The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1868-12-19

ASS, SoihS ny 10 my ap-
pointment W. y above there, I came by
Pomeroy's and went to the side of the de-
ceased as she lay in her winding sheet,
and took look at her. She was rather
sweiicd about her neck and under her
ears, with spotted places on her face.
She had a different look on her counte
nance, unlike any corpse l had ever seen
having bloody spots like. She did not
have convulsions before she died Don't
think she lived over fourth or half
hour after | had got there the night-she
died. Her head seemed thrown back
nothing Ike drawn back. She was not
undressed. She said nothing to me
about ''sling."
Yes, We had 4 meeting at Albany in
the Baptist church the week Pomeroy
was arrested. After church he came to
the stand and said he wanted to talk with
me; he SAID he would be at the Court
house, and L met him there. He asked
me this question "Did / not say when
I came up to Providence church that
time that fear my wife is poisoned-
He then said my evidence would be the
hardest of any against him.
No. lie did not ask me to modify.
He said he heard there was going to be
some kind of proof Of an intimacy be-
tween him and his second wife. That If
so, it could be but friendship or an in
timacy by lie moving in with the family.
[Ruled out
CROSS EXAMINATION.
: Yes, am positive as to what Pomeroy
said at church-"That she is poisoned,
father, come quick! my wife is poisoned
and | am afraid she is going to die" l
could hear very good them days; he
might of had other words in. From the
door where he stood to the pulpit is about
Al feet. She was lying on the bed on
her back, head back on the pillow was
quiet till the camphor was given and
lived perhaps half minute before she
belched it up. The popularity was
purple or spotted look and the counte-
nance different from any one | ever saw
Yes, he said "can it be possible my wife
is dead !" He knew it as well as [ did
had said his wife was dead.
Yes, we packed him to bed and gave
him the lard as soon as it was warmed
1 helped to drcnch him with lard; did
not say [ drenched him. Oh, yes, you
lawyers could write anything down.
Likely some witness will tell you he
spewed it onto his coat. He shock his
head when he took it. 1t was after he
took the lard he said he had taken the
sling; said he had bad cold and made
up sling of alcohol warm stew that he
drank most all Of it and his wife drank
the balance. Nothing about any one
else. There was no one by, this time, but
myself and Pomeroy. He had said this
before when good many were present.
| went away before any Doctor come. [
tried to be DIR. myself. I gave her the
eamphor from a tea cup--a swallow or
more. In half minute she belched it
up. Gaze it but once; Pomeroy was
present.
JOSEPH BEELER sworn for the State
The deceased was my sister. I knew the
prisoner at the time of her DEATH Don't
know what my age was then, but remem-
Der the circumstances well. Pomeroy
was at my fathers that day about sun
down he had been working some days
for us. He lived about three-quarters of
a mile from us. Pomeroy got strychnine
of father that evening it was in small
vial; did not hear him ask for it. Heard
father tell him to be careful. Did not
hear Pomeroy say for what purpose he
roy came to give the alarm; heard him
say then that she inhaled it. I saw
Pomeroys harness at fathers some time
after; did not examine them; afterwards
saw them, they showed no appearance
that rats or squirrels had gnawed them.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
was about IA years of age then I
think. Don't recollect the harness well,
could not say that the lines were spliced;
could not say positively that the harness
l speak of were Romeroy's or not, but
think they were. Twas in the church.
when Pemeroy came; don't know that it
pwas fenced. He did not get off his horse.
He came close to the door. The words
he used with strychnine I did not under
stand, but he said eshe was poisoned;
she inhaled it" He told it to the crowd
Can't say that am friendly with Pome-
roy; don't know how long since became
unfriendly with him.
Question-Is it as much as five or six
years?
Yes, since the time his wife died. Yes,
We treated him friendly when he and his
child lived at our house, and up to the
time of his second marriage.
Re-Erana. the harness were
mended before she died. No, did not en-
tertain very friendly feelings toward the
prisoner after she died and before his
second marriage.
By Defence-No, said was friendly
up to his second marriage. I could be
kind to him but did not like him. They
were not mended because I worked the
harness.
JOHN N. BEELER, for the State: I
was acquainted with Pomeroy in 1859 !; |
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