The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-03-10

stop pay place sf,cr met Mr.. Shaw till l
rot thoAc; went pretty fast
SCross, era~i4sd Did not hear any Of
se0sersa,ioa detsiled her by Geo. o. B.
knstts; -adona recollect Of seeing him.
there.
Wtsam Sprdgas Sea-Live miles
from F's; passed F. Oct 10; my son, and
me we're going to Bates for a windmill,
with horse aud sled, + passed along
and took an axe from under the fence cor
ner; he looked at it, turued it over, and
passed ON; don't know that he turned it
over more thm once; acquainted with e
8 years; he didn't speak; my son Was be-
fore me.
~ Cross. s.eraaiueds-- "A looked dark; F.
stepped last; helouked unusual, l was as
or 80 steps from him; hc was putting up
u bar ON the left Of the road. Went as
fast ASH eonid with ahorses and sled, but
he gained Oh me; he took the axe from un-
der 4th or 9th panael Of fence in the lane;
think it is 10, or 4 2. panpel Of fence from
the lane to top of hill. +. crossed over
the read and took the az from under the
fence. My son might have been SO yards
ahead Of me swhengI got to top of hill;
can't say positive; FlOoked at ak when
irstrtook it out; his face was from me-
Don't know what made ak look dark.
DON'T recoileet OF seeing David Greenlee
and Campbell thatsmoTning; never passed
with that horse end sled before or sitter
that. nFtsecmed in hurry, and thought
strange of5his not speaking TO me. Ss This
circumstance, passed from my mind until
4th Nov lKnow 1T was j 9th s0et.sI saw
him, because; ;l8lhwasimy birthdays Was
Anskisg seornh Nov s4,h, band the . fact
Of seeing f. etiatday came on me all Of q
sudden like, shock; SO much so as to
make me tremhle; ! quit hssking and
went in the house andsasked my son who
he saw that day; also told Squire White
Qaestisa.--Did you have any dream about
this matter? srtYes,I dreamed Ilsas l. A.
dressed in white; she seemed as if going
nn errand;i 4 Was about asking here some
! questions when nthei chickens near ahc
house, made a.fuss, and / woke up.s When
went to Bates bad colt hitchedte sled
Ind. went pretty fast cart tell lthe hour
we got there;noL more than an lhour utter
| Daylight when w got TO Bates. Didn't
go that way again that day Il rained
before Daylight, on the l9ihwguin through
4 the dayaanu hardat aightad ,diiafS sas'i-
! Wm .Spragase Jr.7-.H as with father after
lwindmiil; 4. was near mouth of lane, but
as if going from bars; ;loOked backaud saw
him with something on his shoulder; saw
/ father coming down Che little hillsome, 6
yards from me-. { l., went,in the. mouth OF
lane and come out again with something
sEon his shoulder. lss 4 tisgasa g..xeSss -
4 lsGsoss.erpained ri turned off main
road along. by Thos, HoweA's and come
i lintosit, again past CampbelPs; met Green
q lee between Rossell's and Foreman's; il
! wasn't Q o'clock; might have been near
I8, aotsoyer; Grst noticed father in sight
when was at mouth of Bates Lane, he
was coming down the hill; he was 4 OF
5 pannels of fence from f. f. was few
steps AWAY from barscoming towards me;
didn't look back again. till L was on toy
of knob in Bates lane; don't know how
4 far father and F.lwere apart. q F. had
nothing en- bis shoulder whenI first saw
him; he had: something when he came
: out of lane; couldn't see him all the tim,
: hewass in the LANE; was about IL pan
a nels of fence FROM me to r. Conld Sc,
8 father when was standing on the knot
in lane. Not-a great turn in the mali
, road at mouth OF Bates lane.s, A maj
standing on knob eonlda't see a man al
|, the time in the. lane. l didn't lool
/, to see whether could see +. all the time o
!, . Evidence for the Defence. ''s
al 9g9Hf befsS3 ~ 81 ]ANfsE 0Sz4W SRig -
!. IS Sarsfeld Clark, John .Ollom,1 Esq.
e James Thompson, John Gifiu, Andre'
II Spears, Daniel lSteeurod, Stephen j
J. Francis, Dr. j. Clark, James Farrier DR.
0 j. d OaConnor, David Greenlee, Ephrair
4 Weston, James Campbell,s DR.. Foremal
Jesophus Foreman and. James Adams
!, Sen., all testified tto~the excellent charac
|: ter Of George W Foreman, and as to hi
J being n peaceable, law-abiding citizen
Il ,nr n "a, G,{Jnz1nor--At tho TINA. 4 h