, 1879-06-28

bartcl to early ncxt mouth In order to uaake |
1uarket upon which the bulls can unload, but, |
II thls should fall, tho price would rapidly full.
ALLEGED ARSON.
THE QUINN oAss
was up ngain yesterday morntnE before Justice !
Wilson, anl further testimony heard In bchatf
of Mrs. Quinn, the defendant, who is charged
with setttng fire to hrr dwelling in Maywood
for tho purpose OF beating tho insurance com.
pauies. The fret witness Of tho day was r. 7.
Johnstone, OF Detroit, tho editor OF the Uiehi
nan Faru$r. Ie testified that ho had known
Mrs. Quinn when she lived In jackson, and be
fore she had become Mrs @. S!Is had contrib
uted for three years to tho columns of his paper
vhtto living in Jackson. From there ahe moEcd
TO Chicago. liz met her here III 1875 or
'78 as Mrs. Smith. md last fall visited
her and Mt. Quinn, her prcsent husband, OF
Afaywool. Mniis there he had seen tho house,
furniture, ETC., and supposed tic library to he
WORTH something llke $1,000, He bad remained
At the house a'' night, and Judged That the tMr,
uiture in tho gucst'a room waa worth iron, $l5o
10 3f15. ...-.-s
was then put ou the stand, and told her story
In answer to questions from one Of her attorneys,
OF her hlsband, herself. and her boy Frank.
Mrs. baldwin, who testified, In substance. tint
Mrs. QuIun had Instructed hcr to fire the house,
lived with l!er as servant sho denied e. Init sle
to got her to come 4nd liye with her, A nci0li..
boz Recommended .slrs. . Baldwin to hcr, nnd
stated Tint Tod must have sent hsr {sfrs. QUINN
thess to g!se ,hs d woma T. wos w Sl sp}as
! uiturc, tiatshe had plenty Of moner, assd sl,e
spent It iu liking up her house just - sle
| p1eascl. When shc moved here from Con-
'bt S1oag 9otars TT o. ras asese aot oa we
styls.h enough Tor her, md sha exchanged somn
| Of II for new, paving the difference. When she
| gct her house fixed up as sho wanted IT aho
% @htsahes sent ee H. 70 WI Wi. to ''1ass her, lie lie
ancc man. She said sho wanted the
housa and goods tnsured 70 an
a e easG a. ths ue
nture alone, plac!lg the Insurance In tho Aeri-
cultural aud the Traders' TO suit himself. slrs.
Baldwin wantcd lor things Insured, too, With.
| out vltass.' aueecsttns auc! thing, and and
Tha Vltucaa had nsger looked at her pollc! ur.+
| til after thu lire, when she got man named
Keller, Of l'ous<roN's De'aseras, to help Aer
house, took piece OF paper, wrote down THO
! articles ns Mrs. Baldwin called tl!enl oil. mud
Witness bclred then, occasionally, when nsscd to
do 90, IN giving names Of things. value Of tho
had dictated to Keller what TO put down. She
further tcsttucd that
oan KINNEY,
an insurance man, cane to her, sought prtYhte
Interview, arll asked her TO sign papcE releas.
Ing Tho Company, tn consideration Of 81. sho
refused to DO SO, and Kinney replied, II know
Ill about that 6re. and you'd better do H."
BAe said that, whatever he might know or claim
tn know about tho tre. sha knew nothing about
It that ahs wouldn't willingly hayo open and
opened the doot, 'ho walked OUT aid ahe
slammed Il after him. After the Tire ahe heard
hor,, md sho stayed hero three or four
50 II they liked. Altar that ,sle went
to ses her daughter, Ia Kalamazoo,
who WAS soon to become mother. and needed
munlcatlou iroa, Darrow, agent Tor the Agricul
tusal. She sent It 70 her lawyer, who advised
her to cone back. md she camc right aw9y.
Mrs. Quinn dentcd tlla. sllc nude any advances
agroatdeal Of her. mi. used TO kiss 1cr und ss,
ahe loved har--loyca hor better than guy child
sho bad oyer had. Witness took It all Ii goot
part, hut ofton complained to her Tor not doing
b. aid l'or maudlu ways that slo threatened L
cet anoiher woman. That was four or llvs weeks
before tho lire. Shortly afterwards, sht won't t
JaeKson, but waa iaiNcd ont of getting ="
tried is 10 ind Mra. T.. bnt couldn't
She did Ind her tlla noxt day a. nelghbor's
ans learned from her whnt pMsposted to he
trte story Of ll,s lire. It wua different tai
iran that she had told on tue stand, aid waa t.
tho effect that thu tira was purely accidental
: Witness, p!tyi!ng hes condition, gave hes $s =
i pay her boaal. After that she bud fat'tng OH
with Mrs: H., who4c wsys wcra not such AZ T
4uit l!cr fdeas ot ueatuoaa ut,a proprtetF. Sh
neyor talked With Mrs. D. about burnlng III
: house or ansthiug Of she sort; bad never, tol'
4 her she wished tile old thing would burn down
- ! hats aha tltt &aw " l1Ht Il gould hNVA tep
ctcnpcr IL havo cEcilated the house In tln ara
plaeet as she hal '!ono thc old harl1, because
VIVA costiag xetasuel. to rcpatr Il. Tls gealaz
WA nade to 4 third party. and Mrs. D. oge.
j. | heard It.
Other statements by Mrs. 3. whtlo on th
= stand wero a!ao denied petnt.b!ank in shosI
y Mrs. Quinn fatty contrndtctet thu old Indy
J. | statements In regard to the alleged schesnc
. tlrn INC house, her denial being very Bpoclac q
a we'll AZ emphatic.
:. Ihu direct was not concluded by luneh-ttm'
- and, tn consequence ot Col. Van Arn,an's rle
= Of sickness, q flsthtr continuance waa take
y until this morning.