The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-07-24

sheriff both had their pistols sighted on
Jesse and made him throw his knife
down And thea done what Id want
ed to do all tine time. ! told them II
was Chickasaw Jesse Bream who had
killed STAN Tucker
And what happened when you did
| thst?"
The girl shivered. 4 don't like TO
| think about It, He made me feel like
cowardly hound dog she said. a
new sha me In her reckless eyes. Jesse
Bream just laughed and folded his
arms and looked at ME and then mt
| Colonel Todhunter and the sheriff and
said that l told the truth. i killed
| STAIN Tucker beca use he ruined Lottie-
May. he said. smilin'. And ! run
away with her to marry her. But she's
and | don't care what comes next.
! Take me and hang me. I'm DONE
A moment later the witness was
turned over to the state. The cross
examination strengthened rather than
shook her testimony for the defense.
Briefly under the questioning Of the
leading counsel for the defense Colonel
Todhunter told of his visit to Lottie-
May Doggett on the forenoon following
the murder Of Stamford Tucker
Where did you go. Colonel Todhun-
ter" asked Major Dryden. when you
left the Doggetts' house after that
visit?''
30 =. in M
just few yards down from the Dog
gets gate. to see Aunt Mirandy Ran
som. an old colored woman who lived
there"
What was your reason for wanting
to see Miranda Ransom that time.
Colonel Todhunter?"
II wanted to engage her to keep
close watch on the girl, Lottie- May
Doggett. sub. | did not believe that
Tom Strickland killed Stamford Tuck
err. ncr did believe that be was guilty
of wrongin' LottieMay. He himself
had told me that the girl confessed to
him that Stamford Tucker had been
maxim love to her secretly. | felt sure
in my own mind that Stamford Tucker
had been killed for wrongin' Lottie-
May Doggett. and this would mean
that he was killed by some man who
loved Lottie- May and knew that SIAM
ford Tucker had wronged her or that
the girl herself had killed him. / want
ed somebody to watch that house. and
knew could depend on Aunt Mirandy
Ransom better'n on anybody else
Did you see this woman. Miranda
Ransom. sir"
II did. sub She promised to keep
close watch on the girl and on the
house, and she kept her word. 1t was
through her that | learned the news
that sent me away to Rails county
lookin' for Chickasaw Jesse Bream and
Lottie-May Doggett. sub
DO you mean that she learned of
their fight. Colonel Todbunter?"
Yes. sub. She creep up close enough
to overhear what they was a-sayin'
when they met in that clump O. trees
between the Doggett house and the
Ransoms' cabin. sub. She heard all that
went on between EN-. sub. She was
waitin for me when | got home from
Colonel Bill Strickland's the night be-
fore this trial began. and she told me
the whole story"
what did you do then. Colonel Tod
hunter?"
There wasn't but one thing to be
done. sub. if Chickasaw Jesse was to
be caught and Tom Strickland saved
from bein' found guilty of murderin'
STAN Tucker That one thing was to
follow Jesse Bream and Lottie-May
Doggett without losin' minutes time
and arrest him befo' he got out O. the
state. sub"
The witness then confirmed in detail
that part of the girls testimony relat-
ing to the capture of Jesse Bream.
Ibid this man. Jesse Bream. make a
confession of his guilt as being the
murderer of Stamford Tucker?"
Yes. sub. And. furthermore. under
oath. he told mighty strange story |
of happenin' that in itself might ha'
hung Tom Strickland"
There was quick stir of heightened |
dramatic expectancy in the courtroom.
Major Gentry Dryden paused until it
had subsidized.
What was that strange story, Colo
mel Todhunter," he asked. which. as |
you have just testified. the man Jesse /
Bream told you and the sheriff of
Rails county under oath?"
He told me. sub. that Tom Strick-
land himself appeared on the scene
Of the murder almost the next moment
A. | holered to STAN Tucker. cussin
him and tellin' him that | was a-goin'
70 kill him for havin' wronged Lottie
May said Chickasaw Jesse Bream.
STAN Tucker drew his gun aud fired
Just the mint | fired. My shot got
him. but his'n didn't tech me. When
saw that he was a-layin' still | ran
up to his body. looked down and saw
that | had plunked him through the
head. right between the eyes. and that
he was stone dead. Then | turned and
started to run down the road to'ards
he town of Nineveh.
~ hadn't gone any ways hardly
when a man came to'ards me on that