The Alaska citizen., 1912-09-23

and later on he changed his story and said to the Idtarod. Wimbish 1 according to Gilmores testimony was interested in quartzz in the Chandlar. near Caro. Gilmore could give no testimony as to the teeth of the missing man
 THURSDAY NIGHTS SESSION.
 The first witness to be sworn when the court convened at 7:30 | Thursday evening was William Hatch. Hatch testified that about a month after the disappearance of Wimbish Cooper came to the cabin which was situated about two hun dred yards from the one in which the latter lived with Wimbish. and told him that Wimbish had gone to the koyukuk. Hatch testified that he had loaned Wimbish money on sev- eral occasions, and that when he disappeared the negro still owed him twenty dollars on an old account. Nine minutes after Hatch had taken the stand Joe Mock started his testi- mony which simply added another witness to the evcntful fire during | November or December in which the bones of some human being were consumed beyond absolute recogni- ton. Ten minutes later the gov ernment sWore Harry Hunecke as a witness. Cooper had told this wit ness that Wimbish had gone on q trapping trip. This was in reply to question asked Cooper by the witness in the Gilmore postoffce where there was letter at the time for William Wimbish
 THE WITNESS FROM KoYUKUk.
 Fred Lehnars proved very 200 witness for the government in that he introduced some new testimony. He had worked on Gilmore with Wimbish during the months of June. July and August, 1910. He knew Cooper was mining with Wimbish He also testified that Wimbish had money in October. for at that time the witness was paid the sum of s32 by the missing man in the presence of John Cooper. To get this Wimbish. in Coopers pres ence removed stone from the floor ! of his cabin, which had no floor and disclosed to the view of the witness and Cooper between three and four hundred dollars Cooper paid Wimbish his share of the thir- ty-two dollars which they jointly owed the witness at that time Coop CT also told the witness of a fight that he had had with Wimblsh while he was cutting wood on the hill. In spite of the objection of the attor- neys for the defense. the judge al lowed the testimony that Cooper hal told Lehnars that he (Cooper) had knocked Wimbish down near an old shaft there
 CLOSING TESTIMONY THURSDAY
 c. A. Deruchia was the next wit ness called. He verified the state ments of the other witnesses as to the wood-cutting activities of the two negroes. Jerry Moore followed Deruchia on the stand. According to his testimony the defendant told him that Wimbish had gone to the Chandlar. and that he would never return as he had nothing to come back for. The witness further stat ed that while he was working for him staying there as he might leave at any time, his mind at the time being unsettled. Moore likewise testified that Wimbish had consulted with him just before his disappear ance regarding the purchase of some caribou which Wimbish wanted for his winters outfit. This was about the middle of November Fred Chap man who had been subpoenaed at 1 St. Michael as he was on his way Outside from the Iditarod testified that Wimbish had worked for him fin the Floradora or Board of Trade in the early days of the camp. He had not seen the missing negro for two years, but remembered that he was very black negro. and recalled lending him ten dollars at one time so that Wimbish, who was working for him then might have his teeth fixed. Judge Dillon testified that he had acted as coroner at both of the inquests where the bones were found. The witness carried in his pocket tooth which he said he had picked up at the scene of the first pile of ashes. He had picked up three. but had lost two of them. It was introduced in evidence over the objection of the attorneys for the defense and marked Plaintiffs ex- hibit D l. Charles E. Davidson was then sworn, but as it was then nine o'clock, the judge adjourned the court until the following morning at ten.
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