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

fore / ent to sleep; VI PUP severa
times eriae the night not know
That nrs. now It Duld not b
possih for ! 70 have me ont with
out NJ know . it, did MT ge
4 up ne morlRhg ve1 arly; I - u
first could not say Il be was asleeT
when I got up. l left the room firsl
went to getting breakfast. M. and
slept down stairs; no one else slept
down stairs; the bed stood against the
waaiy he.lay peKt 10 the weit.g III
| ReeAtrtct-f got UP that Saturday
night to get wateror something else
for N. think twice. He had been
taking hlofsl hydrate. Think I go,
Up about midnight; got up at least
twice; NJ. was there and drank the
water I got for him.
| cnns. Ridge,eay-I am p years old.
Remember Of the burglary here las.
April; + was keeping saloon then,
across from the Miller House. I saw
| Crawford in the saloon along In the
afternoon before he asked for y drink
OF whisky told him / had nothing
bat beer he asked for wine; told him
| I had some but II WAS not good; set
cut the bottle and he poured out q
small drink, tasted It and put down
the glass and thFowed ont ten cents !;
showed back the money and told
him did not take money for what .
man didn't drink 50 he took the
money and put 1t in his pocket. l
never bad seen him before; was in the
saloon all the evening before the bur-
glary until 9. o'clock. Then Aaron
Duncan staid in with me and helped
me count the money. We then took
y glass Of beer and went over to Bill
lizard saloon; Frank came In and we
slipped out aud went down to the
saloon and got some beer; then
went over to the billiard room again
and found Duncan there; pretty soon
he went out and I followed him and
caught him said to him we must
have some oysters on this, 50 we went
into the restaurant. They had no
oysters 80 called for tripe and We eat
1t and then had the Cd dish. While
we were there, saw Eugene Hollis
lander, Thompson and r. Mckee; 1t
was II o'clock II not later then. Holts-
lander was there still when we came
out. We went to my saloon and lit .
light and sat there and drank as much
as 5 or glasses Of beer apiece and
smoked some and the clock etruck IL.
Duncan said some of his folks had the
measles and he must 60, 50 we took
glass Of beer and talked prob
ably minutes and 1 unlocked the
door, bid him good night and went to
bed. Slept up stairs; did not see C.
that night; saw no man driving grey
horses through that night: did not
see Golden that night: never took q
ride with G. went to bed soou after
II o'clock and remained In bed all
night got up next morning about
daylight when Frank came In and
walked me and said Rowell's store had
been broken open and robbed. Saw
NJ. that night; he and Judge Bisssli
came into the saloon, don't recollect
exact time; don't think 1t was 9
O'clock they told me l had better
shut up the saloon, that father was
away and the Toys all drunk and I
would get Into trouble, 80 / did shut
up. L had nothing at all to do with
the burglary was not around Rowell's
tina. night; didn't meet G. at the mill;
never saw him after he got the wine
until after he was arrested and brongh.
here. $50 ~
|ssg had conversation with q. the
Sunday morning before sitting Of the
District court, this term. about this
burglary, In the Jail. | was in Jail for
taking too much whiskey was put in
there Saturday evening. We were in
the wood shed and be followed me up
stairs and told me not to have Thomp-
son on the stand for me; said, Thin
and have put up job for you, don't
have him on the stand, haven any
thing against You and don't you have
him on the stand; you had best keep
him off," | told him that didn't
bother me and he asked me, if God
den and others that swore against me
before was not meaner than him, be-
cause they had no object and he had
because he expected to walk out OF
there at any time; that he never drove
his buggy up town, that he knew
more than that, he was not such a
fool. He said "you can't blame me
about this, what if you was In the
city of New York az I am here: IL YOU
could put it on to somebody else 1t is
likely you would do it,"
Gtoss-er-I was kept up stairs in
the Jail and e down stairs; he aud
were alone when converting Simonds
was down stairs don't think he could
hear US, nor any other man can't tell
II it was In the morning or evening.
Think had got sobered off by Sun.
day. Ism under Indictment for par
ticipation 10 this burglary Jointly
with M. consent 10 be tried with
d. j understood at the time of this
conversation that was to be tried
We we're up stairs talking but few
moments, 3 or 4 minutes perhaps 5
minutes; can't recoliect II IL was
morning or evening; went down
stairs to get wood Thompson was in
the wood shed; G. went up to my cell
and set down with me. Somebody
paid my fine, suppose NJ. did. The
first time I shut up saloon don't recol-
lect what time it was shut up as soon
y / could get the boys out after Bis
sell told me to. The boys were all
getting drunk SO / turned them out !,
NJ. told me to shut up in the evening
a little after dark; / kept open after |
reopened until 81 O'Clock. remem-
Der when G. was brought back; had
no conversation with him.
Re-direct-Haye been away from
Upton, went in May aud came back
In Nov. came back alone and volun-
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