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c'''a.'y day or whether it snowed: size w:.~
crying, wien was there On Monlay; saw
! h:r then On the top OF the stair=
=; the head Of the hail, alone; ll::
| say what side Ut l4rr WAS OIL l think she wa
lsannE on e banni6tc:, and Twas by Ler side;
| hc wcnt south and she was cast Ut me; saw;
her no where rlae: She signed the decd IL my
p:csc:c &c in Tie hall, wri,in. t.c ba:,nistcr:
| dsMt know where si.c 20, Tie l'cn and ink;
| think sllo had u l'cn in h:r ha:,l when mt.
| lor; shc was crying, weeping and inlplorinS
III. 10 weep tor her; thi~ was in TIC afternoon;
think there Wis l,as burning; l remained
";'ly Il few moments, ater explaining TO her
i.le contents Of The .lc:d; waited dow: stairs;
tpnk TIA there Monday or Tuesday: don't
know which; know it was Z solemn thing;
10 Wort! WAS spok ken at the table; delivered
the decd to NJ. Bu-cl. next morning at the
ha''kns Office. after attaching my acknowlct:::
1esnt; IN Tuesday morning she was as calm
sad cool as you arc, composed; this was when
se"r ~ t., her acknowledgment 10 her co:-
lt:'siun; J. remained there unlir 4 few 1un-
E'c.7ts: don't rccollcct whether llr. Rurch
went away with me; csnt 1cll wlcthcr llct
him before dinner or not: Mr. Bnrc1 cane in
while was writing my attcstat;on and l lelt
the pnt.cr with him III his presence, and LETT
::se roo7s; whether he left the room with 1nr
TT not don't Euuw: it was the salne room rs
/ ilic day hctorc; III tho AFTERNOON OF Tuesday
she w.s 1ntre calm aud composed than in til.
| morning when met her, and even cheerful:
! size crird wien administered the oatl; ]
think she signed nci'l PAPER in my presence:
did iiot see them signed ty her; :::ave The
conversation in her E,ng,sEe; Gig gca my
memory with it; ,:eTer w,cte IT { own; I
wrote its elect some day last week. / did not
| mcmarizc it after wrote 1t down; I inay have
! tod MIR. E,1rch the result Of tie conversation
! at various times. l told him 4 few days after
us; hc never ASKED nc what she
=: aid; I have often talked with A;ul;
! him about il; have ntvergvcu afnll rccitalto
any one till the last week ~ Mr.. Van Ar1naa;
llre read il to him Us have recitcd it to YOU.
!; The witness was here asked by Mr.. Browning
~ sca'l passage from bos,li, which he did
Don't know when ! last cs,ly.rAcu with Mr.
:: ''lirch about this subject; ll:ye couycrscd
with him SO often that don't remember;
':'ti''ot repeat the passage ! have just read
i .rnul tic book: tl,t W1ici, Wrutc WAS un two
!: i'a5es: did mt 1acn.orizc it; / was calm AMI
p, conroscd IN Tuesday: l did not weep OIL
; Monday OF Tuesday; had got over tit. shock
=: III Tuesday; NY nerves had got OVER the
/: shock they lad received and resumed their
! vented steadincss. ! did hot ask l1cr any
:: Questions abomt her troubles and difficulties;
!: think did III. make any pruini.c to write
; 'icr wle:l sue asked NE; she kept 1nlkirg TIL
'it. while; did not see siiss Fann;.: BIrch,
! :l:d remember again before lett tic house;
: rant tell the 1ay tnok tea tllcrc: left alone
| tuesday Afternoon; saw Afies Fannie Burch
. witness the PAPER; think SIZE Witnessed irkt
4: think S1r Burrh told llcr 10 sign it: 1t was
| un tue tatlc When she signed 1t WAS holding
while sue signed it; He turned the leaf Of til.
, paper down near where her signature was SO u
70 conceal the contents; think butll wvrr SD
! think llc did liut t,uld ii when signed; /
il.iuk they !"idc.l it down when l higncd; e.le
was standing by; then heard read oIir Of the
F.; ;,alcrs; MIR. Gurell did not tell wc what tEc
o'lcr contained; lie told me its contents were
y confession; lie said To Mrs. Burci.: "!Iiss
taan;u a1sl Mr.. Ea2Atjl,e are here to witness
Your cuni.ssion;' - don't Know whether .ll"fe
was i wriiil. clair in the roout; there Was
ony III the h.r'e: the Taper was laying On 4
'abIc; t:,iuE tic i,.'c:s N.]r turrcu down to
ticc nj. niE from Atsa E1'siic. MT from
..ic; lie 1.,li me this privately. al,c.w=yds;
F.:;,,;is sald notl,:n. while WAS iu the room:
l:lerc WAS pen aud il.s 1iicrc nu one brought j;
t alter wc c.lne in; did not Ecc Mr.. Stuart |!
on That <ay; !. II. Burch l. 20, is composed t,
vi Isaac HErcl,, I'luu,ls Burc!, deceased, aid !
myself, Thomas ttiId last y,sr, think do !
not Fccolfret; lis 1Eeans l.a:H not Yet been |
Withdrawn; there las tecn ,,u settlement will /
Inc estate; have s.ccn Il member Of the i;.r
4uCT years; am :: Scu:c'':can; arrived In this
:hu,1ry i'll 1oi9:,0; have not srcn Mrs. Hs1rcI,
.incc that day; don't releirr thc month she
called 1T the Bank, or the .ay It tf:,. week; it
''a ,ltt,n; il was i'll t1Ic Lack IElror thc CLERKS
and customers in tic IElnk; she e:!1,;t.i
quarter of :; hour; hail heard Mr. Burcl !
.I'ca:@ oi snin:: TN soi1:e ;ourl,..-tN .ol.:: tu
Euis:i;c he rs Il, r, fur the benefit nj L.
.,can; don't kns,:: N1ict>- lis .:,:,i:r wcrc ID
=, with linn. SHE sal lliE. aluut lila going
.ll0lc; hc want East tllat slluislcr; can't 1cil
:Sbcn lsc cit, wi:rn lie came back, or how lnl::
nc Wis away; un boil. occasions, Tuesday, Mr.. t
Durcll Welt fr.M the 1sauk with inc to the
:lou>c; lc WAS 4. the i>!iis the i,st day 10
I:"t rrc"ilcct his being at the i,a,.l Mc,,.lay
nrelluuu; I don't remember whether sIies
Fannie called 1:,.rr then; lie and Fannie.
:amc AMI lett together Monday or Satur-
LAY 'on' knew Low they cane or Left
they remained only 4 few minutes; when
fuuk ten III il,e htInrc Mrs. Thomas HurcI was
thcie: tun't rccul1cct wllctl:rr slr WIS nr
not; dent remember who were til. re- Lc-
sides the family; duMt kn0w whether auy
nnc was at the tatle beside Mrs. Rurc1l and
myself: did not just now exchange g!aucrs
%ith any one, or scr any one ef!akc their lead,
WHEN recalled that about 3irs. Tho1uSs
Durch my rccollceiiop il not very tiistillrt us
10 lncr4: circumstances; have generally a
nuch better recollection uf words than Of
persons, inet|1nts nr things: Mr.. 1}ilrc1l att
eccIucsl tn bc lit trnnblc fora week bol,,fr; ir
read that confession tn nic ut the ball.1; | |
don't Ennw whether j; was then signed: it !
wAs Mnitt:ay cytiiIn. Or Tuesday nlerl,l1,:.; lie
spoke ta ule about 1lIc llt should ADOPT;
gave HIM my advice.
Tie Il it:a:ss ia here shown y lc1te. which lie |
Identifies as the one wsitlea l.; Lin in ,rswcr |
to Mrs. Burcns lctter1 !
DON'T Remember when Mr.. Durcl went TO
Burlington; don't rcnc.nher the conversation !
occurring between lis after his return. |
Direct crtn,i'.at;on 7.au,,tel, ly Mr, Van ar.
tlall:-Tlc value vi 1ilc 1i,rn property III the
deed was $4,000: tho vauc vi tic property !
III the I:!tk owned by the estate of Thomas ;
burch Is Sl3', ,0cO. The heirs are Fannie Burc1l
and Mrs. Ihun,as Eurch; they have other !
property; that Bank property il tlrir only /
property uycF which Alr. i'urch Las charge: |
do hot remember distinctly tic other prop .
rrty, beside tAet firm Property, rnbraccl in
flic deed; Knew nothing vi s::at WAS yoin. ! .
on before: supposed there was se!nc trouble i
among illc nrlt,'>: they seemed to lie in great
agony. Cali tell whether tile confession read
~ 1t has trcn changed since: :,s to the otlur.
il was confession sllc wAs writing. aud he /
merely told Tic il was confession
tNarv Sl&t1iiny was then introduced IS 4 viii
ness for the complainant, and examined hy Mr.
Van Arnlan.
Live in Little Falls, n. T.: my asc is 81;
parents not living; 1no:l:vr dict! ii, 1857; 1lt-
cr In 1916; lvrl with them till their death: ,
lmyc s'ncc lived with my Hnclc Thomas Durch
till lis death. have no 1T :,rer relative with
homo; hc died in Aug. 1858; eilcc Ills death |
resided with Mrs. TMas HurcI; before re-
siding in Little Falls lived 1T the village OF :
Mohawk, iu Iisrk:,a:- county: my fit lcr was
d physician i; l know he and rhomus Burel lad !!
owned property together; know tie I:,rtics , I
10 this trial; l,arc known Mr.. Bnrch siilce
hare BEEN cIiitl le and were like children
III AA%'AtAS 1h!%A z.4H HIT FOQu .liItT uET I
marriage, at Little Falls, ut Thomas Burcl's 7 {
saw her next 1t Litilu Falls; think saw her /
ncX1 i. .hc city Of Chicago in 1876, alter. /
tho death o. al: brother; have ro.lsius /:
Mrs. Isa,c Burriit and her brollcr; c
it was in December, 1S3G, / went to see Mr.. {
Burril, where wcnt and remained with her :,
1itl February or March, 1850; then went to 1
visit Mrs. Burcl,, liyin:. where they HOW ito on
Michigan :vr,:Ec: ehc invited nc, when was
at Mrs. l'urrii's house IL come there aud lnakc
Il visit no trr.ti "f &,t.e 1sus st'sIfc,l; i;i-
tended to stay three or ivur Wcri.s; | remained {
there until May, 1liuk. / t!lr,f went back to
Mrs. Burrils: / stayel At Mrs. Bnrr!l's, |
should think acar}y Two months: then STAY ! {
I'd ut Mrs. Eurril, tuur Or five weeks tllr,, r
went to ars. l5l!tel's; sum. friends Of ,1r. ! :,
eurrils were &c ring and preferred to lie Ut ,
Mrs. Burch's; l remained there four or five I i
weeks, aud tilrn went hume II Little Fails ! :
and remained there until DcccMbcr; then ! +
went 10 Chi...n, accompanied By Fannie
Burcl and Mr.. Henry Farnan,, OF Chicago: ! |
tiatt m invitation from Mrs. Burcl given ,c-
luEc lett and i'll letters; sllin' have thusc ! i
letters in town here: Mr.. Burch also invited | c
me befurc left; did not sec either Of Them s
in the meantime; l then remained 1T Mr. | s
Burch's i've weeks l think wc reached Cliic:.-
70 on the l6iL, 1i,cn 'S4nt l4tk to Little / ]
Falls and remained there till the last cf De- i
cciu!'cr, 1855 tie same year; I reached there
tho last day Of December; Mr. Farnam accom- | r
Panied nc; returned on account Of invita- ! /
lions fro1n Mr.. and Mrs. Burrl,. particularly {
from Mrs. Durcll: have tho letters here: re- ]
manned there till tho 9Th July, 80; then =