The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-01-21

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.ve;ted nsblie afsentioo - OILY 10 4ef
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3 : 6sal eloes lsalot6ey III - WI11i
convie,ion and oentonoo - ~ Aa9e /
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perpessasor ef ~ ssins, = at1ll, tbs
vosnss, apporeally DOT 5sssy 5eoss y |
~, She & GsfnGa By bistk, - -
Tsusouic lisp still ciiags % her hsessgs.
Yesterday iAosning she VS. bfought teeo
court. and af,sr :. trial, which o6eupiSd
An hour and three quartsss. she was 49,
tened. She was dressed 10 : plain blaSk |
dress and : corresponding dsrk-colorpd
beeask Het 6acs evidently sAossd forth
the dsep msstal agcsy that ~ uphesv-
ing her very soul. She stood q the ber
of the court, mot exactly in the prisosef's
box but for support leaned sgainst :
stauoch iron pillar = shs gave 10 her tss-
timony. The court Vas 6llsa with num-
Der Of distioguishsd perSooagss vho Nod
been allowed tho especial privilege Of -
ing il astes1anee. | give the tsstfmesy
exactly - is was rendered b. the woman.
correcting Oh grammatical errors which :
psrson Of her education and station in life
must be supposed 20 have made:
Maria Louisa Liadee sworn. ~ an the
person aecussd snd gailsy Of taking
trunk FROM Norfolk TO Baltimore, con-
saining the body Of John Freedom.
Qasstian-Are you married woman !!
Answss-No, sir; never Vas mar
risd, bat kept > common house 1t ths
corner of Woodside Lane and Little Water
strest. lived with this man Freeborn.
TO whom ] became attached, and We lived
together a. man and wife.
Q. Did you ever live With this man Of
ter he had enlisted
A. Yes, sir / never knew him before
that time.
@ Now state to the court oil you know
about the trunk affair
The woman here became greatly affect-
! ed. and wept bitterly, but 10 short time
continued her evidence John Fresborn
told me that he~was tired Of the army
and that il I would get him to Chiosgt
he would give me four hundred dollars
asked him how he would be able TO &c
90 much nnoney. He said he Vas goinf
to juup the bounty and get thousast
dollars, and then We would both 90 I,
Canada and get married. / told hia
that l would not know how ID get hin
away from here. fol the Government mel
watched everything 90 closely. He said
"Go and By large trunk, and will ge
To- It, and You can do with me just u
though / wss your oloshing You cas
check me to Baltimore, and then get il
the cars and go to Chicago" Il did mol
like to do it. but he made me; aud 90
got the trunk. and then he got in il. and
We went on board the Baltimore boat
@ BY Judge Webster. Did be not say
anything about smotheringY
A. Yes; and he Gus small hole 10
the trunk Here the trunk Was shown
It 10 large and handsome one. abou,
twenty inches high. sixteen inches
broad, and thirty two inches long I'm
medissly beneath one Of the straps Is seer
very small ori6ce, through WHICH thu
deceased eaioed his breath, By meins Of 1
pipe stem It would be almosi impos
sible to detect the orifice unless il wsi
pointed out. The whole would not admit
the passage Of sufficient air TO sustain ani
nation 10. = rat There il plsnsy of room
il the trunk to allow aiimileG use o
limbs. bat they would necessarily be con
traotsd 70 such IN extsnt % to produce 1
violent cramp; after person had bseu q
eubjeoted for period d Eve hounl) HI
did not did think would Be any din Guilty
In breathing through the stem Of ahe pipe
which he used. When got to forires,
Monroe, went mp to the trunk ana kick
cd is twice. That vas the sigu 81 which
vas 70 know -how he wAs getting on.-
He answered il twice, 20 thas Knew i.
Il - al right. He had 10 liquor 10 biz
ttHnk- nothing bat canteon Of nater. I
te0sl and piece Of chewing tobacco. s..
Whes / got 70 Bsltihors, / ORDERED !
hickman to take ne to ! hotel. / do soa
know which one il was, I was 10 anxi
uus to get there. Whes / got 70 die tosel,
went up s1nin and had th) trusk
bsosght up With ne, asd tksu, When ~
got Into the rom, looked ~ DOR. / vaa
. gaAa when I got there | kicked Ire
nusk with Oh ~ night, bat IRot 90
asswer. Fsei1, 'fNos, Johnny, 700 ne
sIl fieht." He did not asvsf - ana /
Thought he was iooling ne. z gos the lev
and speeed shs n1ak, I'D j laid psr-
fectly still uhea ! aid, "Coas, Jsch.
net pp, 700 sse = Bel1in6rs SOW. and
no oas = ahoat hsrs bes me-
He said nothise. skss { pss my hasdu
upon his 1acs, and be Va dsad fTh<
womsn ~ herr % osoeooms ssisks he,
feelings that = was so,ne miautel before
~ eouM proeesd. dseopsa ti,s ia u
he trask. asd 'ssds crssj d ~ He'd. :
! saw card % ths naetlepiece Of il
noon, md I Vpts the vssd &C sicaee.'
o u asd sasg ions1iassly III ,erssas
He gos Ne hssknsa "a I told Mn /
waited 70 50 right s~sy y Qhieasp. He
said b voald take me tatCAlvert Stree,
sfalion for ~ dollafs. I to3d hin j
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