Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-13
TRIAL STARTED
THIS MORNING
A REVIEW OF THE CIRCuM-
STANCES AND THE PLACING
IN EVIDENCE OF DIFFERENT
ARTICLES TAKE UP THE.

The worn and battered hat. with
the mute evidence of where the fatal
bullet went, the revolver with its
two empty chambers, pictures of ths
scene near the Shaffer home where
the tragedy took place, where the
graphic features Of the opening evil
1ence in the trial of Clyde Shaffer
FOR the killing OF his cousin, Joseph
Scott. which began in the district
court room this morning.
With this tangible evidence came
the story from the states Witnesses
II how Joseph Scott rode away from
his home on the Sunday morning of
april rs to gather up some stray
horses. of how he came back down
the canyon. riding through the field
OF his uncle and met his cousin,
hyde Shaffer, at the bars leading
onto the highway, of the quarrel
that followed and the threats thai
passed between them. of how Scot
hitched his horse to the telephone
nole and started threateningly to-
ward Shaffer, of the command to
malt, not obeyed. of the firing nf the
hrst shot. of the second command
| md the firing OF the fatal shot that
| dropped Scott dead in his tracks, of
Shatfer's confession of the shoe ing
TO the neighbors who were first on
the scene, and of his ride to Peck to
give himself up. during which time
he flung the revolver over the bluff
where 1t was subsequently found.
Examination Of Witnesses.
| The first witness for the state wa.
John w. Scott, brother of the muir.
| (ContinTed from Pae One.)
Tered man. He testified to the fact
that his brother had gone away L
round up the horses. and of thu
finding of the body in the road in
front of the Shaffer home late in thu
day. He was followed by Bruce
Burns of Lewiston, the photogra
pher, who, under direc. ion OF tn,
officers, took photographs of tn,
scene of the shooting, giving thu
Shaffer home, the bit of roadway
where the horses were tied and tn,
place where the body lay. Thes'
pic sures were described in detail t.
the jurors and offered in evidence.
]. l.. Dickinson was the thirt
witness. He was called to the Shat
fer home on Sunday afternoon by
telephone message and went with hi
wife to the scene of the killing H,
found there Clyde Shaffer. his fathe
ard mother and in front of the resi-
dence. in the roadway. lying as h
fell. the body of Joe Scott. He tool
the picture and pointed out to thu
jury just where the body lay.
He described the situation ant
told of the saddle horse hitched t
the telephone pole and of the oshe
horse hitched to the fence and of tn
six loose horses that Scott was driv
ing. He told of the conversation
with Clyde Shaffer about the shoot
ing. In this conversation Shaffe
confessed that he did the shooting
and said that he had lost the revol
yer. The witness advised Shaffer t
go to Peck and give himself up
Shaffer did this later in the after
noon, but in the evening Dickensol
and William Hartnett rode over t,
Peck and brought Shaffer back AM
lodged him that night at the hom
Of Can't Woods. Il was during tn
ride from Peck that Shaffer toll
what he had done with the revol
yer and the next day Dckenso1
went to the place described ant
found the weapon. 1t was then in
troduced into evidence, having beel
in the ands of the court since TIL
preliminary and inquest The gul
IS five-shot revolver. with thre'
loaded and two empty shells of 3:
"aliber. The gun was found on tn
hill between Melrose and Peck. II
the conversation the witness ha,
with Shaffer the latter told him hov
Scott was seen coming through tn