The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-16
PROSECUTION RESTED
YESTERDAY EVENING
Defense Submits Three Notions
4 TO Strike 0Ht Certain
Evidence


speclai 70 Ddty Leader.
Oklahoma City. Okla, July i6.-At-
Ter oae of tie most bitterly fought
and sensational murder cases In the
history Of Oklahoma county, The state
rested its case at a O'Clock Yesterday
afternoon and motions we're made by
The defense 60 strike out certain evil
denca now before the jury. asking in
addition that the court instruct The
jury to return verdict Of not guilty
3n the case OF Mrs. Lila Meadows. now
on teial fer completely in the murder
Of her husband. James X. Meadows.
Three motions were made BY at
tOgneys for the defense which will be
taken Mp. an, a gronp and argued a.
though Juase Ciafk reserv4s the Flghr
10 pass uhoA tho notions' SEPARATELY
y Is probable that the entire day viii
be consumed ia arguing the mptidns
before Judge Clark
After the Jury was excused, follow
ing the resting OF the CASE by the
state, Colonel Johnson for Mrs Mead
nws.. moved to strilye out she testi-
mcay .of both Mrs card'iag hMd and
her daughter Florence, on tAe ground
that il was irrelevant and failed to
show connection sufficient to be used
sgainst the tsfendant A short argu
5aent followed from attorneys on both
sides and Judge Clark after citing
several authorities which had nothing
10 do with the case In point, but mere
Is served as a discussion, stated thai
he failed to see the connection be-
tween the Yukon and the Minneapolis
parties sufficient TO pass upon It un
On after hearing argument upon the
motion. and that ne thought It ad-
yisable TO consider this motion to-
gether with the others 70 come before
tho court;
The second motion was to strike
out the testimony of Harry Stegel
man and John Fried, relating to the
pieces of carpet and fragment OF skirt
used in the Tegeler trial and which
Is supposed to have come from near
the grave OF Meadows in the cornfeld
fci the reason that lae state has at.
tempted 10 give secondary evidence
over. the defendant and further be
cause no proper connection has been
made wheYeby these exhibits can be
Of material fact
The third motion was 10 withdraw
from the jury the famous jail letter
found in Tegeler's coat. which teemed
with lurid declarations and IMMORAL
sentences. The defense stated as q
cause for this motion the incompe
iency OF tho letter and lis failure to
show any connection sufficient TO jus.
ifv it's use against the defendant.
TEese motions were made before
the motion to the court to grant per
amptory instructions 70 the jury.
"The defendant here moves said
Attorney ID. B. Welty for the defense
"that the court instruct the jury TO
return q verdict OF not guilty for the
reason that the state has not presen
ted sufficient evidence to make out
case
Attorney Munden for the defense
then added The amendment "and that
the court instruct the jury to acquit
Mrs. Lila Meadows"
Before the Jury was excused all of
the exhibits Introduced by the state
were placed ~ a long table m the
court room and The jurors permitted
to eyamine them carefully for more
than 30 minutes before retiring for
the day
More damaging testimony was IN
roduoea by the state yesterday when
t was shown that a crippled brother
of Mrs Meadows appeared at the
rooming house on the night OF june :
1897 when Meadows disappeared anH
that this Is the same crippled brother
that was seen hoy Mrs, Allard, her
daughter. near YUKON previous TO this
time. as well as hy Detective Henry
Saphir at q later date in minneapolis
Kansas
Sam Bartel testified that on the
night Of june 4. stliflegged man
came to the Meadows ropming house
end attempted TO eXiot F0o from
James r. Meadows and that Mrs
Meadows refused to give him the
money TO pay this man whom Mead
Ows asserted had forced him 20 pay
large amount on q previous occasion.
L leaves the impression that Mrs.
Meadows brother was playing q black.
mailing scheme. according 10 Bartels
testimony. Mrs. Allard desci5ed the
supposed father Of MS. Meadows as a
sandy cnmrlsxionat mac n the time
he vas with MIS- Myers camping near
Yukon, when she telephoncd 70 q 10
cal hospital and inquired about her
daughter. Mrs. Meadows
On lae stand YESTERDAY Detective
Stphr told az his fisil tu Minneapolis.
Kansas. 70 secure money az tie Ic
quest OF Mrs MeadoNs He stated
that he found her father ana defcf|bed