The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-12-31

the time to go.
The defense didn't want the jury t,
go until the evidence for the defens
vas all in, as the states evidence
vas in, and it wanted the jury to SCI
he things in the light of the evidenc,
oa both sides. As the exhibits were in
il did not care whether the jury wen
or not. The court directed that thu
taking of evidence proceed.
Joseph E. Robb, former guard a
the Jail, testified that about the middl,
of July William Garner and Mrs. Mary
Toole called at the Jail one evening
about eight o'clock and saw Franz
Smith.
The noon recess was taken.
This Afternoon.
The court room was filled to its ca
pacity this afternoon when court
opened, and it is expected that from
now on there will be few, if any
of the court.
P. A. Ledbeter and his sister, Mrs
Myrtle Miller, took seats this after
noon back of the attorneys for the
state.
G. G.. Phillips, deputy sheriff, was
sworn this afternoon and said that he
was not licensed detective, and was
not employed by any agency. He sale
that he had been employed by the
state, getting evidence. He produced
fleece lined coat, which he said he
found in the Ledbeter barn about the
first of July. The witness also pro-
duced blue working jacket such as
laborers wear, and an old hat. He said
that he found them in a pasture early
in July.
The state offered the three garments
in evidence.
Cross examined, the witness said thai
he could not remember the exact date
of finding the jacket, but was pretty
sure that it was before July 4. The hat
and jacket were together between ar
eighth and quarter of a mile from
the barn.
The state objected to the exhibits
being admitted, on the ground that
they were found so long subsequent to
May and 5, and because they did
not tend to disconnect the defendant
from the crime or connect anyone else
with it. The court said that he did not
see the materiality of the exhibits
but would admit them.
On redirect, the witness said that
he arrested Mrs. Ledbeter on the even
ing of June p, at her residence. He
had the torn cap in his custody.
Answering the state, the witness
said that the jacket and hat were
found off of the Ledbeter premises, in
piece of timber, near the boundary
He found the jacket and hat under
rock. Smith had told him to roll the
rock over and he would find the jacket
and hat. Smith had also told him about
the jacket found in the barn, which
led him to take it.
The defense resumed the examina
ton, and the witness identified torn
cap which was found June 26 beside a
barrel close to the little bridge in {
ravine where the body was found. The
defense offered the cap in evidence
without objection.
J. E. Reynolds was called and told
conversation at the Ledbeter house
Saturday afternoon, June 26, when G.
G. Phillips and Frank Smith were
present. There had bee ndiscussion az
to whether Frank Smith was a liar
the witness having claimed that he
was. Smith had admitted telling Mrs
Ledbeter something he claimed the
witness had said, but which Smith had
subsequently admitted the witness had
not said. Mrs. Phillips questioned
Smith about check. Smith said that
he did not write the check, but that
Bill Garner and a shoemaker had writ
ten it. Smith had stated that he had
no money in the bank upon which il
was drawn. Smith told that Bill Gar
ner had told him that Pat McTighe
would give 500 to get H. j. Ledbeter
this subject in the capitol cloakrooms
nowadays.
Cannon Men Big Factor.
There are Cannon men who must not
be overlooked when the fight for the
speakership comes on. First and fore
most is Tawney of Minnesota; then
come Mann of Illinois and Smith OF
Iowa. BY virtue of experience, their
standing in the house, or popularity
among members, the following will un.
doubtedly start in the next race for
the speakership: -
Tawney and Stevens of Minnesota
Hill of Connecticut, Mccall and Weeks
of Massachusetts,, Foster of Vermont
Mann, Boutell, Mckinley, Foss and
Lowden of Illinois, Smith and Hull OF
Iowa, Payne, Fassett, Olcott, Malby
Alexander, Vreeland and Dwight OF
New York; Olmsted and Dalzell OF
Pennsylvania, Keifer of Ohio and
Townsend of Michigan.
In all probability Tawney, Mann and
Smith, if elected, will be the organ.
ization candidates for the speakership
Of the three, Tawney has the larger
personal following. 1t is not so very
long since Tawney was the leading in
surgent of the mall. At the head OF
insurgent bands he routed the organ
IL l., IL,