The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-05-15
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ine. I wss there 81 the time.
7 c. yxxzAxDr-was in Upton do,
pros WI. va brought back. On th
} corner At Reichert'. heard Ridgewa
say" IT would give Is cents TO get
talk with pros. wit. think l ha,
! seen him before" thought il an cd
remark and remember ID distinctly.
RoBT. ADAMs.-Own brick shop o
: corner opposite Deardorff7s WACO
shop. Siedge, mattock, brace, an
9 screwdriver were taken from shop OF
night of burglary and | afterward
E identified them At Rowell's store.
! Case for Stale rested here. Motor
!. by deft's counsel TO rule out evidence
!. of VIM. Crawford. prosecuting wit.
? rene wed. and over ruled by the Court
J.F. MrzzY. - Have lived in Tiptou
II years; harness and saddle maker
: first cav pros. wit think last Feb'y OF
Mar. at my place of business. Came
with Vim. Fleming about dusk: Flem-
ing introduced him rs friend of his,
think-don't remember the name
given; f. said his friend was unweil
and wanted drink of whisky. One OF
my men had brought up . little from
Muscatine and I found it and gave
him drink; don't think he stayed
over 10 minutes; we stood few min
H ,,,... .,,t.; IL ~..x1 shcr ..ya,t - Kill, ~
saloon While At door parties came
up and wanted to play cards for mon
ey: l wouldn't let them play in my
shop and they didn't play. Never
saw pros. wit before that time thst |
know of; had no talk with him that
day or at any other time about safe in
the Treas's Office. The three Of Us
met in billiard saloon, or went there
together, and played bilIiards-one
game only, l think. Don't remember
who left saloon first; don't remember
of going any place after leaving saloon
before went home; seems to ne pros
wit. walked toward corner with me
am not sure-he might have walked
as far as my shop but don't think we
went ia. Had no conversation With
him about Treas office--never wrote
him letter In my life-didn't know
his name or address. Saw lin Sat. !
before burglary drive BY my shop in a |
buggy. l sat ia the door most of the |
afterno Don; saw him pass twice; thought |
l recognized him and nodded aud he
at me- Never had conversation Of
any kind with him since last March
al any piece; never met him Sat, 26rh,
1t any time or place; def. and didn't
meet him that night. After | left
hop that evening went to Swineford's
! few minutes; came away about Ole.
md heard noise in passing Ridgewgy's
aloon and stepped ia and told them
hey were making too much noise aud
I they didn't shut up they would ar
eat them; then wen. "a meat shop. tt
vas not yet dark; then to Fields gro
cry and into Stewards W here | waited :
ill Jas. Ford came TO help carry |
hings home when we went home to-
ether; found wife there. Ford went /
, bed and afterward MatIock, another 7
my men, came In aud retired.
'idn't leave the house that night:
ent to bed and didn't arise until after :,
O'Clock Sunday morning; had strain
my hip few days before stepping :
1t of buggy; didn't get out Of house :,
e day before burglary: on Saturday Al
uld walk well enough but hard to =,
up or down; slept with wife that
yilt; had assistance in getting into co
j. could no, raise my legs without adj
istance and for number Of days let
70 have help to arise and put on
nts; never reed letteo from wit; Dr.
ew nothing from any source of the
ended robbery; never proposed to pc
Re country fellow into back room mi
d skin him-on contrary advised rat
n not to play; McCIain heard the no
k. ito
foss-er Think l closed up about ell
K night OF burglary. Think it did sii'
vary 10 minutes from o'c when l ah
home. Witness repeats about GO 'i.'
into Fields and Stewards aud re- ~
8 going into Wisner's to divide ~
he fish either before or after going 81
, Field's.) Didu't see pros wit. "a
r nodded to him. Think Snyder IN
ID at the door as witness passed G.,
At remember saying any thing tr,
ut him to any one. Didn't recog- DC
E him at that time. eli
'ues.-Did you or did you not direct tn
:ause to be directed letter, or do
! know Of one being directed to one
n. p. easier, Of the State Of n. Y, \,
which was letter inclosed in an i,
er envelope on the back Of which II
3 writted request to hand that s,
ter to Joseph Wilson? a,
1nsuer-No! n
cues. Did you or did you not direct C,
lse to be directed or know Of being p
ected q letter as before containing a
Ugh sketch or draft of the Court b
,use in Upton and Of the Treasures e
Ice therein and safe In said office? /
e
Ques.-Did you at any time after !,
arch 18th, 1878, receive a letter sign. u
by Joseph Wilson telling you but +
e man could come, and asking you
you could furnish o man?
Ans. Never received any such let !,
+.
Ques.-Did you write, cause to be :
ritten or know OF being written
tier directed as before stating that h
~ would furnish man and telling I
e person to come on INN ediately? n
Ans. No!
Can't fix time stopped at saloon v
ght of burglary; it was near o'c; t
'uld not have been as late as 9: can't /
year definitely when pros. wit was c
ere last winter; don't remember his n
aving any part in conversation about {
aging cards; in introducing, Fleming =
ed name can't recall; don t know
no proposed to play billiards-think
e only played one game, might have
81. j.