Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-13
TRIAL STARTED
THIS MORNING
A REVIEW OF THE crpcrr.
STA1CE8 AND THE PLACING
~ Ev1DEHCE OF OVEE1ENT
ARTICLES TAKE UP THE,

the mute evidence OF where the fatal
bullet went. the revolver with it's
.wo empty chambers. pictures Of the
scene near the Shaffer home where
the tragedy took place. where the
sraphic features OF the opening evil
tence In the trial OF Clyde Shaffer
or the killing of his cousin, Joseph
Scott, which began in the distric,
court room this morning.
With this tangible evidence came
the story from the states witnesses
Il 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 auarre,
that followed and the threats tina.
passed between them, OF how Scott
ittched his horse to the telephone
'ole and started threateningly to-
ward Shaffer. of the command to
halt. not obeyed, Of the firing of the
irst shot. of the second command
md the firing OF the fatal shot that
iropped Scott dead in his tracks, OF
lhaffer's confession of the shooting
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 blum
where 1t was subsequently found.
Examination Of Witnesses.
The first witness for the state was
John w. Scott, brother of the muir.
Continued from Pae One.)
tered man. He testified to the fact
that his brother had gone away tc
round up the horses, and OF the
finding OF the body in the road in
front OF the Shaffer home late In the
lay. He was followed by Brucs
Burns of Lewiston, the photogra
Dher. who, under direction Of tn,
oficers. took photographs OF tn.
scene of the shooting. giving tn.
Shaffer home, the bit OF roadway
where the horses were tied and the
place where the body lay. These
pictures were described in detail t
the jurors and offered in evidence.
]. l.. Dickinson was the third
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
and mother and in front OF the resi-
dence. in the roadway. lying as b
fell. the body OF Joe Scott. He tool
the picture and painted out to tn,
Jury Just where the body lay.
He described the situation ant
told Of the saddle horse hitched Il
the telephone pole and of the oshel
horse hitched to the fence and OF TIL
six loose horses that Scott was driv
ing. He told OF the conversation
with Clyde Shaffer about the shoot
ing. In this conversation Shanel
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 Dickinson
and William Hartnett rode over Il
Peck and brought Shaffer back ant
lodged him that night at the hop'
Of Capt Woods. Il was during tn
ride from Peck that Shaffer toll
what he had done with the revol
yer and the next day Dickinson
went to the place described an,
found the weapon. 1t was then in
troduced into evidence, having beel
in the ands of the court since tn,
preliminary and inquest. The gul
Is a five-shot revolver. with thre
loaded and two empty shells Of g.
caliber. The gun was found on tn
hill between Melrose and Peck. II
the conversation the witness ha
with Shaffer the latter told him HOY
Scott was seen coming through tn
fields with the stock and of how h