MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. fEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. .TUNE 9, 1937.
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FIELDS ON STAND;
TELLS OF THREAT
DEFORMING
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room at the time of the shooting were
hi wife, Mow. he himself and "Httle
Bobble" who otherwise was not
Identified. The four tons who testi
fied against him were on the back
porch, he stated. Three of the boys
had testified they were In the room
at the time.
At the conclusion of Fields' direct
testimony a recess was taken. Cross
- examination of Fields started after
the recess.
. Defense counsel Informed the court
this morning that the case probably
could not be concluded until tomor
row. Judge Norton replied that the
trial could be completed today easily
it the attorneys did not bring out so
many Irrelevant matters.
Tells Family Life
Before testifying to the actual
1 shooting. Fields told of his family
life, Mow's visits to his home end
r.umerous threats he said Mow had
made against him. Re described an
attack he said Mow mads upon him
cuce when he went to bis home, then
In Ashland, and found Mow and Mrs.
Fields sitting together. Fields said
he suffered a broken rib, .
Fields stated that he protested
Mow's visits to his home and warned
Mm 10 or 18 times to stay away.
The defendant said he was a little
more than 65 years old. Mow. he
stated, was about six feet tall, weigh
ed between 200 and 23S pounds and
was between 35 and 40 years old.
TweHs witnesses testified for the
defendant yesterday afternoon, In
cluding a son of Felds, a daughter
by a former marriage, a son-in-law
and a daughter-in-law. Four of
Fields' young sons havs testified
sgalnst htm. , ;
Police Head Warned
Police Chief Charles P. Talent of
Ashland told of threats hs said he
hard Mow make against Fields' life.
H" said he had refused to deliver to
Mow a rifle that Ashlsnd police had
taken from the Fields' home, then In
Ashland, Indicating that he feared
Mow might be tempted -to use It
against Fields. Talent declared con
siderable trouble was brewing In 'the
Fields' household at the time . and
said for this he blamed Mrs. Fields
more than anyone else.
Talent related that he advised Mow
to go bsck to work at Crater lake
and to stay away from Mrs. Fields.
Mow at first contended there was
nothing serious between him and the
woman whereupon he was confronted
with a letter he had written to Mrs.
Fields, the letter having been Inter
cepted by Fields snd delivered to
Talent, the police chief stated, . '
Planned Elopement
Mow finally admitted be had writ
ten the letter and then promised to
go back to Crater lake, Talent ssld.
The letter, admitted as evidence, told
Mrs. Fields to be prepared to go back
to Crater Lake with Mow the next
time he came to Ashland. In the
note Mow referred to the woman as
"honey." A bit of business relating
to the division of a small amount of
money Mow had enclosed was com
bined with tho elopement plsn.
Not long later Talent received a
letter from Mow, then at Crater Lake,
the chief testified. Among other
tilings, ths letter asked Talent to col
lect $5 which Mow said Fields owed
him for wood. If he did not get the
money. Mow wrote, the would "take
t out of the o'ld man's ' hide," the
letter stated.
Clint Baughman, Ashlsnd tire chief,
told of a conversation he had with
Mr and Mrs. Don Silver of Orland.
Calif., Fields' son-in-law and daugh
ter by a former marriage, and Delmar
Fields, the defendant's 17-year-old
son. Delmar was then In the CCC
and threatening to quit, Baughman
said.
The fire chief testified thst he and
the others advised Delmar to remain
lc the CCO but the youth hsd replied
tnat be did not propose to have 95
percent of bis CCC pay turned over to
his mother "because of the life she
was leading and keeping Mow." Del
mar denied he had ever made any
such statement when he testified
against his father. Mr. and- Mrs.
Silver corroborated Chief Baughman
regarding the conversation.
Lawrence Smith of Eagle Point told
of an attack he said Mow made upon
Fields when he drove the lstter one
day last fall to hla Ashland home.
Mow being there upon their arrival.
Others testified about seeing Mow
and Mrs. Fields together several times.
Overnight Visits Told
Ernest Fields, the defendsnt's 27-year-old
son. snd his wife, Msrgsret,
testified to Mow's visits to the Fields
home in Jacksonville, saying that
when he stayed over night Mow occu
pied Mrs. Fields' bedroom which con
tained "only one bed."
Juanita Silver. Fields' daughter by
a former marriage, and ber husband
Don told of taking Fields to their
Orland home last fall to get him
away from his domestic troubles.
They brought him back to Jackson
ville last Christmss time ss he want-
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ed to see his family, they testified.
Mr. and Mr. Silver both stated
that a few moments after Fields, l astl
Christmas, entered the Jacksonville
home to get a blanket to take to
camp where he was going to work, he
came out the front door backwards,
with Mow following and threatening
to kill htm. , -
Mrs. Ernest Fields, who Uvea with
her husband In Bonanza, stated that
one week-end when she arrived late
at night at the Fields' Jacksonville
home she found Mow occupying the
bedroom with Mrs. Fields. She testi
fied that Mrs. Fields spent Del mar's
CCO wages largely on herself and
Mow.
When one of the first balloons
landed In Qonesse, France, In 1783,
the superstitious villagers shot It and
stabbed It with pitchforks.
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50 YEAR
J'VILLE
LODGE REWARDED
Warren lodge No. 10, A. F. & A M.
of Jacksonville, will celebrate its 62nd
anniversary tonight in the Masonic
hall in that town, with dinner being
served at 6:30 by the ladles of the
Eastern mar.
Col. Robert A. Miller. Ben Beekman
and A. H. Meagley, all of Portland,
will be presented 60-year buttons
for having been members of the lodge
for that length of time. The badges
will be presented by R. W. McNeil
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this district.
All these old Jacksonville residents
have received high honors in Masonry.
Miller and Beekman are 33rd degree
Masons. Col. Miller is the first
grand patron of the Order of the
Eastern Star In Oregon.
It la considered An unusual event
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Ben Beekman Is the son of C. C.
Beekman. pioneer banker of Jackson
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Jacksonville when he was six weeks
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claims there.
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Esterly mine. He is at present en
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administrator about July 1.
morning. Funeral services are la
charge of Perl'a Funeral some.
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Obituary
. Mary E. nomlewj ns.
Mary Elizabeth Boudewyns died at
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