The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-11-19

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,ha next time he saw MN "a' -
I've came along the ROAD WI"
Emers. . uorIka said
one reason he stayed on the .eiepiioie
line after hearing part Oh the coh
yersation was because ne hearo nse
antion check and "being uneasy
ahnnt h,s fFoulke's) money, he stayed
ON 70 see If he had got his check or
not"
Mrs. Baskets Story.
The state here called to the stand
Mrs G. L. l.. Basket who said that
she knew Mr.. and Mrs. Hye and Hugh
Kennedy. She testified that she had
been employed by Mr.. Hye to look
after the express business in connec-
ton with his stage line at Elk; that
on Sunday, october 4, Hugh Kennedy
drove the stage from Newsome to Elk
arriving at Elk about IL a. m. Ac-
cording to the schedule the stage ar
irving at Elk on Sunday does not re-
turn to Newsome until the following
day. Kennedy ate lunch at the Parr
hotel at noon that day, Mrs. Basket
said, and Mrs. Hye ate at the family
ferent table near the entrance az
the door. Mrs. Basket stated that
Kennedy had made his home at the
hotel for the past two years.
When the Clock Stopped.
On October A. Mrs. Basket said,
Mrs. Hye came to the hotel about noon
and remained there until about 20 min
utes till nine that evening. Mrs. Bas-
kett was certain as to the time she
said for the reason that the clock had
stopped. She said she asked of the
several persons present in the hotel
office at the time "Does anybody know
what time it Isl? and Hugh Kennedy,
who was going up stairs stopped and
replied that 1t was 20 minutes till 8.
Then he went on to his room, Mrs.
Basket said. Mrs Hye picked up the
baby's things, said good night and left
the hotel.
Questioned as to Mrs. Hyes attire
on the day of the tragedy Mrs Bas-
kett said that when Mrs. Hye was at
the hotel she wore a faded lavender
dress, red shoes, white hat. black
velvet band with beads thereon at her
neck and crimson sweater. Mrs
Basket said that Mrs. Hye wore
bracelet and rings and that her dress
was fastened at the neck with an en-
ameled fancy pin with brilliant CEN
ter.
Gives Himself Up.
Mrs Hye left the hotel at 20 minu-
ties till and at 1915 Frank Hye came.
telling of the killing, Mrs. Basket
says. Her story of this part of the af-
fair appears in the transcript in part
as follows:
'He says, Mrs. Basket, take Tommy,
/ went to him and took him. and
says: What's the NATTER? He says:
L have killed Hughey and Alma,
said My God, MOI and he said Yes
and Mr.. Basket jumped out of bed
and rushed to Mr.. Hye and shook him
by the shoulders and asked him If he
was awake and in his right mind and
dreaming, and he said he was in his
right mind; then he said he knew that
sHugh was dead but he did not think
Alma was; so l said / would go and
see"
Mrs. Basket told how different par
ties were Immediately notified of the
shooting. The persons who went to the
scene of the killing as soon as the news
of the tragedy was spread were Slv-
ers Thompson, l.. A. Painter, F. M.
Miss Hanson and Mrs. Bask EFT.
Mrs. Basket said that they unlock
ed the door and found the house in
darkness. They carried two lanterns
and by the light of these they saw
the body of Mrs. Hye lying in the par
Tor in front of the door to the bed
room. The body was clothed with only
a short gauze undervest. Mrs. Basket
said. The witness testified that she
saw Hugh Kennedy's body lying by
some chairs under the window several
feet away. She could only see the up
per portion of Kennedys body she said.
In the dining room, Mrs. Basket tes-
titled, she saw a corset and other ar
ticles of women's wearing apparel on
chair 1t was II p. m. when the
party returned to the hotel
Prisoner Deputies Constable.
At the hotel she cooked food for Hye
and the baby. Slivers Thompson came
into the kitchen where Hye was sit
ting. she said, when the subject OF
going to Grangevile was brought up
Hye said that he could not ride horse
back Slivers questioned his authority
to take Hye to Grangevie she said
whereupon Hye, who was justice of thu
peace in Elk, said: 81 can deputiz'
you"
Mrs Basket told about Hye makinl
his will and said that Hye and Thomp
son started for Grangeville about 1:3
a. m, October 5.
May Have Used Back Steps.
On cross examination Mrs. Basket
said that she had never heard of i'm
proper relations between Mrs. Hye an
Hugh Kennedy: that they never ate a
the same table at the hotel and tina
on the night of the shooting Kennel
went to his room before Mrs. Hye lei
the hotel
Mrs Basket said that she stage
in the office till 1910 p. M, and tha
Kennedy never came down the fror
steps, leading from upstairs down
the office during that time. She sal
that he could have used the back ster
and that shortly after O'Clock ST
was in the back part Of the hou'
when she thought she heard some or
go across the back porch. Mrs. Bal
ia AhaA aha