The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-03-04
|IYE MURDER CASE HAS GONE TO JURY

that on october he saw Kennedy go
to the Hye house twice but he did not |
enter the house. He said he knew Ken
nedy was broke as he had loaned him
money.
Joseph Dysard testified that when
the stage arrived at the Parr hotel
Sunday, october 1, Kennedy turned the
rig over to the hostler and carried
the mail, whip and robes into the ho-
tel That about the first question he
asked was whether Frnak Hye had
come in. He said he saw horse tracks
in the road and thought Hye was in.
Witness said Mrs. Basket spoke up
and said If Hye had arrived he had not
showed up at the hotel. Witness said
Mrs. Basket suggested II anyone came
In it must have been McNutt as he
was due home and If he had arrived
he had gone directly to his room. .
Joseph Coverly gave testimony to
the effect 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-
fense. said he was employed in the
Hye stage barn at Sites about the
time of the Hye killing. He said he
mad noticed that Hye was agitated
nervous, absent minded and apparently
under great mental strain. He said
Hye had not been himself for some
time prior to the shooting.
on cross examination he testified that
after Hye returned to Sites, following
nd Ia Ao
that he appeared to be alright 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 s-examination he said Hye
was indebted to his drivers and prac-
ticlaly all of the men along the line.
He said every driver had been dunning
Hye for his pay and that Hye had
adopted policy of lodging them and
not giving his men an opportunity to
ask him for their wages.
SATURDAY.
The first witness called was James
A. McKinnon, guard at the Hye home
from the morning following the shoot
ing mntil the coroner's inquest Mr. Nc
Kinnon stated that he was appointed
guard by Constable Mitchell and that
a Mr. Kincaid also served as guard.
He said when he was not ON duty that
either Constable Mitchell or Mr.. Kim
caid relieved him.
Witness testified he entered the Hye
home ON the morning of October with
Coroner Blake and they spent about
four hours examining the house before
any other person was admitted. He
said Coroner Blake made the examina-
tion and he assisted him. He said they
found the body of Mrs. Hye covered
with a sheet and he testified as to
the positions of the bodies in the rooms.
He said the shades were drawn and
that the windows were all fastened
except one and that he could not
open that one.
Mr.. McKinnon told of Mrs. Hyes hair
being matted with blood on the right
side and that Coroner Blake felt of
her head and said she had received a
severe bruise over the ear. He told of
the bruise on the chin and said that
Mrs Hye had blood on her hands. He
said that she wore only a short vest
and that on a chair were a. mans coat
and hat and also a red sweater. He
told of the woman's wearing apparel
ON a chair in an adjoining room and
said it looked as though it had been
taken from a line and laid across the
chair.
Mr.. McKinnon said he noticed a
womans white hat on the floor be-
tween the body of Mrs. Hye and the
wall and that DIR. Blake picked up the
hat and examined it. He saw DIR.
Blake take hold of an article and the
doctor explained that it was a head
comb. The hat was offered in evil
dence and the witness said it looked
like the one he had seen in the house.
The witness demonstrated for the
jury how Kennedy's body was lying
on the floor. He said Kennedy was
dressed with a light shirt, blue trou-
sers and shoes. He said the shoes
were very muddy, the mud fairly cling
ing to them. He said the pants were
unbuttoned at the top and he thought
the belt was unbuekled. He said there
were two bullet holes in Kenndy's left
arm and three bullet hoes in the body.
He said there We're powder stains
about two of the wounds.
Mr.. McKinnon told of the furnishings
in the room and said there was a spot
of blood on the wall. He identified a
piece of wall paper containing blood
stain and said he cut it from the wall
of the Hye home. He said he noticed
the stove and that he saw DR.. Blake
pick up a bottom from the floor and
that there were fragments Of the ma
terial to which the button had been
attached still held by the threads. The
witness described the bullet holes In
the walls of the room. saying they
We're near a corner and that one bull
let entered one wall and one another
He said the bullets enterd the walls
about three and one-half feet from the
floor. He said he and DR.. Blake removed
the bullets and they were offered in
evidence.
Witness said DIR. Blake and himself
took about four hours to examine the
house and the first person admitted
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