| Show NO CASE J C WATSON WANSON AGAIN ARRESTED BUT HE IS 18 discharged shortly af after ter 4 yesterday afternoon the flew around town that brother J C watson who has served one term in the penitentiary for living with his wives had just been arrested again upon the old charge the news was true and at about the time the warrant was washing being served officers were on their way to subpoena members of his bis family soon after his arrest the tae def defendant enfant was out ou oa the street in charge of deputy Holland lookIng for bondsmen these were found in the persons of jesse wa W fox jr and B F cam mines tr jr ano on appearing before Commiss commissioner mckay were accepted A bond in the sum of 1500 was executed to secure the defendants appearance pe arance for examination fx but what seemed a little odd was that as soon as the bond was signed bebas he avas notified not to leave the commissioners office as the examination would proceed as soon as the witnesses who were momentarily expected should arrive after a wait of half an hour the witnesses not appearing 7 in the evening was fixed upon for the hearing at that hour hoar a further continuance was taken till 1030 this morning when mr varian appeared for the prosecution and mr moyle for fen the defense mrs mra mary C watson was examined by mr varian I 1 am the wife of the defendant I 1 have ten children nine at home I 1 I 1 know ellen riley watson she is reputed to be married t to 0 my y husband she has six children childen t the e youngest about a year and a hall I 1 I 1 old my youngest child is about a year old my husband keeps a number of teams and aad a ad teamsters some of the teams stay at my house holise and some at the other houss boas my husband has lived at my iny house bouse all toe the time since lie he he was indicted before he came directly from the penitentiary to my house where I 1 received him mrs ellex watson was not there I 1 have siever never heen been in tier house nor she in defendant left prison ex ceonie ce cert once when she called at my house as a teacher the two families f no not exchange visits my husband floes does not visit at mrs ellen watsons he is a nw ight glit watchman gets home at about schlock Sc lock in the morning ile he takes 41 his bis meals at my house emeit when he eats up town he be usually riste at or lO 10 mad awl spends the day attending to bis bid ba baseness siness to mr moyle ellen watson called at my bouse in the capacity of a 8 mucious teacher mr watson was not there when she called mrs ellen watson I 1 do dg not know whether I 1 am the defendants wife or oot not I 1 thought I 1 was before lie he went to the penitentiary I 1 nave never been divorced from him my iny yo youngest voun aest child is about 14 months old witness described where she sl e lived in the sixth ward my lot does not adjoin mrs mary watsons my husband lots hris two teams stopping at my place and a teamster board me the place where I 1 live is ia roy my own my husband has come three or four times a week to ray my house to see the teamster he has never eaten a meal jn in my house bouse since he came out of prison has never spent the night there has never called on me may have spoken to me at times w hen he be has called to see the teamster about the children had no DC understanding with defendant about how bow we should live never converson converst conver sod td with him about it he became came direct ir from am prison to his first fifels cifes and has lived there since ince defendant was at m y F lionie about abour live five minutes last sunds sunday y even raa he die did not dot sit down he atme to tell nie me to rive give some direction i to the I 1 go to meeting in t he h sixth ward he be goes to meeting tb there ere also I 1 isline saie sometimes speak to him hilt but eldom I 1 have never ione gone ut iut with him uro nor in uny inam ana nerin pul with 1 h im since he came cahil at t of prison the reason wity why I 1 have liot 1106 do so BO so is he I 1 did B r ot i want bini to get inato trouble on my account as count lle allt cohues to litt my bajwa dr lour limp tito effa but always to see the teamster or to attend to the teams he has no room nor clothing at my house hoase to mr moyle my husband would generally stay 10 or 15 minutes he would direct his conversation to the teamster but would sometimes ask me about the welfare of the children did you not have a when he be came out of prison to the effect that hp he could not live with you as a wife without being in danger yes and I 1 told him that rather than have him yet get into trouble I 1 would sacrifice his bis society I 1 have bave never sat nor conversed with him in meeting I 1 believe I 1 remember my husband baying to me that he would have to live with his first wife or b be e in I 1 danger of being sent to prison again I 1 dont remember distinctly it was such auch a great trouble to me a to mr varian 1 I have never under any circumstances associated with defendant as his bis wife since he be came out of prison i I 1 do not dot expect to become a mother inside of the next three months mrs ellen burt sister to mrs airs mary C watson miss ellen watson abd aad lizzie burt aged aed about 13 12 years daughter of mrs ellen burt peter G burt and J H anderson were examined ine but ut nothing important or new W was as elicited their testimony corroborating atin that previously given after f ter the test testimony mony was all in mr varian sat mute mr moyle asked for the dischar discharge gp of the defendant as the prosecuting officer could find nothing in ia the ts testimony to ask for his being held gathering up the papers in the case the commissioner commissio ncr informed mr watson that there was not in the evl evidence evia genco ence probable cause to believe him guilty and he was therefore discharged |
