Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-03-04

suggested II anyone came IN 1t must
have been McNutt as he was due home
and if he had arrived he had gone
directly to his room.
State Rests, Defense Begins.
The first witness for the defense was
Joseph Coverly who gave testimony to
the effect that he took dinner with
some boys who were camping near the
Hye home. He said while there he
saw Hugh Kennedy come down by the
Hye house and work on his stage rig
that was standing near the stage barn.
Charles Moore, testifying for the de-
Tense, said he was employed in the Hye
stage barn at Sites about the time of
the Hye killing. He said he had motto
ed that Hye was agitated, nervous, alb
sent minded and apparently under n
not been himself for some time prior
to the shooting.
On cross-examination he testified
that after Hye returned to Sites, fol
lowing the killing and his release on
bonds, that he appeared to be all right
and was able to transact business.
John Skedgell, testifying for the de-
Tense, said Hye had been nervous, alb
sent minded and not able to take care
of his business for some time prior to
the killing.
On cross examination he said Hye
was indebted to his drivers and prac-
tically all of the men along the line.
He said every driver had been dun
ming Hye for his pay and that Hye had
adopted policy of lodging them mad
not giving his men an opportunity to
ask him for their wages.
Trial Resumed Monday Morning
Monday morning the trial was again
resumed, the defense putting on wit
nesses. The evidence educed was
largely repetition and nothing new de-
veloped to speak Of The first wit
ness called was Mr.. Skedgell who is
the bookeeper for Hye in his stage and
express business. A letter was intro.
duced and marked in evidence which
Mrs. Hye had sent to Hye and which
was received at Sites on the evening
Of October 4, and which was dated
October 3rd.
In the letter Mrs. Hye referred to
Mr.. Hye as dear and contained nothing
other than would be expected in let
ter from wife to husband. The let
ter refers to Dear "Ao and the writer
expressed herself as desiring to come
down and ride in that party's automo-
bile. The letter was marked with
kisses from Tommy, the Hye baby and
from Mrs. Hye also.
DR.. Blake Again Testifies.
The state next called DR.. H. B.
Blake, coroner of Idaho County and in
connection with his examination two
dummy figures, one of a man and
another of a woman were used in dem
onstrating the position of the gunshot
wounds on their entrance and upon
leaving the bodies of the two victims.
In his testimony he recounted many
of the facts formerly testified to when
put on the stand by the state and testi.
fled as to going to the Hye home about
z O'Clock on the 18th day of October
and taking MacKinnon who was on
guard to assist him and that he remain
ed in the house until about 11.30 con-
Quoting an investigation of the bodies
and the rooms of the Hye home.
He testified as to going into the
house by way of the woodshed and
from there into the dining room
where he saw some clothing on a chair
of his examination he arranged the
clothing which has been placed in ex-
hibition on a chair as he found it at
the time.
From the dining room he went into
the living room or parlor where the
bodies lay and stated that Mrs. Hyr
was lying with her head about inches
from the wall and inches from the
couch in the room, and that her feet
extended about and 12 feet beyond
the bed room in the north wall of the
room and that her feet were about II
inches from the wall.
He described the wounds again as
he did on his examination by the state
and stated that he did not make the
examination for any other purpose thar
to discover the cause of the death, ant
that he did not pay attention to super
fetal injuries, although he noticed ;
bruisa on the head and that the nos
trils and mouth of Mrs. Hye contained
blood. He stated that there were
scratches on the scalp of Mrs. Hye pro
badly caused by the teeth CT hail
comb. He further testified that hi
found no hair pins in the hair and thai