Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1867-12-18

used to drink, bnt not so. but that he could
get around; Joseph has Sustained a good
name; / never took him to be hard hearted;
| know Frank Myef; his LAND Joins
Scbnepf's; dives 80 to 100 rods away.
Queston--Do you know anything of
the relations which existed between them?
Objected to by the district attorney.
:, Objection oRerrued by the court.
Answer-They were not very good
friends L know of some difficulty which
they had; saw Schnepf shoot two of
Meyers hogs; Schnepf made for piece
of corn Meyer came down with his gun
and followed him; / think he shot at
him; but am not certain; Schnepf said,
if he and Meyer came together one of
them would die they quarreled after
that about family matters Schnepf said
Meyer wasn't married to his wife, and that
his daughter was a b4tnker-I think be
called it in German ); it means bedstead !;
Meyer claimed that Schnepf owed him
money when he came to this country; l
saw him srecently y, and he ID he was not
subpenaed; he seemed in very low
spirits, and said they talked about his
having murdered Schnepf; that he had
had fights about it in Watertown; Meyer
Is an excitable man; Schnepf was 5 feet
8 or 10 inches in height, broad shoulder.
ed and full chested. Z .ssfs s,-.
Re-e:ramai,ed by Dir TAorm--T will not
swear positively that he shot at Schnepf;
this was before he went into the service ;;
Meyer told me that Schnepf had sent
over for him to make friends, and that he
would not go;I think they have not
been on good terms for five years. 8}.st $
:. Re-cross-eromiued by Nr. Orton-My
impression was, that Meyer shot at him,
but it,was good while ago, / won't be
positive; Schnepfjka fred his gun and run
into the corn; Meyer took his gun and
Came after him. and think fired it. ..~.
Edeces8 Pittin swor7o for the state--I
reside in Jefferson county, about one and
quarter miles from Schnepf on the
morning of the day thei bones were found,
| and others went to the house [ asked
Joe if he had heard of his father soon
after, he asked me ifdI did not want to
buy pair of colts and reaper; he
said the crowd had agreed to meet at the
marsh; he said we had perfect lib erty to
search, and thong we had better search
the house and celler first he also said
the place had beenssearehed over, and he
;thonghtwe had better search the marsh !:
after we got to the field, some one asked
him why he burned cord wood; he said
his father told him to burn that pile if it
took all the cord-wood on the place !; [
heard Joseph Whitmore say to- him,
b Why, Joseph, how could you kill your
father and burn him up2"2 Joseph hung
+ his head and said nothing; L heard him
SAY the bones might be those of rabbit
or coon; [ think the ashes in the centre
were not over two inches deep; they'were
not over two inches deep; they were
about that; | did hot put my handzin
them. aft 7=a list r sn-a 3-aen
Gross enomieed by Jndge Orton---L
am the son in law of Jennings did
not see Frank Meyer during the search :;
he is near neighbor; all the neighbers
were out but him.. lf. SIS. n eds sgal
John milestone sWorae for the. state
(this was the first witness requiring an
interpreter)-I know prisoner | knew
his father; live with Frank Meyer; on
the 22d of February last, in Schnepfss
yard Joseph was hitching the team to
the sleigh, and scolded his father, and
called him dog; Schnepf was splitting
wood, and approached Joe with the axe
raised the mother and two daughters
came ont. and interposed; Joe tried to
protect himself; he had nothing in his
hand did not get hold Of the axe 10.
seph scolded good deal I; [ did not un-
derstaEd the rest when he called him a
dog, he talked loud I can't say as Joseph
was angry; | was in Meyers yard; it
was loud enough for me to hear it; [ had
never seen any tronble' with them before !;
| have been in that region one and a half
years. .'..' 5 s..' f80an
C,'oss-eransined by oyu7ge Ortoa--
There. is the length of twenty acres be-
tween where I stood and Schnepf's.
Question-Does Frank Meyes appear
differently from what he did before
Schnepf disappeared? ' sod
Objected to and objection sustained by
the court t5 @.l.
Redirect examination by M Orion
Meyers house is southwest from
Schnepf's; the distance is lengthways of
twenty acres. -. 2 20"
IT,. G. K. Zimmerman ssoorn for the state
i am under sheriff Of Jefferson county :;
| keep the Jail !; | was there when Fuller
ca'ae to see Joseph; he said his father
told him to burn that brush pile; he said
he gathered up the fragments and burned
them ; short time after hewas in Jail,
Giles wanted to see the suspenders and
took them from him he said his father