The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-02-09

would have thought it quiet ii you had heard
them gioanlng started Ir'ii CannonsOHrs 70 - see
the SICK, talked with several persons before got
il house. Talked with Elijah Charles and oihers.
Was a stranger there.
Fred Move svorn.-Reside in Fiudlay, had q
eOnversstiln with defendant while in jail, said ne
generally Kept arsenic IN the house, a. was good
Tor tatening hSgs, was prisoner II the county
Jail
Cross E1qrniaed -Defendant's Counsel Ass ed;
did not Brown hunt you up and tel! you "hal
70 swear 10: Answer: No. Did he not maze you
promises if you would 50 swear: No
Mary ". Charles, sworn--Reside IN OTsnge
Township Am the wife OF John Charles, VINO Is
! brother OF the defendant; was AZ Elijah Charles
on the sth day OF June 1870. Elijah & John Charles
were there. Asx ed defendants wife where poison
was2 she said II was put in the -four ana was IN
the bread, she said she new where the poison
home hon snd sba i s1g bae f55 h;s & EiS z s9na
Defendants wife brought bread out on Thursday
evening and insured them that she had baked the
Dlla herseIi ana tlat there was no poison IN Il.
Defendant got two chairs, and told his wife 20 si
there until the doctor went home Sat there ten
or fifteen minutes before the doctor was ready %
60 Defendants wife went for doctor in the eve
ming; got breaE last. Defendant wanted me 10
take some medicine and said was sick; told him
there was enough death strewed around without
my taxing any medicine Gave defendants wife
mllh 10 give 20 Thomas wife. and defendant SAID
II was the worst thing could do Gave the little
boy some milh too. Defendant said the poison
was only in the -four that il was in the mouth of
the bag and would only be in the first baLing of
nour or bread He carried medicine IN MS
vest pOcket. Had a conversation with defendant
on Friday morning, he said the poison Was in the
bread. Wanted defendant 10 bury it or do some
tflfng with il. Was always on good terms with
Mrs Melissa Charles, there nearly al the time
while She was sick, but was not there when she
Gross Erdmired-Defendant and witness were
| always on good terms for enemies, was not very
soeial with him. Have not been on good terms
.ir 10 years. saw defend ant at my house three or
! iyur weeks before the poisoning, also at Elijah
! Charles, while sicE. First on Thursday about
| nine or ten O'CLOCK. Asked defendants vile how
poison got in -four she said Il knOw something
| about il, il was in the flour, defendant put II
| there" Defendant then came up and stopped
The conversation and said his wife should go home
| that she could go home with the Doctor. He got
chairs ana they sat down together, sat put little
while. Was there on Thursday evening when de-
| fendunt came from town with bread and whlsHey.
| Do NOT Euow who brought bread only whdt they
| told me. Defendants wife started home that nlght
| oIout o or no o'cIocE Lcft Friddv GfternoOn and
was not bacE until Ms. Melissa Charles hGd died.
| There WGs no conversation with Mrs. Charles
| about dream. Had iGlE with defendant Friday
| morning about poison. He sGin il was not in the
| water any thing else but the bread. That was
| all defendant said. Told him | was pretty hun
CRY, but wIs afraid To eat there Defendant told
me that | need not be dfrGid, that the poison wGs
| III nothing but the bread Defendant said he un-
| tied the sack and put the poison in the mouth OF
| the bag.
Isaac Thompson, sworn Reside In Orange
| Town, hip. am administrator de toais
| OF Eli a. Charles deceased Han cOnyer- a
ton With defendant. Asked him IL he had
any hard I cling towarJme foe accepting the
appointment. He said LIE had n'ne, but
thought his brother John and Elijah, had
| seated him meanly, and he would remem-
J b..r them. Had this conversation, April I'D,
1876.
Grows er1mined'-Was explaining to defend
AMI about Iiiy appointment as administrator,
| when he said he thought his brothers John
| and Elijah had treated him mean, and he
would remember them
John W. charles sworn-Am brother to
defendanf.-rhere are three OF US. No si~ters
living was al Els Ijah Charles on Thursday
| n ad no conversation with defendant at that
| iime Had talked with defendant al anoth-
Ell time. aboui poison. IL was ON my second
visit, defendant thought II wa arsenic
| because If il had been stry Gimme II would
have don it's work better, defendant re-
mark ed that IL it was aIsenic, they would
ling-r longer than II II was strychnine.
Vas one OF his bondsnan. Thipk he spoke
OF one other kind OF poison, but am not
sure.
THURSDAY, after dark, Probably p IN
We're several persons there. Mrs BinkIey,
Mrs Bsughman and Others. Saw defendants
wife start home. Don'i know where defend
aut was when his wife left. Helped give
m mediclne that night. Medicine was OF Ou-
resu Ia west room Conversation about
b cad, was while Dr. Sturgl on was there on
Il ST visit Defendant was III middl, room
here were several there-Nich las Park,
and Others. Conversation was gener / as 10
oison. Have no knowledge o. my Wife
and defendant wife being III room Think
,1r endant's wife had TAR cd home with The
doctor before conversation about poison
iOok ace. Defendant was in both rooms
about the sick, Doctor came after witness
DID not see defendant and wife sitting down
l. gether IN room n' ar the stove. Heard 10
CONVEX SatiOn between wife and defendants
wife that evening. LefL ext moruitg abcui
un up. accompanied by wife Did not stay
ioT breakfast. but went home in wagon.
Was not back on Friday DO no remember
of wife being btcK thai day. Wife lay dow d
near morning W Ke her up TO star. home. |
hai no other Ia K with defendant as TO pot
~on hat ri hI. Siie's mind is irregular at |
III. es. Have thought she quotes things from
imag nalio" sometimes. Her remenlbi an c |
a. very unreliable
ley. Am nepury sheriff. Heard de endant |
ay had right sLnarI OF property, but il was |
~ cred by mortgage, but was worth about |
g, COZ.
ur sturgeon recalled, Reside in Ada O. |
t. OK bread out OF safe on June last. Brown |
aLO BurKet were prs mt. Did not send IN
March Ia or at any ether time 10 Mans
field by defendant for pru. siac acid.
cross eIdniined-WhlIe tea paper around
bread Carried bread in pock ct do not recoI-
lect which pocket do some times carry meC-
icine case in same pocket, case contains
-Ome twenty bottles OF different medicines |
Never carr arsenic IN case, may hav- car
ried IL once Oh twIoe, stopped once or twice on
G. lis before returned home. Do not rernem-
Der laying bread on window, bu; NAV haye
isiu 1T there, bread was fresh and moist |
Ih ink IL was same bread think could swear
TO that. Was wrapped in newspaper When
L left EiijaD Charles, Wrap, ed il in piece OF
tea paper. ana laid il in safe. This safe is
more properly secretary.
Or I. T. Ballard. .IecaIled.-Reside at Can
Had piece of the bread, deliv-
rl.d II 10 Prof Cssseli, OF Clevelan At
post Il. .Ortum examination received the stom.
ach of Mr.. Melissa Charles. ppt il in glass :
Jar, labeled IL stomach of Mrs. Melissa
Charles, and delivered ii 10 Prof Cassell.
Cross e1antned.- Liable was put on jar snort |
ly after stomach was put in. stomach was put
IN next day alter received il. DO not know
,rhether labeled this the same day or not
The bI cad that Brown gave me was wrapped |
10 letter or note paper Tut paper and bread
IN book case in front room. Keep books and {
pspers in the desk. Think 1t is Kept locked ,
all ihe time.
DIR. A. Davenport recalled Reside in Ada.
Never sent by defendant to Mansfield for
orussiac acid. ,
Elijah harles, ,recslIed.-Two notes one of
which had be Ii given 10 William and the !
d her 10 iars. Louisa Clark, We're nand. d to
v tLess, and he was a>Eed IL the signature q
ignalures Had a talk with defendant as i
O forgery of these two notes. defendant de- l
lied The existence of such q note. as Will S
iams, the otner witness knew nothing Of a
IL Ill alter the death of his wife. Defendant {
Old me that 1 must go and attend to them. @
C1oss e1dnsned.-1alKed about Williams
lnow hsw long before Told defendant '
wanted him to go and pay note and get rid u
# this forgery business. as IL lett him In q q
'ad TX. Defendant never asKed me 10 bail
all bond, which did. 4
Mr.. NJ g. Palmer, swown ResIde in
,r ange township. This Qhe Williams note)
OoKs some ike Elijah Charles signature.
'hinK there is some defect in the signature. Il
sotice one letter left out in the word Elijah =,
bis is mol Elijah charles signature. Gei- U
her is the signature on this (the Clark note v
j ,jah's signature. n
tross examined -TbinK il was to see his :.
eI uIne signature Wi h the sam fault in it, | v
'ould cot change MY opinion; have seen his j
'riting n
Mr.. Oldield sworn Reside at Ada, and am Z
banker. Would say that these are not is I Z
X aIures
CrOss eI1nifned Saw him write his name 3
nee or twice Saw other notes which were h
} my bank. Saw him sign a note in my .
flee. Ja
Nichols PprK recalled - Reside in Orange el
Dwnehip. Hav- seen Elijah Charles hand
1iting a number of times Could not sfate :
le nun Der of times. Would say that these
re- not his signatures
Mr Harmon recalled Reside in traEge
'wnship;sm acquainted withklijah Charles
and writing These Signatures do not look