The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-04-24

a. Boland's. While he was out sh,
IS Mrs. C.), got up and went and viii;
II pered something to Winnell, who ss
!. at the foot Of the bed. Iwrote a LEI
= ter to Winnell for Mrs. Conkie.
!, Read it to her and she said 1t wa
right. 1t was written while Conki
!, was in Tiflin. Letter was read il
;, court. Left house of Conkle at
3 O clock, Thursday last. Winnell wa
there in forenoon, about s or 8 o
2 clock. Conkle had gone to his work
He, (Winncll), saw Mrs. Conkle in
o room down stairs. He said he hear,
she was sick and had come to se'
: her. The blinds were up and doc
a closed. They placed chairs agains
the door, close together, and sat il
1 them, with arms around each other
e They hugged and kissed each other
Did not hear sill their conversation
+ He said they would "light out" be
fore long. She told me to go ovel
and curl Miss Boland's hair They
$ did not say where they would."ligh
o out" to. They acted out of place
+ The children came to the door bu
could not get in. left them togeth
er ID or 90 minutes. DR.. Ballard
! came to see the sick lady. Winnel
r was in when he came, and went out
, Told Conkle two weeks ago he had
better leave her, for had heard that
5 two fellows had been there while he
was in Tiffin. He said he was going
; to leave. Told Mrs. Conkle she had
better burn the letter, but she would
not, and gave it to Winnell. Went
into the house with him and stayed
about an hour. When DIR. Ballard
came to the house Winnell was be-
hind the door. / saw Winnell and
Mrs. Conkls on the lounge. She
jumped up and let down tiis table
leaf. She jumped up so quick, could
not ace what they were doing. Talk
ed with MIR. Conkle about his wife's
conduct two weeks ago. 1t was at
the Colt house. She was not pres
ent. Conkle asked Mrs. Conkle if
Winnell had been there while he was
al Tifiin. She said he had, in the
day -time-not at night. Conkle told
her be had heard that she and Win
nell were going off together. She
denied it. He complained some. and
thought he letter was written by Win
nell TO get him off to Tiflln. She told
me Winnell stayed with her while
Conkle was in Tilfin.
Cross ezamined.-I was at Conk-
les. He was opposed to my staying.
Was there some time beforeI knew
there was any trouble. 1t was Sun
day night. and about Cinth. Roberts
He had been down to Strother's try
ing to play off single. Cinth. told
his WIFE COnkle said he was down |
ONCE. Said it was trouble that caus
ed him to do so. Didn't care what
happened. The balance. of the
testimony of this witness is devoid
of interest
This letter was signed "Katie
Conkle, butsthat hain't my name any
moie,'' and dated "Wednesday morn
ing. > 1t said that Mrs. C. and Ad.
{ (Conkle had had some trouble. She
wanted to see w. Thursday night. A
light in the hall was to be the sign. If
he could not come that night, he was
to meet her in the school boys room
next door 10 Jacob Benders'
DIR. BALLARD SWORN.
DIR. Billiards. evidence went TO
ate that sworn to by Kate
Fulk in reference to seeing Mrs. c.
and Winnell on or near the lounge.
wM. JONES. SWORN
Direct Er Live in FindIay. car
riaed word from Mrs C. to, Winnell.
She wanted me TO carry a message to :
him and said ] would. The mess.
age was to tell Winneli not TO come
around any more. l carried it. He
said he did not care id for it, if :
Conkle was waiting for him he would ,
lick him one and he would keep his
mouth shut. This was the day be
fore he was shot He said he was |
going to take Mrs. c. away with him. =
III said there would he a hell of E:
report about town before many days, ,
Have seen deceased in Cs. room in
Colt House when G.. was in Tifiin.
The door was open and Dolph Ros-
enberg was in the room. Winnell
indicated that he stayed with Mrs. c.
the night C. was in Tillin.
Cross EE i left the saber hang
ing behind the door Conkle Friday
forenoon; he said he believed he ,
would go and swear his life against :
the deceased. The balance of the
cross and re eXamination elected
nothing of Importance. 4
PERRY BAIL SWORN. /
Says that he has seen a good deal
VS.. writing and has carefully com
pared this writing with other of his
and believes he wrote the letters
IThe letter referred to, is dated at
Tiilin, March Both, and signed B. L. 4
Kizer. 1t offers Conkle situation
as night Watchman there, at from
s65 to $500 fper month, saying
that the night watch there is to be
re- organized. and made up of men
from abroad.
HARVEY JONES SWORN. /
DIRECT EXAMINATION. - Live in
same house with my father. Went /
after the gun on Thursday in the {
morning-got it. / stood by the s
river-Mr C. was going home and l t
asked him to take it. Next saw the 8
gun Friday. Father loaded it--he ,
was going to try to get duck for
sick girl. Took the gun up stairs. ,
Nothing further elected on the {
cross examination. t
PERRY BYALL SWORN.
DIRECT Ex Il handed Conkle a
letter some time ago. Winnell told
me to hand him the letter and tell
him it came from a stranger. w.
afterwards told me he was fooling
C over to Tiiiin. think w. once, ..
said he intended to get C's. wife-he !,
expected some money and when it
come they would light out, Conkle
said once to Winnell. that he heard .
he had been talking about his wife
he called her up and she said she had .
never heard anything about it. She ,
told C. he was just jealous of her. He