The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-08-05
ANGUS ASSERTIONS.
About what he knows Of Ida Fawk-
ner's Fall and McIntire's Mis-
management.
MORE ABOUT MRS. DAVIS.

ABOUT HER FRIEND, AND TRAVELLED OVER
THE STATE FOR COUNTER AFFIDAVITs,
TAKES TEE STAND TO TELL WHAT HE
KNOWS.
The following testimony in the deaf and
dumb investigation was taken Friday
afternoon and Saturday morning. The
witness was w. W. Angus, a
teacher at the institute, and the French ofthat
side ofthe case. He was examined in chief by
Gen. Harrison. Q. What is your name? A w
w Angus. @. How long have you been a
teacher in the Deaf and Dumb institute OF inoi-
ana? A. Ten years next September. q winch
class do you teach? A. Ether the third or
fourth in different years. Q Do you know Jonn
i think I have known him in business
way since 1866 or 1873. @. Please state whether
YOU saw him at the Deaf and Dumb Institution
at any time in the month of January, last: IL
yes. what day and month. ana VINO was Win
uarv. He was in the library talking with Ida
X. Fawkner. Q. Was any one else In the library
with them? A think Mr. Mcinnre passed IN
just as passed the door In the nan lea1lng 70
the girls sitting-room. q. Where ala You
go--into the library, or only through the nall?
a Through the hall to the girls study room;
was going down to meet my wife. q. What
time of day (O'clock) was it when you saw Lhem
In the library? A ABOUT leiSo ct N. =, mhsre
What time did you dismiss your school? A. AL
1880 A. VI. @. When was the next u me that you
stitute? A. February 8. q. Where did you see
him that time. and who was with him. II any
one on a IN Jne o i, IIm What lime Of
DAY was IL? A. About l0:So A. u. @ Where had
you come from? A: Ny scnooI r92n. Y. Mn l
John &. Fawlkner in tue reception room with
Ida, did you go into the room, or only pass by
Of them. state which, what was
hands with MT. Fawkner aud passed good
morning, and then re marked to Ida X. Fawk-
ner that supposed she was glad to see her I'M
when aid YOU 90 from there? A. Nothing fur
Their was said that L remember; l stopped
out OF the room to the door of the library. @.
Did you then go on home? A. stopped min
ute there waiting for Mr.: Haii VINO went vent, mo no
came out we
BOTH STARTED OUT FOR HOME.
q. Were you present in the girls room of the
hospital when Ida Fawkner was, on Sunday,
March Is, and, if yes, who else was there? ~
Yes, sir; there were present Mr.. McIntire, DIR.
Latham, Miss Taylor and mys slf, besides Ida X.
q Sentinel newspaper of that day taken to the
room, and, If 81, who took 1t? A. There was,
pocket, but did not take it out. Q. II that paper
was handed TO Ida and her attention caued 10
the article about her case, who handed u 70 mr.,
and did she read the article? A. Mr.. Mclntire
handed her the paper and she carefully read IL
through. O. II, while she was reading It, she
m sde any signs. what did she say? A. She re,
marked, ''Parri psssee" that il was false. q.
Will you now look at the article and tell us
as yOu can now point them out? A. "He
felt sure." etc: '-the German woman" etc; "She
would certainly have card" etc; that ida did
ner's whole statement. Q. VIII you please write
out fnlly-copy from the paper all the words she
that part of John e Fawknerss statement she
said was false7 A. She said that he knew better
than to say "He felt sure that the girls con-
science would cause her to make statement
clearing the man who, as her guardian, had
''The German girl said she heard me lock the
door," Ida pronounced false, "an0ther lie. "
.'The German girl said that Ida did not g0 out
ner was there ready 10 take her to the asylum,
she said was another lie. Q. After she had read
ane at ent qs acnr was %
statements published, including her stats
ments TO Mr.. Gillette, were true, and II she had
not stated the truth heretofore, he told ner she
ought q do it q Tell US as nearly as you ca a,
the trl.h? A He said he wa more grieved by
her all than by anything that had happened TO
him that as aer NE wSstsd 1Re 6eT ~
speak and do as she would b9 done by,
aud as she would wish she had when she came
have 10 translate into language so / can not
give his words as he used them. q. What did
she say after Mr.. McIntire said this 10 her? A.
l interrupted just then, to tell her it was almos
impossible for me to believe such an accusation
against an uncse; that she must have been mis-
taken in her accusation, and then she replied
to me thai IL was solemnly true, all that she
hsd accused her uncle or calling GOD to witness
tire. q. lfthere were then any questions put TO
her about Charles Barnes and the medicine, tell
S1d what She sa yd9 "A tnen eonciaed ,hs
her statement about Charles Barnes was thin,
and asked her how long she had known him, to
him and she hesitated long time, and
suggested Danville, and then she said, "Oh,
YES: it was at Danville." Then asked her If he
was any relation, and she answered Mo-" II he
visited at her grandmother's, and she replied
hQrp rQO knew him and
said, " don't know" Where she met him, and
she answered "Danville, in the
first? Frem Colorado" How old he
was and she said, Twenty three, twenty nve,
him in Indian apOlis She hesitated for long
time, and asked If her uncle knew him? i
ssNo." How many times she had seen him ?
''Several times" Where7 Here again she
hesitsted but finally said Sat several places. !"
Had he really brought her the instruments
when, 10y her own confession she knew moth
ing about hime No" What then
imaginary person. Yes, myth,
AFTERNOON SESSION.
@. After she admitted that Barnes was an
imaginary person, what did you or any of the
others present say to her? A. l asked then
who furnished her with the instruments @. II
@aSe her the S mediciDe. what was i1q a. them
asked her If her statement in the paper, in re-
gaId 20 sne meelclnes was rue OF n9t. ~ ma IA
u
What did you or any of the others say to her
then, and what did she say in answer: go on
and tell us what she said about the medicines?
A. then questioned her as to the circumstan-
ces very mach in the same way 1 had about
Barnes, and she finally confessed
that the statement published was not
true: she had got some ore TO get the
medicines for her. @. II she said who she had
got to get the medicines for her after she ad.
mitted She did not buy it herself, who did she
first say? A. 1 asked her then who it was who
got them for her, and, after hesitating near Ave
minutes she turned away from me and spelled
Valentine to Mr.. McIntire. O. What was then
said to her by Mr. Nc nire or you? A. 1 then
called her attention aud tried to get her to give
the circumstances, but she evaded all attempts
and / stopped asking her about 1t. @. What
had she said, IL any thio g, before this as to
threat anybody had made; tell us all she said and
lust how It came in the conversation. A. What
she said about threats came in later. q. When
she spelled Valentines name to Mr.. McInti e.
what was done and said after that? A. Mr.. Nc