The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1849-08-07
WHOLE NO. 1856.

house. told him he was behind the
house getting oats TO feed his horse. Ar
thur went TO hiti behind the house and
was there but little BIT, and George
and Arthur came back through the porch
and fed the horse; what conversation
was between them till went down to
the store did not know. ThehI went
to the store and asked Arthur what was
going on? He answered, "No,hing.v
Well, says l, "What the d--l do YOU
know?" Then he answered, 81 thought
! would come here and buy me pair Of
pantaloons, but I've got two pair" Says
i "That's right" George then was
standing up by the counter, i asked
George. "Whal's the matler?" "Noth-
says he. "What's upfn "Noih-
ing" "What the d. do you know2'i
Then he turned from me and walked
towards the door, and said, "By God!
there'll be blood spilled before nightl''
George was full of life as he always was
until Arthur. came, then he appeared
downhearted.
Cross Eramined.- Game TO my house
alter IL, il was not quite IL. He came
generally before that, between three and
four o'clock. Did not see them leave
the store OF see them leave town.
| EDWARD GREEN, Sworn.--Geoipe and
Arthur came to our house and ground d
knife and an axe. believe they came
from George Busick's house; they were
over half an hour. They whet the
knife on hone or strap; tried 10 cut
hair and. couldn't twice, and tried tha
third time and cut il; The knife had
bone handle. They ground the axe
about 8 minutes. They were over half
an hour there. They were over an hour
or near an hour. II was an hour before
Mr.. Hamilton was killed. They were
talking, but did not hear what they said.
Their house is but an hundred yards
from ours.
Cross Eramined--l was about 20
feet from George Busick when he was
grinding that axe. was sitting on the
porch, at The time. 1t was after q
O'Clock. said 30 feet when examined
at Pendleton, but | mispoke n,yself--
Nobody told me about the distance. l
vent and looked myself / can see the
top of the house, (Mrs. Busick's.) They
went to Arthur's house. Can see down
on Mrs. Busck's house TO the window.
never counted the panes of glass; can't
sit on our porch and see men down AZ
Mrs. Busick's. 1 was not on the porch
when they first came. was in the road
ard had been fishing; live on road tow.
ards Gilboa; go along corn field to turn.
! think they went back to their house,
! think they were over half an hour
grinding axe-ihey tried twice-I saw
the hair cut-they got the hone out Of
their pocket--ihe reason know they
cut the hair was because they tried be-.
fore and then boned afterwards, but the
last time they tried they shut the knife
and put the hone in their pocket-Ar-
thur turned the grind stone and George
held; they didn't rut the axe on the hone
1t was a jack-knife they had. They
talked middling low;I could hear them
talk--could not tell what they said--the
axe belonged to one Of them, but /
cannot tell which it was; they brought
the axe from Mrs. Busick's; think il was
the same axe that was afterwards brought
BY james to fathers to be upset. The
knife had Ielddling long blade, over
three inches long and came TO point.
blade had a point before it was ground,
They ground the axe and knife together
pretty nearly an hour--my sister was
getting my supper--doh't recollcct which
one carried the axe--I saw them coming
from Georges to old lady's--there was
a point 10 the knife when they com.
menced--a sharp point my folks were
gone, all but my sister John Viers told
me to swear what | had said before and
10 tell the truth, and not be afraid, and
nothing elsc. George Busick is about
five feet high-l do not know wha, kind
Of clothes he had on.
GELlNA GREEN, Sworu.--Arthur Bu.
sick and George Busick came vto our
house to grind their axe; | think il was 4
half an hour before the murder Of Ham
ilton. | saw them enter the gate and al.
terwards went TO see if they were gone.
and they were, ! don't know when
they left,
Cross Eramined.--I knew Arthur Bu.
sick; | had never seen George Busick;
! went through the house 10 the porch
and asked my brother, he was on The
back porch, who they were; he said il
was Arthur and George Busick. We can
sec down in that way; can see the house
pf Mrs. Busick; it is lower down there
han il is at our house. | did not notice
IN axe--did not see them grind--do not
'ecollect George Busick; he was pretty
hlcb set man; he was not very tail
nan; not over six feet; his hair was /
hink dark.
ELUM DAY, Sworn.-On Thursday or
Friday preceding the murder Of Hamil.
ion, | stepped into Wallis store; when
came in Arthur was disctursinc with nv