Show THE CROCKER TRIAL wyoming tribune TUESDAY robert hobert calverly il II C shurtliff Shuit liff eliza chapman walter webster edith brooks hitchings and mrs ij 1111 aggi bugs were the witnesses examined today mrs geor george e chapman eliza chapman ilive at evanston knew mr air i booth and mr croeker crocker both I 1 am a close observer of tine the dress of 0 persons persona mr crocker ordinarily wore wora a gray suit previous to tile the murder and afterward a dark brown suit ins his everyday suit letoe leto e the murder was this gray gra y suit I 1 never saw him wear this suit after the murder walter webster bestif testified led to the unpleasantness cristin between booth and crocker they passed each othar at times without speaking these relations lob I 1 observed served for a year or more sir mr Croc Cr kera everyday dress was a lark gray I 1 have not seen him wear it since the murder E aith hitchings resided at time of murder at evanston Eva aeton oston knew mr booth slightly and defendant by sight looked out of a window and saw mr crocker going toward tile tho barn somewhere near 5 I 1 went want down town and remained perhaps twenty or twenty five live minutes saw mr booth as I 1 went down town the last time I 1 saw mr booth h hj was wag going towards tile the barn arid and I 1 w 8 appo ulo tile the vault saw some bome children child rn coasting don the hill past mr crackers crockers Ci Cr house croes examined dont re mamber maniber the exact time I 1 saw sir mr crocker my decol lection is about 5 0 clock brooks reside at malad idu ida was presbyterian minister at evanston irom from may 1894 to amny 1893 remember booths booth ii dealu of january uary I 1 was home preparing berr iloa for next day mrs hitchings went down town lonn about 6 5 and returned in about 20 minutes 3 I 1 wag juat lighting tile the lamp as ai it was get git bog dark J G fiero ficro recalled saw booth about 5 n him u arly as I 1 was looking fr for him ou on some business mrs L saw cocker go 0 into the barn bara oclo attic bol boi boin half 0 the door wag and lie he down and went in think lie ile lial hal a gray suit sail ou I 1 am not as aa to tha th time it was about 15 ini nates afir the man with the a 8 raw left halt half an hour after I 1 lit the lamp I 1 1 lit tile the ls lamp mp at 6 ec loik k WEDNESDAY the file greater portion of oe tha time todi today y was consumed in reading frow floii we of jf the previous trial the of crocker Cr oeler in his hia own bebak in his testimony lie he gives a detail detailer ej statement of ins his movements on th thi evening 0 the murder atthe at the timo time the prosecution tilt the murder was committed cromer crocker tes ined lie he was at home tha th while awaiting supper ile he thoe witnesses who ts tind d to seeing arcing him enter the barn between 5 and 6 follain following Fol lOHing tile of 0 crock crockard Crocks rd the testimony of mr in ani I 1 INI mrs rr george murphy was t iken botn baw crocker the evening at al the murder walkin ing toward the barn ut at till ky Y kt at 1040 judge corn opened the case for Jolenda mt lie he said the de defelic fEric would prove that we the prisoner was wag a man ot of a quie tand peaceable peace aole ais clis position that while the relations between ile two men were strained ct they athly were not enemies lt Kg arding garding tile ilia clothing worn by the prisoner on the JAV day ot of the murder wo we wll bring tho clothing into court tor for the ins inspection petion ot of the jury this thia ever everyday vday dark suii buit wu we will Ind it by a number ot of witnesses as the clothing worn at that time wo will further show that it is untrue that ha b did not wear it afterwards we will show further farther that the barn was an open and public place placa w anere biere anyone could go in and out and that mr baith had the reputation of carrying considerable money making it a temp temptation to robbery mary small for the defence testified t 10 seeing two men imen near thu the barn about half past pact ten on the night of the murder charles small test testified fied to seeing t tho no two men orty forty five minutes later walter webster frank cook fred voight john A B ackwith ck with frank M foote and johanna Johi inna were other witnesses examined forthe for the defence dete oce FRIDAY ellen morgans jn took tha hi aland al and and testified know sirs Ilitch ings hear I 1 her bay ahe sawar saw mr go into be barn and that was wao all she knew about it she eho also said it awful I 1 guess I 1 was the last to isle big booth alivo alive I 1 saw him going to the barn as n I 1 was coming hum down town cross examined at sime length as to lo testimony on oil former trial mrs mra vell uell If saw crocker at the theatter on tho abo evening K of oe t the h he did not appear uneasy seemed to enjoy himself A A 11 saw crocker at the theatre lie he appeared to be en enjoying himself daniel roside reside in rich co utah foreman of the booan crocker estate for eight know every day suit of 0 claths cloths mr wearing in the file winter of 1894 1 and 1895 saw it once positively alter tha murder witness is shown suit this is the suit I 1 saw crocker wear as his every day suit I 1 saw him wear it just before an and d after mr booth win wai killed witness was ivas shown bolt this looks like the bolt I 1 drove out of the llie door with a pick mr booth and sir mr crocker were not very ri endly or sociable samuel dicky was tile the next witness e examined xa mined lie lia identified the gray grav suit ot of clothes which were shown hini him as being tile the same worn by mr cromer crocker defendants reputation for peace and quietude was good prior to the tha of january 1896 chas 11 II priest testified to seeing tilt the body of booth in tile the barn he also identified the suit of cloths claths orn by crocker th face of tho the murdered man mail had several punctured wands tile tho skull was wae bri ken open and the brains were oozing out nasin he barn thirty minutes I 1 never heard booth and crocker quarrel in my lily life court adjourned until Mon ilay day MONDAY nearly six is hours nere occupied today li likening to the tho the defendant three hours were occupied by tile the cros nation which chicki was not com mr crocker gave in detail all of liis his actions on oil the afternoon of july the day of the murder said raid his lust visit to the barn where booth was last seen to enter cuter alive at was at lie he then lie ile ailed of booths bo ly its iti general app appearance appear earence enco caused him to ex laim claim that lie he had heen robbed and ill bourd u rd red explained that he bp stopped wearing th tha ray suit it was wag accas tomed wear p or t toe tile murder because lie he expected visitors irom og len lie he wore it mice afier the murder lie further testified bifi d that lie had no animosity against mr booth they had never quarreled rele I 1 tile the death of booth was detrimental ti ta his bi bains ins int tests I 1 hail had nothing notilia wh to do viti ith sir mr booths d dath ath 1 I know no liing of the way or by whom ile he was waa kil el ed I 1 first know knew lie ho was dead when mrs booth told mn me TUESDAY ALY salt anke tribune crois examination of crocker continued this morning mora ng lie he adhered very iose dosi ly to the h fiory told hy him on direct examination amIna tiou tile the strongest point brought out by bv tile the pr seen tion wis was crockers brockers Cr reit era frd te simony ony that lie he was at home le ea adini dini tile paper and waiting lor for supper from to 6 enich is the time the murder was committed when the testimony of if five or ax winess 8 s for ane pr se cution bowed lie was in i lie ilie neighborhood of tile the barn between an anil 6 01 clock nd the teet mony of two witnesses who saw him ent enter erthe the barn about chit time IN win C N J obrien and sirs mrs grice grace gr ice butler r of the defendant tt tile testimony lor for the defence clo closed ed bolay tolay to lay E i idec id acin in rebuttal was introduced by tn tim prosecute prose cut on at the afternoon s ss on oil it 11 J gorman wm lander john jolin an I 1 jos ph 13 cashin all ali prominent business illen of evans on testified tied that th hi on oi 01 croel r tor for peace icaco and quietude was not good prior to the ninerd r W V 11 roth 11 G drew and austin sloan eestill d unit that tile suit of clothes produce I 1 in c curt urt ty by the de nee ence was nut not tilt suit worn hy by crork Croc r aror to tile murder us claimed by the defence |