Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-18
A WoMAN's MURDER.
ind Her Trial for Her Life-Ihe First
D0u's Evidence In the Trial of 1frs. Jane

Toscnsend.
Especially Reported for the Globe.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
BUFFALO, Oct. 16, 1875 Court convened
pursuant to adjournment at 8 A. M. The
whole day was occupied in finding jurors.
A panel of fifty, special venire, exhausted,
and still one more juror was wanting. The
following are the jurors accepted up to this
writing, o'clock P. NJ: John Sherry,
Valentine Eppel and Charles Fogle.
A special venire of ten more jurors was
ordered by the court, and the court took a
recess until 7o'clock P. NJ.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
Court convened at o'clock p. NJ, and
the name of Wallace Goodsell was called.
Wallace being q married man and good look
ing, counsel on both sides made short work
OF him. He marched to the jury box, and
the panel was complete.
ment and addressed the jury.
Mr.. Erwin, counsel for the defendant,
pointed out an error in the Indictment, show
ing it did not charge premeditated assault.
The court would not decide that under a
strict grammatical construction the words
preceding the allegation Of assault did not run
through the other allegations of the indict-
ment. m 81
Edward Bartlett was sworn, and testified as
follows: Reside in Corinna, Wright county;
occupation, farmer; am acquainted with
defendant; acquainted with VIM. Durham;
saw them at John Townsend's on the 21st of
July, 1878; was at Townsend's about 5
o'clock P. M. that day; was sitting in the
door. just before the striking occurred saw
Mrs. Townsend coming up the road; she
came through the gate; the gate was about
six rods from the house; she walked
straight mp towards the house, and little
past to the wood pile; she picked up two
axes at the wood pile; came directly towards
the house: she threw an axe with her left
hand; Mr.. Durham had stepped out about
i've or six feet away from the house before
the axe was thrown; when che was walking
up to the wood pile witness told Durham
she was going for an axe; Durham said
know it; the axe thrown was double bitted
axe; it hit him; she took the other axe in
both hands and struck him on the left side
OF the face and neck, when he, Durham,
grabbed her with both hands around her
neck; I took hold of Durham and told him
to hold on or she would kill him; he let
go of her. I led him towards the steps;
tried to get him to sit down; he would not
sit down; stood up two or three minutes;
then he sat down; she struck him with the
edge of the axe; made a wound about eight
inches long; got him Dunham) to lie on
buffalo robe; don't know how long he bled;
Mrs. Townsend went off down the road
minute or two after the striking of Durham;
witness went to Townsend's home about 10
O'Clock A. NJ. that day (21st JULY: Mrs. Pons-
ford went with him; Mrs. Ponsford went
home about 5 o'clock P. NJ; the striking
took place at z o'clock P. Nj heard Mrs.
Townsend speak of Durham that day; she,
Mrs. T., told Mr.. Townsend to dig potatoes
for dinner, and she would take the gun and
shoot a chicken; she could not find the
gun; she accused Mr.. Townsend of giving
him (Dunham) liberty to take the gun; Mr..
Townsend said he had not; she said it
would not save him, for she would brain him
with the axe; she called him (Dunham) the
son of nine months secret; she used several
threats that day; sometimes she damned
him.
Court adjourned until 4. M. Thursday DR..
Boardman from st. Paul and other experts
are in court, and counsel on both sides are
kicking like wolves.