, 1874-10-11
TEE DEPOS ITIONS.
These interesting docun] ants aEe as follows:

| bt A1 NAQut.0s %.-f94 kLt tOt1 uE41os Ae y,
occupation, aud p:ace Of residence? A.-My
| na1no IS Chnrlos D. Pope; sge, 80 yoaTa occ1-
] patlon. commission buain ess; place OF resi-
dence, Chicago
! Q,-How long Eave you reeided IN ChlcaRo I
| A.-About twenty years.
Q.-Are you acquainted 4 nth Hugh Maher End
| Charles 9. FarSc,l5 A.-Y ..s, si1.
| O. How long have you tnown them? A.
co1ld not state exactly. !. think hive known
N1. Maher ten or twelve va LIE, perhaps little
logger. by sight and repuiai aol. I should thiuk
| had known Alr. Farvell at ous the samo length
OF time, Perhaps little lou ger.
Q.-Did you i:nov Geo1ga Trassell during his
lifetime? A. Yes. sir.
| Q.--Do you remember bout what time he
was killed? al have be, IN trying to think OF
| that this afternoon can't give the year with
out looking; was here at the time lie was
| killed. and know about it at the time. knew it
| the same evening.
Q.-Ki!lcd i'll the public .treo.. Was be not !?
! Al think he was Killed in q livery stable or
| coming out Of it-Prjce as I'D somebody ese's
livery stable, on Randolph el heet
| Q.-IIaye you sustained any official relation
| towards lls estate? Al acted rs adm1nis-
/ trntor, and settled it up.
| Q.-Into whose possession did hiB panors OF
| books come after his dcatl:,? A.-They cauo
into nine-all could find
| Q--Had be any boots Of nccount? A.-No
particular books; no b. ,.ss lou could tell much
| Of anything about.
Odd you find ar papel among his raperB
| any w.y7 Ayes. sir: ia urd contract cali
! ing for onit-c!:.'. deed OF this land in ques-
| tion, & weil-wra.:=a contrao !, signed by Mr..
! FArwe
90 whom was the gu it-claia deed to be
| made? Alt was to be b. as near as can
remember, to George Trus5ell..
Q.-Do you :emonber What consideration was
expressed? Al cannot.
Q-Nas there any that you know ot7 Al
could not swear whether there was any consid-
Grafton or net It road To- mo Tie good,
| square. ueIl-writte1 contract.
! Q.-Do YOU remember N.lut. t2r It was written
! or priute15 Al. Tos writ CD it Yves nll in
writing; ! remember that disti ncty.
! Q.-How many sheets of pap cr. do you know
| Al think /. tooiz about TWO sncets-t1at is
two sides Of c sheet, il I renle nber l1ght,-per-
! haEs not over cGc.
i Q.-Do you remember whaI became OF that
paper: Al gave 1t to Mr. 'arueIl on receipt
| Of the deed.
! Q.-What Tarvell? A.-Chl ,r!es 3. Farwell.
/; gave it Il, h1n himself, THU. L.
| Q.--Did you Sir. Farwell in relation to this
paper after ,ou found it? A. after found it
! I took it TO him.
Q.-What took place between you aud him in
! regard to i.;. Al asked h,n it the contract
WIS in forco or good, and cet d FOR what it said
it did He said It was eli co.ro It aud right, and
lie would give a deed the mon oat it was called
for. acccrding to the c:ntrac t. or somo such
words that. I couldn't tate exactly the
WorIs. He read tho contract md said it Was Ill
right, ard lie was ready.
Q.-What took place in refs renee to making
tine deed between you and hi. .: Al asked
him to decd The laud to the heirs of George
T,usse!l told him suppos' d that would 30
ne be thought lie had better de- I'd it to me-, and
let me deed it to thenl+ if that fould be proper
and right. told INN tAat it II nt WAS the cor
rect way to do, I would ask t " attorney, lr.
Kuickcrpochef. | saw Mr.. h,x cE:roocker, and
he said it was tlte proper ~1y to To it, and It WIS
done tba: WY. ~
Odd he give any reason w hY 10 prefer. ed
making it to you2 Al doa't remember as be
did.
Q.-What did you subsequent do about tho
laud: A.--Au / done IVES to receive quit
claim deed frcrn him, and deed ! to them. and
put it on record, according to u :. AnicEerbocl-
Q.-Who do yoa mean by 4" them:" A.
George I.ueeell's heirs. The re :ords will show.
think it vas deeded to the /: t.;rs OF George
Trusseu. | think 1t WIS brotl, pr, nephew,
and two sisters.
Q.--Do sou remember their names? A.
The bro,hers was saln,a lrusseu. the
nephew's name WAS George f. Eaton; he was
Trussels SISTERS son that WEE dead: lis own
have 1ad middle name; sua IS she Inns no
middle name; and Mrs. Eatou. y Is other sister;
che Was ths wife Of y. II. Eaton, i. think OF Dam
vile, vt. don't know her na1.e:..
Q.-Was it Parme!ia? A.-Yels, cir; know
TINT was the first name. THIS IT. Eaton mar
ried George Trussels sister OF his first wife,
aud this Eaton vas a ton- After
his first vito died, who was the ldest sister. be
married q younger sister,-eno. ler sister any
way.
Q-Another sister OF Trusse1? Ayes. air.
Q-Do you know whether the 80 we're all the
heirs OF Trrsscll? A.--ies, air. it was proven
in Court they were all the heirs.
Q,-You remember how many acres OF land
were conveyed By this deed: 4. Il think sixty
Odd you find among tho psr ers OF Trrsscll
any obligation or note from Mah:'r to 1russetl.
Al did not.
Q.-Wbnt became Of the balance, of the papors
OF Truepella estate A.-Allthe pa rors that we're
left were burned up in osIr safe t-lurlnE the fire.
sll except what hnye given the tlEirs Of the cs-
tate; guess they ha0 got stn setnent and ltl-
voice Of everything it went through the Court:
everything Was On record i'll Court. The balance
Of the etn1 had done up in a bo s aud put it in
the SAFE and it was burned up IL: the fire with
everything else in the Chamber ,f Commerce.
Q.-Nhat did you pay Fawell f<.z that deed
Al don't remember that paid. him ANYTHING:
Q.-What did tho heirs pay yoa 'Eor tho deed?
Al don't remember that they paid mo nay-
thing The deed was received aaG given accord
ing to Mr.. knickerbocler's duecna ans.
Q.-Nha. was George Trussells business dur
ing his iifet1me7 Al think he 'ras dealing IN
horses about the time OF bis denta-
Q.-Wha. vas he regarded in The community?
business Tho last I Enois Of hiz,s. the last siz
mouths O. year before lis death, according
to my recollection. he had who'll, interest or
half interest in the troit:ng-korse Dexter, trot-
ting for gate money or something.
Q.-Whst became of thnt horse? A.-His
half interest was sold to M1. Ea'scett.
Q.-You sold it. did you no.. A.-1es, si-.
O,-How much did yoa get for it: A.-S10. 600
in money tor L half interest III it; thlnk that
was it.
Q.-Do. you know, whether be haG {; an interest
in any other racing horses7 Al think he had
an interest in gray marc that was sold At
ton in the ]i7ezv-sable st the t+zao Of tho public
vcnduo of LUIS personal ':dsets: thin:s bo had
didn't cet anything out oe it ho might have get
40 or $50 on blind stol- horse brought from
New Orleans somebody else tool: it to break
and owned more Of it than lie did II hen they got
through.
o.CWe1e those horses riscnE stock A.-Tho
e.ay marc was e mare he uBc4 to drive; dou't
know whether it Was or nt't-
Q.-Dexter A.-Dexa,- was raciag horee.
Q.-That wns the celebra ted Dexter: A.-Yes,
SIR.