Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1867-12-11

bSdi INC pfdcS WiiSit Tue UOu6S N61t IOQHu,
considerably nearer than BY the other
way; On Sunday, Joe told us that his IA
Their said he was going to Waterfowl; he
pointed out the direction in which be
said he went; aud we went in that dir
ection, and, upon the north side of the
woods, upon an old snow-bank, he showed
Us three or four tracks they were nearly
| filed up with snow; it had recently
showed they looked like man s tracks !;
on the day of the disappearance of
Schnipf, | was hauling wood in plain
sight where the brush was burned.
Question by the Court-Was there any
other fire burning at the time you saw
one
Answer think not about fifteen or
twenty rods from the tracks which Joe
showed me were tracks, which [ had seen
before the Sd of april, apparently ia a
line with the ones Joe showed me.
John O. Conner for the state
[ live in the town of Waterfowl, south
east of the Schnipf place we join fences
on two sides; from my house to where
:
the spot can be seen from my house ; |
was at home on the Sd day of April |
was up late; went to the barn between
10 and II, and saw quite'a large fire burn
ing in Schnipfs field; it seemed to be
about half burned out [ think | saw two
fres,-one small and one larger; saw
no person about it my boy said he did !;
l told him, he saw stumps; | had not OBJ
served fires during the day, having been
out Of sight; people burn brush when it
suits them [ should not have done so
then saw where the bones were found ;
it is in the same direction where [ saw
| the fire [ think it the same, because
there is no other mark of large fire near
there the fire looked to me like the burn
ing of pile of wood it seemed to be a
durable fire; the pile of ashes was about
six feet in diameter; on Sun lay [ met
the prisoner at the postofhce in Water
town; he asked me if [ had seen any
thing of his father he told me his faith
er had been gone since Wednesday morn
ing; on Monday was at Schnipf's Mr.
Fuerman and Seaman came along, and we
took walk IN that direction to look
where had seen the fire; the heart had
been burned out of the little brush heap ;
He did not find the ashes in which the
| bones were found, as it was covered with
snow; on the day the bones were found,
there were some so of US out; we asked
Joe if he had any objection to our search
ing; he said "No"; we found the bones,
but did not touch them Sheriff Giles
and DR. Spalding came; Giles put cuffs
upon Joe, and put him in the carriage /;
the ashes were then sifted there was a
hole under the ashes in which the sus-
pender buckles were found
The court adjourned to 9 o'clock to-
morrow morning.
PORTAGE CITY, Wis, Dec. 5.-The
court convened at 8 A. NJ. Tho witness
O'Connor again took the stand
On Sunday l asked Joe if they were
going to make another search he said he
did not know,-1 must ask lis mother +;
on the day of Scbnipf's disappearance, |
heard some one call him, as I supposed
for dinner; it was before noon; then, in
about half an hour or an hour, | heard 1t
again it sounded like a Woman's call :
it was raining I think the first call was
about II o'clock; there were three
brands in the pile where the bones were
found; they were hard wood one of
chem was elm-the others oak one of
them W IS eight Or ten inches through the
others were smaller; there were no other
brands, and no brush around the ground
was sodded; never had been plowed !;
there were wagon tracks by the ashes,
going from and to and around them ;
they extended as far as the wood was
cleared up; there were indications of
wood having been removed; this was on
" few feet from the ashes,-not more
than five or six feet; there were three or
four places from which the wood seemed
to have been removed Mr. Schnipf had,
some weeks previous, been drawing wood
from there on to the road; I went to
Schnipf's after the inquest; the parties
with me found beetle; this was the
second Sunday after Schnipf's disappear
ance we examined the beetle, and found
some hair upon lt,--fVe or SIX hairs 1t
was difficult to get them out, as the beetle
was bruised considerably; we did not ex-
anime anything else at the time La
beetle was here produced I think this
is the ore it has the general appearance
of it as it was then [ don't know who
took it way; Schnipf had very dark,
coarse hair; [ knew him Il years he
was six feet tall lean man very
powerful one; Woodworking man !;
never knew him to be sick +; Dir. Spald-
ing took the bones away.
Cross examined By Judge Orton.--
When saw the fire burning, it was
about 10 or IL o'clock in the evening; [
gave is only glance; it blazed up,-I
can not indnn how hioh I could see the