New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-06
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y. You are the daughter of John Walton, decesses :

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q. You are the daughter of John Walton, decessc. :
o. (by Mr. ShafftI). Have you heard Charles yef
feroi say anything about your father A. YES Su;
he thru atened 10 blow hs brains out.
o. To blow your fathers brains ont A. ies, ST.
Q. How lorg ago did you fret hear hm make th'st
threat A. can't tell exactly; thiBk about iifteen
sixteen months sgo.
Q. Have YOU heard him make that threat more than
once =? A. He told noe and sben he told ~. :.
@. How long sitter telling you thst he would 40 II,
did he tell your father Web think 1t WAS aboatsn
hour.
o. Where was it A. i think IN the basement
q. OF your father shouse? A. Yes, Sir.
Q. VIII you give us the precse language as you re-
collect IT, 70 you first giyennagine yourself to be
in bis place, and use the language which he used.
c. H. Smith esq.Perbaps is fair that The witness
should give all the Interview.
o. iBy Juror Tell all that he said to you about
boo;;no vonr father? A. lie said that if he dido use
mother right, heo blow pas brains out.
O. Did he ssy anything else To youi "A. No, Sir.
O. (By Mr.. smith, Was your father present. A.
q. By Mr.. Shaferl Who was present when he
made this threat 10 your father! a. wac present,
and believe my sister was present.
Q. What is your sisters name a. Hannah wal
ton.
q. is she older than you, or younger A. Younger.
O. (By Mr.. Smith, Can you tell what day II was
that this was said to you A. No, Sir
q. And how long ago Z A. Sixteen or seventeen
months
O. When afterward did he threaten your father A.
Whsn ia came to dnner. 49,,
O. What did he say to your father A. Mother
was stairs sick in the attic and he came down ana
told pa that mother wanted to zee him.
o. Was this after dinner? A. No, not after dinner
but when he came home to dinner Charles came down,
telling "a thai mother wished to see hun. ,.o,
O. What happened then A. He told pa inst
mother wished 10 zee him. and said that ne was not
very careful he blow his brains out pa said he be
up after eating his dinner Charles came Gown
twice after aunt for pa, asking him Why ne Gu NJ
come M; after Charles went up stairs the third time,
pa went after the police.
MIR. Schafer-Itis suggested to ask this young lady
it. at the time Charles made this threat he made aay
motion Of his hand toward his breast pocket.
Coroner-Did you observe any modonE A. No,
Sir; didn't.
@. Die be 20 for the police a. Yes, Sir.
q. What happened then; did he make any motion as
ifto strike A. No, Sir:
Q. What did your pa DO .? A. lie went after the
@. Did he come back 2 A. No, Sir; believe he
didn't, but the police did.
O. What did the Police do? A. He went up
stairs and took Charles from the room.
Q. Where did he bring him 4! A. He took him out
Of the house.
Q. Where did you see Charles after that? A.
don't emit ber.
@. Did you continue TO live In the house after that
A. He came back after that.
O., How long after that? A. believe Charles went
to sea and when he came back he went to the house.
Q. About how long was that after this arrest by
policeman, near as you can recolectf A. can't
cay.
Q. How long did you remain in the house? A. l
cant remember.
Q. Had they any dispute afterward? A. Not to
my knowledge
Mr., Suilh0That was the only time you ever heard
any dispute between theml A. Yes, Sir.
o. DID you remain home at your fathers house all
the time A. No, Sir; when that occurred was at
home most of the time
O. Did You quit your fathers house after that? A.
While father was very sick was away.
O. How long did you remain away!
O. tBy Mr. Shafferl-DO you know last Winter OF
yonr fathers saving anything to Charles about the
pany that he brought? A. Yes, heard them talk
ing about II.
hearing ia talking about il; that is all | know.
Q. Approving it, or how? A. He spoke against it,
and thought il was very wrong.
Mr. Smith-How long before your fathers death did
either of these young come to your fathers house
don't know.
Q. Where were you at the time7 A. At boarding
school.
Mir. Shaffer-It il suggested that this would be a
proper question, whether she has heard her step
mother make aUy threat have anything done to her
father.
Coroner-I think it is very proper.
Q. tBy Mr. Shatfer) VII you then -
Miss Wagon-I bad been to boareog-school for tn
Q. (By II. Shaffer) Now, have you heard your
pmother threaten to have anything done to your
father A. No. Sir, not TO me.
O. To any one A. No, Sir; have not
9. Did you ever see pistol in their possession |!
A. No, Sir; have not.
Q. Did You ever hear of either of them having a
pistol i? No, Sir; but saw one in mothers drawer;
one time some one found il that she had pistol in
her drawer, and saw my cousin unload it.
Q. What was bis name A. Thomas Pickering.
Q. About bow long ago was that A. cannot say.
CoIoner-She states in her own evidence that che
had pistol.
the drawer? A. No, Sir. don't.
Q Do you know whether the drawer was locked
or not A. Ii was; the top of the bureau was taken
Off apd that's how they got the pistol.
Q. (By JUROR Are we to understand that Mr..
Walton had no access TO this bureau whatever!
O. (Fsy Mr.. Smith, How long ago WIS this, two or
three months!
Coroner-NIrs. Walton states this in her testimony.
y. Was that your step-mothers private bureau, or
was it used by her and Dir. Walton both! A. Ii was
used by both, bu she had the top drawer.
Q. Exclusively for herself! A. Yes, Sir.
q. And in thai Top drawer which she had, the pistol
was found A. Yes Sir.
Q. by Mr.. Smith, Why did they take the top of
the bureau ofg A. They had no other way to get
at it.
q. Who took off the top A. Ny cousin.
q. How did they know there was pistol in the
drawer A. / don't know.
q. Did your father and mother occupy the same
room A. won't be positive but think they did.
Mr. Sballer-TheTe is another person here who has
not been examined, who knows all about the facts of
tt is eaIchihe old lady, the mother of the deceased,
Mrs. Walton.
Mrs. Sarah Walton swoFn-Q. Where do you reside
Mrs Walton. \. At No. 202 West Nineteenth street.
Q. Are you the mother of the deceasedl A. Yes,
Sir THE wiinGss much agtated as TO speak
with difficulty but in reply to questions principally by
Mr. Sballcr, she made the following statemeat: The
frat 40 ia r ns | between
Charles Jeferds, was when Charles broughtsa sleigh
TO take his mother out seigbridng, against Mr.. Wal
toms will; Mr.. Walton objected because he Charles
had done before this time and he objected because
Charles bad been down TO Eighth street, and got some
company my son did not approve of.
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