The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1859-05-04

) inc house was occupledl ] said no; he askf
: me who The house belonged 10; told Nh
) colvred man named John GRAY, and Il
; lived somewhere on Capitol Hill. and III,
: colored people could give him all the info
lnalion.
! NJ. Drady showed 70 the jury the lock q
the door cf the designation house which wn
! fitted by one Of The keys found in the peck
ets Of The decea sed.
Policeman Mann was called and testified
have been In house No. 3S3 Fifteenll
street; wns in il on the Monday followin;
Mr.. key's death; lawyers Magruder an,
kaiclifie were with me; found there
shaSl, pair Of gloves, a comb. ard some
cigarettes. found the shawl on ihe bed ii
The front room. THE witness here idenli
fed the shawl produced n court, as the one
found 10 The room There were two rooms
~ the second story; saw bed and bed
Ding IN tie back room, also bureau, q
wasbsfand, and some soled towels; the bed
was not made, the bed N the front room was
not made; | got into the fouse Tie back
way through The window; Mr.. RaicIffe and
Mr. Magruder went ia at The front door;
opened il with the side door key; colored
woman raised the winJow; | left tie house
The way came.
Dsa'I RatcIItfs, one OF The counsel for the
defen ce, stated the Necessity OF ascertain
ing the truth aud Mr.. Magruder and myself
X slved 20 60 to the house in fifteenth sts ;
| got man 10 90 along; g;Po.iceman Man was
selected 70 accompany us; we found the bed
in con'usoD,and shaw on it that.we thought,
belonged 10 Key; saw some cigarettes, .
comb, and pair Ut gloves; Mr. Mann TOOK
them all.
John N Seeley was recalled Nv at
tention was first called to the visits OF Kr,
md Mrs. Sickles 10 the house, sometime
last Jaruary; have seen them there mauy
times; | did not notice shawl on him; the
first time saw them, Key unlocked The door
and let Mrs. SickIes in; they walked there;
the door was shut alter they got in, seeing
tha watched for them; this was ou We'd
nesdsy the l2th b. February, say at about
10 o'ci.ck; they passed before me; they
went 10 the door, unlocked II and went IN;
Mrs. Sickles threw up her veil aud looked a
me; had known Key for long time;
saw them afterwards come ou', but separ
aiey, with an interval Of five minutes; Key
passed down the street and che went TO-
wards her home, in nm opposite direction;
next saw them on Sunday, the 2Uth day Of
February, about o'clock; Key went alone
% The front door; there was no lndy with
iim; | went into INV house and looked out o.
he window; I saw Ms. SickIes came along
The alley and 20 in the buck way; Key mel
her in the yard; they went in, am
certain, and remained there some time; MIR.
,icklss went out the back way ns she had
tone IN; did not see Key 60 out; Wednes-
ay February 23i; was The last time saw
lrs. Sckes 70 into the hack gate, abou, !
clock in the afternoon; did not see Key
I al that day; never saw any visitors At
he house except Key and Mrs. Sickles; |
rent saw Mrs Sickles about eight days after
ne death u Key, and Identified her as the
erson whom had seen 20 10 the house.
To Mr. Oud-I had seen Mrs. Sckles (,
| times in other sections Of the city, and
new her general appearance -- her dress
nd her figure. The walking about the
ouse was often extremely nucdy.
Mrs Seecy, wife Of the witness, was cal n
d and corroborated his statements Mrs I
ickles appeared excited Al the time ] saw
er. On "Wednesday snw no one enter :
,e house except Mr.. Key and Mrs. Sickle-. !
told NJ =. Hart wanted to see Mrs. Sick
8. When saw her asked her II che was !
u The same person ! had seen, on the
'ednesday previous, in the alley. She said !,
'e was. Mrs Sickles recog nixed my daugh- I
=, and asked her II she wss not looking !.
i Of the window on the alley at her on !
'ednesday. =
Hon. John II. TIaskin was called and tes- !,
fed. visited Mrs. Sickles Ia April 1853 \
her own house. Mr. SckIes had asked
Q to see II she wanted anything while he
as gone. called abruptly as | was going 4
Georgetown with my family. rushed
without knocking-I saw Mr.. Key and !
rs. Sickles seated ia the laboratory a,a !,
und table with a bowl Of ssIad aud some A
inc. They were eating and drinking. lib
Tor my abrupt entrance and went K
i soon. Mrs. Sickles was flushed. Mrs. i
askin said 10 me ,--" Mrs. Sickles Is bad n
oman" 4,
The Court then adjourned until to-mor. j
W. Ii
WASHINGTON, April ID. Il
Judge Crawford took his seat on the bench y
1920 o'clock, aud after an interval o. y
vcral minutes wasted In complete silence, y
ckles came In accompanied by the iailor p
ID officers. p
Tho Judges decision yesterday admitting .
ia encc took all by surprise. mis- deci. y
,n hardly covers the admission Of rebutting 2.
idence. The defence will be through to- 4
prrow, and The trial will probably be over Y
is day week. Two counsel sum UP on 2, 2,
Oh side. No charge from the Judge 10
n. n,atxtrt VI