The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-11-09
THE UTICA MURDER

Russell one of the defendants, taken on Mon
.day afternoon our synopsis continues from
.thuD point a, follows;
JAMES RUSSELL.
He said. Have lived on farm at Split Rocl
for y years. William is l. years old tht
month. Ills mother has been dead Il year
last September, Remember the 6th OF Ma!
last and Maggie Cuddy's coming to our house
HAD known her for one or two ycars-Nlnc'
since they lived near ". She came down t
Tour house from time 10 time; she and my chll
/ drcu played together; she did not come oitcI
after her parents moved To Otlca. She wa
down at our house once two weeks before tAO
| 9Th of Nav On May 9TH saw her first on tht
ItOwpatl between the lock and our house; NAt
was about 100 feet east Of the waste-gate.
was hOcng onions 40 or POO feet south of the
Itowpath didn't recognize her at that time
She went down about II O'Clock or later
Walsh was working with me; think William
wa, absent. William and Walsh were work
ing in the field during the morning ! went
to the field after breakfast aIonc-Dctwcen
land : O'Clock, they came an Hour or an hour
land half afterwards When Maggie went
down William was absent on an Crrand think
10 re, the horse for George lIarvlcker, They
had told me before that they wanted IT, did
not 90 TO the house then, Walsh did not 90
to the house while HarviCkcr was there. | did
not see Ilarvickcr get the horse. After VIII
liam had returned ] saw Maggie on the tow.
path near the waste gate William had re
turned not long after | SAW Maggie 90 back
he il was who told me who the girl saw was
He was rome about an hour and ii half Saw
Maggie going cast after William rctumed-a
short time after; She was east Of me about 2JO
feet, think,-caSt of the waste and west Of the
lock think saw her after she passed the lock
between the lock and the dump bridge
When she was going back | saw Mr. Moran
and crowd OF men east of the lock; saw no
one about the lock: saw } or men fishing at
the waste when She was going back. They
afterwards went to Liz Sale, going down the
towpath Saw no one in the field except my
boy and Walsh The river was up. We Went
to dinner about 10 minutes after saw Maggie
going east Walsh was leaving the field when
saw Maggie last; he was going home to do
the chores; he went to the Rock. William
stayed with me and with me went to din
ucI Walsh was at the house when | went
there TO dinner We had % wait u few min
ute, for dinner and when il was ready we and
the children atc--attcr II O'Clock, noon being
the dinner hour After dinner | sat III the
house reading for from 10 10 20 minutes; saw
and heard the boys around the house. After
finishing my reading ] went to pull cabbage
I,iout. i'm tho rrar nj fbe Iutl,e Saw the Loys
,rar,o,i,,,, to sqr,, Ior. near the tnUuath some
Iin,l,. ,-oro ea,roT Ji3 M, see thom saw
,T tI,os, LIocl,s with ~ c,os, cnt saw mon, di,l
see the saw in their hands. The block, were
sawed of after left the house; The logs were
OF oak, about a foot Squarc,-pll lock tlmbers.
The wood pile was between the house and the
tovnntb tbpbnu.r stau1ipo some 20 feet south
If the canal They were saving for tire.vood
81 lnm about Il feel lone When had finish.
ad rI,ntinr Walsh came 10 the field whore
,,,t-N,hnuf o,cIock-frnrn the house SAW
INN afterwards NJ the housc He STAYED in
th, aaIJ lnn,r ano,,rh To- ion me he was ,oinq,
70 Inora. he rntnrnnj to fine bonse When I
want I,rl, ,ftnr move 1,lonts-aftrr = o'clock
ma hInci, ~ wood yios savnI whom onf
thnra M NOT see either of the hovs east ON
the townoth nm that dov The cabhage field
y'os nodr the onion nofch had ! children
bomcat thot time Mary the oldest il ohout
% Aflcr fnur o'clock William and i went
hack to the field. and we worked torethcr till
q whom we went 10 simmer Don't remember
Of his roinr ovo,- i'm the evening first
hoard that Nagoic WAS missing on the next
sunday. was told of il by Mr.. Monahan at nv
house He thourht her nj my hou,c-so he
tnIJ Tho cbiiIron he came about the middle
of the dav Saw Nonabnn next on thc follow
in r. Srniov lie had been down ON the .l'ues
DIV hrfnre the children told me. On Sunday
W., NY Lid nnt .to,, ~ dinner William went TO
In SaIIe ON Sotnrdavs for groceries. Don't
i,,,ou, how. Ln went I take both routrs to La
SaIIo ~, tnnnoth and ria railroad We had 4
i i,a,' .ro," tLo canal. and when thc Rock
,'nii 1at hr;dr,o ,.as amen we erased ut the
Iocl, Tba,n G9,nr,l,vt are thr only DAYS he
','o,,t - 10 S,lIn WON'T that he went toc6Iurch
W., .i,o sud- +, hn,,, wos fn,n6 Nvrhil.
Iro INV wan. +" a,ri, cLycb fhut div and went
f. II n,cIocl, chu%cb Know hewas Mt church
, ~ I,,. ho.on." lac t,ii me- nf tyyo men he
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i I: h,''' ;-,ir, I"tnaon NoyE and 10
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