, 1879-04-20

call hlrs. Webb, WIN he says will testify as TO
circumstance which was communicated 10 ote
vcns While hc was IN CINCINNATI, through thirt
party, Il Mrs. Mccarthy, to whom Mrs. Wcbi
told it. The Court exercises his discretion aut
lets it in, under the promise that the connection
will bo properly made.
A YOUNG MAN COMES IN.
Mrs. Ellen Webb, an honrst-lookfng lrist
woman, takes the stand and testtfes: I know
the prisoner: His rnotl:er-in-law lived in mi
house, a73 South Morgan street, and Stevens
wife stopped with her when Stevens was in Gin
cinnati until ho sent for her.
Estate what occurred in that house with
| reference to Mamie Stevens and a ,nan-what
you saw"
"Obiect,n says Weber. II don't think any.
thing occurred, and in the second place it Is i'm
material aud irrelevant"
alt is in lne," says the Court, and they say II
I was communicated to Mr. Stevens"
After great deal OF talk, the witness is al
| lowed to 20 on.
IA Young man called on her. She slept in
the back room with her mother. / slept IN the
| room next the middle room. I saw Mamie
Stevens in bed, and man was in the bedroom,
t sitting beside the bed. went into the yard nnd
said to her MOTHER"
"Ncvc,r: mind" says the Court "state what
you saw" :.
!
''uescl1be the young man, says Trude.
tile told me he was an actor.n
Never mind," interrupted the Court.
| Describe, how be looked" says Trude;
| :" whether d blonde or brunettc"
| ~ remember he was sllort-looking man. I
really could not describe him. He was kind Of
! good-lookiug-"
kind Of good:looklpg2'' repeats Trude.
"Thesc arc all good. looking. young men.''
Well, he was kind OF pretty; couldn't
describe his clothing nor his features"
e. Did he have Spectacles on!''
Trude was evidently after Gilbert again.
mo, SIR" is the reply.
"Was Mamie Stevens undresscd2''
"No. don't think So"
You say she was lying on the bed!"
swell, her mother said she wasn't feeling
well.'
'"'rhat was when you went out?"
II went iii the back yard, and 7 seen through
the windows, and l went iu the yard and sall to
her uoti1er l wouldn't have no such carryings
on.n
"Neyer mind that" says the Court, a little
late.
IS. "what VI & was +; the condition of the mans What
~ sec him do nothing more than setting down
at the time"
''On tl,c bed!'
"On the bedside"
"What time wus thtsa"
"in tic aftcrnoon.''
"Where was Mrs. Young at this time7"
"ln tile kitclen.'
You know Mrs. McCarthy2"
"Yes, sir"
"Whcrc docs she livc?''
"Across tie street from met
"First uamel''
"Bridget.'
"Did you! see this same young man there
Another shaver Of objections.
Trude says it will be shown thai be was q fre-
quens visitor, anu that the visits were communi-
Gated to Stevens.
"Di1 BIZ call there again? ~ he repeats.
"Wel1 he called there several times Before
Stevens vent to Cincinnati, I saw him there
once when Stevens was lhere'
"And several times afterwards
g. lew times"
tlon, THAT this young man boarded therc2'
=" Not in that house."
+" Did he ever board with Mrs Younp,s FINN
ilys"
II heard Mrs. Young say he boarded With
her."
This is Of course excluded
~ don't kD0W," resumes the Eitness, 81 OF
my own knowledge, whether he had boarded
WIFI the ta1nn7. don't know whether he was
an Intimate friend OF the family. I didn't know
till afterwards thAt the young l:dy was iii, but
SHE Sas III bed. She mag have had her clothes
on; don't know about liiat. SAW her. AMI not
SO excited didn't take mind OF the bedroom. /
WAS going back in the yard. There WIS two
windows for me to look thTough''
= DID you ioos through tile window on pur-
pose or accidenfaDy2''
"No sir; not on purpose happened to look
around when passed the window"
We're tile curtains down3"
They were up.''
IS Blinds cfosci!"
"Ihey were opeu.n |
You had 10 difficulty in looking fn7u
No difficulty ut all.''
How many doors iu that room1n
AOne gong . cut in the yard, and one coming |
''Wno was the young man you saw sitting
there" 0''" '''''
"Wcl1. they told me he was married man ),
DO you know what his name wusln
"OnlY what they told mc.''
"Do q, you know that his name Is McDer-
"'rhat is what they told me his name WASH
"Do you know whether OF not On The follow
ing day Mrs Stevens saw him!n
mo, sir"
DO you know she was Ill that afternoon and ;,
II didn't know it till thnt evening. Her
mother told me.''
Never nind," says Trude, uun1ess v,, lat
IN all aer mother said, and what she said. and
what resulted" A0' A4'o
young wotnant' resumes Mills. "'SA SDA'
mo, sir; only that I Nude objections IN
,,Answer A Y; yes or no."
Did you have any ill-wlll against her1n
sNo ill-wll." Ao1
"Did she ever wrong you nnyan
mot Us ] know OFF,
The rest Of the cross is devoted in eh,w,r,
that the Two families used the same t;tch,.ns:
that in going into the KITCHEN one wonjd h.ri
to pass 1le room Of the ktcnen, which was n1e can
uccts<l with THE Kitchen By door. rrn 1 ;noi 1on
" oilers to run in a diagram, bnt ths Ennr+
says he understands the georranhv 1lo - eouse th
place. sufficiently from The v;tnalas VI ans
description, to make that unnecessarv f.. t.'an
tells Mr. Irudo that, II he wants to coonsnt ,,su
it, be bad best do it right away, and odds t 1hvt
hc understood the witness to saw she conn., r"1s
uunicated TIE occurrence to Mrs. Ncrsrt,,v
bricl dispute follows as 10 whe;her eho
really ald say that, and rclrrcncc to rho shorte
band notes shows tilat she did not. o''''
Irude says it may bc necessarv In ua,+ f,r
ing. '''1aHs HUH
The Court suggests that the connection NAV
oe shown now. u1A3
, rrude calls Stevens, and SAYS he will shou
,iat the matter was communicated: and. whe
stevens Is going to the 'box," Trude r:marks
-nat u ~ thcre are t1iany branches to Tie casc.
lhs Is onlY one little branch" retorts the
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