The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-04-19

Mr.. Brady showed the lock of the door of
the designation house to the jury, which
was fitted by one of the keys found i'm the
pockets of the deceased.
Policeman Mann was called and testified
| have been in the house No. 3S3, 18th
rect was in it on the Monday follow
ing Mr.. Keys death; lawyers Magruder
and Ratclif was with me; | founn there a
shawl and a pair of gloves; comb and
some cigarettes; found the shawl on the
! 81 in the front room. The witness here
identified the shawl produced in Court as
the one found in the room. There were
two rooms in the second story; saw bed
and bedding in the back room; also, bu-
rean, wash stand, and some toilet towels;
the bed wa: :not:sm = the bed in the front
room was not made; got into the house
the back way-through the window; Mr..
Ratclif and Mr.. Magruder went in at the
front door; | opened it with side door
key; colored man raised the window;
left the house the way came.
Daniel Ratcliff, one of the counsel for the
defense, stated: Knowing the necessity of
ascertaing the truth, Mr.. Magrnder and my
selfresolved on going to the house on 18th
street; got man 10 go along; policeman
Mann accompanied us; we found the bed in
confusion and shawl on it that we thought
belonged to Key; Saw some cigarettes, a
comb, and pair of gloves; Mr.. Mann took
| them all.
John NJ. Seeiey was recalled. Ny atten-
| ton was first called TO the visits of Key
and Mrs. Sickles to the house, sometime
last Janurry; have seen them there many
times. dot notice shawl on him the first
time | saw them. Key unlocked the door
and let Mrs. Sickles in. They walked there
| The door was shut after they got in, seeing
that watched for them. This was on Sat
urday, the / 9th of February. about O clock.
They passed pefore me. They went TO the
door, unlocked it and went in. Mrs. Sickles
threw up her veil and looked at me. had
known Key for long time saw them at
forwards come out, but separately with an
intervalof five minutes Key passed down
street, and she went towards her home in an
opposite direction.
! next saw them on Sunday, the goth OF
February, about 10 o'clock; Key went
alone to the front door there was no lady
with him; went into my house and looked
out Of the windows; saw Mrs. Sickles
come along the alley and GO in the back
way; Key met her in the yard and they
went in, | am certain, and remained there
some time; Mrs. Sickles went out the back
way as she had gone in. did not see Key
60 out. Wednesday, February Odd, was the
last time / saw Mrs. Sickles
She then went in at the back gate about
3 o'cloce in the afternoon. | did not see
Key at all that day. never saw any visi-
tors at the house except Key and Mrs.
Sickles about the eighth day after the death
of Key. and identified her as the person |
had seen 60 to the house. | had seen Mrs.
Sickles at times in other sections of the s.city
aud knew her general appearance-her
dress and her figure. The waking about
the house was often extremely muddy.
Mrs. Seeley, the wife of the previous wit
hess, was called, and corroborated his state
ments. Mrs. Sickles appeared excited at the
time saw her on Wednesday. ] saw no
one enter the house except Mr.. Key and
Mrs. 5 -kles. told Mr.. Hart, wanted to
see Mrs. Sickles. When saw her. asked
her If she was not the same person I had
seen on the Wednesday previous in the alley
She said she was. Mrs. Sickles recognized
my daughter and asked her if she was not
looking out of the window, in the alley, AT
her ON "Wednesday. ..
!, The Hon John Il. Haskin was called and
testified. visited Mrs. Sickles in April
1853 at her own house. Mr.. Sickles had
asked me 10 see If Mrs. Sickles wanted ant
thing While lie. was gone i called abrnptls
"a was goiug to Georgetown with my fam
| ily. ] went in without knocking. saw
Kew and Mrs Sickles seated in the library
at a round table with bowl of salad aud
some wine They were eating and drink
ing. |, apoloeized for my abrupt entrance
and went out soon. Mrs. Sickles was flush.
ell. Mrs, Haskin said TO me. Mrs Sickles j.
b bad woman
The court here adjourned till tomorrow