The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-12-18

| lst OF March. Amer receiving II my
husband came west. II was. over !
vel PIE Ihsara 1t him. Cal
Fe6leu 4 u exact mS. - wr(
70 ne sls swsy;I Ie1 lis int
tlon TO me out bel tdSob thsrrs
ursr's 7 y and / q ecteds 70 IL - =
matter ~ course. / only knew who
Nussy was from his letters; knew
nothing Of him personally; had reed
othsr letten; they were aligned J. +.
Many; gave them to Cnwford; don't
.kaew What mas become OF them. ]
know of letters having been sent
from Auxxy to Wilson. 1 gave Craw.
| fora to aud won't b positive n he
ssve tlssm back; II he did I Destroyed
lthsm; the 4th letter / dsstrsysd don't
know whether I destroyed the others
or mot. Received the lst letter in L.
Falls; husband was then In Roehes-
tsr; took that letter and gave II 70 him;
We about the last OF Jan'y. IS. Trad
that letter. II was letter from NIUE.
~ saying that man named Dean had
written about Crawford, and asked
him n he would come to Upton and
do = burglary that was what ftmeant.
I think my husband answered that
letter and received one saying Il was
Co. Treasury and that it stood IN q
rood place; that there was . safe In 1t
and that in the months Of March and
April there was from So, 900 to slo0. :
600 In II. The Sd letter is this, fthe
letter In evidence. and the 4th letter
said that he should come out here, that
he would furnish what men were
wanted; received the 4th letter, /
think between the lat and middle Of
April. I think my husband came out
west the first time the first Of March;
I think he was gone nearly d month
and came back home. After receiving
the 4th letter he left right away. In .
day or two at least. Think I saw the
outside letter OF one Of the letters di.
rected to Cassler: IL was postrnarked
Upton, Iowa. Casslar Is stiii there.
The letters contained q caption pur.
ported to be written at Upton and d.
rected the answers to be written to
Upton to J. F.. Muxxy.
Cross Er.-That direction to send |
letters directed to J. +. Muzzy, Upton,
Iowa, was not in all the letters; think
It was only in the LIST. / am the wife
Of that maa (Crawford). My bone is
In Little Falls, N. Y; came here in
May; since then have been living at
NJ. Maynard's and Fleming House
here in Upton, and at Davenport;
think / came here latter part Of May
and was here during June and first
Of July, then went to Davenport and
there greater part OF July,
Aug, Sept. and part Of Nov. and came
here the 22d Nov. Hammond IL my
rue name; always went by that name
iii came here to Upton; went by
name Of Crawford because people Of
Upton gave me that name. Don't
.hink had any reason for Disgusting ,
ny name. Don't know what my bus
lands business ID; he has none; never
Toes anything for . living. When he
rent away from home / understood ,
hat he went away to blow safes. This {
nan Casslar is drsyman or carman.
1e does not drive 2 horses and dray ,
u drives mules and dray. He is
lot Q professional safe blower, but
hese letters were directed to him; he
Id not open them. He took off the {
utside envelope and turned over the
sitter inside to me. All these letters
rom Muzzy were handed to me by
'asslar. ! could not sag if any of
hem were open when l got them.
'hink Cassler knew my husbands
don't recollect Of his ever
anding me any other letters for my
usband but these. l opened these
stters. think can read; read these
stters. Received the lst think the I
lst Of Jan'y, the ID about the middle
Feb'y, the next one was lat Of
Iarch and next was between the LIST
nd middle Of April. They were all
vith reference to my husbands COM
nc out here. opened each letter
nd handed to my husband. got the
etters, opened them read them and
landed them to my husband in each
Instance; understood the contents OF
he letters and handed them over to
Tim. That [pointing to letter is the
etter he came out the first time on; I |
aw that letter lst of March: dent !
know where it has been since: saw 1t
lgain q week ago Saturday. II was
yiven TO me by man named Hayes;
ioH't know that he is related to Fra
eigh; don't know ii they live in the
anne town; don't think they are in
he same gang; never heard that that
etter was destroyed; never heard that
The letter that he came west on was
had no reason to suppose
70. Know Judge Rothrock; saw him
1t his house last June; remember tel
ling him that the letter Crawford come |
west on was destroyed. | told him
that the letter he came west on the
Iasst time was destroyed. ] told him
that the reason why had not brought |
The last letter was because it was de-
Dtroyed. Saw Hayes first in n. Y.
,ity; Fraleigh also; never saw either
It L. Falls nor at Rochester; the first
lime saw Hayes was year ago last |
spring. Ny husband did not intro
luce me to them. I asked him their
names and he told me. / saw Fra
|eigh the last time q week ago last |
10 Upton across the street.
That was the only time l have seen
him In Iowa; do not know where he
vas stopping here; had no conysrsa-
Ion with him; do not know where he
. now. My husband was not in the !
habit Of having much money about
him; he supported me; paid for my
'lothes; ! knew he was eng aged in
his business; received and read all his
stters and knew that he was IN this
lind OF business; gave him the letters
'scsuse they were not mine, and l
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