The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-03-04

I HE said that Frank IKE frequently hat
coAversatinps With his brother Thomas
( when both brothers talk ed in spanish
William Mebb former deputy sheriff
and John Byron. who was serving ir
a s@nilar capaeIly part of die tim.
wien tiye VAS h Tire Jail. told of i1ye
health rad Scnera phy sical condit 81
and other facts about the prisoner WIN,
he was there
Mrs. Thomas tiye Was called and to
of the present horne Of uhe uye bab
Thomas FrstlV is ilyc, now being car
FOR In the lorne OF Mrs Collin, a sisl
OF Thomas and Frank Hye, in Spol1aBo
Cornelius Jones said that he was ein-
poyed by I've and had been for se>
Grad months He said he occupied a
cabin near the H9e residence ANA TIA
on the evening OF tie HfAmG lie wcn
down TO the Hye hmue about = 0oloc *
after milk. Mrs. Hye gave him The
mihS, he said. and on his way back 10
his cabin he met Hugh Kennedy he
said. Jones said chat kennedy greetei
HAM with: Hello Jones'" ami THAT he
replied Hello Hugh"
Jones said that he frequently saw
Kennedy soiue 10 the Hye home IN
the evening. sometimes at 9. 10. ii 81
70 O'Clock
he said that soon after he returned
to his cabin with the milk that night
he heard two or three shots fired fol
lowed by a very brief silence, then a
scream and another shot This was
about GAS or 10 o'clock at night. Jones
said
On cross examination Jones when rel
erence was made TO parts of his testi
mony given al the preliminary exam
tnation, admitted thata ne was intoxi-
Gated when the preliminary was held
and that he had been drinking excess
sively. In the course of the eroas-eN-
animation he was asked by Judge All
SHE, Of the prosecution the following
question in effect
Wasn't Frank Hye at your house
when you went for the milk and
didn't he bring part of his wifes
clothing to your house after the
killing and burn them2"
This question the witness denied The
prosecution referred to statement
said to have been made by John Crunk
TO Jones to the effect that Jones' knew
that Hye was at Jones cabin and
burned the clothes. Jones denied on
the witness stand any knowledge of
such statement having been made
DIDN'T LIKE CHL LOREN.
Mrs. I<incabd was called and told OF
remark said TO have been made by
the deceased Mrs IIye. about years
ago. prior to her marriage Al thai
time, Mrs Kdncaid said. Mrs, Hye, who
was then Miss Alma Litchfield, said
she did not like children, to which Mrs
a che
her mind after she was married and
became "a mother. To this Mrs. Hye
is said to have replied in effect that
she would never have any children,
she would murder them first
On cross exambna ton Mrs kincad
said that she and Mrs Hye had not
been on good tennis for some time and
that they had not spoken since Mrs
Hye's marriage. In reply to questions
by Judge Aishie Mrs. Kincaid said she
had been married some IS years and
had no children
George Trader said THAT Hugh Ken
nedy worked for him and that Ken
nedy usually carried a gun. on cross
examination Trader said that Kennedy
was driving stage carrying {. 5.
mail at that time and that the stage
drivers generally craried weapon un
der such conditions.
TOM HYE'S STORY.
Thomas Hye, a brother OF Frank Hye,
the defendant told of his brother
physical condition a the jail after the
tragedy. He said that Frank didn
sleep for several nights and that he
ate very little. Thomas Hye told of
a trip to Elk after the i1dfling when he
and Mrs Thomas Hye investisa ed con
ditions and returned to GrangeviMe. The
baby was brought to Grangeville al that
time by Mrs. Basket, the witness aid.
and by Mrs. Thomas Hye taken on 10
Spokane. The defendants brother told
Of his Investigations al the Hye home
after the shooting. how he inspected
the bullet holes, the red spots on the
door, which he said were paint stains
and of the tests he made. by which
he showed how a person might enter
he residence unobserved by people In
the main part of town.
Letters said to have been written by
Frank Hye to Mrs. Hye from sites
we're here introduced and read They I
we're typewriter and the prosecution T
IN cross examination charged that they {
lad been written on a typewriter since +
die killing, which statement Thomas {
I've stoutly denied He testified that
ne was present at the time the body of {
Alma Hye was exhumed, and the only f
person who showed any feeling was Mrs +
Anna Bell. Witness testified that he
secured piece of lavender dress goods {
n the balby's room that"is said to be of .
die same material as the dress worn ~
Mrs. Hye ON the day she was killed
On cross1eXamination he was asked
low he knew that Mrs Hye was sun
'osed to wear a lavneder dress. and he
aid that Frank Hye had told him that
Re had seen his wife during the day, and
he was wearing such a dress
WEDNESDAY.
Following brief testimony BY NJ r
'ytler, a mining engineer Of Elk Cts
whose room at the Parr Hotel In EHS
lily adjoined that formerly occupied
y Hugh Kennedy. and also testimony
y Or. G. S. Stockton regarding HIVES
Mystical condition at present, the de-