Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1867-12-25

on Thursday that | saw him did not
tell Mr.. Rickart or Mr.. O'Connor, ossrv
one else, that it vas on Thursday; it was
IN the afternoon, about clock; I
think SO because had Just drank eofIse,
which usually do little fefore 3 o clock ea
Fl first saw his face it is uot possible that
/ It wssssome one resembling hial on the
next Tuesday my husband steldl me that g
fhe was missing, and that it was said that e.
his boy had killed and burned him, bus
he did not believe it, told him, then Sc
that | had seen Sehaepf the middle of
1.-THE week this was the first time told
it; liknew when The inquest was going
on; 1 had no time to go there; told
those that [ saw that had seen hlrn:
told Mr.. Fvx, and Mr. Williams, and Mr..
Williams and Mr. Mulberger, and many
other, that 1 can't number; have told -
Mr.. OFF that [ had seen him. saa s.4
E1aneined by Judgs Ortor--I told
everybody with whom spe Ike how he was e
dressed I had not then heard what he
wore from home; I have not talked with
| Mrs. Schnepf about it; have not heara
her testimony the first day of the trial; I
was not here. sri 1855 5#sd- ssss gt
.Johas Noon called for dsfsnce--eron,a s.
med ty Judge Orton--1z cannot tell at
what time it was that went through tbe9w
lane by the clearing drawing wood, on
the 30 OF April; | got q load after break go
fast L then hauled rails around I'll
house | went through The lane after
| o clock, [ think, after wood, and oans
back through the lane saw Joe when
coming home the last time; / saw or Sc
heard no one splitting WOOD in the clear
ing that day; saw them doing 80 tho
t day BEFORE five or ten reds or more from :,
where the ashsheap is; believe they
had been working there before = saw
none split near the ash-pile; the place was
IN view from tire lane; there may be
little of the clearing that could not see,
but could see all the way from the gate
TO the ash heap on Sunday, Godfrey 9
klckert, and Joe, and | were together
when Joe said :'fWill we go over the
plowed ground or the meadow > [ don't
know as any one answered ; we met is
Schleiser and Hondy, but did not gosto
the tracks again that time Johnny Noon
Joined as after they did; think the cord
wood piled up in the road came from the
clearing, and. that some of it was sawed;
the dog is tail fellow, and is GENERALLY
hunting through the woods and barking.
Cross-ecanstted Jy 1Mr. Ihorm-I was IS
about half an hour where [ could have
seen Schnepf in the forenoon on We'd
nesday, if he had passed while I was
there, In the direction which Joe pointed
out; can't tell whether the dog followed 70
Joe or his father most
Z Re-eransined by Judge Orton--Frank
Meyers was about tue SIZE Of the district
attorney; Ia fall medium, or little
above-REPoRTER. he WAS larger than
Schnepf; seemed strong and healthy So
years old.
Adam Koontz ssco77s for the detessee--I
have known prisoner about sixteen years:
hezwas good boy live about one and
a quarter miles away. @ sg
) Gross e.ca'aaned by 4Mr. Weymouth-I Z
have heard that he and his father quar-
relied little heard his father blame
him. Il ~ r1..--..-.z ~ ..& E,e..5..sz
? Hem7y aRntberger saoor,a for the defence
IL Mr.. NJ. being one of the defendants
counsel, it was explained that it was nee
essary to have him sworn for the estab-
iishment Of distancesal I first saw. the,
ash-pile IN the latter part of April Mrs
Was with me the next time
was shortly before the September term of g
the Jefferson circuit court; you to Judge
Orton] and several others were with me. .es
Queston-W hat was the appearance Of q
the ash heap the lasttine?
: Objected to by the district attorney. i,
Objection overruled. b
Answer-The first time, the ground
where the burning was covered with -
thin layer of ashes the second time, it
was scraped clear, and it appeared to me {,
that the hole was made deeper and wider;
there was hickory sprout growing near
the spot burned, two feet away; there
Was stump two feet from the burned
spot; one OF the roots entered the ground
very near tLe burned spot the hickory
was scraped on one side it was budded
when first saw it, and in foliage the
second time; the hole was about foot
and a half from the edge Of the ash bed,
and opposite tie stump the last time
was there, the small crothed stick appear
ed to have been moved nearer the spot.
aud one Of the limbs had been sawed off.
[ moved it back for a space as large. al
the court room, there were no brush
heaps farther away there were a GOOD
many; got On to one, eight or tel feet
aero s.; they were made of crooked limbs,
they are not compact; there were roots Id
the hole, and tuft Of Wild grass at the