, 1873-08-23
THE WORKMANS.
Mrs. W. being Indicted, sho Intcndn
Delivering 1uorae1S Up--What A1cI
Husband Snys.,

Mrs. w. Being Indicted, sho Intends
Delivering 11orso1s Up--Whnt ascT
Husband SnYs.
wo t1sm t..a, tfs +; r. 1 Iaso t,,i3 Journal 4uq H.
jury had indicted Mrs. Workman. On Thursday
laHt wo took the Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw train
Tor Peoria, and. going through tho ladies' onr we
drcn. Wo sat down by lin, and, in anpwor to
our questions, ho said lto was going to Mosa-
| mora. That ho had soen in a paper the day boz
fore, that his vito ssas Indicted aud he told her
tli'oy would 90 back aud face the music. So,
without waiting to be arreatol or to haye ro-
question: thoy Bot of. and woro going to doIiyer
| themselves up.
Throughout tho conversation l,o talked as II
tue "hoIn !. H. family we1o On trial, aud repeatedly
going to run. I novor did run, md am not
| going to commence now"
In Appearance ho has grown grayer and somo.
what thinner, but ho is as lo9uacious as ovor,
J. oaso. They had with them n boy yoars old and
~ nursing infant. hlrs. Workman looks care
worn aud thin, but thoro Is IN element OF grin,
determination about tho Inca ia llor faco When
without tromor Or hesitation. Though tho
! oynoBuro Of all eyes, she noser bo-
trayoa either in. voice or manno1 that
nlo was aware Of #. She talked Of tho
the children, but sho noyor alluded in tho Slight
| ost dcgree to hor destination. Although hor
husband and ourself waro talking ovor tic incl
dents Of tho trial and what lay boforo them, B!o
never manifested tho slighteat interest or mado
rcmark. sho acted as II it were a thing in
which Hho Ind no concern. She is woman ,u-
dor tho medium height and thin in AoAl. She
VII not not weigh moro than 10 pounds. but sto
bronzed and Rnn-burned, decidedly plan oyoB
snall, forellcad square, and with nothing re-
lnarkablo I'll any way. She appears like an every
day Woodworking woman, with nothing oxtraor-
ing ior own couneol. The whole family r wero
ance ~ -
In ansver to our interrogstories Workman
said; I'VE never ought to havo loft Eureka. /
didn't intend to- leave. It's not my stylo to run
away. but friends camo to me and told mo I'd
botter so to nllay e1citomont. Yes, to allay e.-
eitemont, hadn't more than got out Of town bo-
Thoy intercepted all my 1ottors. sout two lot.
tors and two kilograms, but couldn't hear word
found them gone."
He waa very bitter against Elder Hall, and do
olared that that gentleman WAS guilty Of perjury
He said "Hall alwaya did DISLIKE mo for Home
reason, and ho Boemed to try to use this occur
renee to ruin me-" In giving his testimony lie
@ acted as if 10 found out what people wantod to
Testimony to make 1t 1T, When tho difference
in size botwoen my vito and Mrs. Hedges was
| considered, people begun to talk Of outside hop,
anu tue ntBt person thought OF Was my OldeHt
boy. Hall sad 'ho was not positive but ho
thought ho saw him como home early in tho
evening" If he waB not positive why did ho
swcar TO it ? The fact, as proved by two wit
nesses Tas, the boy Old not start home until
they had depended on Halls testimony. Tlon
he Rwore tint my wifo asked him to pray for hor.
She did no such thing. She mover nsaio sucl,
! request OF any ono. When he came around
pretending to DO friend she asked him, as ho
WAS leaving, if lo wouldn't have prayers in tho
| fau1ily-a very common request, aud worry lif-
| foront from asking it he would pray with her,
When tlia thing happened I told Hull 1
would withdraw from my charge until after
the thing waB investigated" He then
entored into q history Of his relations with
the Church, snying ho had boen summoned to q
trial at Chenoa on the 17th Of September. Tho
solo charge WIS In writing tho letters to tho ms,r-
dered woman. ln regard to those lotters,"
Only part Of lettor was found on hIrs.
Hedges. They asked me il know whose hand
writing it WAS told them it Was mino. Tha
blame waa on my family, and they never stopped
to consider tho fact tint tho only Htops loading
from tho spot whore the body was found wcro
thoso of q man, that tho money WIS missing,
that this fellow turned up in Washington from
which place le went to Peoria---thoy uovcr
stopped to consider that, but turned to my wife,"
In conclusion ho said that ha should do Just az
bis lawyer, Judge Burns, thought best. Thero
was not an atom OF proof that his vito waa
guilty, and no should insist on IN Immediate
trial as soon aH posBiblo.
We parted from him In Washington, and Le
took tic trim to Metamora.