The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-12-19

C6lllnS now ne came from the rancn
upon which he works into Usk after
dinner, of meeting Broadwell in the
pool hall, and waiting for him to finish
game in which he was taking part, Of
how they sat upon the sidewalk in front
of the pool hall, and how, after going
to the blacksmith shop for few min
utes, they went to the river to see the
deer described by Mr.. Lindsay. After
inspecting the deer they saw boat,
according to his story, and, acting upon
McRae's suggestion, decided to take a
boat ride. Noticing canoe further up
the river, they decided they preferred it
to the row boat, and. finding the pad
dies within the canoe, they started for
the opposite shore. They crossed the
river, but, according to his statement,
did not land, but started to recross, and
while sort way from the shore the
boat overturned, from some unexplain-
able reason, and they were both thrown
into the river.
His description of the accident was
drawn out to show that when the boat
overturned they slid into the river,
rather than fell in, which was to refute
the states theory that they had fallen
into the river, as they said they would
have had their heads wet, which it was
proven they did not have. After the
canoe upset the witness said they caught
it with their hands and swan to shore
with it, he being in front and landing
first. The manner of landing and emp
tying the canoe of water was gone into
very thoroughly, both on direct and
cross-examination. After the shore
was regained they found board, with
which they padded to their oars, which
had f1oated down the stream, and then
finished crossing to Usk, where they
went up to town, and McRae obtained
the use of horse to go to the place at
which he lived to get dry clothes. He
could not remember whether he again
came up to town that day or not. He
admitted having met several people on
the way He did not have watch, and
the time he gave he admitted was
simply estimated. Cross-examination
did not change the story to any great
degree.
JURY VISITS SCENE OF MURDER.
At opening court Tuesday the states
attorneys made motion that the jury
be taken to Usk to view the scene Of
the murder. The court permitted this
action and the jury, accompanied by
bailiffs and Attorneys Croft for the de-
Tense and Jones for the state, went to
Usk.
The jury viewed the ferry landing
and stile on the west bank of the river,
and walked to where Roff's canoe was
on the river bank the day of the muir
der, visited the blacksmith shop and
livery barn which figure in the defend
ants alibi, crossed on the ferry to the
scene of the murder, traced where the
body was dragged to hiding place and
thence to the river bank, where the
canoe was landed, and walked to where
Mr.. Boyd, of Spokane, was when he
heard shots fired at the time fixed when
the murder occurred.
The Jury selected F. A. Purchase, of
Cusick, as foreman, and ]. G. Shoe
maker, acting for the state, and James
Penney for the defense, both of whom
reside in that section and were on the
ground soon after the murder, pointed
out to the foreman the various points
that have been brought into the testi-
mony. The jury returned to Newport
on the 400 train.
BROADWELL TESTIFIES.
The most thrilling moment of the
trial came when the defendant took the
stand. He answered questions dis
tinctly and with apparent willingness,
speaking plainly enough to be heard in
all parts of the room. His testimony
conceded with that of several alibi wit
nesses. Attorneys for the defense an
ticipated a move of the prosecution and
had Broadwell testify to committing a
felony bY selling LIQUOR to Indians in
Oklahoma, and to having served 60
days sentence and paid 500 fine for the
offense.
During DISCRIMINATION the prose-
cutor asked Broadwell point blank
whether he walked from the point where
the boat was upset and killed Joseph
Mathews. Counsel for the defense OBJ
jected, but the court ordered the wit
ness to answer, which he did with a
distinct ''No."
Broadwell's aged mother; who has
been in constant attendance on the
trial, also took the stand in behalf of |
the alibi.
To rebuilt the alibi testimony the state
placed on the stand w. A Sloane, of |
Locke; R. Greenhalgh, C. A. Whitta-
ker, L. E. Miller, Clarence Keehn. of
Usk, who testified that they had been
in the pool room that afternoon and did
not see Broadwell there. The time
covered by the rebuttal testimony was
rom to 5 o'clock p. m.
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