Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-07

llgHt the divorce case with st. Clair
said he did not remember of seeing the
face Of Beach at the tre-edy. He
says that he does not remember his
wife sayin- that she would rather see
the baby dead than to let him have it.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
On cross examination yesterday w. ].
SHILLING said when st. Clair asked for
the baby the last time he started to
climb upon the wheel and said, 81 will
take the baby anyhow" but Mrs st.
Clair drew herself back with the baby
as soon as possible. St Clair then
stepped off the wheel and put his right
hand in his coat pocket. stepped back
on the wheel and shot five times. The
next witness was Attilla w. Beach. the
Ola Montour stage driver. He drove
along just before the shooting COM
menced and he demonstrated how st.
Clair said give me that baby" and
how st. Clair pulled his gun from his
right coat pocket and shot five times,
showing how SHILLING whipped st.
Clair and knocked him off the wagon.
st. Clair was going toward Sweet
the last the witness saw of him. The
driver of the automobile st. Clair had
been using, turned and drove to Mon
tour just as st. Clair was shooting.
The witness said it looked just like st.
Clair reloaded his gun after shooting.
AUTO DRIVER CALLED.
Ray Ramsey was the next witness.
He was the driver who drove st. Clair
from Boise to the scene of the shooting.
He testified that at 3 80 in the morning
of Sept. s, he and st. Clair drove
from Rnign in n tito 10
shoe Bend, to Gardena and around to
Sweet. About all st. Clair said to him
was that he had not seen his baby for
nearly three years. He told of driving
on and meeting the wagon in which st.
Glars wife and father-in-law were
driving. He said that st. Clair jumped
out Of the car and demanded that
SHILLING stop or he would shoot his
wife and Shilling. st. Clair then
asked for the baby several times and
when his wife refused to give the baby
up he shot her five times 1t was
during the time that the shooting was
going on that Ramsey drove his car
out to Montour.
HATRED OF WIFE SHOWN.
rive witnesses were examined this
morning for the state to show the
jury the hatred that st. Clair had for
MS wife. Harry and Jerry Roth were
the first witnesses this morning. and
their testimony was just about the
same. They live with their father
above Gardena and testified that St. |
CAR stopped there in an automobile
at o'clock in the morning of the
DAY or the tragedy. st. Clair was
looking for his baby and, in effect, said
that St Clair was at the house of
their father about 10 minutes. st. !
GAR held his right hand in his right
coat pocket and said, 81 am sheriff
enough when it comes to getting my
baby When st. Clair left the house
he said, 1T is lucky that the baby is
not here"
George Newell testified that he knew
St Clair about II years. and that IN
March 1915 st. Clair and he rode from
Boise to Newell's home in Gardena.
Mrs. st. Clair was staying with her
father in Montour. st. Clair wrote a
note and asked Newell to go to Skill |
lings place and bring his wife to
Gardena. Mrs. st. Clair burned the
note and refused to 20 to Gardena.
st. Clair said he was so mad that he
felt like killing her. The next morning
st. Clair said to Newell: IF my wife
won't live with me l will go to Boise
and buy the best gun in the United
States and kill her"
st. Clair later said to Newell: an
Italy a man has a right to force his
wife to live with him. In Italy a man
has right to whip his wife. If my
wife won't live with me l will kill her"
Ben Newell testified that in July 1915
st. Clair drove to Boise and went to
Myers office in the Overland building.
Myers was the attorney for st. Clair at
that time. Myers and Newell drove to
Skillings' home above Montour in an
effort to get Mrs. st. Clair to return
to her husband. Mrs. st. Clair said
that she was afraid of her husband,
but she finally consented, and did 20
with Myers and Newell to Boise ana
went to Myers office. ST. Clair soon
after came in
NEWSPAPER CLIPPING SHOWN.
st. Clair at first played with the
baby then he tried to have his wife
make up with him, but she said no,
that he whipped her in Salt Lake. He
denied having whipped her, and she
clipping from a Salt lake
newspaper, showing that she had had
him arrested and locked up for whip
ping her. She said that at a later
time he whipped her with a piece Of
stovewood. while they were living on
heir homestead. st. Clair then
Jumped up and said. Il will get my
gun; ] will AK you" and he left the
office. Myers hurried out and brought
St. Clair back and arrangements were
hen made between Mr.. and Mrs st.
Clair to have their child taken to the {
'hildren's home in Boise. Mr.. Myers
Urged that ST. Clair buy his wife some ;
clothes as she needed them very bad
y. At that time st. Clair said, II VIII S
ouy the baby clothes, but my wife will {
1ot live with me and I will not buy 8
her any Clothes. 4
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