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

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life for lila" Robinaoa vas Qsarrelsoae.-
Longworth eooe said: II cannot ss1Isr TIN man
-he 10 southern Niger. and ono OF VI w,u
have to die" It va in German saloon IN La
Sale. We had he'd glssa Of beer; Longvorth
VA about half drunk. A. I Understood it IN
sa6stanoe, be sald he w. afraid oae or the other
woala have = die SEQ s4
On Thursday morning the fret witness called
was B. T. PARRISH, Who testified as follows
. isurvey Of the disputed land made By Mr..
Gibbs last spring year. I was q ehainmsn.
4itshell, Issac Robinson, xcDermott and Long.
worth were With u.s. The witness explained at
great length The roads, lines Of fences. section
cerners and liaes, &c. q exhibited On . map.
Rob,nson's body vss IL i feet north of the seO-
ton line, and Wa lying lengthwise, east and
west, on . line with the post holes he bad been
digging fos his new fence. There has been .
survey made since his death, which agreed With
tho one before mentioned He saw shot in tho
fence and took them oat. There were three or
four squire! shot, buried % that the outsides
were visible On level with the ssrfsce OF the
board. The board Was probably tho second in
the fence, and two feet from the ground, and in
range from the southeast scross the body, and
little west Of q line drawn through the middle
of the body. We found some shot that fell out
OF the back OF the corpse when We were dressing
it. These shot were apr arently little larger
than the others. The shot taken from the fence
were bright and fresh and not much scattered
There were some spots of blood on the fence.
The fence was . few feet at the back of where
the body was Is it fell.
The people rested their case here.
EVIDENCE FOR THE DEFENCE.
MATTHEW FLAHIvE was first sworn: Know
where Phil SullIvsn's saloon is in La Sale.
Was there and had q conversation with Mrs
Winters. Well, she did try to quiz me, and
may have said something about Longworth's
good character l know 10. Perdy's saloon
Don't known John E. Dodge, nor Kslhorn.
Question by Mr. Bull: did you tell Mrs
Winters that Longworth was gentleman, and
as to his character there was nothing wrong 2"
Ans. "No, didn't say he was gentleman,
and never knew him to do wrong. was at
Perdy's, but didn't talk sbou. the case Didn't
say could get $500 if could convict Long.
worth, nor that if failed that John Gallagher
would shoot me- Didn't ask any one how he
liked Joliet"
II u. FOLLErT, Esq, was next on the stand ;
Am an attorney; knew Longworth or years
He was in my Office, in La Sale, few days be-
fore the killing OF Robinson. He consulted
my advice about the fence on bis private land
After he had stated the facts, informed him as
to the course to pursue, that he could sue Rob-
inson for trespass. That did not seem TO suit
him, as he desired to contest the title to the pri
va,e road. l told him he could then take up
the fence and remove it and keep it; that then
Robinson would probably bring an action IN re-
plevin, in which the title could be contested.
RICHARD CANTwELL sworn: Lived at Long.
hpfU tIras tb.y.
on Oct. 9Th last; went out with Willie Long.
worth, into the field, to haul hay; had hauled
one load team was in the harm -LsHs-
worth told me he had to go down to the lane to
see about the fence Robinson vas building to
notify him not to put up the fence, aud he want.
ed me to 90 along as witness. We went, Long.
worth and [. Willie vas in the house, and did
not 60. did not go into the house. When We
were gone some so rods, looked back and saw
Willie back in the road about so rods behind
US, coming. Don't believe Longwor,h saw him
Robinson was ahead with man at work At the
fence When We got there, Longworth pulled
up their euide-pole and went towards Robinson,
who took a gun and acted as though he was
loading it. When Longworth got within or
feet of Robinson, he threw the pole dewn, and
Robinson said, ''you have come here to raise a
fuss" no. says Longworth, II came here to
notify you not to put up this fence on my land"
Robinson said, you must prove that l.. said,
''it is already proved" When he said this, r.
said, IF you come closer, will shoot you"
This last was while L. had the pole. He threw
it down, and says, mo, you can't shoot, because
you know you are not on your own property"
Robinson says, 81 am" Longworth says, you're
liar" and then they gave the lie back and
forth. Robins! put his fist to Lougworth's
nose, and was going to strike as l thought.
T 10
strike Robinson says, come over my own
fence and will show YOU Longworth says,
"cant you strike where you stand Robinson
then raised the gun and struck Longworth over
the eye, and Longworth seized the gun, and
Robson tried to pull it away. They struggled
ogether-Longworth backing east, and Robin.
son let go and struck LongwoIth with his fist
four or FIVE timea Longworth seemed to DO try.
ing to keep the muzzle of the gun pointed away
from him, and Robinson seemed to be trying to
keep the stock close to his own side. Then Rob.
inson tripped Longworth. and he fell, Robinson
on top. l think he hit L. or 5 times when he
had him down. Then the gun that Robinson
had went off; the shot went east; can't remem.
Der that saw the gun after they Tell the smoke
was about u inches above the ground. They
were down some ten or fifteen minutes before
the gun went of. He struck Longworth With
the left hand. Ro5insons right hand was to-
wards Longworth's head. After the gun went
off, Robinson eased up little from Longworth !;
then he seemed to have his left knee on Long.
worth's thigh or groin, with his right foot ex-
tended far back. Willie, at this time, was stand.
ing at the fence to the southeast of them; he
was crying. Willie started from the fence with
his gun in his hands. Parrish, Robinson's hired
man, passed in to keep him back. saying, evil
lie, don't" OF, "don't, Willie" Willie moved one
side little, raised his gun, and fred. didn't
think he was going to fire. Parrish was very