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

was all the one he Burned that day: he
| -aid, Mo- burned one down th.re''.
hurried down where hs said he burned
it: found The ashes and bones. and said.
"Here hs ia" Joe came up: Harvey Whit
more came up. cad said, "Oh Joe. you
have burned mp your father, and here he
49," Joe .cted irighf ened. aod ssid. inlay
be--nay bel can't ssl:" this was IN
answer TO what said, that perhaps they
were his fathers bones aftsr he was ar
rested Al I'D in the carri.ge, the sheriff asked
Joe angriiy why he d,d not take off his
fathers clothes before he burned his body.
Jee said, "How could I ?" and then he
added, in few seconds. ''wheu | didn't
know any thing about it ?'' O." H#
The ash heap WAS eight feet by ten. ths
longest north of east and south of west;
you could see the bones sticking up for
six feat; found suspeuder buckle and
what Dr.. Spslding called feet bones iu tbs
hole; 1t was such one as | would dig
with crow bar or. hand spike; some Of
the roots had been broken; they had never
been cut; the ends of some of them wers
charred, aud some of them were fresh; /
did not notice that day any wagon tracks;
on Saturday | followsd the wagon tracks,
with lbe little boy, who showed me four
places where the wood-four piles--had
been moved; around the pile everything
was picked up clean; one brush heap.
fourteen feet away, had been moved; the
ash-p'le would, | think, average two feet
in depth; was there also on Sunday. and
measured the distance marked on the map
| also dug on the west side of the hole,
about a foot from it. aad have brought
here some of the dirt; it smelt very bad,
ly when dug ii; there was mo,e that
s,unk awfuly; my sister called my atten-
ton to it; put some into handkerchief
and took it home; put some into water.
and it colored it reddish the piece which,
pat in water was about as large as a
hickory nut; it was put into third OF a
teacupful of water; examined the beetle.
and found some of comforter and some
hair upon it; / took out three hairs with
my knife; they were black. and six inches
long, on Sunday, we found one which we
examined closely, and found roots upon it,
this is the box of dirt; it has been 10 my
trunk, locked, and the key in the house, in
the clock, until September. when it was
in Jefferson with the grand jury; I took it
into and away from the jury room; / was
in the jury room all the time it was there;
it was in the box, rolled up in my over
coat and locked up by the landlord, hs
keeping the key when sent for to-day;
have family. and am away from ho,ue
frequently. There was about half a pint
of blscksh matter, mostly in small Jumps,
with cinder and several small pieces of
bone.-REpoRrER. cannot swear that
this is the same dirt dug BY me, but csn
swear to this bone. ~ r..
offered to the jury.
Objected by defendants counsel.
Obiaction overruied.
| dug it with a sticks good deal
more of it than that; it has dried away;
smet il while digging; there were good
many people around; it was dry on top. and
wstter IS went down; dug over about
foot.
Ques.ion-Over how large place did
the sinking matter stand "
Objected to by defendants counsel. on
the ground that the existence of blood or
animal matter should be proved by ohemi'
cal test, and not by an unskilled witness.
The Court shall not permit the wit.
ness to express his opinion AS to what msds
the smell; but can hardly sss how smell
can be anslyzed. eaf
Mr.. Orton-Of course not, your honor
but the matter producing the smell can be-;
we can not anayIyzs sound, but may as
certain it's source. sal ee ssl.1-s5 eea5.z
Question--How did II smell ? sE
Obiection made, aad overruled. aaa
1t smelt like carrion; this is this beetle; {
scraped the hairs out with knife; it was,
then not az dry as now. and sscmed looser;
it was not difficult to keep them; ex-
arnipsd IL after DR.. Spaldiug was there
the frst time, and before he was the SEQ
ond time; we found it in the grsnary; [
found nothing on the axe mrs
Cross-ezansined By Judge Orson--In
the morning, when we went there, my
brother and others were there; did not
60 to the house; Joe Was with several;
Zol stepped up to Joe; they talked in Ger:
man; before he went to Joe, he said, If he
was guilty, he could 6nd it out; they at5.
peared angry; [ did not swear at the in.
quest that he shook his fist at Joe: I did
not hear any one ask Joe for permission TO
search; he came from the house. aud said
we might search wherever we pleased
had probably better CONNIE nee at the cellar:
before this, he had said that the place had
been ell searched over; think Joe CHANG.
ed color, turned white and then red, tretf-
bled when we found the bones; ZoI said,
Damn you, Joe, you have killed your
father and burned him up;" Joe mads no
answer; Zoll said he would take ears of
him; he did not take hold Of him; Joe had