Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-09-24
DEFENSE RESTS IN THE
TRIAL OF LIBEL SUIT



account Of the proceedings of court
during the present trial. the particular
evidence narrated being that of James
II. Wallis while on the stand.
vsatch Called to Stand.
John w. Veatch was next called to
testify. He is advertising manager of
the Capital News. He was asked what
he told Mr. Sheridan. The attorneys
strenuously objected, but the court adj
mitted the evidence. Veatch then told
of finding five or six calves nearly ma
tured, and several dead turkeys, and Of
the general unsanitary conditions that
he found near the slaughter house, and
which he traced to the slaughter house
by means of wagon tracks.
John X. White was recalled and tes-
titled that he had placed seal on the
rear door of the slaughter house him
self while Dr. Smith put the seal on
the front door.
DR. NJ. w. Smith was also recalled.
He told of being present in the office
of Mr.. Wallis when Wallis and Bos-
worth were discussing conditions at
the slaughter house. BoswOrth said
he would put force of men to work
and clean up but would not be able TO
do much before Monday. This conver-
s.tion occurred Aug. is.
Rebuttai Is Opened.
The first witness presented by the
plaintiff in rebuttal was George Henry
Walker who said he was a butcher and
has slaughtered animals pretty much
all his life. He is working for the Ida
no Packing company but was working
for the plaintiff company up to Aug. 10
OF this year and was familiar with the
slaughter house ard its conditions up
to that time. He said the last killing
he did there was Aug. 7. He then
killed steer and one hog. He said he
put the offal in wagon and hauled it
to the fire pit and set fire to 1t. He
said he did not scald the hog but
skinned it and hung the skin OH the
fence. He said the tank had sprung
leak and would hold not enough water.
He said he put rcme water in and
found it leaking so he skinned the hog
The tank he said, was perfectly dry be-
fore that. He said he didn't know
whether there was any killing done be-
tween the seventh and tenth, but he
had charge during that time.
The attorney desired to go still fur
Their back of Aug. to inquire into
Strengthening but the court demanded
to know how far back he wanted to go
and in order to thresh the matter out
the court excused the jury and heard
arguments from the attorneys, after
which adjournment was taken to 2
o'clock.
c. Lee French. clerk in the office
of the state pure food inspector. testi-
fled to his visit to the place. He de-
tailed what he saw very much as here
tofore given. He mentioned meat
saw to which was clinging pieces and
shreds of meat left there from previous
use and that ii was covered with flies.
IN fact" he said, the place was all
covered with flies and could not be
otherwise
He told of the cooling room being
very warm and close with no ventila-
ton. He described the manner In
which this room was built. He said
under the killing platform was bucket
of thick blood and near that an old
dirty wagon.
He said a rendering; tank just outside
the lard house was exceedingly dirty
and the Instruments used to stir the
contents were hanging just outside and
these were covered with grease and
dirt.
lie described the interior of the lard
room and it's contents and said buckets
of lard were there, some covered and
others uncovered. The lard was very
dark, covered with flies, bugs. dirt,
mice droppings and other filth. He
said he carried some of the cans to the
door so that their contents could be
seen more plainly and he said on each
house so dirty and SO greasy that he
could scarcely walk.
He told Of the animals confined in
the pens and of the lack OF water and
described the offal pile as 2 or feet
deep and 20x30 feet wide. THE first
thing l noticed was full grown dead
calf near the pile and near that an
other just on the edge of the pile" He
described them as full grown calves,
with no Indication that they had ever
stood on their feet.
An Awful Stencil.
1.-THE stencil that came from this Of
fal pile was more than ordinary per-
sons could stand. ! was UP on it and
all around 1t, but it was almost more
than / could stand. There were
chickens around eating the maggots.
q. Were there any other chickens
around than those owned by the
saughtering people?
A. There is not another house with
in q half a mile.
Tho witness told of being sent back
Aug. IA. by Inspector Wallis to watch
conditions. He said there was no
water for the stock the first day when
he left and none at noon when he went
back the next day and no signs Of any.
He said the offal pile was not set on
fire until between and o'clock Of
this second day shortly before Wallis
and the Capital News reporter got
there.
When he went into the slaughter
house he saw a pair of water proof
overails all blood stained and in very
filthy condition. When the butcher
took the paunch from the first animal
he let 1t lie just under the beef until