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

nome soon after his arrival in ELK CITY
aiser being notified OF the tragedy. He
e"Aa ho Weut uhereuhis capacft, ~
coroner and THAT james MclSinnon ono
+ 81 the men who had been designated
10 susTd the house after the killing sc-
%oumpanied the coroner on his jnSnec
'ion OF the premises at Or Blake's 70
Vu'<' Or Blake said that both bodie,
We're IN the room and tine feet nj Ms
ayes body were about two feet from
hehnedy's feet. He said that keuna-
( us trousers were unbuttonfN =. front
ptHaG tho top button and man No
Delt was unbuckled, although me stran
was not pulled entlrely out Of the helt
loop He said that there were 10 HIM
'et holes in kennedy's body. SO located
! mat three or four bullets could have
caused them all. lie said he founa -
req sweater in che room. but that he
uIa not see amy wonan's clothing al
lhouc'h they might have been there Dr
Blake testified that the Hye home was
very Wen furnished and very c4.efilIlv
kept
/ The coroner said that when Mrs
FAINTER accompanied him in the house
Sile remarked that Mrs. Hye FL not
wear any of these clothes on $ 80 'av. -
referring TO the clothes on the chair
IN the room. She spoke about the cor
seq Which was there also and aid in
effect: That's my sisters riding cor
set. -
ipr Blake said that the wound in Mrs
"Ne body In front was five inches
higher than the wound in the back. He
said that the body could have haen
moved soon after tn eshootinss without
such fact being apparent.
Mrs G. l., l.. Basket, who like Dr
Blake had been previously called bv the
state, was here summoned to Aand
by the defense. She told of the rear
entrance at the hotel, said % have
been used ~ Kennedy in gong from
the hosiery to the Hye house that
evening and of his crimson sweater
winch was found in his room at the
hotel the next day. She said that Ken
hedN's bed was not disturbed the night
OF the shooting. She testified that she
lett candle in Kennedy's room sun
day and that the next time she saw
TINS candle was Tuesday. following the
killing, when she found il on he back
porch
Mrs Basket said that she was talk
ing to Stiles over the phone Sunday
evening when Mrs. Hye came into the
room and that Mrs, Hye asked her to
ask Mr.. Hye was at the stage barn
IN sites. To this question. she said.
she received the reply that Mr. Hye
had gone up the river to look at some
horses and had enot yet returned
She told Of making sont tea for
NIX Hye when be came to the hotel
after the killing She said that Hye
ate some bread and chicken and drank
the tea down in gulp. although it
was very hot
H. T. "Slivers'' Thompson, who was
next called said that he was preses a
that time, that he ate some of the
lunch, and that Hye only slipped" the
hot tea that 1t was too hot to be drank
quickly
Thompson said that he saw a red
sweater under the body of Mrs Hye.
He ALSO said that he and Thomas Hive
later examined the red spots on the
porch and in the wood shed. Thompson
said he satisfied himself that these
spots We're paint or stain spots and
not blood. Thompson also told of a |
test made by Thomas Hye of how
the Hye home could be entered While |
Thompson, f. M Watson and others
stood at the school house, Thomas Hve
went up the road and about 10 minutes
later appeared In the doorway of the |
Frank Hye home, having entered from
the other side, out of sight of the par |
ty p. M. Watson also told of this
test"
TUESDAY.
DIR. Stockton, who examined THE
body of Hugh Kennedy before the flu
neral i'm Grangevlle, and who. was ores
emit when the body of Mrs. Hye was ex-
humed at Elk City ON Feb. II. told of
the wounds and gave general de-
of the same
B. F. Shaw, deputy sheriff. who
was also present when Mrs Hye's body
was taken up, told his knowledge of
The case, gave list of the other per
sons present and told of his obserya
tions there.
Miss Cora Hanson, the school teach
er at Elk, who was one of the party
mat visited the Hye home Immediately
after the tragedy, declared that she
noticed mo odor of burnt clothing either
in or out of the house that night.
Fred Hopwood who also accompanied
the party, was called and gave testi-
mony along the same line
A Austin, another member Of the par
IS, told of the trip and also said
that he detected no odor of burned cloth
Or clothing. Austin said that he held
'ne of the lanterns while the party
was in hte house and that ne saw no
sweater under the body of Mrs. Hye.
He was standing close by, he said
holding light, when the sheet was
placed over her body. Mr.. Austin also
ODD Of another test made by Thomas
I've, in gening into the Frank Hye
lome in broad daylight without being
seen BY Mr.. Austin and others. inc lud-
ms w c. McNutt, G. l.. L. Basket and
!. A. Mitchell who were stationed at !
he sehoolhouse while the experiment
vas made. These tests, 1t is presumed,
we're made TO prove that anyone who
10 desired might have entered the Hive
lome at times Alter the trae dn ,.iIl,