The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1921-12-01
MURDER TRIAL NOW in PROGRESS
Jury Composed of Farmers; Largest Crowd That
Ever Attended A Trial In Julesburg Is In
Attendance, Scores Being Un-
able to Get Standing
Room

came to Julesburg about six years ago
from Oklahoma. We lived at Haskell,
Okla. was not personally acquaint-
ed with Ralph Rozell; only traded a
little at his store and knew him when
| saw him in public places. Mr..
Bakers father was Martin Benjamin
Baker and his mother was Maddie
Matilda Baker. They resided in Ill
inois. His parents are now dead. He
has two brothers in Illinois. Satur-
day night, July 9Th, Mr.. Baker and l
went to dance at famous, south of
Julesburg. We went with Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Popelka and Mrs. VIM.
Schatzer in Popelka's car. We re-
turned Sunday morning about three
O'Clock. We passed the Manhattan
restaurant and saw Genia Geiger and
her crowd in there and also Ralph
,Rozell and crowd. We had thought
that we would stop and get some
thing to eat, but did not, and we went
on home and went to bed. was
awakened about o'clock that morn
ing. Someone called at the door:
"Dollie, Dollie, Dollie, come out here"
1t was woman's voice. went to
the door in my night dress. 1t was
one of the mattresses at the Manhat-
tan. l didn't know her only that they
call her Lillian. saw . roadster
auto in the yard, is was black. 1t
was up to the porch and about six
feet from the door. 1t woke Mr..
Baker up. The girl said: "The
Greeks want you to come and work
for them" said "No, have hus-
band to support me-" She said: at
isn't that, Mr.. Rozell wants you.
Come on out; he will give you plenty
of money" l said what Rozell ~
She said Ralph Rozell." Mr.. Baker
jumped up out of bed and said:
What did she want?" tried to
keep it from him as l knew he would
be angry. He went back to bed. l
foot and arm Of man in the car
The car drove away. Mr.. Baker said
to me "That's Rozells car" l told
him that they had come after me to
go work for the Greeks. He was all
worked up. We again went to bed.
l got up about SIX O'Clock and got
breakfast. Then Mr.. Sailing came
over to our house in his car. Mr..
Baker went out to get ready to go
after his hay outfit. decided to go
with him as l was uneasy on account
of what Mr.. Sailing had told me.
saw Rozell's car over at Sailing's.
Mr.. Baker was awfully worked up
and nervous, and was excited. got
dinner and Mr.. Baker did not eat.
He went up town to see Rozell and
came back about three o'clock in the
afternoon and then again went back
to town about four o'clock. Mr.. Bak-
er and Mr.. Rozell and Mr.. Smith
came back to our place later that
afternoon. Mr.. Rozell stood on the
porch and said that Mr.. Baker had
made him come down and apologize
to me. Rozell said he was sorry. He
said it wasn't me. You are a wo-
man and can't prove it. l told him
that only knew he was in that car
this morning by his white socks. Mr..
Rozell said that Mr.. Baker had shown
off up town and I'll tell the people
that our trouble was over business
matters. He then asked Mr.. Baker
| if he was satisfied and my husband
| didn't make any reply. Mr.. Rozell
| and Mr. Smith then left. Mr.. Baker
was very nervous and only ate few
bites for supper and went to bed late
that night. He did not sleep. He got
| up and went out doors and | went out
| and found him setting in the swing,
| fully dressed. He refused to come in
and said that someone was out there.
| again tried to get him to come in
| but he would not and he didn't come
in the house and go to bed. The next
| morning he was lying on the cement
| porch. He was very nervous Monday
! and didn't eat breakfast and kept
talking about it, but he worked in
the beets He came in at noon and
ate very little and was nervous. He
| worked again Monday afternoon and
went to town Monday night and came
home late. He went to bed and then
got up and dressed at twelve o'clock.
He SAID he wouldn't come to bed, that
some one was around. He generally
had a gun on him and he always said
that he kept the gun to protect me.
| Tuesday morning he came in to
breakfast. He had slept out at the
barn on some sideboards. He ate
breakfast and was in pretty good
spirits. He worked awhile spraying
the beets. He broke the spray and
came to the house very nervous. l
called Mr.. Rolfsson about the spray
and Mr.. Robson came and brought
I Mr.. ,Deich down to the place and they
stayed there all day. Mr. Baker at
noon ate dinner and was in good
spirits. He worked that afternoon.
He went to town Tuesday evening and
came back late. He went to bed for