The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-12-03


Miss NARY CONWAY was called: She va Q
school teacher; boarded ct Longworthis at Do
time Of the killing, her echoclaoass being sito.
ate6 iast across the road. She saw the father
and the hired man going down tho road. At
that time the boy - in the house. and she did
net eco hin leave the house; she heard Long.
worth cav be had some trouble about tie
road, and che supposed It W. Law sait; the
bow mnst have tsEea the gxn end followed his
father soae ainutes after he had passed down
the road Saw Willie have . qua in the morn.
ing; he uses it almost every boar in the day; did
not see hin load It Mr.. Longwofth told ne
he had some trouble With Robinson. and had 70
20 away. He went cat after giviag Ne sched-
ale; he was . ssAool drectee. l tAosgat ne
meant Q lawsuit. When HI. Loagwcrth re-
turned, and ss he passed the school house, saw
| him-his face was b:oody, and his hands also.
He did not retara to dlnnec; be went to La
Sale.
JOHN FoRR1srAL. Esq, Of La Salle was next
| called: Lougworth told ne on one occasion
| that Robinson was building feace-digging
post holes On his G.oogworths) land. and that
he would resist; ke wouldn't let Robinson build
that fence. I advised him not to do so-to sp.
peal to the law of the land. He said bic lawyer
had advised him otherwise. He said be would
resist by force if necessary; he would tear such
| fence down, and would ill the hsles up with
the dirt taken out He dida't ,ntinate 20 ne
that he would hurt Robinson.
MATHEW FLAHIvE sworn: I worked Tor
Mr.. Gallagher at the time Of the trouble. He
lives q Of q mile east of Lonyworth's Have
been in the army; had q conversation in the
latter part of July last with Longworth, at bis
place He asked me to take drink. He said
Gas had been \ soldier 40 long, it would be NO
great depreciation for me to kill Robinson"
He said Robinson was bad man, and might
shoot him. and he long WORTHY would give me
money enough to leave the country. l would
have nothing to do with it. He never men
| toned it again. l met Longworth in Ls Sale
last Monday, and We went and had drink.
He said II could do him good deal Of good by
swearing positively that he was drunk when he
spoke to me about killing Robinson" I said
must do justice to myself by swearing to the
truth. He said, "Robnson is no more ; thank
God, he has gone to Abraham's bosom that
though he was unable to hurt Robinson, he had
| raised a son who could"
WIN. MITCHELL was sworn: Knew all the
parties; have lived south of La Sale many
years have known VIM. Longworth % or %
years was out across the river, at David
Strawn's Covel Creek farm, on the day Robin
son was killed; came home, and next day, saw
where it occurred saw blood on the ground,
and the body covered with bushes The wit
ton of the fields roads, lanes, section lines, &c
Witness had once heard Mr.. Longworth, at La
Sale, make threats against Robinson, and that
he would shoot any man who attempted to re-
move the fence.
Mr.. z. L. PLowMAN testified: That he is
one of the fence viewers; saw Robinsons fence
and thought it not "a lawful fence
Miss ANNA O'BRIEN sworn: Lived at Long.
worth's for some time-fve months Heard them
IL E l. -.
Longworth is related to him. VIM Robinson
once came to Longworth's to subpoena Ars. Long.
worth to attend in suit He could not find her
Mr.. Longworth was net at home She was there
then in one of the rooms, and we did not tell
her any thing about Robinson being there. He
asked of the children and me, and We did not tell
him where she was. He went away and came
back, and Mr.. Longworth was at home, and ask
ed what he wanted. Robinson said he wanted
Mrs Longworth. Mr.. L. said be might attend
20 the business for him; he didn't know where
she was He had Just come from La Sale. Mr.
L. did not order Robinson out, there were no
high words. He went away He came another
time Longworth was not at home. Robinson
came in and searched the house, but did not find
her Then constable came and searched and
went away Longworth came home, and heard
high words on the road. They Longworth and
Robinson did not come into the yard. was ia
the kitchen and didn't hear what was said heard
no threats. When Longworth came in he said,
eff he had been there when Robinson searched
the house, it wouldn't be telling him good deal"
Loneworth had pistol in the house; they call
ed it revolver. Robinson had left q little while
When he me in he said he would have shot
or killed Robinson il he had come inside of the
yard; that was after the shots Heard Mrs.
Longworth say: Fire and scare him. Guess
he had got cut Of pistol range when the shots
were fired
Isaac Robinson was called as witness, but OBJ
jected to because he was not named ON the in
dictment as provided by Law, and he then stood
ASIDE
LUCIEN E. GIBBS was called but on stating
that his name was Lucius E, Gibbs the court
sustained an objection to him, and he stood
aside.
PETER GALLAGHER sworn Live at La Sale;
used to live in Dimmick. Robinson lived on q
part of the land once owned BY me- He explain.
ed the general lay Of the county about there.
was out there after the accident, same day. Had
heard VIM. Longworth say things about Robin.
son, when drunk. They wore generally quarrel
ing. Once think heard Longworth say that
zone or the other of them could not live" This
was two months before tho killing, and in La
Sale. When he met me he would usually talk
about his troubles and the land; that both
could not 1--we" or words to that eject He
used some such language frequently; don't think
he ever said he wanted TO fight Robinsoa. sold
and decided to Long worth the two rods wide of
land twelve years or SO ago, and it has been in
his possession ever since, suppose. decided it
to him before Robinson got it; Robinson once
threatened to sue me for it fesced out the
road for Longworth; We measured two rods
from Mtchells fence, which was crooked in
places, and the fenoe wo built was not very