, 1880-02-13
The Wife a Witness to the Agonies
of the Dying Man..
shc sCrlcd Little, mud Then Finished
Washing The Supper Dishes"
Wado, tho Assassin, Denies that He Com
mitted the Crime,
A Fatal ENCOUNTER Between Two calIfor-
MIA Editors.

exciting AlUlE-IWfEl 4h e2fNtNl
days yhe llas been depressed. n,ld when the Cor
oucr was notified this II n(tcrnpoI Of her desire to
relEcyc hcr sun be received tho announcement
xithout surprise. Her story wls told amidst
tears nn,t aol1s, and Iy tho asking Of muny qucs.
tions touching every point. ste shtd:
'F"I was at home lust Frldny evening, Feb. 0,
1850, Ny children canle home Mt 4 o'clock. W.
Ind supper ut nbntit h:l}, and ls soon as they
Rts their supper sclt tho eldest two nH 10
Smiths, and told them tn stty till cn1ne after
them; ntso told them thnt maybe Wade woul1
come with inc, VIC Ind supper In tho frtunt
rnm,--nysclf, Brown. Wade, and tho throo
obllrcI,. While VIC were still 1T the tablu, 4 fter
llo children were gone, Wndu Nsked Brown 10
let HIN hayc bis buggy, that ho wn.ltcl to go to
IryIngtnn to ECU Or. Long: that Smith told hin
tWufe) thnt Dr. Long
WANTED 70 nUY
hI. horse. Tho horse WIS not WAlo'a for Ind
1oughtit OF hin for S7h, money thNt got oil
tho furnl. I'rDwn sa tho horse wns too s1nnll,
anil he unyc Wudo permission to sell It. Brow,
pEkcd Wade why he rnuld not 70 on horseback.
Nndr answered tlnt he Ind rAtl1cr go III tho
slygy. ao Brown gnvc him permission to tnke
II. Then Wntle went MI, litcted the horse tu
tho b,tsgy. It WIS har'ly aark yet. Just nbout
twilight, my littto girl wantc,l to gu ottt, nn'l
took her cut tho bnck wny. back
Of tho asil- hopper. Watlo hil not conc Into tho
tle girl out. Before this I had gathered upsono
of tho dsl,us, hut ll1ul not wnsheti any yet. Tho
table WIS sitting III tho southwest pNrt Of tho
r,on. When went out Hrnwi wHs stnndtng by
tllo table, whiting an -hantl1c lie hAd o, an
old oyery-lay cont, but don't know whether
hu ha'i oil his hat or not. lIo almost always
worolt in tho house md out
AZ MAS COMING IN
et the Kitchen door, which is on tho south sido
nf thn bnIE0- I Hr1tfhH fin nj Gt mi
Of tho lia,so to the front to sec If W'udo ,yns
gone. Then Is whun I heard II noise
hcarl no words, but n dull sound rs
II from q gun long why of, or q dull
heavy blow. When l hoard th1s Ind Just
passed. tho southeast coru1r OF tho Kitchen with
my child III my nrsns. I kept OH I'LL got to tho
north gntc. l hcnrtl no Rllltioual noise. The
front door was open. The buggy stood near
y opposft tho gnte. Tho horse, which
WIS attached to the buggy, stood With his hend
tothc Gust. When got to the gate Wade was
already thore, betweou tic gnte and tho buggy,
hutn litslc west Of the gate. L sntd, tJoo, yo,,
aIa't gono yet It was then n little dirk. I
said. Y Thought you were going 10 6miths tn
rlay tho ttldle.' Ho callod out, go back with
that child. ran In the house with the child,
md shp sad 'Whnt, u,n2 whnt2' en!d .stay
hero darling, till Inu comes back elosetl tho
front door, al,tl went hncs to tho front quito.
When first went to tho gnte,
NIL, nuuWN MAS LYING WITH NIs FEET ABOUT
tho middle ot tho gate, md bis bead towards tho
Yas 'dsr @ a,,d @ % lie paMkot ovep @ h 20 thse
coul not sec llis heHi. After took tho child
4nd returned, brown WIS still 9roGnIng, as ho
God, Joul Whit laayo ynu dune = '' liz said.
s{.aTl!x r th!s + SbSt 1Sxa wii anj thSeS
every hnir Of yn,lr hcatl bettgr FIJI linn INV NV
mn lIic. Mr Brtwn ''ssi ws,s iHt Jill Eroanll,E, @ M
aaad n iJoej tn!d sshall / bit himf i saii,
s Oh ny 2o, II nj 81 ont g Il toc ic III lin. h"tS 1t
s an t Il 'hS kna@ nS'is H. s s" % 'nt y n.y.
s Ss g. TX d HI hyg gos sd.s 5S s9 5 1sS Ss md
" rnn,nr M ~ ~ Ga en- n ant r., 70 ,9
fook tho chd viii TIL inc. "'''@''' 'A' "e"''' ~"
WAS scur4xlso AMP CRYING,
Ana tho child sala, What, ua7 Whnt2' md be-
fan , M MSryin9. @ tod @ hor s1mo ono Killed her pa;
xns S S a cap aq lcre ca tho s csp Tatss Ms
sho Ivy. an W'tnGss @ daGmt3ned as th0 nIin
eoat he wantet; l,rown bs 1io oyercoat, aee I'll, liz
Win M prw mo' To ' mi, %sse Sa wa 10 Sou W. gong x;
on ths road; askulh hln when DC ws.i tis sotnrn,
IL tod me 70 cen p ny 1 shda ~ @ en- ~ ga9k .
Issd q tts ssts toM Dff a II eaa 1sSie ifS HI
a @ hs,S e S,jny Eot % Avn o. y knSsa co.
hausc lid Ia trnad s M o ,h III 1ItA Tx a.o snT H.
,,Ns!!er MIni. dsar. i! iafe cary q XIV You sb]is
go bit f ni,n fs fa ~ Wa ,9an! n'd he knoY @ tat
holt. of hi.n .lyulel nnl .'ll"'<7 'a''' No' ooR
begged HIN NOT TO TAKE nnowN AWAY,
=; a he tnl me to set Eo or he woul.l do tho san,o
sw,A = ~, VIZ then slsked tor III revolver Isa!d
~ fefe 3a,, " VI lle sl!1: undGr tho bead ut
aa e ss1. And r Wcl,f @ and g@t T. l[o ktsscd mo,
Mysef clear. IIo ihnI, m snrted' nmnad W gd1hso tho