The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-06-20


hured in the garden in Il peach box NJ dayoreah
). NEXT morning Don't know when the water wa,
POURED init Was there when loohcu hr9',
t lid not say ANYTHING to Mrs. BOYD "Ach "ai
/ raised up looking at the chlld III thc Scssg.i
D heard noise as II II was Struggling o' uio"
that's what made me raise up. c.,
Cross Eromined-I was born IN tayctte toIu
+ ". Pa Am "a years old; came to Nationa! no
tel from (ieucseo--had been there two or t"fse
id,ys-camc from from Muscatinc. when asked
how long She had been widow, she answered
That is INV business" OBren again asked Ter
husbands name when she returned similar
answer, but the court interfering, she rcplleu
"hjs name was Thompson, if you want to know
He had been dead six or seven months Wheh
came to Genesco. | was married once before 10
man named Lewis Curricr. lie was awe al
last accounts. ! married him in Rollo Co.. MO
Lived with him two or three years, and sepaTaIGu
from him in Chicago in 1867 in the winter If
odnt have any buSinesS-he was gambler ne
was farmer when | married him. lie go' cl,
yorce don't know on what grounds. she refused
TO tell how long she next remained single. MAR
ried Thompson at st. Francis, No Len MN TWO
or three weeks afterwards and went TO Oshaioosa,
Iowa, he died soon after Left him because |
was not satisfied with him. That was IN sept:
1868 John Ogilvy was the father OF the chlld
had at Princeton. got to princeton IN July,
1871. thompson had been dead then SIX or elIhl
months. Here she corrected herSen ana Sau
that she married Thompson in 1870, because sac
had made mistake-to O'Bren, You bothered
me" To OBrien my business mt Princeton
Vas Mna' s4 3In, hu';ness-Lrnt a house and
Boyd was IN that uore tSe .nner rijeS u, and
note ~ ne, No ia 1I,m m honest
got mT ~ o3Rrien2Whos going to try this case
80 nrusY She subsidized and the case went on)
Witness continucd-I was seven or eight months
came there so that NV folks would not know it.
7 th"n,,ht wa botb Ithc b,ho and herseIf) would
',n ,ras DISCOURAGED and took the tansy okill
rs both Mrs X honrht oil of tansy and gave il
to m, 7 did not tell her to get IT, I paid for il
may have been taking the medicine two weeks
Wien .he child was born Never committed
abortion before Have son living saw an
ir.,rup,nut there but il was out OF order
swear tlat Mrs Boyd bought me the oil of tan.
sy. The child was alive when commenced take
in the oil of tansy. | did not ask anybody to kill
IT, never asked Mrs Boyd TO do it, paid her my
board The babe did not cry. l. was alive after
il was born The noise that | heard was a sort
If bubbiing as Of drowning. It drew up It's |
shoulder and gasped Did not see Mrs Boyd put
the baby in the vessel nor pour water on the
,hiId Didn't ask them not 20 XIII II Didn't say
,nythinp cot well and went away-afterwards |
,ainc back to Princeton to see some high-tOned
r0uDy fellows who like to run girls like me.
laughter don't like Boyd She has no prin.
,inlr rot mad at her for a certain thing. Al |
20 she had me arrested for stealing $50 | was
,parched and some money found in my stocking, |
nut didn't steal it, | said il | went TO Jolle. |
would have company. have quit drinking and
nnrtnr
Mrs NORM Sworn nractfrc n,IA!,tnc,-
Mr., BOYD and Ms s;,~l came 10 nv house IN ,
he faII If 1871 tn rr't Us seal in NV e.tal.
i.bmcnf Icno,,i-eJ t I,' trouhlc and Mrs. Boyd
oid Iiz,;o Sal r,, IN have misporrogc
as,nJ r. - had bean us~f and
H. Rord sa}d ,o w ig,e Ind take, medicine
$50 wbot and sLnsnid Ill of tonsv I could
~ tolro hnr ~ a.. az, hN,,sn ,,os mi n must
,'Rricn ased tEe ,ritne. 70 rive scientific de-
ri,,ion ~ tbc ,d;anI r,rorerties of the oil of
,nsv Int She didn,t son,, obIo 10 do il and did
~ i,noyv y,lo, -. w. Ill ~ tno.y yro,I'd have
,,,,, ~, -, -, - - an 0-' -
H.. IS s,,,,,rnl , s r,t,o r,-,ic. and
.1s rr.pmt -, i,,in,s c,nt;nement Tizzic had
Il ~, ali - $40 Lr ,ate
Saw the child in the chamber and thought
was alive; saw it raise its shoulder and open
,,nr IN ,ho , w 'I,nM cb;Td in ths
nssel exclaimed, "My God! cant stand this"
nd left the room. don't know who put the
nv, ~ al 1i,G nessel -, % ,,o o., .,.,,
lonv of Lizzie Scarf. before Justice Williams at
rinceton. He understood her TO swear nearly as
:, ioIIon saatee III MS opening 20 ine J"Si
ere by mees Bovts ven Ieezee had dot babee.
OF babec vas dead-all dead, eyes closed, mouth |
o {. / give my OPINION touaahu tlihe' uai ,
N Itokc dat hohS T.oS :, ,nid,v;so tyen.v.ninaI
ears in does countree, and nine years in St. v
GUS and sometimes l catch t'e and sir babee
ntI u. lpaiusn.er'I nca.en 81 many 40 w.
" patronizc me TLauphterl 0'Brien-Yes, YOU
G in good work! Witness-Yaw, und Prince c
y Is yusi sniail pace! obrieh-Ies' pun tne
: WitnessN-a Iiya rhi,a cri".odsse ono No .
UT vas born dead never gave Lizzie any
edicinc to Kill der child hut gave her rhubarb c
sIAly SIX years oid ana studiea py proies
tween six and sevcn months whan born I