Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
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| Marshall Times, Oct. is.
The Times accidentally heard that
the Hon. Ill. d. J. Boardman had been
arrested by officer Mcmillan, on an
information filed by his divorced
wife, charging him with the oiicnse
of carrying concealed weapons, and
was then being tried for the offense
before Justice Haradon. Upon re-
pairing to the court room we found
no one there, but determined to find
where they were, the pencil shower
pushed himself forward and
ENTERED THE PRIVATE OFFICE,
where everything presented the ap-
pearance of q court room, and boy
or two. Mrs. Boardman, the plaintiff,
or prosecuting witness, was present,
and sat near the door, represented by
counsel, not much in stature, but as
he verify believes, terrible in brains,
and, as we know, in conceit the de-
PENDANT, his brother, Il. G. Boartlman,
M. G. Reed and the court. We had
noted all the rest, and exchanged
greetings with the fair witness, be-
fore we were aware of the fact that
Caswell was in the room, but he soon
put his head above Code on the ia
Bile and asked the court that the re-
porter be expelled from the room,
and the motion was Immediately Sec
onded by
THE LADY HERSELF,
who said that her late husband owned
the Times Office, and had sent for the
reporter in order that he might write
false report of the proceedings, and
prejudice the public against her, and
said that this was strictly private
examination, and after looking over
at Reed and tho others we concluded
that it was, and took scat. Mr.. B.
here asked the reporter to state to the
court whether or not he ever asked
him to attend any trial, or tried to in
fluence him or dictate anything that
ever appeared in the columns Of the
Times, and the reporter promptly an
swered that he had not. The court
here said that it was not a private ex-
animation, but at the request of the
parties they had come to this room to
avoid
THE CROWD OF LoAFERs
that usually segregated at such trials.
Mrs. BOardman was on the stand
and was being examined at the time.
In regard to the concealed weapons,
she said she had frequently seen him
with revolver ; that he came into the
library at one time fiourishing a re-
volver and said he would kill her and
DR.. Fenno both; that she was afraid
OF her own life, but presumed that
DIR. FENNo COULD DEFEND HIMSELF
unless he was assaulted from the rear
or taken by person in ambush. She
said, upon crOss-examination, that
she was not afraid of the defendant
unless he was intoxicated or insane,
but she was afraid to leave a light |
burning in her room at night for fear |
he would see her and shoot through |
the window when he was in the con-
dition he was
LAST FRIDAY NIGHT.
Here the witness said she did not
know except from heresay, but had
heard that he was intoxicated. When
asked when she had last seen him /
with revolver, she related the cir
cumstances as follows: Mr.. Il. had
been told by Fred Golden that DIR.
Fenno could be seen almost any night
in the alley near the barn. and that
he was there for the purpose of meet
ing her; he accused her of ii and she
denied it, whercupon Mr.. Boardman
said he
BELIEVED 1T WAS SO,
and that he would watch the premis-
es that he bought SLOUGH hat, dis
guised himself, and, after taking a re-
volver, stationed himself in the weeds
near the fence, to watch. Soon after,
he came running into the house, after
shooting three times at some imagin-
airy object, and said to her, II have
killed your id doctor and you
can find him
WHITENING IN HIS GORE"
He also carried pistol during, or
right after the Presidential election
last year; she had frequently seen
him have fire arms on his person.
Other matters were entered into at
some length to show that the gentle-
man had provocation for carrying a |
weapon to defend himself, which, if
it were proper to publish, do not con-
cern the case which was being tried
such as to the number of times she
had been with Fenno in the barn at
night, and in the summer-house. etc,
as well as riding. She denied ever
admitting to anything and says she
never made a confession of the crime |
charged against her and
HAS NONE TO MAKE,
and that they can prove nothing
against her.
Frank McMannas was called. but he |
knew nothing of the revolver and but
very little about anything else, except
that he had given Mrs. Il. key to the
barn that he one night saw the shad-
ow of q man in the alley with her,
and that the lock on the door was al
ways turned in the morning in diff |
ferent way from what he left il; he
did not know who the person was he |
saw, but was sure it was man.
Here it might be in place to say
that the plaintiff (Mrs. B } admitted |
THE MAN WAS DIR. FENNo,
and that they sat on the steps in the
yard at 8 O'Clock at night.
When asked if she or the attorneys
had suggested the arrest on this
charge she said she had done it her.
self; that they seemed to think she
was not capable of
ORIGINATING AN IDEA,
but that "every dog had its day. they
had had theirs and she proposed to
have hers and make it
''EvERLAsTINGLY RED HOT"
for all of them.
"Moll'' Griffin was brought in, but
her evidence amounted to but very
little and is not worthy of mention
save the fact that when Mr.. Board
man asked on cross-examinatiOn
whether the defendant had ever offer
ed her any money in testifying in the
case. She said he did not. She went
to his Office to get IS that was owing
to her for work, that they were talk
ing about the trial and he asked her
if she did not want S25 told him there
was only % coming, but of course
would take $25 if he gave it to her;
THERE WAS NO OFFER MADE
and did not get the money.
Mr.. Boardman was now sworn in
his own behalf, and while he did not
deny carrying the revolver he did
deny ever threatening to shoot her
he never tried to conceal the weapon,
but he only carried it three days
and never owned one in his life; he
did not know who knew he had it
and named several parties who had
seen it.; he had been told by Fred
Golding that DR.. Fenno was around