The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-12-14

This case has occupied all week. On Thursday
evening the testimony was all in, and on ycster-
day morning the speeches began. We have
given an outline of the Prosecutors case against
him in another place, Not to make the case too
tedious, we will add only an outline of Chapman's
own testimony, which he gave in a traightfor-
ward manner.
HEMAM Is, CHAPMAN,
defendant SAYS he is past 81 years old; has been
married nearly II years. He related how he went
10 the works; met previous Witnesses; saw the
three men coming towards him on the road, but
paid no particular attention to them; how they
suddenly mounted the wagon, each on Il side
while one held the horse. They threw him over the
back of the seat, his toe under the toc-iron, and
one threw Il cloth over his face and held IL with
his hand and then another was thrown over both;
he tasted Il swedish liquid or chlorolorm and
then he remembered nothing. All was done SO
rapidly that he had time neither to cry out or TO
usc his revolver which he had transferred from
his hip to side pocket for handler use. lie did
not struggle except rs man naturally would un
der the circumstances, and had not time to cry
out-thCy mounted the wagon and grabbed him
So suddenly The men were about rs the boys
have said they looked, and he thought them fur
mace men. When he came TO he was in the bottom
81 the wagon and the money was gone. lie
thought of telling it ut the Zinc Works, but
changed his mind, thinking 1t best 10 tell the
agcrt first Of all. and started down town, but
~ &c got sickcr and weaker ne went home ly.
ing ON the seat till he came To ninth street.
Seeing a crowd at a corner he turned Oft to
the north so as not to attract attention and went
home rs charged, sitting up when he could; ~
ing down when he could not. He went home
the back way to not Brighten his wife
Ivy his injuries and because he had To answer II
call Of nature; went to the barn because such
had always been his habit; walked towards it as
related 6y Josie Hurst His testimony from
this point till he went to the Harrison house
on Monday is about the same AS McBOylc's and
others, except that on Saturday night his house
was watched He went to Chicago thinking he
could return on the evening train; he was dc
tanned over night Next day he again made a
statement to the express officers in Chicago in
tl.r writing out Of which he told them they had
madc mistake about the chlorofOrminS and
the route home, but they would not correct it,.
After this he had private interview with Best
who advised him TO give up the money rs they
had q sure thing on him" an, way; and II he gave
up the money they would for the sake Of his
friends hush IL up. Then he was detained by the
express company so long from his family that he
made up his mind TO return home TO his sick
family when and how he could. He saw Beck,
who advised him 10 go home in way they would
moi suspect, and in pursuance OF Beck's advice
he wen, home he did ria Mendoza. He told
Aiken his children were sick and he did not know
il they would live, but said nothing about h-
mOther.-He said he was not asked his route
home by Cone Il al. but they asked him the nat.
urai way home and he had said by 9Th street,
from which they made him say he went home on
Sill street instead Of around another way. He
said also that they did not read his statements "a
they made them to him continuously; they would
read questions aud answers and he had supposed
both were down rs asked and answered, till he
heard them read here. On Saturday before Nc.
BOYLE came. the children had been PLAYING with
the straps Of the pouch and the ooks add he bad
told his wife to take care OF them which she did.
The speeches began on yesterday morning and
will be concluded to-day.