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


and be4ting her, and she told him to kill
his father. and he snapPsd a pistol at him,
but it did not 90 off; he said be was sorry
it did not, for he meant to have killed him;
| said, why, Joseph y he, then. said,
Perhaps it was for the best that it did
not go off, on The ] It'll Of April, several
of as were searching; we were in from. o.
the house. waiting tor others; after few
minutes. Joe came out, and after saying
Good morning." spoke shout searching
in a mar.h; bad doubts about our night
10 search, and some one asked leave; Joe
said we could search as much as we
pleased we took the pump out of the well
and searched; then searched O'Cohnor's
well: then went to the lot where the fire
had been; / told O'Cornor l wanted to
see the heaps which had been burned; he
showed me the small one; we then went
10 the larger one; we cold see the bones
sticking up, at The distarce Of twelve or
fourteen feet: Joe said perhaps they were
rabbit bones or coon bones; | stopped
down, picked upa boot nail, and said to
him, Rabbits and coons don't wear heel
nails: Whi,more said, ''Oh Joseph, how
could you ?'' he acted scared: near by. [
found spots which looked like blood, and
the rest looked at and talked about it; Joe
asked me what it was, and | told him. he
said he guessed not. and very brayeiyg
walked up 10 it, and said he guessed it
was only tobacco spit: in the hole, some
Of Tie roots showed having been newly
broken: there was dirt mixed with ashes:
the hole was about as large across as my
hat,rim Iabout q footl. and eight inches
deep: in shape il dished toward the bottom:
We asked Joseph why he burned cord
wood on the heap; he said, "My father told
me 10 burn that heap, if it took all the
cord wood on the. place :: one of the brands
might have been twelve or fourteen inches
through: the hole was under the brands;
the wagon-tracks came from two or three
different ways to The ash heap: they APP
peared as il. the wagon had been loaded
the ashes were packed down by rain and
snow. and were, in The centre, about three
inches deep:rI should think it would take
several cords Of wood to make them: the
burning of one of the. brush-heaps there
would not make more than half an inch: /
should think there was from four to seven
bushels. - QUO OF
Cross examined By Judge Orion -
1.-THE ashes were dry, there would have been
considerable more: a good many were pre-
sen when [ asked him why he burned
cord-wood: Brooks Fuller Reuben Fuller,
Orson Whitmore, and others were-in hear!
ing: Joe told nae, in there presence, that
he drew cord wood TO the heap; | have
talked to hundreds of people about what
Joe said: thiuk Mr.. Pitkin said he heard
the same: he and [ talked 1t over last night,
in company with other witnesses in the
room OF the district attorney: Clark Fuller,
DR.. johnson, and, | think, Orson Whit
more, were there: [ swore before the in
quest that Joe said SO about the cord
wood; after, Joe dropped his head at the
ashes; he looked up and smiled: | was
summoned as talesman on the jury IN
This trial: the sheriff asked me my name,
and told him was witness and could
not serve: but he didn't seem TO believe
me. a--ff a. ...-...
the bee:le-which. is now somewhat
halry-wss here examined by tlfe jury
REPORTER 49, ~. :. ...5r. ~
Seneca Fuller sworn for tie state
Il live in AztsIan, jefferson county: in
the spring OF "a, [ had a conversation
with Joespir he and his father were re-
turning from Watertown, and the old man.
wanted Joe to drive faster, aud they had
some words. and Joe went home on foot:
al, IL tahl
and started for the cupboard, and the wo
man interfered, and he checked her, and
then Joe snapped a pistol: he said he was
glad it did not go oH:eI asked, Joe at the
isii, how he accounted for those bones: he.
soid me the story about his father going
away: he said his father told him TO burn
the pile: he said he had gone 10 Germany;
he could prove itzby some who saw him in
Milwaukee orChicago: he said his father
had 5000 in money when be left: once,
before the old man returned from the
army, Zoe said, If the old man was going
TO drink. and spend -mouey, and drive the
team as before, ii would be better If he
never came home at the time Joseph en-
4issed. he came and said he was gong to
do SO: told him to see his father before
he went, as. he might. be sick and want
money: he said he did not care to do so:
the next Saturday evening, he came back
TO my house and slaid all night: he SAID
his father conducted so that he could not
STAY ut home: he bad on soldiers clothes
while we wers talk ug, his father and mo-
Their rode by in a wagon; the old uan saw
him aud turned his lace away; his mother
reached for the lines, but the old man held
them away from her and drove by; the
kaexe day, his father sent for him, and ne
went; he said his father cried; he went,
but. was rejeeted by the surgeon; his father