The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-03-07

at Henry Holberg's water closet. | saw
the spectacles afterwards in the pos.
session Of Lewis Miller, Marshal Of Ham.
den. The second day after the occur
renee, | met Henry Martin near Prices
store. He called to me, bat | went into
Jake Bertsch's and took glass Of beer.
He called me out. / said, You served
me a hell-fred trick didn't your p He
said, 1--WE were drunk, or we would not
have done it," / said, at would have
been a hell-fred thing If it had been all
the money l had, and l had wanted to
90 home" He said, "Oh we had more
money than that We went down to
Holbergs and got two beers. We then
went to the water closet and he gave me
the revolver and the pocket books. l
asked him where the money was, and he
said it was only S4 20, and they would
not have taken it if it had not been for
Fanny Carr--she wanted a pair OF new
shoes
Cross-examined First got acquainted
with defendants at J John Bertsch's saloon,
the first day l came here. Had never
been at Jackson before-stopped at John
Burts. / have been sick since / have
been here the last time. Was at Maggie
Snider's. When | first came here had
between FIVE and ten dollars. was born
and raised in Cincinnati. When / came
here / went by the name Of VIM. ii.
Clark. l gave myself that name. / saw
the defendants almost every day. Was
drunk often during the time. Often pre-
tended to be drunk. Was drunk the
FIRST day | came here. Went in to John
Bertsch's saw the defendants there, and
treated them. Got acquainted with Le-
roy Reed there, or at some other bar.
have been here since fret came, with
the exception Of about ten days. Came
first on the morning train. Saw the de.
PENDANTS nearly every day while in Jack
son. Cannot tell when got money, or
how much, while here, but il must have
been as much as $780, Visited the sa-
looms OF John Bertsch, Chris Bertsch,
and Holberg. Frequently gave the de-
PENDANTS small sums-change less than a
dollar. Was once at Carrs before the
robbery. Charley and Tom Andres were
with me. Might have been there once
more. Had been saving up money that
| got from Owens at different times. 1t
was between twelve and two o'clock at
night when we went to Fanny Carr's the
night of the robbery. Had been at Pat
Coils with Frank Motz and Lew Miller.
On the night Of the robbery we were at
Chris. Bertsch's, Charley got some crout
there, and we finished eating it in front
Of Charley's, on a bench. Had my head
on Hens (Martin) lap. Before that had
been down to Dewberry's. or had started
there; had been at Pat Coils and might
have been at Holberg's. Was not so
drunk but that | could tell what was
going on. Charley was gone FIVE or ten
minutes for the chicken-brought it in
alive He said he had borrowed IL from
his father. Took the pistol out and held
it in my hand, under my coat Thought
Bill Owens, the Marshal: and John
Blackhart, Policeman. might come and
arrest us. | had heard that they had
been following US around. / do not
know o. S. Miller, but told the defend
ants that store would be good place.
made the proposition three or four times.
spoke also Of Prices store. Had a chisel
Andres proposed TO So into the jewelry
store Of Zaneis & Co. was convicted in
the United States Court at Cincinnati for
perjury. Staid at Maggie Snider's last
night. Maggie Snider keeps a clean
house. Cannot tell what business she
follows for n living. Some call it
. house-do not know whether it is
or not
Re-examination About the month Of
December, 1878. lot OF young fellows
got on a spree-(objections made by de
fendants attorneys, and objection sus-
tained.) Andres had diamond-cutter
an instrument to cut lass (The
Judge here to.G the witness to tell all
abogt the I-as-sr, and he continued. as
was CO. here by Joseph H.
Cary, now here, who is detective in
Cincinnati The first or ! called on
here was VIM. Owens, the Marshal.
was cited to defendents, and got &C
quainted with them. They said they had
been suspected of burning Hale's stable.
Andres proposed to break into the mill,
and steal the jeans, &c. Martin objected.
Andres proposed to break into Lloyd &
Lyons tailor shop. The objection to this
was that it was a public place, and unless
there should be some excitement, they
would be discovered. Andres said il
would be easy to get up an excitement
a little bunch Of kindling would do that.
Cross. examined. When proposed to
had the screws Of the lock all loosened,
ready to 60 in. They said Prices store
had been robbed so I'D much that
they were afraid there might be "tum-
BILE" A tumble, means a discovery, as
used by thieves and burglars. Andres
and Martin took me down into Andres
fathers field, and showed me where they
had taken two green country fellows, and
had gotten up sham fight. and they
went home without either money or pis-
tolls Martin told me that Hale had re
fused him drink Of liquor, and next
morning his barn was burned, Cd d-n
him la front Of Andres. on the night OF
the robbery. said nothing could be done
without an excitement Andres said il
was easy to get up an excitement-he