, 1923-04-25
JURY HANGS IN
BENNETT TRIAL
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Attorney Walton's questions as to
whether or not she intended to STAY
with her husband, brought an OBJ
Jection from the attorneys for the de-
tense. She was permitted to answer
however, and said it was her plan to
remain with Mr.. St. Clair after the
trial.
w. S. Bennett, Jr., 24-year-old
son of the defendant, was called fol-
lowing Mrs. st. Clair. He told of
Mrs. st. Clair's service in his fathers
office and explained that she
anied him on professional trips as a
nurse, and further told of their trip
to Cody, saying that he and his wife
Mrs. st. Clair and his father made
the trip in the doctors car. Under
cross examination he was quite posi-
tive that his father and Mrs. st. Clair
had registered at Cody under their
own names, and that nothing improp-
er occurred between them on the
trip.
He testified, further, that he had
seen letters received by his father
from a merchant at Lodge Grass, re-
lative to opening a practice there,
and had written replies for his father
He said the letters and copies had
been destroyed when he cleaned up
files at Greybull, preparatory to leav
ing the city. He said his father and
Mrs. st. Clair had left by automobile
for Lodge Grass, where Mrs. st.
Clair expected to serve as office girl
and nurse. He told of packing and
shipping his fathers surgical instru-
ments to Lodge Grass and produced
a receipt for the shipment.
Questioned as to the relations be-
tween his father and mother, he said
that his mother left Greybull in May
for an extended visit with relatives
in the East. He denied that they
were living apart or that there was
any suggestion of a separation.
William ~Benbrooks, a merchant at
Lodge Grass, was called by the de-
Tense and testified that he had urged
DR.. Bennett to open a practice at
Lodge Grass that he had received
favorable replies from Bennett and a
visit from him in October, and that
Bennett and Mrs. st. Clair arrived at
Lodge Grass on election day.
When questioned under cross ex-
animation as to whether he had told
a federal agent that he was under
the impression that Bennett implied
that he intended to get rid of Mrs.
st. Clair, he said he had not. He
also denied other statements attribut-
ed to him in a conversation with the
federal agent. He admitted that he
and Bennett has been friends for
more than % years and were ac-
quainted when their residence was at
M~eeteetse, Wyoming.
The last witness called by the de-
fnese was R. L. Wilson of Lodge
Grass, Mont. He testified as to DR..
Benefits renting rooms from a bank
with which he is associated at that
town.
Wilson added nothing new to the
story unfolded by the defense. He
spoke of Benefits proposed location
at Lodge Grass, of his engaging the
office and later of his decision not to
practice there because of the news
paper notoriety he and Mrs. st.
Clair had gained at Sheridan. He ad
mitted under cross examination that
Bennett never did locate at Lodge
Grass, but that the change in plans
was at the suggestion Of himself and
William Benbrooks, who felt that
the Sheridan affair had been so wide
ly read in Lodge Grass that it would
be unwise to locate there.
Mrs. st. Clair was recalled In re-
buttal. Details of a purchase of
clothes for her at the Denver Dry
Goods company store were brought
out. She admitted that she had used
DR.. Benefits credit to the extent of
$165.25 on November 25, after he
had accompanied her to the store and
arranged for the transaction. She
produced a receipt for the bill, which
she said she paid with mnoey given
her by her husband after their re-
Cancellation. She admitted that at
the time she used the doctors credit
at the Denver and at Daniels e. Fish
ers she had about 5000, but did not
wish to exhaust her funds at that
time.
st. Clair was recalled and testified
that during the two years his wife
was said to be the main support of
the family, he either worked for
wages or worked on their homestead,
with the exception of a period of
about a month or six weeks. He told
also of his advancing the money to
pay the Denver store bills, which
Mrs. st. Clair had incurred on the
doctors credit. At the time he paid
the bill Mt the Denver. he said he did