Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-10-02


Second Day-TestimOny Concluded.
Testimony for the defense was con-
cluded from Yesterday; Mrs. Hodge
being the first witness called. Wit
ness lives in Ottumwa; husband
keeps the Ballingall house; known
defendant ten years; knew Barker;
saw defendant and deceased together
often on streets, at hotel, and various
places saw them together in base
ment Of hotel short time before diff.
ficulty; the bar room was in the base
ment; Barker told Jack to "come let's
us go and get dinner; Jack said that
he could not, very well; they stood
talking kind of confidentially Barker
said it was his wife's birthday, and
they were going to have roast turkey !;
they started towards Barker's; my
sister lived by Barker; was at her
house that day and saw defendant ut
Barker's house after dinner; have seen
Barker and defendant riding together;
Barker's wife and the girl Sadie ere
with them, in two seated rig, Mrs p.
with defendant and the girl with Bar
ker; Barker and defendant were in
drinking. room of saloon when / saw
them talking about the dinner. I was
was standing waiting for what they
called for; called for whisky; it was
in the fall. (Declines to answer wheth-
er she does not know that it was cold,
freezing weather.)
David Hodge-Live at Ottumwa;
am hotel keeper at Ballingall House
known defendant long time am a
half brother of Mr.. Ballingall !; Jack
had charge of billiard hall at the Bal
lingall; knew Barker; defendant Is
peaceable man.
p. G. Ballingall-Have lived in OF
tumwa fifteen years; am a hotel keep
er; keep the Depot and Ballingall
houses; Mr.. Hodge supcrintends the
Ballingall known defendant 25 years !;
he has been fifteen years in Iowa, and
in my employ all that time but six
months he was at the Ballingall for
two years before the killing the base
ment was occupied by the dining
room, billiard room and saloon; de-
fendant's character for peace always
good. / am al Alderman at Ottum-
wa; ! am security on defendants
bond have not been paying his law
yerS lees directly.
Joseph Wagg-Resided at Ottumwa
q years lived l4O feet from Barker's
residence; knew Barker and wife and
defendant; have seen them together
friendly, few months before the
killing.
DIR. G.. f. Foster-Lives at Ottum-
wa; been practicing five years; was
present at the grocery store that night;
four to six grains of morphine admin
istered to a man in the con-
dition Barker was that night,
should consider an enormous dose,
and its effects would be to benumb the
mind would produce narcotic effects
soon; would expect it to impair his
intellect in the condition he was in
that night heard Barker talking that
night; l saw dose administered there
and should estimate it from three to
five grains; DR.. Stewart and Mr.. En-
mis- administered it; that was prior to
the time Graves took the statement;
| was not called there as physician
Did not hear DIR. Hinsey tell them
how much to give; the first effects of
morphine is as stimulant, the sec.
ondary as narcotic; am not particu-
larly friendly with DIR. Hinsey; /
know w. w. Ennis, druggist; that
prescription was not weighed. have
been accustomed to SEQ medicines
weighed out, and think can give
pretty good judgment as to amount.
j. A. Schworm-Have lived in OF
tumWa 10 years; am grocer known
defendant IA years; his character as a
peaceable man was good up TO this
time.
Dispositions were then read as fol-
lows:
NJ. McGrath, bus driver at Ottum-
wa knew Barker and defendant have
seen them together often also Barker
and another woman riding in a bug
gy and bus, defendant and Mrs. B. on
one seat, and Barker and the other
woman on the other scat have seen
defendant at Barker's place OF busi-
ness and at his house; saw them to-
gether along in the fall; defendants
character for peaceable disposition was
good. When Barker arrived from the
East he arrived at 1886 y. m. Mrs.
B. aAd Fraunburg met him at the
depot, and they all rode up home in
my Jus sACy appcaEcu SeEy IfieHuiy.
CThis was about ten days before the
at1ray.)
Joseph Ainley-States about same
as preceding witnesses as to the par
ties being together and the defendants
character; have known defendant to
have carried bowie knife since |
first became acquainted with him.
j. w. Shea-Lives at Ottumwa:
blacksmith same, as to the parties be-
ing together and friendly at various
places.
DR.. Geo. Meyers--Residence Day.
export; knew Barker, lived at Ottum-
wa then saw him just after he was
wounded met him near the sidewalk,
aud he called out that he was stabbed
that he shot Jack, and Jack stabbed
him He Wnnt on dnwn To tho ctoro