Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-21
Examinations Of W. 7. underwooa
THE TESTIMONY IN full.
HE IS BOUND ovERN TIE SUN OF $4,000.

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nesday morning. with citizens anxious to
/ hear the testimony in the case. of Under
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The a iattidayft was go amended as TO charge
him with assault with intent to commit
rane. instead of the oriOinal' one of rane-
| 'r0O0 ~ 80 'na, rH,o U0 "a i~pe,
Mr.Jaues WrlgnC,9ot DuDllne one OF the
| witnesses for the defense, was obliged to be
absent, and his statement that Underwood
was a nuiet orderly and ;nof ffans;va mar, man
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| whlle flvlng IN washington township, was
received as eVidencesby consent.
|, The defense asked for a separatiof.9 of
1g;tnosesaSs .oSnod oil b,,t sarah n VI
20 - 4-' HS'l1S
tireSd IN enarge OF an an ot1cer. .e;; ts. -
| SARAH E. VINcENT sworn Am TO years
day week at,Brown's Row L do not live
there Hive on the alley between Seventh
and Eighth. and Broad and Long, with my
Hfather; my mother is not living. My aunt
Sarah sent me to Mrs. Bakers and with
my sister went there about 1, o'eiock.1gL
saw the defendant first after dinner;
he came. in the house to ask about
the chimney which needed fixing. ID L
was out talking with a man who was
cutting wood for Mrs Baker when
Underwood came along and asked me
to go with him5to the State Street school
building, he taking me by the hand; we
talked OF the Medical College as we passed.
! When we got to the school he went round
in the yard to get some lime out OF barrel
in baEs then set down his bag and opened
door N the basement OF the DulIdlng; he
| llfted me down, ana TOOK me Oehlnd a'ceaI
Hnunkeri ne TOOK me on ms knee and sald
f'idoa,t tell your father, Will you;p ne raised
my ciotnes Up ana saia = love nGtle girls;
ne unIastened MS cIoGnes, ana attempted 70
Iorce me- ana 1.saW some ,Slrls iQoKlng IN
az gne YlndoW, ana Gold nim a. OF II, tnen ne ne
leG me up ana got AVA u ne ne got ms Dag
and to Id nss ~lsa p,n ~ 5aT
what ne had done TO me: IL told uncle
Sm9s and MT. tMorrlsi just what 1 told
BeDJa' ana just WnaC 1 nave toios sneres II
tgo 70 echool ag Gne state street Senooi
building. There was no schoot that day.;
me teacher was sick. fr.-.s3 .ag.vrr97 ..sie
Cross-examlned{ e 0plected 70 81 going
with him:.1 told him didn't want to go;
went IN as the IronG rom, gaze therea were
TWO lltIle glrlsln Cne school yaru gnere'
were more enan Two present., Daethey We're
playing on the 'front.' steps ne went round!
| to the side OF the mouse to get mortar, and
asked me to come ana see what
he, got the mortar out OF: 1 waited for him
to open the door or che basement. n went
with MIN 60 get Cne mortar; we got lG on
outside or the spulidlng ne went into the
cellar 70 get seive; Walteu fors MN TO
| open the door; he opened the two windows
to the basement. " went through the win:
\ dow furthest back IN the bufidlng the coal
\ pile was but a little way from the window;
che place was dark after the windows We're
/ 1opened; he firstset me dawn of the box,
and then went to the furnaces, looking at
the fire; I; then he took me in his lap; he
! n7E1o n
afterwards; i was on his knee, and got OF
| aud he unloosed his clothes;I madeqno re-
ply, when he asked mot to tell my father"
he kissed me several times; i. was standing
| up, and he was STOPPING down II bad draw
4 ers on they were ribbed for about two
! inches. He did not sit down on anything Z,
stood up In front of him; was hurt but
] little; / jerked away from him; had no
\ trouble in getting away. l do not know the.
/ names -0fathe girls who were docking in at
the window. | did notcrY out or tell him
/ to stop. He did notify TO hold me after /
| tried to get away; there was no one play
| ing at the side of the, building when he
4 came out; the ianitor was sitting on the
| frontsteps when we went in, and was there
when we came out; there were three or
! four children playing on the front steps
/ When Underwood came out we went out
the frontga together; I started to go be-
fore him, but he caught up; when we got
| back to Mrs. Bakers, BeDja came out
and asked what ''that man had done;
/ that he was bad man;p and then 1
told her all about it; just afterwards Benjar
and i went to the Medical College, to see
the little Blackburn girl; We were there
about half an Hour; we went back to Mrs.
! Bakers and waited until she got back
1 about fifteen minutes Afterwards; : then,
/ Mrs. Baker and 1 went back to fhe College,;
stayed there abouta quarter of an hour,and
went from there to uncle Amos house,
II ITxTho tnl6 r INV of0 N
and Caleb went to see Underwood, and /
stayed at uncle Amos house. was ten
I years old the Monday after this occurrence
and nave been going TO school since last
summer The selve was In the basement.
Direct tresumed-The bag was left by the
lime barrel. There are two windows; he
opened but one OF them; we went In where
the furnaces. are and were two or three
PAGES to the left of the window !; there was
/ but one window opened; have been there
since with my father to show him the
lplace.
she INSISTED tna5 Cnere was Dutone WINDOW
open. ,.avr21l - .9.siIai - szas.-. - -
II ,sJNo: ". VINCENT sworn IL was a WIN
cow sne pointed OUT on tne west sloe with
Two wooden shutters, used asa door, with a
iittle area, ana announcer descenG aIter you
get IN. ana @ Is ABOUT Two 1eee ana nall pc
low tne surface; "opens nearly IN front OF
the furnaces, ana there are perhaps two
J windows north; the coal bin is at the left
aslyou go in, and is about 20 feet from the
window or door there are one or two WIN
dows opening IN to the place but these are
mot opened there was no diferencein the
Eamount of light on the inside; it is not as
I Hight as outdoors. was at the penitentiary,
where am a guard, when was informed
Of this matter: Sarah was 10 years old on
4 the Monday. after this occurrence. -
cross examlneeL-Idid not go directly
home from the penitentiary' on that even