The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-06-16

O1NA LIZ, lCOfs
/ from this place; he came there about noon o
that day; they were travelling in a wagon
they were driving two horses in the wagon
: and leading one behind; the team in the har
! ness was one bright bay, the other brown
the one they were leading was a very hand
some bright bay; they remained at my hous,
: some two or two and half hours. The,
said they were going to Ottumwa; the small
est man inquired the way to Ottumwa; tn,
party at my house was the prisoner, anothe,
man, and young lady. Isaw the youns
lady corpse after that at 0ttumwa, som,
nine days after they were at my house.
am satisfied it was the same dy that was
3 my house with the two young men. / re,
! ognized her by her general appearance. I
have never seen any of the harness since
they were at my house; they had ring OF
the harness where the check joins the MAR
line between the loop and the buckle; tht
ring was large ivory ring; did not motto,
the bride. | did not hear any names called
! call the prisoner at the bar one of the mer
who was at my house. R7
Gross exa,niued: | live about Is mile
north of here; / some lines keepcatraveler
that passed that way; the party time along
and got dinner, | paid more attention tc
those persons than usual; people frequently
stopped there and got dinner. He had som,
beard but not the quite shape that it now is
have heard considerably about the circum
stance since it occurred. have heard thai
several persons have been arrested since the
murder of the girl; don't recollect of telling
|. Mr.. Baker that could not remember the
man. never saw lines fixed with rings al
those w-re. Tdon't now keep public enter
! tainment, the travel that way is not good
now.
Re-examined: The rings attracted my at
tention, and asked the object of having
them there MY attention was aroused a
little at the time they were in my house. II
might have been week after that that
heard of the murder, and came to town to
see if it was the girl that was at my house
have said that would know them whenev.
er would see them.
Aaron Beardsley sworn.-I don't know
that nave seen the prisoner at the bar;
would like to have him stand up SO that |
may see him. (The prisoner here stood up.
fes. have seen that man before Two men
stopped at my house in March, 1860, he was
one Of them; one of the men called himself
McComb, and the other George Lawrence;
thew came in the evening and stayed all night
and until nine o'clock in the morning. !
learned their names from their conversing
with each other; they had two horses hitched
to the wagon, one think was bay, the 9TH
er was brown; the other one don't re.
member; they started west, said they were
going to Ottumwa. Don't recollect the day
Of the month, think it was about the Goth
perhaps, some three or four days before the
girl was found in the river. saw the corpse
of the young lady, here in this place; rec
ornized her as the one that was at my house
! noticed the brides, | repaired one of them;
1 | afterwards saw the same bride; Isaw them
in the Judges office in this city; they were
brought in bv Mr. Gaylord made a piece
of round rein, made it an inch and half
longer than the other, orlonger than the rule,
and sewed it in instead Of buckling 1t in, Al,
the other Yas; the brow band was round,
covered with white and blue patent leather;
one end of the brow bend at the headstali
! was broken OF, and that put on new. one
side Of one Of the bits was broken of, the
top part of it. II was three or four months
after | fixed the brides until saw them at
this town. This is the likeness of the girl
that was at my house. reside at Ioka, in
keokuk county, some TWEEN y-four miles from
this place.
Gross examined: was keeping public
house at the time, and harness shop also:
they stayed at my house all night, and until
nine o'clock in the morning / have seen the
prisoner several times within the past week:
did not see HIM from the time he was at nv
house four years since until saw him here
! this week.
| ID. +. Gaylord recalled: Some eli hit or ten
days after the murder, started out TO see il
could get any track of the murderer; after
travelling some time in several directions.
arrived som, six or seven miles north of Sig.
Quincy, on the road to Iowa City. | S opped
all night at a house, and there learned that
a team of horses had passed there; from in
formation i there obtained induced me to GO
to South English, from South English to Iowa
| City; at Iowa City | found the brown horse
and the bay h0tse that was here. also the
harness aud both of the brides. found the
brown horse in the possession of livery
man, and the bay in the possession of man
by the name of Craft Col Athink: went
from Iowa City to DavS y5ort and thence to
Rockford. l called oHMr Harvey's family.
don't recolect Of calling on anybody else
in the county; from there returned home:
| obtained the brides and sent them TO this
towni brought them in the County Judges
| cthce; Aaron Beardslee was there when
brought the brides into the off1ce; this was
about two months after the girl was found in
the river. saw the prisoner at the bar in
this town ia Mr.. Abraham livery stable, this
was in 1860 two or three days before this
murder; that is the man there with the pa
paper in his hand, fponting to the prisoner);
was coming out Of the stable office; step
ped out on the step, and the prisoner stepped
on 1t as did; be inquired for the proprietor;
he did nct have any horse then; don't know
how he was travelling.
Cross examined: think it was about ten
days after the murder that started in search
of the murderer; saw the prisoner once be-
fore saw him at the stable in buryy with
some other men; think this is the same man.
This is about for years since. | am rather a
positive man; have not had any controversy
about the matter; don't know that | have
any extraordinary interest in this matter. I
have no recollection Of having talked with
the prisoner but once and that was about two
minutes; | rely mainly on tho interview at
the stable as to his identity.
John w. Wilkenson sworn.-I have seen
the prisoner at tse bar at my heuse in Eddy
vile, about four years ago; it was the last of
March, 1860; he came there in COMPANY with
two other persons, a lady and gentleman:
they were travelling in a two-horse wagon;
they had three horses, two horses htched 10
the wagon and one behind the wagon. two
bays and sorrel perhaps. They came 70
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