Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-03-04
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the same person come out on the walk
which goes to the drug store and which
leads out on Main street. This latter
was brought ont by the state and who
further elected that the shortest way
to the Hye home would be by going
out of u gate in the back yard and
cutting across.
..Slivers' Thompson Testifies.
Mrs. Basket and the other witnesses
which followed her Monday were all
asked if they smelled burning clothing
when they stood under a tree on the
night of the tragedy, when they were
gathering to go to the Hye home to
investigate the results of the shooting
and each testified that they had not.
Thompson testified as to seeing red
sweater partly under Mrs. Hye's body
and the rest between her and the wall,
on the night when they visited the
house and that hair comb was lying
on the sweater between her a1d the
wall. This is the sweater marked in
evidence and which other witnesses
testified as to having seen laying on
chair in the room on the night of the
He testified to other points which he
told of on his examination by the state
and testified further as to spots on the
floor of the wood house and in the
room where the bodies lay, and stated
that they were paint marks. He said
he and Tom Hye made the examination
in January. The state tried to have
witness state whether they were paint
or wood stain marks, and witness stat
ed that he did not know whether a
stain or paint was used in painting
wood work around the house but he
was sure that the spots were not blood
spots.
He also saw Tom Hye illustrate how
one might enter the house and never
be seen on the school house side, which
faces the entrance through the wood
house of the Hye home, and that in
the presence of Lisha Watson, Mr.. Hye
walked out of sight and about five
minutes later emerged from the wood
house door and that they had not seer
him enter the house. Witness Watson
testified as to not having smelled burn
ing clothing ON the night of the tragedy
and as to watching Hye illustrate how
one might enter the house and not b'
seen from the school house side. Tit
court here adjourne1 until $50 Tues
day morning.
16 witnesses Tuesday
The defense put 16 witnesses on tn
stand Tuesday and the trial was tens
at points during the rigid cross exam
ination of Judge Ailshie. That mos
of the witnesses put on the defense ha,
already testified and the defense wa
trying to make point by showing tina
none Of the crowd that visited the Hy
home the night of the shooting smelle
burning clothes, either outside tn
house or when they got inside. TIL
defense also showed that it was possibl
for one to enter the Hye home withou
being seen from the school house sid,
DR.. Stockton Testified First.
Doctor G. s Stockton, who was sen
in to Elk when the body was exhume
to represent the defense was the firs
witness called this morning. His te'
timony as to the conditions of the bod
of Alma Hye when exhumed CORE,
ponded in every respect with the test
mony of DIR. Jessie l.. Rains who repr,
sented the state Questions were put
the doctor with reference to the eond
tion of Defendant Hye while he was
JAIL the doctor having visited him {
the time. Witness stated that his ten
perature was about 1903 degrees, an
that defendant was in a nervous stat
On cross-examination by Judge Ailshi
the doctor stated that the excitemer
which followed the events at Elk Cit
would tend to raise the temperature {
the defendant and make him nervous
Further testimony was given by IL
doctor with reference to the possibilit
of committing an abortion with instr
ments which are in evidence and whic
were found in the Hye home. +
stated that some of them could be use
for the purpose. Witness stated thi
he had examined the body of Hug
Kennedy as it lay in Graham's undo
taking parlors here in Grangeville an
that he could not ascertain where Il
point of entrance and exit of the bu