The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-12-12
Grue Nortl)eruer.
Paw Paw. MIcHGAN, DIE. -. 1873
The Matteson--Morris For
gerry Case.
prioOO Eorn3Dc
AMOS NoEEIs RECALLED.


] gye Upton d note, GO not know when paid
il, think got the money from the farm. do
not remember that paid the Bank $50, sept.
80, II. Feb. II, '7s had sn obligation at tho
Bank FOR Sl15 o.. pald IL. got the money
from parties who owed ne. Jelemater paid
me some a72, I thinh. 7 PAID the S120 and
the sl15 notes al same time. 10 1871 ] gave
Higgins note which was ief. ar the Bank,
paid i. l. was 70. s175. Eot some OF the
money 60 pa, i from l.c. Lee. ( did not get
any OF 4 from Mattss0z. and did lot tell the
Cashier -hat was 20 ge- the money from Mat
-eson. know =. Atkins, OF Wayne 5p., Cass
county. When datteson and settled up be
never cail ed me back because be had made q
mistake o. 800. Dont -amemrer OF ever
being present with stbips ID Matteson's Office.
know eronne Smith, he vas living in aug.
- on my farm. lad no conversation with
lim a. that time in relation 20 a. nseruew be-
tween Smith and Coleman Did not say it was
ail night If Sml;h vouiG ac5 sveay 20 every
thing positive. sc 20 such conversation.
nov Julia Il. Smith by -igbJ. Had no con-
versaton n latter part OF Angus, when Julia
A. smith and brosher were present. at my
farm. Did not ssy ~ reolY 70 remark OF
jerome smi:h. Uould have'ra.d the mortgage
= u had oot been over al,0ao
EE-DlREC-
El.s. helrG o. the mortgage o. -ug. !, was
:oid b alv;I Du-kee, vas on tae -oaa from
Lew.c.
Il-cGoss EIAnISAv1oN.
slated yesrs-dayI made two purchases Of
.and. PAD on mrs. purchase +7'a. Got 5000
Of Beran-e. aid the otbe. ont Of ny means.
~o,d one ac-e 10 Bltely for 800 and paid that
on IL, soaoved &7oc o. NJ. seliicl and tool;
up the t-s: no..gage. held mortgage OF
100 when )ugh; ,be znL. principal and in
,eresl. Bought :: O: wha, I received from my
fathers es,a.e. he o-her purchase amounted
- 5000. Have paid Il, ,25o. Paid $3.50 with
a teAIn % MI. DpTkee the balance out of some
notes had. lie. Mateson have one held on
j. g. BGel. the note came from my Tather's
estate. aid 1890 from ny fathers estate ;
the balance raised from farm produce. The
Tuttle note was auoac s75. Pald 1t on the
steps Of Nstteson' : oftce. as near az can re-
collect. Canno- recoilect the exact date, think
It was -. - the fal. lie whole purchase
puce or Tie house a1G FIVE acres bought IN
Lawton wa- 5000, was q mortgage or it, one
ot II 500 ana one # 1900 held the 5000
mortgage. The -, 500 mortgage j. not all paid
ye.. I pad near 81 .0O0 on IT, n paying the
$500 Mortgage used the meaus Of my faith
ers estate. Ind nOy pay the Bitelv mortgage
from that mean-. Used 40 rart Of a.. Got
from my fothers estate pnor 10 the date OF
this mortgage, in notes. mortgages and per-
sonal property. some over $1,000. Received
$1,000 in money from tie estate. Received
one mortgage from tue estate Of $500 on Mr..
Thomas. Ie has pad that up. at different
times, il Il. a!so received @57j mortgage
OF Hinkley, II wss paid into the Bank in Paw
Paw in 70. PAID $1,000 for the place I live
on now. B9ugtt the acre. in the fall.
DIRECT.
deceived tie IInEley mortgage. The mort
gage on piece o. land in Decatur, one on Mr..
y. neas the 4. h. Held a noie against Wallace
Of Decatur. La; Is ali the mortgages ! recel-
we'd from the estate.
,lRs. MARTHA NORRIS SWORN.
ler,de IN LEwtol. aa married to Amos
Norris. IN the 2lst # IUuel..t, wss in Law
ton living w.cu u,v husband. Was well ac-
qua.utel with NY hus1anGs affairs. Know how
much be WIS receiving IRON hls fathers estate.
I bept the accounts.
sA2i. NORRIS SWORN.
Live III Noleuia tp., Cass county. AMOS Nor
lls is my brother Have lived in Michigan, in
Van BuIen and Coss counties IL years. Have
seen Natteson. Was in Mr. Thomas store
and saw Matteson writing lie said II have
no particular hand, but write as many hands as
there are people. II you or any one else
would write your name, | could write again so
YOU could not tell one from the other" Know
the farm my brother lived OH before he come
TO town. Know the value Of farms. Further
questions we're objected to on the part OF the
respondent, on the ground that it was not al
legged IN the information that complaining wit
ness owned the land purpoited to be mortga-
ged. objection WIS not sustained. Know
where Amos Morris resided before removing to
Lawton, in Antwerp tp., he was in possession OF
the land 20 years. 1t was Sec. 3, n. O. or, town
4. Near 100 acres under cultivation. II was
worth 80 pei acre. There was 126 or 130
acres. He left the farm about a year ago
CROSS EXAMINATION.
The land is the n. e. part of sec. 3, :. 4, 1. ii
W. Have known Matteson to years. Had
the talk in Seely's hardware store two or three
months after he came to the place He was
helping Nh Thomas at the time. He was wri-
ting on the show case. Mr.. Thomas was in the
tin shop. Matteson and l we're then alone
Had seen him nearly every week since he had
been there. Was pretty well acquainted with
mm for stranger Had talked with him be-
fore. Talked about loaning money, etc. The
can't tell how long ago 1t was.
The penmanship was good above medium.
Talked not more than five or ten minutes. lie
made the statement and that was all he said
lie had said before that he would like to have
more money than he had. Have been acquain-
ted with farmers in Cass and Van Buren, coun-
ties 40 years, Farms in that vicinity raise to
10 per cent. per annum. Think If well mana
ged would average 5per cent. year after year
might 90 over that.
REDIRECT.
im acquainted with the farming interests OF