the sta
pie with. Everett picked up the knife
1t was open.
1 should say the blade of the knife
was perhaps three inches long. A par
of it was covered We could see most oi
the handle, but none of the blade.
Nothing else was found that afternoon
We quit the search about half.past four.
Were you there when the clasp wat
foundp The form of the question wat
objected to by Mr.. Swasey, but the wit
ness answered that he was not.
When we left Friday we left Everett
at the mine. He was also there Satur
day, and as far as know had the key!
to the buildings, which were given tt
me after Everett's arrest.
What did Everett at any time tell yor
about seeing a man on the grounds be
fore the explosion? Nothing particular
heard him say that he see some one.
ross-examination by Mr.. Swasey:
This dynamite house was about 9
tall enough to stand up in. 1t was uset
for a makeup house. In 1t there wer'
electric caps and dynamite, small
quantity of it. The building was cover
ed with tin, except the door. A shor'
time before paddock had been put OF
by Everett. Previously it had been un
locked.
got there about Z Friday morning
Everett's duties nights were to watcf
the mill. He stayed in the cook house
The cook house was some 40 rods from
the dynamite house.
When I left at half-past four Thurs
day, Mr.. Everett was the only perso'
there.
At this point the cross-examinatio
was suspended to allow Scott Colby II
testify, as he had sick child.
Testimony of Scott Colby: / live i
Paris. about mile from the mine. Ed
gar L. Ratcliff was In my employ up q
the Thursday of the explosion. He lei
about half-past seven, going up the lane
The mine is not on the direct road t
Paris Hill.
/ have seen Ratcliif and Everett te
gether this spring at my house, ono
that am sure OF. They went away tt
gether, Just in the edge OF the evening.
On the evening Of the 18th OF June,
heard the report of the explosion,
should sav about quarter of ten.
Radcliffe did not tell me where he wa
going that night.
No cross-examination