East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-28
State Calls Eight Witnesses in
Trial of Henderson and Stoop
for Murder of Sheriff Til
Taylor on July rs.
NEIL HART LOOKED TO
AS STATES TRUMP CARD
Condemned Murderer Brought
Here Today From Salem to
Tell of Events Leading up to
Fatal Jail Delivery.

Eight witnesses were called by the
state this morning IN the second day
OF the trial of Irwin lie Roy Stoop ant
Floyd L. Henderson, charged with
first degree murder in connection
with the shooting OF Sheriff Tilman ID.
Taylor. There are expcc ed to be
about 20 witnesses in all for the state
Testimony introduced this morning
did not tend strongly to prove that the
two defendants were In a. conspiracy
TO break Jail and kin Sheriff Taylor
The state. however planned to play II
trump card when Emmett Bancroft,
alias Nell Hart, was called late this
afternoon.
Hart. confessed murderer OF the
sheriff. is expected to tell the story OF
the whole affair. which was planned
for more than a week before the fatal
afternoon OF Sunday. July 25. Since
then he has been sentenced to han
for his crime and has been converted
BY the Salvation Army. Hart's testi-
mony has been. accepted by Sheriff;
Taylor. District Attorney keator and
other officials as true.
IIndgrcn Put On stand.
Albin Lindgren. the sixth prlsone, |
to escape when the jail delivery was
made. was called as witness thi
morning but he denied any knowledg
OF any pi0s to breakl.tau md nc. con \
fined his Testimony To relation /
events which transpired on tho day
the break
Deputy Sheriff J. c. Marin. who wa
ovcrpowered BY the prisoners when h,
took them their dinner on the day OF
the fatality. was one OF the chief wit
nesses for the state this morning. III,
told of the trend of events from tn.
a I
jail after the thrilling chase and cap
ture of them by Sheriff Taylor an,
himself.
The testimony of |. c. snyder ic
cream vendor. who saw the prisoner
making toward the railroad yards TO.
lowing the tragedy was introduce
by the state as ono OF the connectin
links in the chain of evidence. Road
master II. IL. Phelps. who was at work
In his office in the court hourse base
ment. related having heard the strug
gle and of going to the sheriff's offio
to see what had transpred.
Physicians Relate Story.
DR. II. H. Hattery and Dr. Gu
Boyden. both Of whom were called T.
administer to the wounded sheriff
were called to the stand by the state
The eighth man called was Walter N
Ransom n civil engineer who prcpar
cd map OF the Jail and sheriff's OF
flee to be used In connection with th'
trial.
A large crowd packed the cour
room both morning and afternoon ant
followed events closely Pred. ction
were freely heard that the case woul'
be settled BY tomorrow night.
Jury Speedily Drawn.
Rivaling the speed with which tn
trial jury in the w. W. Wilder case
was obtained last winter. ~ men wer'
sworn in as the jury in tho case Mon
day afternoon by O'Clock. Twenty
nine veniremen had been examine'
between 1890 and ~ and 1890 and
an elapsed time OF four hours. Fiv
were excused for cause. one challcng
ed by the state and 10 by the dcfens,
Those on the jury arc.
c. w. Howell Pendlcton farm
or: f. E. Blinn, Helix merchant;
Frank Walgaman. Hermston.
farmer; Thomas Elliott, Milton.
merchant: J. G. Crinmlns. Free