The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-03-08
WIVES TESTIFY
FOR MAIN;CASE
IS NEAR CLOSE
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Mains automobile and brough, him
home
We could not find him. and hs
came home on the train. lie wa
angry because We had not met him
He had been drinking and refused
10 "a, his supper. was very
nervous and told him was going
over 20 stay all night with Mrs.
Main. lie told me that II ! left the
house ia never get back alivei
No Divorce Mentioned
Il wish 10 say" continued Mrs
Swayne. that never once was a di
vorc, mentioned. then or before. /
merely wanted 10 get away until he
got over the effects Of tho liquor.
Aa 20 nr. Main. viii say that /
only rode thrca times with him In
his automobile. and my husband
knew all about IL each time All
three times were In tho afternoon.
Twice no drove me 20 Red Cross
headquarters In Chchaiis. and once
he took me 60 doctor In ChehaiiH.
at the request 81 my husband. This
las, time was tho Friday before my
husband was murdered
Mrs. Main. when put on IN. stand.
declared that Mr. Main and Mr.
swayne were the closest Of friends
She said that on the day % the muir.
der. Main went 70 his office about
O'Clock. and returned homo little
before $50 O'Clock
when he came In abe said. ne
played fsw minutes with our small
son. and then went over and teaHed
our daughter. becauH. nhe was sick
In bed. Soon after that We had
supper Mr.. Main did not ac, ncr
vous al all and ate hearty supper "
AfIbi Established
In proving Mains alibl. witnesses
for the defense testified infinitely aa
20 the whereabouts OF Main between
5 o'clock and sac .. m. which was
the time Of tho murder AZ shown by
state witnesses.
w. L. Jones. farmer. told Of
little after O'Clock. c. y. Lloyd
told 81 having been there at on
o'clock. Both witnesses said Main
was In his office at that time and
said he did not appear nervous or
excited.
Walter MaEon accounted for
Mains time between the Jones visit
and the time when the $40 train ar.
rived In NnpRvine. az which time an.
other witness accounted for Mains
whereabouts for about five minutes.
His wife testified that he was homo
before 80 O'Clock and witnesses for
the state showed that tho crime had
not been committed NJ . o'clock but
had been little before sac Mains
office Is 500 feet from the Swayne
store.
Main In Pool Hall
Walter Mason said Main was In
tho pool room next TO the Main Of
flee until few minutes before SEQ
and had been there for about five
minutes Just before the train
pulled In he left and went TO his OF.
flee. next door. Mrs. W. W. Emery
Of Napavine arrived on the $50
train and went directly TO Mains OF.
flee. she said. and found him there.
She was there for about three min.
utcs and was between there and tho
Swayne store for several minutes
longer
Milton Ashton testified that no
saw Main Mt the pool hall little be.
fore the 500 train pulled In.
Families Friendly
Mrs. W. W. Emery. In addition 20
telling about going 10 Mains office
AZ 5:20 on the afternoon OF the muir.
der. said she had entertained the
Mains and the Swaynes on several
occasions and had been entertained
by them. She slid the relations be.
tween the families were OF the most
friendly nature possible.
She also testified that when she
saw Main on the day OF the murder
he gave no sign OF nervousness or
excitement and acted Just M he al. !
ways did. "As to Mrs. Swnyne."
said Mrs. Emery. her reputation |
and character are absolutely above |
reproach"
Roscoe Bell told OF having seen
Mr. Swayne on the day the quarrel
between Mr.. ana Mrs Swayne oc. /
Cured II saw him In Chehalis." he /
said. and he had been drinking"
John Coulson told OF having gone |
to the scene of the murder with /
Main when IL first was discovered. /
II saia Main did not act nervous nj I
all. He denied having told Sheriff
Berry that he noticed Main to bo
pale and nervous at the Swayne
funeral.
II made no such statement to
Sheriff Berry or to any one else"
he said