The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1873-12-25

we left to go there; was after supper;
don't know when he returned; was IN
bed when he returned; it was the night
before; be killed the children in the morn
ing; old not hear him; had seen MIN in the
morning; he did not eat breakfast; Porter
came into the room where we we're crack
ing nuts. with hatchst; be ate his; did moi
distribute any be cracked TO others; he
came down stairs. saw him IN
kitchen before; don'l kn..W how long be-
fore-haf an hour. Brother Jacob, Solo
non, John and were in the kitchen. His
children We're there; Mrs. Porter was up
stars We had break East before be came
down. At that time the table was not
setting. Don't know where hatehet came
from. When he came in the kitchen with
1t he went TO cracking nuts; was cracking
about ten minutes; frat time did not
hear HIM say anything no ons. sali
anything to him at that time; did not re-
main in kitchen very long; about ten
minutes then went into room-sittIng-
room-and in kitchen too when he first
came down; he was about ten or fifteen
minutes in the room, then came into
kitchen and went up stains right away; he
was up stairs about twenty minues-
Room where the girls were taken
is sittlng-room, had q bed IN II Tor
Joshua; be was going up to Wits;
was on the road Porter left the house
about or 9 o'ciock-abut 10. No one
occupied the room but Josh IA; next room
WAS father and mothers bed room. one
room up stairs had three beds IN u. Had
been cracking nuts about ten minutes be-
fore Porter went for the hatchet; Ars.
Porter was up stairs when Porter was
cracking nuts. came down soon alter
when she heard the cry of the child;
when Porter came down the last time he
stood up cracking nuts, on iron on JakS's
lap; Jake had fathers hatchet; was out
doors, around the house. We said moth
ing-made no out-cTy. After Porter had
gene we returned and did not see Mrs.
Porter; did not see him put hatchet af-
! terWard-Was found in Wood-box-none
of us that know Of After Porter left I
went in; found Mrs. Porter at the door;
was walking away slowly towards HUNS.
His eldest child was in the room when he
came in; MInda went into the room; he
| spit on his hand, went into the room, told
/ the girl to shut the door. Minda said,
"noW door is shut" Partition not iathed
and plastered-boards fastened above and
below. Right away heard the pitlful
| cry; in about a minute Porter opened the
| QOOIg uAQ udbCuCI III uduO-DlOOu On ~
the smallest child was in the kitchen; re
slipped out and took her by the arm and
lifted her in the room; don't know wheth
er he closed the door or not; we ran out.
Did not hotice the kind of clothing Por-
ter had on This was Thursday morning
Did rot hear Porter about the room at
night. l assisted in getting Porter to
bed; was not walking about the house
that know Of
Re-examined - Ate breakfast before
Porter came down; Mrs. Porter did not
eat breakfast. The children were dressed
up stairs. heard no reason why Porter
did not eat breakfast. We were around
the kitchen before he went 1p TOR the
hatchet; were cracking nuts while he was
up stairs. The hatchet was Porter's. he
kept his tool-chest up stairs; he is car
penter; was not angry at the time he vas
cracking nuts that noticed. Mr.. Por-
ter stayed down stairs q mIddling long
while; she only gave the children a piece
when she was down.