The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-10-28
MURDER TRIAL IS
 STILL UNDER WAY
Willie Jackson, Defendant, and An His Important Witnesses Are
 Indians

| Monday and an of that day waH de- | voted to securing iury tho last man being accepted at f.f5 iu Ono |aforu00n after two special voniros had been issued and served The |iury selected and which i8 now try- | ins tho case is composed of Che foi- ! lowing Andrew Berentson. Frank |U parco. Wallace George. J. M Boutwell, Martin Layonik simon Roeho'm E M Rchardsou George Howard. " c. stegmon Amos Bon- son. Hector Mclean and R J. s3m- mcr
 District Attorney A. G Shoup .s conducting Che prosecution and Che prisoner is being defended by n L. Faulkner and William Paul.
 Start Taking Testimony
 The taking of testimony started |Tueday morning when Che frat wit- moss. M S. Hudson testified that Willie Jackson and four other Inc dIms had been at h.s pI1cc. Nevada creoE and across Che bay from Lotta |plaao tho afternoon preceding Che | murder The Indians came in a boat land Iator crossed over t0 Lotts side ! or Che bay Three Of Che Indians |o0rrob0raIed lIuds0ns testimony. B. L Holbrook and N J. Beaud.u |ol Thmc testified to having found ! tlc dead body of Lott while walking along .ho beach Che evening of Che 2ftb of July T. s C0mmi toner Paine told of having visited Che scene of tn murder and holding am ! Inquest and deputy u. 8 mauhals ! told 0L conditions around the scono of Che murder Dr. Dawes testified ! to Che wounds i'm tlc akuII of Che dead man Several other witnesses told of appearances and conditions of Che body as woll as of tho locality where thc murder was committed.
 Prosecuhon's Star Witness
 WWo Hanson. a young Indian probably 70 or g0 years of age and
 who testified ot Che preliminary
 hearing Chat Jackson killed Iolt hat he Jackson. told him. Hanson. chat ho killed Lott and asked Han-
 .ou to help him throw Che dc1d body
 into Che bay but chat ho declined Go
 assist him and chat thoy after loot-
 ne L0tts cabin of many bottles of
 beer and other things came away leaving Che body where it lay ou Ono
 beach
 Hanson started his testimony by telling how Jackson came to him about n o'clock chat night ln Ju- uonu and asked him t0 accompany . him in his. Jackou'a boat Go Lotta pIaco for thc purpose Of getting some . haar He m.d Jackson was partially drunk at thc tmc; Chat hc accom- panied Jackson to within about 100 wards of LotCs place where they ran Che hoat ou Che bench Hanson rc- maInIur i'm Che boat while Jackson went t0 Lotta cabin. that after about ! |haif am hour Jackson returned to tho . bolt and requested Hanson to ace company him to Che cabin; that when they reached it Lotts body was lying on Che beach in front ot it and hat Jackson told him he had |NIrI Lott with club which ho had thrown auav lTho club was Inter found i'm n clump of bushes nearby |br Deputy Marshal GamtCr. 10 waa | in court as am exhibit It .s prob | ably four feet long, two inches in ! diameter and much b'ood-s,a.ned.l Hanson was on Che stand about | |s.x hours and in cross examination ! Ho defense was unable to taueio him further than he admitted Chat in his |erIfouro at Che preliminary hearing Inc had testified falsely regarding a fow minor details but he stuck Go This main story
 Other witnesses for tho prosecu- ! Han woro introduced and one Of hom. am Indian boy named sammy : Yar0uu. proved @ difficult one In |hnt Inc ronud'atod almost everything l he told at the preliminary and before |frr grand urv On some points hIa mind appeared to Doc blank and o'l erorts to refresh it wcrc futile. sammy is brother of Jacsaona wife,
 Witnesses for Defense
 Tho government having closed its ease Thursday forenoon so for as direct testimony was concerned. Che defense opened in thc afternoon and continued Che examination of wIt- |ncaos aI day yesterday
 Many Indians. some of 'hcm rela- |Hyes or no.ebbors Of Jackson. tcsu- ! fed chat JacbIon was at home and lin bod at thc umo Willie Hanson ! eaid Inc was with him %, Lotts place |and from whence they returned Go |Imcau just as daylight was coming over Che mountains n the morning.
 Probably Gone Q Jury IL is likely that by Che dime th's panor ls oG Che press One ease wll have gone to Che jury. The defense closed its oasc yesterday evening and
 rne rebuum evidence was hc'nE
 hoard for ho prosecution tms toro-
 roon whom it was thought a con- rIu.Ion of Che hearing including Ono address of Che attorneys. would he
 reaehod by Ono middle of Che after
 noon.