The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-06-11

thIs town, some time between the Il and IO,h Of
last August. Don't know that | karw Daniel
hley. Don't Know that ever saw him m nv
NE iheie was man pointed cat to me in the
street mere IN O,tawa, un the ?Uth ~ II dav uf
August ton Friday or Saturday, hy Geoise Gates
al the tine he was pointed ont to me Gate, re-.
marked mat that man WAS an Engli>hhiaU who
lived On Mud Creek aud he had a pils Of money
and that he could De- raked down. Think hat
was the expression exactly Gates and | were
setting Ia iront Of Oimstesds Bowling SalOun On
the street that goes up from the American House
TO the UnlcA House. Don't know the nam. Of the
street. Saloon was % tho wrsl side Of the street,
neatly opposite Goodiugs sadder ,hop. The
rngII'hman was passing at that tipe across The
street near the saddler shop-thipk he was going
IN direction OF the Alley that was betueen Hin
mans barn and Cooley building Think he went
INTO the alley. Think there is not more ,i,sn oue
building between the saddler shop aud nurr.lls
lewelry shop. was in company with George
Gates, most OF the time from .ia, time until next
( Monday morning. Never saw the Eng,bman u {
trrwards, to my knoSledge at least not until I
saw hlm at the inquest. On Monday George
Gates went across the river Mex, saw him al
/ Nr. Lo7rless at Richmond a little NJ hove Pontiac
II was on Friday The 9Th day Of August. at 9
I o'clock A. NJ. When first saw him wa. in nv
owl room looking out Of the window. Saw him
passing up towards Loveless store. cam. out
and went Up to the store, met Gate, shook hand.
with him and passed the usual couplmen,s
Don't recOllcct what questions fr.t a. ks d him.
but think 1t was most probable" how long he
had stayed in South Ottawai" ! would Ike ia
explaining why asked that question On Mon.
qI"y morning Ilitle occurrence took place at the
Union House which led Gates and the Young man
WIN HIN to fear that the people Of Ottawa sus.
pecled them Of contemplating the commission oi
some robberles in town. They determined (liaies
and yankee Bill us he was ca!l.dD ogo a.ro,s the
rlver, and spend the day together With Gaze,
brother.n.law, Mr.. Turner Baldwin. learnt this
ifom Gates and yankee BIZ together At night
OF that day, they contemplated coming back and
committing robbery upon store in town. In
accordance with that arrangement Gates sepgrateJ
from Yankee Bill and me- and was to 90 sc,o,,
The river to South Ottawa | WAS to go to a livery
stable aud get horse and buggy, and Bill and |
were TO meet Gates IN South OTTAWA, where we
were all to get INTO the buggy and 90 UP to MIR
, haldwlns. Neither nor yankee Bill crossed the
, RIVER that day, at least DID not. 1h, is why |
asked tintes how long he STAYED in South Ut-
iawa. he SAID he had waited about half an hour
! asked hm why he did not come back tn Ottawa,
when Bill and did not come over according TO
/ agreenent Think his answer was that he had
! seen chance 10 make raise after he rot over
there and that he had gene of about that btsi
ue-s. Didn't state definitely what It was but
gave that as reason for not coming back. Think
. asked him if he had made the raise he said nd
/ hr had not. | left him there and went down
I home, nnl remained there | think about hal, an
hour, and then went back to the store again. It
Is my impression when got back he was in The
| store purchasing n coat Of Mr. Loveless He h,n
came out and we sat down at the end Of the porch
Of Loyeless new huuse, asked him If he was
u@sh. lie SAID he had some money. said WAS
broke and would Ike little if he h,d /, to snare
lie pulled out purse and poured out into bic
band quite humber Of pieces II gold, picked up
four Of them and gave them to me. Tie pieces
were five aud ten guilder pieces then a. ked
ham where got the money. He said Of hi~ brother
John, believe shat was all that passed between
u just gt that time. In IS or 90 minutes pruha.
bly, half an hour-not more We entered INTO con
Sersatun again. Gates asked me if rccrllected
hls having shown me an Englishman, in Ottawa
last Friday or Saturday ! told him brlirye!
not Didn't at that time have distinct rernIlsc.
ton ot H.. Ne then sad with greenish coat and
zap "n On moments r, liGctun told him did
rrcUilcct the clicun stace He then said tu ne u
] | WAS ever called upon to swear in court in re
gard to that man, lie wanted me TO sweur that !
saw him m Ottawa on Tuesday. | asked him
what his uhlectwasi He said never mind, he
would tell me some other time cons sntrd, |
would swear TO what he wanted me to. Asked
him # he had robbed man Head no. be had
not but bud followed the Engii-hman all the way
to otter Creek, and II lie had had help b. could
have robbed him. beev. that is all ihat passed
between us just then. len three pieces of IT,,
money got cf him with my wife and the Other
| Kept and brought it with me TO town Got back
To- Ottawa on Saturday. Think the body wa,
found on the following Sunday. lcsma into OF
tawa on Saturday IN company with Lovele..
George Vest ana George Gates, from Richmond
We stopped for dinner at Andrew Sprague's, on
the rond in there were two buggies and 4 wagon
One buggy was on the top of the wagon. Think
had no conversation with Gates on the road until
after dinner. After got in The buggy with Love
less and Gates got ia the wagon with West. At
some point on the road between Otter Creek aud
Coyel Creek, Loveless and West both got out and
went = few rods from the road in pursui, # =
pranie chicken. The buggy was in was ahead
aud Vests horses close up to it. Gates had irons
ON his feet While they were gone lrcmarked 10
Gates, Il lac was holding the lines ] was he could
probably get away pretty easy He said yes h.,
could aHd he'd be very apt to hold them vet be
fore he got to Ottawa Believe that was all the
conversation | had with him Gates on the road
Next place saw Gates was in the ail underIh,
Court House in Ottawa about ! | or 2 O'Clock on
Sunday night. the 29h Of August Mr. L0yeless
in company with George West ard James Mon
roe came to my bed room and woke me up. Love
less Informed me that there had been a mans
body found near Otter Creek TINT had been mur.
dered and that the suspicion was that George
Gates had committed the murder. 1hink--nm
not certain--that Loveless said that there were
circumstances which caused suspicion that John
Gates had something to do with il. LOveess and
| then went into a feom in adjoining my bed
room, and he then told the he wanted me 20 70
over to the jail and have an interview with Geo
Gates, and find oat all could concerning the
matter from hlm-and find out If could whether
there were any other persons engaged in it, TX
ccpt himself lie directed me where to NEE,
him after | got through the interview with Gates
Lnvccss then came over to the Court House with
me. We woke Wagner up who let me into the
jail at LOvcless request. ! went into Gates cell
aud woke him up Believe he was asleep. ! told
ann that there had been the bohy Of a man found
near otter Greek, and that from appearances he
had been murdered and that circumstances pointed
| % INN as the murderer That was about the tx.
| pressiun used To HIM believe | remarked
| then, | was afraid he had rot into bad scrapo
/ That was willing to do any thing could to helr
him out of 1t, il he would tell me what course Ia
! pursue would do It. He told NE NJ wan, ed
me to ee, him sheet of paper, and pen and ink
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