The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-12-14

store room and alley separates my furniture store
from Richardson's house; saw r. on the day OF
the shooting between Q and 10 O'Clock in the
moruing when he came into my store; think two
OF my men were there r. seemed 10 gaze on me
and my men, saying nothug asked him II he
wanted anything he said, u justnwanied TO see
YOU lwill come IN again; met him on the canal
bridge same day he said, this Is the.second time
rye been TO the barber shop TO get shaved said
why don't you shave yourself; you ought TO learn
70 shave yourself" he said II do sometimes but
Ia rather not, would rather have the barber shave
me II can get Il done when go up; don't like
lhe waitingi' he came into my store In the after-
noon between 2and o'clock; he seemed to be
KIND OF uneasy; came up TO me twice aud talked
aDouvDusneSs, staring at me; he appeared as II he
had6een 1rlnking--his breath sInelled Of lquOr
vent 70 the post Office, and when came back he
was gone he had been there % or 30 minutes his
eyes.were wild-staring at Ine-gazed at me; he
was not In tho habit Of coming Into my store;
know Ezra PIetzcker. and had aconversation with
him, two three weekh after Richardson's s death
Adjourned until 9A.M., /
FtldaylTenth Day. - aa,a
Examination Of JdRes Hpcket continued; asked
Pietzcser II that report about his seeing R, was
trnri he said II was said, you must have dream
ed IT," he said, Il did not Twas lying awake and
was very thirsty, and got up to go out and get a
drink, when got In the room saw Mr.. Richard
son at the table, asked ifa light was In the room
and he said the gas was burning; Richardson
nut his hands In his pocket and got out a pencil
and paper, md began writing he looked up and
said, 1 want you to tell Robert Warwick to tend
to my business, and revenge the parties who shot
me:'' said, you must have been dreaming" he
seemed tn get Indignant said he knew whether
he was aw'ke Or asleep, and left s....,.
H,nry Crdmer estihed Live In MAssillon; am a
clerk In SChwalm Il spooners grocery; lived at
Richardson's In 1923 as clerk In his grocery;
boarded there-slept up stairs; Richardson called
Mrs R. many times, such names as "redheaded
b-h, "wh-e" and Cd d-nb b-h;" sometimes
he did this every day, sometimes not for week
or twn at most any place in the house, she said ne
might call her as he pleased; she called him no
names In answer: remember when she had her
nose nearly cut Off did not see 1t done; 1t hap.
pened on Sunday; went home that morning and
came back again between II aud II o'clock, and
went up stairs; saw Mrs. R. in bed, with deep
cut In the bridge of her nose; her eyes were black
and there was lump the size of marble on her
forehead; talked with her about her injury; when
| | came into the house r. said TO me, 80, you
cam In to see about the fuss, did you hey" said
| nOthing came back one or two weeks after | left
for my clothing; Ella and Mrs Richardson were
in the sitting room, and Charlie was in the street,
she said should bring him In, and did so, and
sal down; Mr.. X. came in, started for Mrs. R., hit
her on the face and hand, and scratched her face;
jumped between and separated them; he struck
al her three times across my shoulder, but don't
know whether he hit her; her face was bleeding;
during the fuss he said ''all you three can 60 to
h-l;' have heard him say while worked there,
'Tll cut her did heart OUT heard him also say
someth ng about shooting her, but can't remem.
Der what; Mrs, R. did not tell me how her nose
had been cut.
Adjourned until l:3OP.M.
1:3O p, NJ, Wm j. Wheeler Live in Massillon:
know Richardson about one year; was in his gro.
Gerry In the latter part of October 1875 went In to
get glass OF beer; K. was at desk writing Mrs
4. was standing in door leading to grocery, mid.
die door; they were quArrelling and Mrs R. said
she had heard enough Of this quarrelliHg, and
turned away and went back into room: R. passed
her at the door and said, IN soon be done with
you, you id red.headed b-h;" he came on back
and gave me llass of beer and said, what thai
Ed? he said, ':nothing, only that id b-h of a
woman of mine; I'll get rid of her some day" ]
said, "you must look over these family troubles, "
and he replied "he would some day.
Cross examined: Formerly worked for Burton
have been doing little of everything for the last
year; have family; was in jail in Canton from
August 9th TO 18th, 1876, on peace proceeding;
Mrs. Elwood my mother'in.law, swore her life
against me; was 10 Jail ID days next cell to Mrs
r.; never talked to her about this case; she knew
was from MaSsillon, but didn't talk about what
she was in there for, talked to her every day, but
never talked about my being called as witness
In her case; told different parties expected to be
subpOened on this case Mr.. Ri ks spoke to me
when was in jail and took down what have
told here; Rlcks took me into Mrs. RS cell, but
,he aid nothing to me- last worked to earn money
about two weeks ago got 5000; have been here
every day since the 4th; go back to Masslon ey.
cry evening; pay my own expenses as a general
thing; MI, H. MOrganIhaler lent me so 90 last
night; have heard that he is a brother.in.law NJ
Mrs R.; told hun had no money to get over and
| he gave me 50 0O; got 81 from Mr. Bamerlin Tues.
day that's all I've got; was in 9th Ohio Cavalry
| from 1861 to 1865; been In caaboose IN MaSsillon
for the same offenSe that brought me In JAIL drunk
and disorderly; there was no one in the grocery
when came in for glass of beer; came in from
alley and stood in door in partition between gro.
Gerry and saloon; was writing, and said he'd
wait on me in a minute; he walked back quick,
and brought paper and pencil with HIM; came
past Mrs r, and said, you dirty b-h, I'll soon be
done with you;" she said, I've had enough of
your jawing," and went away; think she spoke
| first tn Ed
George Archer' Live u miles west of Massilon:
lived there So years; live west of Richardson's on
Millersburg road; was in RS place about IL or 8
years ago, when saw Mrs R.; Richardson was
in grocery no one else but me; stood at south end
of north counter, R. was weighing me some sugar;
| Mrs. r came In from the dining room while
stood there; she said "Mr Archer, look at nv
ewes and face, just see how Ed has pounded me
up" showed me her eyes and throat; her throat
and one OF her wrists scratched; then went to
pay R. for sugar, and as laid down money he
said, by Jesus his manner seemed mad; Mrs.
RS eyes were black, under the eyes; also marks
on her nose and think there was a scratch also on
| one Of her cheeks; throat scratched two or three
places; she looked pretty hard don't know If she
had been crying but she looked rough; R. made
no eXpldHhhOu SACepb tuht Ohtnj KNOW Ezra
Pietzrker: he told me about having seen Richard.
sons ghosti he said he got up to get a drink of
water and went down into kitchen; went to cup.
board, got dipper and got water turned round and
Mr. R. was sitting at table writing he got up and
said, Elsie, tell Mr. Warwick to revenge my
wrongs and then he got up and went out Of
| door; door didn't open insisted 1t was dream,
but he said II wasn't
Cross examined: Think 1t was about two years
ago occurrence in grocery took place; may be
more or less 1t was in summer was at place al.
most daily.
Ela Richardson; Am daughter of the deceased
and defendant; will be 20 years old Sd OF April
1877; lived In Msssllon all my life with my par.
ents Charlie and only children he will be l3
years old 9th Of January, next our folks kept
hotel in AaSsillon; same house; live now with
Grandpa and Grandma Bamerlin; recollect in
July, three days before the 4th three or four years
ago, Annie Lloyd and Hen Kramer lived with us
at time; Ma had her nose hurt; heard Pa swearing
at Ma; she went In grocery and told him not TO
drink; this was in the morning right after break.
fast. she aid Pa don't drink so much :" he said