Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-06-26
BURLINGTON HAWK-EYE.

uTe, ulu UOt uledsu'c TUG Track In Nau. |
VOC; saw his tracks in West Point:
think them the same. There are no
public roads near Miller's house; it is in
the woods. the place where first found
these tracks was the road from lower
crossing of Devil creek. where the road
from upper crossing came in.
Cross Examined Almost sun rise
left Miller's, made inquiry for all
strangers in the neighborhood, went
first in an eastern direction, crossed at
lower crossing at Devil creek; went on
till | came to road from upper crossing
and found the tracks: | measured the
track when | started--measured it sew
eral times after started; did not meas
ure the track in Nauvoo: nor the track in
West Point; the family at Leise's told
me one was a small man and two large
ones.
Peter M.mjar.-I have known the
prisoners now on trial, and also Thorn
as Brown; he is about feet. 9 inches
high. brown hair, has had the small
pox, tolerably large mouth and very
thick lips; .olerabIy well built; not very
thick set, think his face is rather .l,in
down his cheeks, between 10 or -;
(clo,h cap shown witness, | think this
is the cap William Hodges used to wear;
his brother, younger than either of these
used To wear it; last saw William with
this cap 2 or 3 weeks before the muir
der: il had no fore peice.
Cross Eramiaei.-I lived in Maui
VOC for five or six years, the prisoners
have lived around there or I years
knew them in Missouri; knew the
cap by the fur around it and It's having
no fnrepieee; las Hodges, when he
wen; TO School and wore this cap) and
myself, changed caps one afternoon last
winter; | last saw Wm. wear 1t, per
haps hhree weeks or month before the
murder was committed. | saw William
at the Stone house III Nauvoo, was
there and shook hands with him. he
had this cap on; don't know the are
of James Hodges; we went to school
together, two winters; did not say at
Nauvoo tina, had seen several caps
like ibis, that could not tell apart; did
not saw at Nauvoo that Williams cap
had forepiece. have known James
Hodges four years, don't swear 10 his
age.
Thomas 9fuJr. - On Saturday,
10Th May last, was on this side the
river near Po,ler's field, moving grass
on the slough above Montrose; about 2
or 3 o'clock in the afternoon, prisoners
passed in skiif, Stephen was sitting
in the stern. Wan. was in the bnw, and
another man was rowing, the third one
was in graylsh coat with long black
hair. though, it was Thomas Brown.
but would not swear to il positively, as
did not see his face: did not notice his
cap.I have known Wm.& Seph. IIndg.
es two or three years in Niuvoo since
| came from Missouri: Stephen Hodges
asked if there was any chance for ducks
up the slough: told him | thought
there was, they were in skiif, where
! saw them was abou, two miles from
| Nauvoo, saw no guns in the skitf they
were about fifty yards from me, think
! VIM. had on such cap as this; II re.
sembles the cap have seen him wear.
it had no iorepiece.
Cross Eraminei-IIave seen VIM.
wear this cap about six months ago.
several times, that | can. state particu-
larly: | noticed VIM. as he passed in
The skin, lie was sitting in the bow high
up and looked like Monkey with a
cap on: know VIM. Hodges has been
down the river, don'l know how long,
| have seen him since he returned al
meeting. about The fore part of Spring;
when we boated wood together last fall
VIM. Il. Clubhouse was with us an.
Mahlon Johnson, we boa,ed from Cas-
toes Island four miles this side the city
down the river, employed VIM. tt
work in boating wood for Morrison
who was to pay him, Morrison lives II
Nauvoo, think i, was late in Summer
i, was not early in the Summer, | die
no, notice tina. the cap was torn any
this boating was when snakes were II
the wood. man tried to throw one OF
VIM. Hodges.
DR. Holmes, recaIled.-l was at Nil
ler's that morning about 3 o'clock. da,
broke before got there. noticed blco
near the door. also saw a drop of bloo
on the sill Of the gate, there was bloo
out door. on the east of the house; fol
4 lowed tracks out of the yard INTO III
curuheld south Of the house: saw III
same tracks coming up towards th
hnuse, aboul J rod from the other track.
sometimes though; saw four tracks o
theroute coming up, came 10 q bare
foot horse track with the other track
near the fence about 80 or 300 yard
south east from the house leading I
the creek near the mill, this was as "a
as ! followed the tracks, returned 10 III
house to attend to l.eisi, aiterward
showed the tracks to Riser.
Mrs. INiNer's tesiimony.-.4. y
Carpenter. H. H. Salmon aud a. /
Bruning smorn as interpreter's.-M
husbands name was John Miller. O
the night of the tenth Of May last tire
men came into our house. | took hol
of my husband to awaken him, befor
he was awake one of the men siruc
him, | saw man at Lesis bed and a,
other standing in the middle of the roo,