The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1919-09-18

AIter uellberatlng four hours the
jury in the case Of the State of Ida
no VS.. Neil McMeekin in the district
night acquitting the defendant of the
charge of murder in the first degree
McMeekin killed Charles White on
Wind river near higgins. on May of
this year The trial was begun Tues
day before Judge Wallace N. Scales
and a jury and was concluded late
Wednesday evening.
The jury was composed Of the fol-
lowing citizens:
George Simon Julian r. Jones. A.
b. Clayton, J. B. Carter, c. p Cone,
J. w. Wilson, G. E. Conger, Nephi
Aldrich, L. G. English, August Won
Bargen Charles Kunze and Riley Seay
The prosecution was handled by b.
Auger, county attorney, while Clay Nc
Nance Of Lewiston and NJ. Reese Hat
tabaugh conducted the defense
Much of the testimony heard was
along the line of the evidence given
at the preliminary hearing. The story
Of the shooting is best told by the fol-
lowing verbatim report Of McMeekin's
testimony in the district court We'd
nesday, which is supplied to Globe
readers through the courtesy Of Chas.
S. Boren, official court reporter:
"It was after he tWhite) turned
the horses out and concluded he
wouldn't go that morning that I got
the gunny sack and put the sugar in
this gunny sack and tied it up, and
he was going to take that in the same
but there was no use of his going until
the next morning if it didn't rain.
and the sack of sugar sat right there
and it was never moved; and he hung
up a couple of guns that morning
hung them up in the other room, and
he picked up several things that he was
going to take, but he didn't put them in
the cellar; he hung them up on the
wall, two or three guns and in getting
these things ready and setting things
around he says: "I guess I'll have to
take that other jar, to put that sugar
in" l says: Charley, l don't want
you to take all them jars" "Welp' he
says. by God! them jars didn't &C
, anyhow" And I says: 1--WE already
agreed for you to take two and you
| Ill 10 sn,.
didn't go anyhow and he was going tC
take them; and l says: "Yeu have al
ready taken that other one, out in the
cellar" And at that he says: "BA
God, I'll show you that I do tak'
themw And he struck at me.
@. What position were you each il
:, at that time? How far apart?
A We was three or four feet apart
@. In what room were you?
A. In this, it would be the kitchen
@. Now, you say he struck at you
Describe how he struck at you.
A. He struck at me with his fist
with his right hand. I throwed up m.
arm, something like that Indicating
and he hit me somewhere right aloni
there (indicating).
5 Q. And what did you do?
A. As he hit me I showed him.
gave him shove backwards.
: Q. In what direction?
2 A. Well, that would he towards TIL
ho onatnct thiS fahl1
= Here was the door, and opened tha
Y way (illustrating) The door woul
: touch the table; and I pushed hin
+ back against the edge of the door an
the table
e Q. Describe what he said, or wha
e he did Immediately after you pushe
+ him over towards the outside door.
n A. He muttered something ther
+ that / couldn't understand, and the
: he put his left hand on the door an
V he was--it looked to me like he reacl
9 ed outside the door or was putin
h his hand outside the door. and he says
r IN break your c. D. head fo
youw
$ @. Where were You at that time?
g A Well. had stepped back mayh
:. a couple of feet towards this othe
S door. kind Of in front of the stov'
t between the stove and the door.
Il @. What did you do?
e A. Well, when he said that an
J. was-ran out towards the outside q
this door, stepped right back insid