Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-06-10
ANDERSON HELDHRCIR
CUT COURT TH0lTB BOND
sEwaNDEo BACK TO SAlL-PRosE
CUTTING ATTORNEY TO FILE IN
FORMATION N CIRCUIT COURT
TESTIMONY SIMILAR TO
THAT AT INQUEST.

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the preliminary Tuss1sy Efseraooo.
He vas hroaght back TO Mexico
Tuesday A. nos1 froz s. Louis,
where be las besa kept for safe
keeylng. since his escape from the
Montgomery eogaiy jail February Is
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loo BIZ Constable W. D. Barnett He
was returned Tuesday eTening.
Immediately upon the eoEyening OF
the Justice eour, the defendant wAiE-
ed the reading Of the charge against
him, and the work OF taking evidence
vas then begun
John Atkins, constable al Yandalia,
was the firs witness called TO the
stand.
lie stated that he was notified
that Wagner was dead in the cellar
Of an clubhouse on the morning Of
December 4th by telephone. Mr.. At
kins stated he with two physicians
vent to the Wagner home and found
the murdered man with his head beat
en- into a pulp.
Clarence F~arnsworth, a neighbor.
was then called His testimony was
in substance the same as his testl-
m0ny before the coroners jury at
Yandalia- The witness stated Of
having talked to Wagner on the
day before he was found murdered;
that they talked Of the mule deal
and that Wagner stated to him
that he Wagner) and Anderson
we're going to Yandalia that morning
and settle for the mules. This was
on Thursday morning, the End Of
December. About 10 O'Clock Farms
worth said he saw Anderson pass
his home in a buggy and drive in
at the Wagner place. Shortly af-
forwards he then saw Anderson
drive away. and start east The wit
ness then told of hearing peculiar
noises at the Wagner home that
night, as IL some one was In dis
%tress, Of the whining Of a dog near
the home OF Wagner and the
attempt to reach Wagner at fire.
quent intervals that evening between
6 and $3.50 O'Clock by phone.
E. d. Crowds, then in the butcher
business at Farber, was examined.
He said anderson came into his
store that Thursday night and talk
TO Wagner over the phone.
Last witness was Mrs. Tennessee
Bottoms, a sister Of Anderson. She
stated she was residing at the home
OF her father, northeast OF Farber.
That on Thursday morning between
the hours Of 10 and II O'Clock, Lu-
Their came to his fathers home, rid
ing in a two horse buggy, and was
leading another horse. She said Lu-
Their went into the house to ask
Of the family's welfare and inquired
for his father. She said she saw
a little blood on his wrist and when
she asked Luther how he got it
there, he replied that he had been
helping butcher a hog. She said
Luther then showed her some blood
on his light coat, and that he then
got a pan OF water himself and
tried to wash it off.
The preliminary hearing held Tues
day vas done because of the posi-
bic omission in the records Of the
preliminary hearing before Squirrel
Thole at Ya1dalia, when the defend
ants attorney waived the prelimin-
airy, the defendant not being pres.l
ent. The State held that in a case
OF this kind the defendant should
be brought into court