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

| campaign. Inc witness stated That tn
accused at that time made threats [,
"get even" with Tucker for attempt
ing to break up the Strickland meet
ing. On the following day the accused
had openly insulted Tucker in the bar
room of the Nineveh hotel and hat
knocked him down short time later
when they again met in the same place
1t was generally believed that there
/ would be bloody encounter between
them before the campaign closed Other
associates of the dead man and the ac-
4 cused testified to the same facts
Mrs. Todhunter. whose appearance
as a witness for the state was dra'
matte surprise and who was pitifully
agitated. testified to the fact of the
accusation made against Thomas w.
Strickland by Lottie-May Doggett at
the reception and hop given by the
Nineveh Light infantry. and her testi-
mony was supported by that of several
other ladies' who heard the accusation.
Nicholas Bledsoe, the bartender In
the saloon frequented by the Yancey-
Tucker faction. testified to the facts of
the two visits to his place made by the
accused on the forenoon and evening
of the 26th day of July just past on
the occasion of the latter visit the ac-
cused had told him that Stamford
Tucker was the man whom Lottie- May
Doggett should rightfully have charg-
ed with her ruin: that the girl had
told him, the accused, of fuckers
meeting her secretly. and that he
meant to make Tucker acknowledge
the truth publicly or else kill him.
This witness testimony established
the hour of $50 on that night as the
exact time at which Tom Strickla
had left the barroom to go out to the
Tucker home for the purpose of COM
Polling Stamford Tucker to agree to
make such an acknowledgment or of
forcing hostile meeting in the event
of his refusal.
White haired Mrs Tucker. the dead
mans mother; Katherine Tucker his
sister, and Ellen Barry. domestic in
the Tucker home. testified that SIAM
ford Tucker had left the house at or
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26th of July past, saying that he might
be late in returning. He had not told |
them where he was going. They had |
believed he was going into the town
IF Nineveh.
DIR. Longford. the county coroner,
testified to the established facts of the
that had resulted in a verdict
holding Thomas w. Strickland for the
Killing of Stamford Tucker.
Luther Bradfield. proprietor of
hardware store in Nineveh, testified
hat Thomas W. Strickland had pur-
hased a revolver from him on the
morning after the opening of the
strickland campaign in the Nineveh
own hall. He identified the weapon
aiken from the accused at the time of
lis arrest as the one thus purchased,
nd stated that the bullet found in
stanford fuckers brain was fired
rom n pistol of the same caliber.
Colonel Thurston T. Todhunter and
Iiss Lottie- May Doggett had not an
wered to their names when called as
illnesses for the prosecution. The !
equity sheriff sent to bring them into
ourt had returned later and announced
nat he had been unable to find them.
his had occasioned much surprise:
ut, as both the state and the defense
1T assured Of their appearance at al
lost any moment, the examination of
her witnesses proceeded.
The case against Tom Strickland be-
IN to assume its most ominous aspect u
following the testimony /.
Bradfeld the hardware dealer.
The prosecuting attorney turned. c
Milling, from a whispered consulta- Il
on with old Ephraim Tucker.
"Call Abraham L. Tolliverw he said. p
A negro man about forty years Of b
re took the stand In answer to the 81
leriff's cry. He seemed frightened &
Id reluctant to testify. g
What is your name?"
my name is Abram Lincoln Tolliver, p'
h-dass my name" II
what is your occupation, Abram-
hat do you do to make living?" pl
Mostly ketches fish. sub. hunts I
me. too, and l sets traps for coon Ell
ID mink down yander in de Black nj
,ttorn swamps sub" la
Where were you. Abe. on the night Dt
July 26 Just past?"
Part de time was right hyar in dis
ali town o. Nineveh. and after dat as
ant on my way to whar / done got
' camp in de bottom lands. subj
What time did you leave the town
Nineveh to go to your camp in the
nck BottomsT ne
i lef' dess III while after half at w
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How do you know this?"
Case | done ak Ben Dalton de cul- Tt
man whar been visitin'. what was Il
time dess as l was a-tellin' him kn
Ddby. sub" Ri
What road did you take to go to
ur camp In the Black Bottoms?" IN,
Why. sub. 'cose | TOXIN de Black fa'
ttoms road. suh-leas'ways 'twell l
mes to III hog path what leads on
wn' into de big swamps off'n dat-ar Tt
ID. suh." III
How far is 1t from town before you as
ne TO that hog path. Abe?' tn;
Dess 'bout'n mile, sub. ter de bes'
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