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— L.UIW •* *•v-iac sr«f*Dt -? h spectator M?«! V|*U#llt;;-fcOG?George Boucher w.il P'otcsl His Innocence :n Murder Cass.Pmtcostieh will -iy ,J-' i,?°Tlt; r’c' fcoSai: ''Gave Hijrr'.f Awijf' to ;i rnr-.J.bo bm cot inured 0 murder trial 1c (2la cu-:aty lo• ‘.weo'.;: vefcre 'I :;o ftuc* Is !r.;i» WeOtj-. ago so® ;rlea and eon-. it-.Kil ct the L-:irhv a! murdering k'* boibaiiJ ty pollening 0lt;“’1-jfier -.lm Ir a. upremo i-i»uri rente lboa.! Mrssol fret. Sines tho-r. »Lc has nrj oee.e oo head to see hov other o.'-.ucatee 'a'’X him is a • e11 dn-tAlthough George I'o-.wlmr bs maye no Open ci/ofes-ion. tie w.'i try to |irOe that tin: I*fecdimI :0 -.hi- murder ca-e On trial t!;-l give himself away” to a couJEianiOft in coc-■..■.Wiineaaea . will be placed on the stand to testify. ;■ lb at. Boucher baa told, the- a Wry of his; crime, The/de-fendant emphatically denies .that, he ever confessed to 'any one andprobably W testify /if :calledlilO-the witness stand. ..' The afternoon oh Tuesday was spent;■in reiteration largely ..of ;the-..testi;-jnony g iv ena t|b e-cor one r's LIn q uest, .motion ,.of Attorney Graves, all-witnesses whb.::haTe not yet -teslidcd-were: ordered exclvtd ed - froui:.tii e . ecu rt; room-by Judge Coolidge. /./Deputy 'Sheritt . Tenant has been placed In; charge ofthejury, whowl] be kept apart.from every oce.~'lCx. T-.i A.- 'WiIboc. :oue tjf ■ Lbo . attor-heyB'for the defendant, -is.tcoaducliuff as It ill u I examin a lion - of witneaaos and many aehem that only Bsuoters a.' leged i-oc.'esa.uL. if yi-J»Ca true, wi., convict him. I'rosecutcr Vs.entice, i ewvver ii1 iatroci:c:sg some strong evidence sgainet tbe f.risoccr.Vucsiioy afternoon Mr. ..'.cry tc'ti-fled to hoc.-eg the boar in the !'a» ?aw riser near the CchI ac.l Chief of i'eliteEl2be:s of Si-Joaepnl'L *vl'a;9S aland. Lie sal.! !ia was si.uiuioned oa tbe Ceding of t!.e huoy and drew a ;ury. The witcesi * tale,I thal tbe deal, man wa» badly nritued on the rigm 2heclt; and the to'-e wa» bent, bleed was issuing frctr. the i-.-fi ear Et Sheri T tVb.tcjaj't »■*•» ni- at called au/l ta‘:d of '■ear.cjf a c«n«-realior. with Boucher In RowoV undertals in g rooms when, the body. wns .tBken there.. Accord i o g ■ to ■ th 0. w i tceas Bouch er ■ asasiced the lt;|Uiv-t.oj. '.Ill ysji* ever we that mas Vfiire ‘ Locsbi-r rep ivd. ■■T !.e-/e. 1 tt* K.iu •!•(■»£ OC thrbuvh sti-ps of roiiiir.-H sa.coc ilr Whitcomb a’.sc said be saw the defendant .a afterward and there Boucher : iid he sew the dead man occe on thrt tack steps ef the Golel Bentss-The ijefendant also told Mr. Whitcomb that he U=e*» nothing about tbe cate and diu net crCvs the highway bridge on tbe night in cpicst.cn.Mr. IVhitCC^b. ou .t.ri .|Uc-at:orec! hy Cm pi. Gm-es. nm.d BoJ.ib.-r ac-erf the aicme aahe always .did ..at Bowe sundertakiuR/rooin.on the day atated. -: ' prl Wakeman lKyno..; waa the-ce.-ct'ess and he BtaLed.that:da exammr tbe dead man -be- found this noise not broken' hut badly bent oiit of shape. The'--doctor -said the deceased ./might not. have ,'dro woed,and'told/ of i the deep laceration on tbe / tuan's .face.. At.; the: autopsy in Crystal/Splngs; cemetery;: the wi tness found some air in the lungs i ad ieating .that .he: might v nbt-lhave: dro wned, although ^ a -man- ■ stunned; would aos breathe:in the, water. ...The:. caaminaiion of lthe body waa 7 very, up.-: satisfactoryi-on.accon'nt: ol decompos;-tion. 7At:Bowe'e room on lb« dav bl the grewsoine discovery, - the / doctor found.. ho ..mucous in the' Jscensed man's throat,'..another, evidence trial, death .did no; ■ result '-.yhplly fro”' drowning.- Dr., llyho.wafl fjuesiione;!; by Attor-. uey. W’ilaoh 'and ' tbe : tha tit:wo uld 1 be . di flicli i t: to - toll ' j.ii st when tli e face: w.ou a'd w as, rece iv ed.'be-fore or after the.man struck the-water. Tho'doctor . admitted ,that--JiO might have fa.!S3 on n --.00e bvi l:n tl.t-cgf. tae b!c»*» came b'.for.: icatn Attorney v'a'.entise exhibited a. wrenu:. i-c.i iron wejju i-tio: i:lt;* '*'1 ' bewculJ siiow entnci. ;W 1 »■ caie and the witoesn »a;d -ie w vjaci lt;: g i-bavc been CT.:i--rd by a Mew f-'O'i either weapon.(me of the nod iirparvanl 'act brought out during me ir »! th » n.-.'r:i-i.ig war that the ,!,:f-ose at :.lt;■ properlimn will relt;|Uesi t! jury to a«««lei the ‘*b** fa* river wbere :v eaters‘-hi-casai- evart IvmaliocrSf.10 tlCKiy n I tf 1pointed out r.ai th:.* riay lo a Urnrg alt;-giicent for the dcfeii^- 'I tun to-ly r.i„ foucd lt;r- ihi- i aw H* river. :hr rvtc.eece may go to Ciow that ii wa* not throw.r into the utr.r.l. On LI r other !.*cr! there *:e irmiy rcaioh why: the body mightiaye’been'/thrown •n the canal -and then -forcodi; up. the river by.a passing .boat'or a-tide: j;'-Tii. .Tuttou: testified ■ concern in g th e autopsy, and Maid / that .many t different causes cou ld have ;, prod need /death-in: the deceased-.... :£fe: stated . that Jn. bis opinion the biow that made the/ -facial, wounds, would net have /caused-, on* conseiousnesa and further/: that ivwas not probable..that the blow wan the direct cause of death.Dennis. O’Brien tcstifled that DO money was found.. On the deadofI in: ter 1 bvra.va fie-1 ;i“* |r.it;oP for tl.i- a I Ip, 1.0 •-mu 31 c! Aursnta /fcrv.-ji aa bdininiatrafri/t of. the ..estate at Wii-1 i ain W. Se rviss, deceased, liiLe of N i lea.'Hearing;fcbt-'for:Ko'r. St-at-1 H a- in.A' petition . wan'-:filed by .Edwin V.-■ ,\'ai h ■ for the... appoVhtmo u'l: o f ■'J o h a C. Dick-afc arlrainistralor-of- the estate ofiV.Vit; f; Niiii. ialeef bu-cl scan Ueo-.i/g set f:r Nov. at .Htbeill of -irorgeT/iv co..tri'.’Boyle, dece.ix-ii. was near.) yea'.crilay. s large numner of wiiees-aes buviog teen e.\an.;n:c. wueo the f.:-iber near-vas con tinned to Nov. ? at Ji: a. in. A. A. ’.Vortli.cctoc appeared for the propocents of the will and ■•. A. -Hubert for the con lea louts.Charles A. ‘-'iatoc resigned as exec-,il or of I be estate c( Addison din loo, Jivsiiae.l. a'-if Jo::r, Iii-ekwit;: 'i-appointed/admiiiia.irator. de- bonis non with the :vi Uapnc.'cedof/Bivid cats to.1 AT. 14 r A OH LICK.NSXS..Geb.. w. Cook; 23. Chi CORO. 'Miss''-Lena Sch n I *.z: di,- E,i yersid e.-II I'. -.-Chief. OoKbein corroborated tli is stotemoc t.'.'■■ y. of Bowe '/was called upon the Stand aad the nuderweivr caarks', hand; kerchief., haV. vest, and coat, taken from the.;- deceased ... weM/ eshibited. The witn**s tbonght they were . the unit clothes that; he saw: on .the dead man.- ■ .. ;1 1/aJr, C. P. Pritchard testified . ibat lia took a photograph of the dead ;-inaa!B .f*ee.':.- ’IThe attendance at the trial this
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Benton Harbor Daily Palladium
Benton Harbor, Michigan, US
Wed, Nov 01, 1899
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