The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-03-13
NOSE LEWIS
Will TALK
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| Carlsbad, N M, Mar. 13.-Tne trial
of Nose Lewis was started yesterday
morning with George H. Buss being
recalled to the stand, and the trial
dragged along slowly all day, with a
night session until 10 O'Clock.
B. A. Reuter-, now of Meek, N. NJ.
was the next witness. He was mem
Der of the party that made a search
for the body of Terhune.
Grover James, of Orchard Park,
was an important witness. He test,
fed as to working with Lewis and
Terhune, baling hay, and that the last
time he say Terhune alive was about
noon July 3Oth, last year. Ternune
was to assist him, the next day, and
instead of Terhune showing up Lewis
put in his appearance about Z or
1880 o'clock the next morning, say
ing Terhune was engaged in other
work and that he came to take his
place.
1t is said to be the theory of the
prosecution that Terhune was murd-
cred in cold blood the night of July
3Oth and the body hauled in the night
and buried in the irrigation ditch
where it was found.
1t is claimed that the defepse will
contend that Terhune was killed the
morning of July 31st, in se1f-defense.
and being scared and excited Lewis
buried the body Immediately, and
then put in an appearance for work
with Grover James.
Witness James also testified that
Lewis had told him several days pre-
vious to the homicide that Mrs. Ter
hume was the best woman in the
world and he wished he had one just
like her, and that he had never no.
ticed the least trouble or unkindiy
feeling between Lewis and Terhune
him.
F. w. Grain, a blacksmith of Dex-
ter testified as to being present in
the jail at Roswell Saturday after
the body was found aid heard Lewis
tell Mrs Carter that he did not know
why he killed Terhune. According to
Grain, the following conversation was
held between Mrs. Carter and Lewis:
.'Mose. did you kill Terhune?''
Yes
What made you do it?''
Il don't know"
At this point Mrs. Carter, who was
a neighbor of the Terhunes and Lew
is. broke down and cried, saying, Il
hope you'll get forgiveness, and
Lewis replied, Il don't think SO, as
it is too late now"
J. A. Terhune, of Iowa Park. Texas
father of the dead man, was the con,
cluding witness for the Territory. He
told of the size and age of his de-
ceased son, being 25 years of age in
April, a man measuring feet and
one inch in height and weighing 10
pounds He also testified that the
widow, Mrs. Leland S. Terhune, was
with her mother in Arkansas and
that it was impossible for her to be
here as witness.
w. S. Mussenden, of the civil engi-
neering firm of Ririe & Mussenden.
of Roswell, was the first witness for
the defense, and his testimony was
along expert lines. He explained a
large map he had drawn of the Bow
man place where the tragedy occur
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jury, a1d had measured the distance
from where Terhune was killed to the
spot where he was buried in the ir-
rigation ditch, nearly half mile. In
his opinion Lewis could have dug the
grave and filled it up in about two
| and a half hours. Mussenden was ex-
cused and returned to Roswell this
morning.
VIM. F. Lenox, of Roswell, was the
next witness for the defense. He was
a member of the party that searched
for Terhune's body The most relevant
portion of his testimony was in re-
gard to the size of the rock found on
Terhune's body in the grave. In his
opinion it weighed about forty
pounds, and witnesses for the prose
cution testified that in their opinions
| it weighed about one hundred pounds
The last witness in last nights
session was Attorney John T. Nc
Chre, of the defense, who testified
as to having visited the grave some
! time after the body was removed and
having found mock in the bottom
iof the grave of gyp formation. and
that this rock weighed less than hfty