Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-21

thirds Of those present being women.
Nancy Bachus, defendant in the case
where she is being tried for the
murder OF her husband, gave in fall
tering accents, another story CT the
incidents that preceded the fire that
burned her home and of her flight
tc the Hooker home. where she took
her baby for safety and to send help
to her husband. The details were
very similar and differ materially
only in the fact that she now in
sists that she did not fire the shot
and she does not know who did fire
it.
During the progress Of the testi-
gave wrapt attention, many standing
to catch the low tones used by the
witness in the recital. Mrs. Bachus
told Of the threats used in securing
the former statements and told me
jury that they were false in the par
ticulars detailed wherein she had at
tempted to fasten the crime on either
Mccall or Anderson or 20 accept the
responsibility herself. She stated
that she never had a revolver. nor
did she use the big gun in the house
She said that she had not packed her
trunk or unpacked her trunk since
they had moved from their former
residence month before and that
she had moved the flowers merely to
get them in the sunlight.
The confession Of Nancy .Bachus
was admitted in testimony this
morning by decision of Judge Steele
and the document over which the
legal battle ragged throughout the
whole of yesterday was read to the
jury. This is the statement where
the defendant admits that she die
the shooting herself, coming up be-
hind her husband as he was In thu
act of carrying out sack of sugar
from the burning house and shoot.
ing him in the back of the head with
revolver. She states that she then
ran out through the chicken yard
end on to the canyon, where she
threw the revolver away, and get.
ting her child went to the Hooker
residence.
With the Introduction Of this con.
fcssion the state closed it's case, ant
after an Intellectual attempt on the
part Of the defense to have the case
thrown out of court owing to insuf
ficiency Of the evidence, Mr.. Tanna
hill began the introduction of testi
| mony tending to show the irrespon
sibility of the defendant in the ma
ture Of the many and varying state
ments that she had made.
He called to the stand Mrs. Dais,
Rankin. to whose home the defend
ant went after the shooting. an,
drew from her the statement of tn
mental condition Of Mrs. Bachu
when she arrived there and Of he
condition throughout the night. Mrs
Rankin testified that Mrs. Bachu
was raving and apparently fra
tional: that she did not recognize
the witness nor the other neighbor
that came In to see her. That sh
called constantly and wildly. "Wh,
don't Mrs Rankin come back? Sh
said she would hurry" She locke,
wild and unnatural and would no
recognize Mrs. Rankin though tina
lady was working with her to duie
her. This continued until DR.. Har
rington arrived and gave her nv
perdermic injection. which auiete
her, and she fell to moaning an
dronped or TO sleep and did no
waken to nationality until about
O'Clock the next morning.
This line Of testimony was practi
callv substantiated bv the following
witnesses: Mrs Reatrice Lawrenc
and Mrs Mamie Maynard. who wer
at the Hooker house that evening
Her brother, James Luper. put o.
the witness stand. told the sam
slorv Of her condition after tn
tragedy at the burning cottage.
On cross examination Attorne
Johnson drew from Witness jaime
IIuper the fact that he had purchas
ed cartridges Of 20 caliber In Gil
ford a week before the night OF tn
murder. but he said that he did nc
make the purchase for his sister an
that she had no revolver that n
knew about. On cross-examihatio
thn states attorney was very clos
IN questioning the witness as Z
:, why he did not go direct TO tn
Pachus home after he received tn