Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-24

not y,ino 10 help me. l said don't talk
~, Won will help us Pa. The little dog
tent IS Inning ali the while. and when l
started from the house the dog started
with us and whined all the while. Have
noticed the rope and know that II Is the
rope used to tie the horJes. tie went IN
the stable and turned the horses out and
took rope off. He always does snnt.
wa. i'm stable several times but did not
notic,. the rope being gone. Rope pro-
duced to witness.) ] identify this rope
az our rope used on the horses. He went
ont of the house in good hunior TINS
morning talking calm and in good hu-
NOR. lie has spells every month since
he came from the army. When ne mas
then, spells me inst sits down moapisniv.
AID lets every thing 90. and appears to be
di.heartened and discouraged. lie was
not ugly nor cross nor dangerous. lie
was morose or melancholy. lie has no
enemies around here that know OF. NO
money about him that know OF, neither
was there any reason for any one else 10
believe that he had money as far as 1
know.
Samuel Ruckman being sworn testi-
fed as follows:
Was called here by Clearwater's little
girl who came to our house and told or
folks that ID. Clearwaters had hung him
self. They called me to the house and i
came from there here. / came upon
them suddenly and found the family sit
ting on the bank Of this branch. When
got here I first saw Mr.. Clearwaters
hanging to limb Of that tree across the
branch. / went over there and took ho'd
of his hand. 1t was cold and seemed very
stiff. l was here about five minutes.
4 I'D nrtfG Was
there when he was taken down. had
not seen Clearwaters for some time, pro-
bably a month or three weeks. Know Of
no one having any spite against him. lie
is generally a peaceable, quiet man. we
searched for papers or any thing that
would indicate the reason for him hang
ing himself, we did not find any thing.
Found no weapons or any thing else.
WI. Jones being sworn said I:
Saw Mr.. Clearwatels last yesterday
about five o'clock, i'm the afternoon.
Noticed that he had one Of those spells as
we called them. / know he had those
spells once month as l have learned
from the family. Know of no reason
that would lead any one else to have 4
hand i'm this matter. j first saw him
hanging on the limb to-day. ! was mott :
fed by little girl that he was dead.
helped take him down. This is the rope
he was hung by. He was stiff and cold
when we went to him to take him down.
Could not see any reason nor any thing
that would lead to the belief that any one
helped him do it. think he did 1T all
himself. Tho knot in the rope was on
left side of his head by the ear. His head
was about three feet from the limb the
rope was tied to. One Of his feet was
resting on limb near the ground. lie
could not have swung Off of the limb his
foot was on. and then got his foot back on
the limb again, unless he took hold of the
rope with his hand. Body was perpen-
dicular except the foot. We united the
rope from the limb over his head, then
we slipped tho moose from over his head
AZ soon as we got him down. Then we
carried him to where he is now lying.
James Gray being sworn, said:
| saw Mr.. Clearwaters hanging on the
limb that was the first saw Of him to-day.
/ helped take him down. The rope was
about three feet above his head. ] heard
Mr.. Jones testimony. He has told you
about ali know about it and his evidence
is about the same rs mine will be-.