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


onversation bet wcen NJ. and me af
ter supper. Ieft town next inorHipg
+. was akng; coaid not say five len
the h.tel togethes or NOT. have nc
profession Or basinesr: gain . liseli-
hood. make my living by my Wits;
have been . bnrglsr for nnmber, OF
Pyears. I. IL not OF our gang for we
have no gang. This man Dean 10 .
burglar who with Muzxy robbed the
Clsrk's Office some years ago--so l
am told. My wife got the first letter
aud gave il To me; WAS ~ home in
Little Falls. \. y; il was addressed
to VIM. II. Casslar with the request To
hand to Joe. Ny wife understasds
that am burglar but does not know
anything that l can keep from her;
II shs gets hold OF = letter she opens H.;
that letter was open when she gave IL
to me; she always gives me the letters
after opening them; all Of Ms letter.
~ me she opened bsfore I had seen
them. We write letters to each pther
we burglars and all my letters II OF
any Importance or concerning \ burg
larry are sent to Cassiar, no matter
from where-he being trusty friend
and generally In the inside Of the
envelope that 10 directed to him is Q
request to hand the enclosed letter to
Joseph Wilson, 80 that IL the officer.
wish to come there or 10 write decoy
letters and inquire Tor Joe Wilson,
will see them first. We write such
letters for protection against the de-
tective force. All these letters oi
n. were addressed on the outside en-.
velope to CAsslsr. When ! got here
In April drove TO The livery stable;
left my horses and went TO Miller
House; first saw NJ. on one OF my
trips 10 the Court House, and he said
meet him At mill saw M. while driv>
Ing the team that day; was standing
In the door after supper before dark.
Could not say what time reached the
mill, 40 had no watch; think the
nrst time drove there was between
and 10 O'clock. that was time ! hitch
ed the team there, The second time
II WAS about 10 o'clock. I did f1rst
testify 1t was about II but had no
watch aud could not tefi definitely.
Did not remain there long before go,
into buggy with Ridgeway; shoula
say II was about 10 o'clock. Il was 10
minutes after these men came there
that got into the buggy with II.
went t. the Court House and seft
them standing there and went back
and talked or 10 minutes no longer.
I think possibly did te.tiy on my
direct examination that II was II or II
O'Clock when X. FIRST got into buggy
Wm. Fteming-- r.-ried In Upton iD
April "a; hsve seen GrAw ford before;
think | met him ut Fleming House
about l2th Of March or Feb: was IN
the Office when Arst saw him: did no,
see N. that evening; think I was
working IL Ms shop that time and
may have seen NJ. during crawfoSd's !
stay that time; saw NJ. aud c. play log
billiards in the billiard hall Of Henry
Weaver here In Upton: think on 18th
of March: did see NJ. on 18th of March
at the shop and in the iiliiard room;
we all three were talking together;
took c. to the shop aud intro duced
him to NJ. about = or . O'Clock: that
was before We engaged in the game Of
billiards; could not say just how long
1t was that introduced G. 10 NJ. be.
fore we played billiards. perhaps il
was half an hour. After the game " ~
finished don't know where they went.
| went to get my coat and when
turned round again they were gone;
| went to the hnase, supposed G. had
gone there but he was not there, wait
Ell sometime-,hink half an hour
when he came In aud showed him
to he.i; no one oaena in With him
did not know where ne had heen from
the time he left the billiard hall until
he came to hotel to % TO bed. have
no recollection Of having had any con-
versstion with NJ. In regard to where
he was that night after playing bill
liards and as a matter Of fact I do not
know.
Benjdnlia Wedrer- Resided in Tip.
ton last April. Recollect the circum
stance Of Rowell's safe being robbed.
Evening before robbery saw Craw-
ford driving up main street with two
grey horses. was standing by the
side Of M. In his shop door. G. drove
up the street to abont r. = saloon, I
think; turned around aud drove back
and when he got opposite Ms store
he made bow to NJ. and NJ. said II
know that man, think be is from
West Liberty. Could not tell whether
he made bow to me or NJ. I supposed
It was to NJ Saw NJ. again that eve'g
about 8 o'clock in Stewards store. /
have never had any conversation with
NJ. IA to whether he was there or not
He has never told me what time he
went home that night. Don't recol-
icct who were present when saw
him there There were several. didn't
hear NJ g testimony before the Justice
Know man named Snyder he was
not by when g. drove pas. with the
team. Nobody was present but NJ.
and myself. We was talking about
going fishing. He did not say any
thing about C.'s being friend Of his.
He said, II know that man. I think
he IL from West Liberty" a
Ed Godden-Lived in Upton last
April and recolIect of the circumstance
Of robbery Of Roweii's safe. Was In
his shop between 8 and 10 O'Clock
that night. ! live ih the north west
part Of town. Was down town twice
that night-went home about 10 or 1Ot
o'clock the last time. Saw q grey
team aud buggy aud recogniz i
Chas. Ridgeway as they passed M
They were driving from the direction
OF the north on the street that the
Methodist church is on did not no.
tice how r.. was dressed-just noticed
hts face !; noticed 2d person but did
not notice who II was. To the best Of