The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-12-25

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1856; am harness maker; have neve
acted In a clerical capacity and neys
i practic-i writing ". any extent, kesi
my books, that 10 ell the writing. / %
Understand / ann y defendant In thts
case. I saw Crawford first last Feb,y
or March when be came to my stoIs
with VIM. Fleming after candle light
Ing; said he was sick aud would like
70 have some whiskey; one Of my men
had brought some from MuscAtine and
be took drink. Fleming proposed TO
60 and play q game billiards; SO We
went over aud played one game and !
went home about % o'clock. The
next time saw Crawford saw him
hers in Tipton pass along the street
Che day bsfors ths burglary; d0n' 8
remember Weavsr's being tbere. I
may have sAid ! thought recognized
that man; may have said thosGht I
recognized the team. Did not -
Crawford that night. had fell from
1 buggy that tried tn get into and
injured myself; was better that day.
fWitness then relates going homo and
to bed just ~ stated by Fesd aud his
wifs.) know nothing of this bursia-
" or the plans connected with IL Nor
anything at all about II. was mot
able 10 get ont Of bed alone; did not
get mp at any time after going to bed;
did not see Ridgewsy after leaving his
saloon that night; did not meet him
at any time nor at any place after 90.
Ing home and going TO bed; did not
know anything about this burglary
until next morning probably 0 Or lC
o'cl0ck. (Some letters shown 10 the
witnsas.) Those srs letters written By
me. The letter claimed 70 be Mu1sy's
letter shown witness Ineyer wrote
that letter at all and never saw Il IN.
I'll saw It In the Court Houss. /
never received any letters from or
wrote any letters to any person named
Dean or Cassiar, Wilson or Williams
or Crawford; do not know anything
about man named Dean, q man nam
I'd Fraleigh, or man named Casslar.
Cross- Eel don't think I ever
made any such remark as shat III
Ridgeway had kept his mouth shut
there would n.i have i,--t a0y of this
trouble" Ii did 1t was In references
10 the talk down ia the jail, and what
6imonds swor~ to IL Is my impress
bank with Mr.. Hammond on thu Sun
day forenoon after the burglary. 4
did not say Ia the presence OF Ham
mond Without beinx asked that II
know that this man with the grey
team done this; not in those words.
I said would not he surprised II he
had something 10 do with it. l didn't
cay III had known this would mot
not have gone there. bet that II was
the son Of b--h that had that grey
team said In the presence Of Mr..
Weaver that Thought I knew him
I thought knew the team.
Redirect. 1t was in the early part
Of the day that was Ia the bank. I
don't remember II there was anybody
present except Hammond. Rovsll and
myself. There was . good deal Of talk
as to who had committed the burglary
and about the grey team that had besn
seen down by the mill the night be-
fore. 1t was then [ said something
about the grey team having something
to do with IL.
REBUTTING TESTIMONY.
Mr.. Corncli--a lawyer Of Iowa City;
had had same experience that all law
yers have In comparing handwriting
and signatures; said he had examined
carefully the letters and papers said to
be genuine and that which was said
not to be genuine aud he thought that
there was resemblance between
them; that he did not agree with those
other experts who said that they did
not see any; he thought 1t = better
disguise than q forgery the letter de-
MED to be Muz2y'sJ and In spite Of
cross questions maintained his opinion
that it was very much better dis
guise than forgery.
AndreO Potts.--I WAS at the City
Drug Store night before burglary; met
NJ. and another man in the street;
knew M. but not the other man; they
came by light that shone out from
one of the stores. looked at the time
as we passed RowslI's and 1t was sx-
actly Is minutes to o'clock; we went
right to RS saloon and staid Is or 20
minutes and while was in there N.
came in. That was after O'Clock.
They didn't close at that time; didn't
hear NJ. say anything about closing;
didn't see Bissell with him.
The cross examination developed
nothing new.
Redirect Il saw Muzzy when he
came in the saloon. There was moth
ing to obstruct my view OF the door.
Nobody came in with him. The clock
l looked at was the Regulator at Row
ella. met Muzzy - I was going up
the street. was going to the saloon
when I met him.
A. Knott was in Ridgcway's
saloon that night about Q o'clock; l
went with this man Potts: we went
from the City Drug Store. 1t was
Is minutes to 9 o'clock by Rowelfs
time. saw NJ. that night in saloon,
l expect Is or 20 minutes after we
went in; he remained but a very
short time; didn't see Bissell with
him; think there was man come in
right behind him when he came in !;
it might nave been Bissell but don't
think it was.
Lross.er-I didn't look to see who
was with NJ. in saloon; I do. not
mean to say that Bissell was not