Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-05
RAY M'KAIG AND
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sure, but thought he might have been
the party who suggested going to the
court room to hear the evidence He
testified that some 10 or 12 went to
the court house and that five got in,
Mr. McKaig, himself, and wife, and Mr.
and Mrs. Hagelberger. After a. recess
was declared. the witness stated Mr..
McKaig got up and he thought he was
going to leave and following him. bst
instead of going out, he went behind
the rail, spoke to Mrs. O'Hare, intro
duced himself as Ray Mckaig of Idaho
and informed her that Mr.. Massey sent
lis regards. The witness then testi-
fled of McKaig introducing the other
members of the party, referring to the
ladies as sister" in making the intro
duction. but not using the term in re-
ferring to Mrs, O'Hare. He also testi-
fled that before leaving, McKaig shook
hands with Mrs. OHare again and
said, Il hope you will prove yourself
innocent of the charge" Asked II he
was sympathetic himself, the witness
said, You might call 1t so.'
Attorney for the plaintiff asked the
witness If McKaig rushed into the
court room, If he embraced Kate Rich
ard O'Hare, or IL he called her Sis
ter" The witness answered mo" to
all three questions.
LEFT SOCIALIST PARTY.
1t was on cross eXamina ton that
Mr. Bissell learned from the witness
that he was q former member of the
Socialist party, that he knew Mrs
o'Hare was a Socialist writer and that
she was chairman of the resolutions
committee, which drafted the Socialist
platform at the St. Louis convention
| Mr.. Evans testified, in response to a
question, that he quit the Socialist
party because he did not like the man
ner used in selecting the executive
committee at that time. He was also
asked if there had been any Socialist
PARTY In North Dakota since the or
! ganization of the Non-Partisan league,
| to which he replied. II do not know"
| Mrs. Evans followed her husband,
corroborating his testimony in a large
extent, but showing she did not know
SO much of Mrs. O'Hare as her hus-
| band. She was positive that when Mr..
McKaig greeted Mrs. O'Hare, he did
not state that Massey sent his love,
but believed 1t was his regards" or
some such greeting; also the witness
was positive that McKaig did not call
| the defendant O'Hare, sister"
TESTIMONY coRRoBoRATED.
/ The third North Dakota witness was
:. B. Hagelberger. member of the
State Grange and the Non-Partisan
league. He had been a member of the
|
Democratic parties. knew but very lit
tie of Kate O'Hare, but with others of
the party, had followed Mckaig behind
the railing in the court room and
greeted her expressed his sympathy
Tor her and hoped she would prove
herself innocent, he testified, mot be-
cause 1t was Kate O'Hare, but because
she was human being"
At the close of his testimony, a re-
fnlx Mr. kacSlar
ing he wished to confer with other
witnesses who had just arrived on the
train.
q Fred b. French, a member of the ex
ecutive committee of the Nom Partisan
!, league, was recalled this morning. He
was on the stand but short time ant
his testimony was relative to the res
olutions passed by the State Fedora
ton of Agriculture inviting McKaie
to Idaho to organize the N. P. L
M'kAIG GREETED KATE o'HARE
That the defense will show by testi
meny of creditable witnesses that Ra,
McKaig visited the courtroom in Nortf
Dakota, where Kate Richard O'Har,
was on trial for disloyalty and wa.
heard to say to her:
There. there, sister, never mind. ",
are all for you out in Idaho and
Massey sends his love-" was one O
the significant statements made Tues
day in the opening address to the jur.
by w. G.. Bissell attorney for F, r
Gooding, one OF the defendants In tn,
McKaig $4,000 libel suit against Mr.
Gooding and the Statesman Printing
company.
Further, the attorney stated. som
of the testimony given by witnesse
would show that McKaig upon meet
ling Mrs. O'aare extended both hand
to her. while others that he met h
extended but one and also that h
was seen with her at . hotel and wa