The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-12-26


after he lmt the hotel he went and lived 81
Whites, that he had been in attendance her
on this occasion one week last tuesday. aDi
that lie VAS not as clear on this matter when
ne first came as he is now he saw the children
gong 10 or coming nom the picnic. There
we're two OF them. He did not state to Tucker
that he had lost Job IN a saloon IN Tint by
coming here, bat should not loose by IT,
LAURA MORRIS RECALLED.
SHOWN books. Those are the books 10
which have been referred; kept no regular
diary at the time-June 2lst. some OF tie en-
tries were made about the time-one on June
q and one on June %. Pages have been cut
ont that contained instructions n physiology.
They were cut out years ago.
CRoss-EXAoIISEp.
snce august lst | kept a memoranda OF
where my father had been; referred to the
sheets OF paper when | spoke OF q diary have
kept oiary,or part of the events that have oe-
CURED since August 1st, TO the 10Th OF this
month, Kept II to know where father was since
that time. here Is no particular reason why
should; have kept memorandum OF no
other fact can't tell every day where he was,
because J neglected some OF the days.
J. 7. HEBBLEs swoES
Reside IL Decatur am A physician. Know
AMOS Morris, see him frequently; know Mat
tes0n and jennie White saw them riding
was the same day OF a picnc--think It was
thlnk saw Mors that day, 1 talked with hlm
IN 'front.' OF my ONCE. Have heard talk OF that
day SINCE have taken pains 10 ascertain that
ina, was the 2lst Of June: saw Chrlsty that day
aud was talking with him about moving TO
Decatur--hst ls' 1t Is ~! recollection.
CROSS EXAMINATION,
Norris Was IN wagon-a 1 wheeled vehicle,
/ counted the bees: he was coming from
~ a IL wa N rs ~ n
the day. e.ween and II. had Just returned
rom OF miles IA the country. l ain not az
eieai tlal % was June y as wish 80 be,
.Gdnt rouce Maueson or the lGdy particularly
They were going towards tine depot a a sAelc-
ton wagon, il was from 1 % Lalt past ., 4 usu
atty 20 20 tea al halr past 3. may nave gone
li that day, 10 one was with me. asked
'tol1s how he came 20 get 80 dusty. NE said
Inc diGn I'VE on bis farm, he lived ia l.aWtou :
ho hadn't a.gltoo from G.s vehicle. have
talked socl deal about ;h.s matter. AnoW
Edward -uapp. Lave been in nis store. Was
made statement OF what know OF the matter
D.cu cay a. seemed Ike Z dream and tha5
could only .euember tia; ! saw Matteson and
jennie " Lite riding together. l didn't say
she was as sJod az ruined, and that daughter
OF niue could not lde with him. don't re-
member O. saying others that / didn't re-
member seeing Amos Morris positively; ! say
so nov.
a. 5. VINCENT SWORN
HeeGe 10 indiana. Was On little prairie
June II, or Amos Morris farm. Known Amos
Morris year, don't know AIatteson. saw him
hIst on tuesday last. June 21st ! vas n town
N tie evening Jerome Smith and | we're run
MIG tie farm, | " ent TO town on horseback.
Lew ta~rleuan went with me. | didn't see
Amos Morris before [ went. met Amos Nor
iis Just below his farm, coming from the west,
i was lpJ rods from the upper farm--l5O rods
IRON the lower farm. l started at 1 or half
past !. Iorris had a 2-horse buggy, ne said
ne had been to Decatur. went on TO Deca-
tllr ana returned about shutdown; don't know
OF q picnic on SATURDAY. / borrowed - Of
Castlelian on the 21st and made a memoran-
dun OF II. Produced memorandum. Feb
y / tank ] WAS in Decatur-am not sure. saw
Amos &o-Tis on that day, but am not positive.
a. was Illes from the farm 70 Decatur il Is
east Di the farm. Think II was ha.Y past / o.
5 because 1t vas half past 3 when I lett the
house. Locked al the clock. saw Ella Nor
rs ~ Decatur, OF the street. just after l got
IN tOvu--a 0Cut hair past ). I went TO The
postoi-ce lrst then 10 kosenbur8s store o.
tell E.la Nouldn't 20 20 the picnic. Then
went me- 7 went no where else. Don't re-
member ouyng anything didn't speak to Elias
Morris. .let 10 one that l knew on my re
Turn. ol IA Gee EAas Morris anywhere except
on -.c tlC-t. -iGn notice ANYTHING more than
usual 50 l- on lu town that day. Norris came
10 t.e Iarm once week or once II weeks.
DC usually came IN buggy. lie never came
WTu Lay lacE ,uac know Of. There was DO
G,lr.a. .- ,.c place on June 2lst that = NOW
OF. aI none on the premises abour that
TIME. aLsn borrowed the money had 10
occasion -or IT. Ae bad previously promised il
80 ms. na.d the money IN July. but made 10
entry o. ir because 4 sold him team.
trido., Doc. l9.
JEROME SMITH SWORN.
Reside n Marcellus. ! stopped one rime on
Amos Morris place.--was there SATURDAY, june
Il Albert and Elliot Vincent were at work
there Tat O. +; Lew Castleman came along
that day; be die nothing on the place that dav:
he renamed about an hour he went TO De-
catur with Albert Nincent.-thev started about
o'clock and got back about dusk; we were
drawing IL hay that day we worked together,
Didn't see Amos Morris there that day, MIS-.
Vincent visited there that dav,-her son John
was with her; she returned about dusk. sun
day | was IN Marcellus, started about o'clock,
Albert and Elliot went with me my sister re-
turned with us,--lt was about dusk she had
not been there the previous SATURDAY, Mon
day went to Decatur before noon: cultivated
corn IL the afternoon 1t was too wet to hay,
Was IN Narcellus on Tuesday; | took the
mower with me. Elliot staid on the place :
Elliot, Albert, and Henry Castleman helped to
load the mower there was hay rake on the
place IL had not been recently broken before
L went away; after got TO MarcelluS Harrison
Vincent Told me the rake had been broken,
Don't bnow OF Amos Morris taking any hay
away or June II don't know of his taking
more than one load Of hay from the field.
learned how the hay was 10 be divided after |
came back from Marcellus since this mortgage
controversy came up Morris said in my fathers.
presence, when | spoke OF a mortgage. that he
did not know il was so large, that if 1t had been
$1,000 instead OF $4,000 he would hire the
money and pay 1t like man. lie subsequcnt-
ly tod me that he didn't want nae to swear 10
anything positive. ! said it was not on Satur-
day he got the hay;' he said 1t was He threat
ened T. put me Oil the place good many times,
1 don't know what the reason was. Have known
Amos orTis by sight for or 8 years; have
net Known Natteson til Court commenced.
At tie time OF the conversation in my father :
presence Morris said II Matteson beat Inn he
w0uld sloot him and take has hearts blood
CROSS ExA1uNAIIoN.
/ bought nv right on the place OF Albert
Vincent about the lst OF June. 1 remained tn
Oct. 4I.h. lad no law suit with Morris: lie
didn't ne me; he had re arrested 7 had q
difficulty with Mrs. Morris; l tired 10 put her
out cf The house: l was arrested about Oct. IL,
The di icuity commenced about the 10Th OF
July; tired TO put Alrs. Morris out OF the
house spJ 18th Norris disputed nv right to
be Or tue place Tucker was my attorney
have talked with him about whether Morris was
there on the DIST: when I was arrested didn't
tell fucker that il would be a bad thing Tor
Alorns. nor that / couldn't say that l didn't
know whether / was at home that day or not.