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

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my little brother brought in the YES:
father had on a pair Of soldiers pants;
have never seen Or heard from father since
then
Cross-eromjaed-W When Joe went out,
he told me to call him at 5 o'clock to do
the chores he attended to them, and ate
supper Jast as usual we were at home
and singing that evening; [ think the
song Vas Tramp, tramp, the boys are
marching" pa had been a soldier Joe
had been enlisted we went to bed after
10; sister and [ slept in front room; so
did Joe; his bed was in an opposite cor
ner; the room is Is or Is feet square !;
the door was usually locked at night; did
not see him 80 to bed, but heard him 90
to bed [ think he built a fire in the
stove next morning; think he went to see
to the fire in the brush heaps he was
gone about half an hour-not over an
hour anyway when he returned, he told
mother that the fires had burned down
pretty we'll; / did not hear any person
gong out or moving about the house,
either Of those nights [ might reach the
latch Of the door from the bed [ slept
on the front side E; father and Joseph were
on good terms, as far as know, the
morning they went out together
Re-eGamjmea by Mr. THorm-I don
remember of Joseph's going oct or in
with the lantern; | think he went to bed
before I did, Wednesday night the first
heard in the morning was him building
the fire and singing he was in the
kitchen.
Re cross eranaiaed By Judge Orion
The smoke which [ saw was near the
fence, northeast from the house, and not
in the direction in which the bones are
said to have been found I saw no smoke
on Thursday.
Mary ,ScHnepf saoorn for the State !:
Examined by Mr. Thorn-It was on the
Sd of April that [ wen to the field that
was the last time [ saw father; neither
father nor Joe said. what they would do
that day; [ heard sister call Joseph
came; I did not hear him say anything
about why father did not come after
wards, I heard him say father had gone
to town; | went for a ride there was an
armful of straw in the wagon it was
used for kindling; [ know the heap where
the bones were found we went to that
it was not so very high it seemed to be
mostly brush, only few logs; it was not
as high as the wagon don't know as
any brush was moved Joe loaded brush
upon the wagon, and piled it up he put
some upon the pile where the bones were
found; it was not made higher than the
wagon he drew limbs and brush and
rotten stuff he did not put cord wood
upon it; the dog was running around
among the heaps he did nothing unusu-
al; l helped; there were two axes, a
beetle, and iron wedges only few feet
from the pile where the bones were found ;
we took the axe, beetle, &C., home with
US; / have never seen or heard from
father since that day.
Cross. ec0n}ned-The straw in the
wagon had been there since f sther went to
town; il was scattered all over the wag-
on; the axe and beetle were between the
crotches of a crotched log; in going to
the field, Joseph and | were both singing
we loaded up some brush | don know
whether we put it all upon the pile where
the bones were found or not; know we
did some of it; we got back to the house
about O'Clock Joseph Staid only little
while [ think [ could have handled
most of the limbs put on the piles sister
called Joseph at 5; [ know Joseph went
to bed between 10 and IL; Joe did not
20 away il the evening, nor in the night,
to my knowledge; he built the fire in the
morning in the kitchen; Watertown is
seven miles northeast Of our house.
Redirect econajnation-I was in bed
when Joe went to bed sister and I went
to bed together; | think had gone to
bed wen Joe took the lantern to see to
the horses I had not been to sleep !;
when | woke up in the morning, he was
singing in the kitchen he was building
the fire did not hear him get up; |
don't think | woke up from the time [
first got to sleep until | heard him in the
morning; when we went to the field that
day, We went through the gate which Joe
went out to fix; [ think we only drew
two loads Of brush
John Eioop sworn for the state-I live
in the town Of WATERFOWL, about 100
rods from Schnipf's; on April 3, [ was
hauling wood on The lane which goes by
fathers place | saw Joseph Schnipf
pretty near shutdown; there was little
smoke coming up, and he was throwing
chips upon it; [ have paced the distance
which | was from him; it was ll5 PAGES ),
the place where saw him was somewhere
near where the boues were found; I can't
say it was the same, but think it was; he
turned his head toward me and then went
on throwing chips; [ saw no logs on the
pile; on Sunday afternoon and Monday
! afternnan I hunted with .Iosenh and