Show OF A REVOLTING CRIME COMMITTED IN 1903 annanda en the witness against her father in district court at about quarter after eleven this forenoon district attorney anil attorney hende the defendant had completed their examination oe jurors and a jury was empanelled empanel led la the case 0 J H winslow jr charged with he crime of incest alleged to have been committed upon his little claven year old daughter amanda on the night of october 1903 the first witness to take the stand was amanda winslow now 13 sears of age she testified that in about two weeks after her mother had been confined one night after supper her father helped her 0 o put away the dishes after tills had been done father and daughter vent to bed in the same room the mother was sleeping in another room the little girl claimed that her father persuaded her to go to his bed and sleep with him and that she did as he requested it was then she claimed that the crime was committed amanda said that as soon as her father dozed oft to sleep she got up out of bed and went into her mammas bed room and told her ahat had oc cuned the mother jumped out 0 bed and running into the other bedroom demanded what her husband had done at first according to the little girls story lie denied his guilt but finally admitted that he had abused her and getting down on his knees he pleaded alth his difo for her but she said you are past forgiveness and ordered him to leave the place he stayed around for borne time but finally went away eer since the time of the alleged crime the little girl has been exceedingly nervous and in court this rooming it wa impossible to get her to testify until everybody except those directly in the trial of the case was excluded from the loom at the afternoon session she was again put upon the stand and in re to questions by district atto ney told of a conversation between her lacher and mother alleged to have taken place at five point amanda said that her father told her mother that he had the money ready for her it she would go down to the cobit house and testify that there was not anything in the story told by the little girl this the mother to do by this time the strain of questioning was beginning to tell upon little amanda and it was with diall culty that she could be gotten to answer at all when attorney Att oraey son commenced to crogg examine amanda broke down and sobbed as her heart would break she continued to sob despite the efforts of the attorneys to quiet her and the mother who was an interested listener suddenly exclaimed im noi going to hae my girl abused but district attorney halver ron persuaded lier tant no one was trying to abigie amanda and that it was necessary tt question her on certain points to ascertain it her story was without flaw when li was perceived that until the little girl got over her apelt it would bo impossible to go on with the a 01 five minutes aia taken abo cross examination of amanda winslow is being continued as alio standard goes to pi ess it has hamed al times ai 1 the winslow case would neer come to trial the farat hearing of the case was postponed because of ane death of the defendants mother it as sot for december of last year but at that time district attorney Kal verRon wa wai i at lila home aej hui was unable to tho MC SCAN THE SCAN THE WANT ADS acan THE WANT ada |