Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-05

On cross examination the witness
told that she had first mentioned
the alleged improper relations with
Mr.. Stanley in the office of Mr..
Collins in October of this year. She
admitted having had a quarrel with
Mrs. Stanley and told that Mrs
Stanley had accused her of stealing
some clothes. The witness admitted
that at the last time she worked for
the Stanleys Mrs. Stanley had been
looking for a dress and couldn't find
it and that last fall she (the wit
ness) had worn it to school. She
told that she became very angry at
the time Mrs. Stanley accused her
of stealing the dress and that she
then made the confession involving
Mr.. Stanley. She said that she had
never told of the matter before and
that she would never have told any
one but for the scene which took
place at the school house. The de-
Tense brought out that Mr.. and Mrs.
Eickner worked for the Stanleys
the same summer that Louise Aid
rich worked for them and that Fritz
Brant, a cousin of the witness, also
worked at the ranch a part of the
same summer.
At this point Attorney Cannon,
for the defense, asked the witness
if it was not Fritz Brant, her cous-
in, with whom she had been fam
iliar and not Mr.. Stanley. The prose-
cution protested against allowing the
witness to be questioned along this
line but was overruled. The witness
replied to the question, at was not"
c. w. King was called and was
asked if the last night of the Chau-
tauqua was on July 81, 1915. The
defense announced that it was will
ing to concede this point. "The
State rests" announced Prosecutor
leighton.
H. H. Elder was first called for
the defense. He told that during July
and August he and Mr.. Stanley
worked at the court house nearly
every night and that the week of the
Chautauqua they work every night
until 1920 or HOO o'clock except
the evening of the 31st of July when
they went to the Chautauqua. This
fact was fixed in his mind because
of the entertainment and because
Mr. Stanley spoke after the enter
tainment. The witness thought he
saw Mr.. Stanley after the Chau-
tauqua meeting. Also thought he
saw Louise Aldrich sitting in the
Stanley car near the Chautauqua
tent.
Reford Brown testified to having
worked at the Stanley ranch and
told that the cow barn on the ranch
was not completed until the fall of
1914 and that the cows were not
MIXED in it. He remembered the
day and night of the last of the
Chautauqua. Had gone swimming
than afternoon. AS he went into the
Chautauqua he saw Louise Aldrich
and said "hello" to her. In the
Chautauqua tent he saw Mr.. Stan
ley. Remembered this distinctly be-
cause Mr.. Stanley asked for the
entertainers to repeat a song and
after the session he made a talk in
behalf of having the Chautauqua re-
turn the following year to Bonners
Ferry. Witness told that he again
saw Louise Aldrich in the Stanley
car with the Stanley children as he
! left the tent
Mrs. Mary A. Brown was called
and testified to having known Mr..
Stanley since he was a small boy.
She saw Mr.. Stanley at the Chau-
tauqua and remembered him speak
ing after the entertainment. Mr.
Stanley sat across the isle from her
Witness was not positive about see
ing Louise Aldrich and the children
there that evening. Witness said
that she saw Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley
at the Chautauqua one other eve
ming.
F. A. Shultis told of the friendly
relations of his and the Stanley
family. He remembered attending
the last session of the Chautauqus
and that Mr.. Stanley spoke that
evening. He recalled seeing Louise
Aldrich at the Chautauqua but wa.
not certain about the night.
Mrs. F. A. Shultis testified to hav
ing seen the Stanleys at the Chau
tauqua the evening in question anC
that she occupied a seat across tn,
aisle from them. She told of hav
ing seen Louise Aldrich and tn,
Stanley children in the Stanley ca
on several evenings. Recalled hav
ing seen a young man, a cousin o
Miss Aldrich, with her in the car
Robert S. McCrea was called t.
verify testimony of H. H. Elder.
w. M. Miller remembered the las
of+ of H.