The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-07-03

hope and believe, that the life ant
health Of our brave jailsr may b spar
ed, We surely have little cause FOL
complaint.
THE CAsEOF THE BURGLARS WIFE
As stated In our EXTRA last Friday,
Mrs. Ella Crawford, the rsputed wife
Of the man who b In jail for burglary,
was that morning arrested upon
charge Of aiding In his recent attempt
to escape. and committed to jail. She
was brought before Justice Sheldon,
Friday, for preliminary examination,
which was postponed In order that
she might secure counsel. On Mon
day. e. F. Richman, Esq. . son OF
Judge Richman aud q member of the
firm Of Cook, Richman 4 Bruning, of
Davenport, arrived to represent the
defendant and the trial was at once
commenced In the Court room, s. v.
Lsndt appearing for the State. The
cause opened with . motion by coun-
sci for defendant that defendant be
released on the ground that admitting
all alleged by the information and &C.
comparing afldavita, the defendant
was not guilty under the letter Of the
law. The question turned upon points
of law which were argued at length by
the attorneys and finally decided ad-
versely to the defendant and the trial
proceeded. The testimony of Thomp-
son (Castello) the accomplice who
Lost an arm, was Of course taken 1t
the jail, as was also that of Mrs. 81.
monds, the jailer's wife. The other
witnesses were examined In open
court, the trial continuing nearly all
day Tuesday aud being largely attend
cd by the public. The result was the
holding of defendant to appear before
the Grand Jury under bond in the
amount Of $500, In default of which
she was remanded TO Jail. It is gen.
orally thought that . writ Of habeas
cOrpus will be taken out and defend
ant be brought before some Judge
where the points of law negatived by
Justice Sheldon will be re-argued In
her behalf. Ifany evidence can be
found upon which to convict the wo.
man Of breaking the law, all good cit.
liens will unite In desiring that she
be kept, tried and punished. II no
such convicting evidence is procurable
under the law, no matter how we'll
satisfied We may Re that she must
have had guilty knowledge Of and
participation In 80 fearfully criminal
an act, the sooner she shall be free to
seek some safer distance the better.
knowing the interest in both town
and country on the subject, and Is usu-
al anxious by any effort to satisfy 1t
90 far - 10 proper and practicable,
instead Of repeating street stories We
append the testimony given in this
case in full:
TESTIMONY.
Ella c: Z; rnsrrr NIXON, E14.1.
MrgA. B. NaynardLGave name,
age, occupation, &c. Defendant lives
with us and visited Jail often, some
times staying three hours. Thursday
of last week q gentleman came to
door and gave her letter and note. l
did not know him; did not see him
give letter and note but saw them in
her hand. She read them both and
said letter was about Mr.. Crawford's
carpet bag, and the note was to hand
letter to Mrs. c., which she said she
wouldn't do; didn't give any reason
why. Seemed little excited. Left
about four hours after; said she was
going to Jail; returned before dark.
Was not out that night after she re-
returned. Said at first she thought
man who brought letters was Castel-
10, but afterwards said she didn't
know. Didn't say anything further
about him.
Cross-examination waived.
IHo's j. 7honspson-Will be 10 in
Oct; live at Garden Prairie, III. /
first saw Mrs. Crawford when she
came to Jail first day she arrived in
town. Did not speak to me then nor
for two weeks afterward. | never
was closer to her than when she was
at cell door and l on the bed. She
didn't speak to me more than two or
three times while l was in Jail. She
came about every other day. Think
she was in cell once when Crawford
and we're talking about the plan.
Mrs. Simonds, suppose, heard as
much .. the conversation as Mrs.
Crawford; it was the day after l got
out; was talking about going away;
she told me to keep away from hotels,
laughed when she said it referring,
] suppose, to hotel scrape by which |
l got in Jail. She never said anything
that l heard as to the plan of escape;
She couldn't have helped but heard
conversation between Crawford and !
the day I was at the door, but if she
didn't understand slang she wouldn't
have understood it any more than she
would Dutch. Crawford told me to
get q good gun or pop; didn't say
what / was to get it for. l saw her
at Maynard's on the day of the shoot
ing; she pushed open the shutter and
said "How do you do, thought l
knew you." I gave her letter and
a note; she asked if she was to read
them; said l supposed SO, that a
gentleman sent it down from the
hotel; she said call right" and l went
away. In the note it said: "Mrs.
Crawford, please hand the letter to
your husband; let no one get hold of
it but him as it's no ones business
but his what's in it." The letter was
sealed and directed to Crawford; was
dated at Fleming House, and said:
"Mr. Crawford-Killgore told me to
send you word that he had not seen
Murphy yet because he did not get
there till to-day, but he will see HIM
this evening and deliver your mes
sage" (Signed) Earnest Alexander.
/ don't know that she gave any infor