Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-09

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 | 5Q.-Mr. Hayden was reminded by Mrs. Hayden to go and take care of the children A.-Yes, sir.
 Q.-Do you know of anybody else except | you who heard that? Al don't know ! they were nearly all strangers to me. When she said it we were all together at the table. No, she didn't say 1t SO that everybody in the | room could hear.
 1 Q.-Mrs. Scranton, Mary Stannard was there taking care of the children2 A. There was girl saw there taking care of those children. She seemed to be about 9 years of age.
 1 Q.-Hadn't she been taking care of those same children for months and monthsa A.
 I don't know, sir. Mr. Jones and MT. Wat rous There is no such thing testified to at
 ell | Q.-Well, if she had taken care so long, do you know of any reason why they could not Il go to bed while Mary Stannard was there
 MT. Jones.-Wait. Opinions are not
 proper.
 care of the children months and months. MT. Jones.-There is no such testi mony. | MT. Watrous appealed that there was not l word of such testimony. l Witness.-I said it was in the neighborhood l or very near nine o'clock, one way or the
 other, when he went to put the children to bed. Yes, sir, he was gone only about ten l minutes. Yes, I saw him when he went and | when he came back. He said nothing to his wife about the children or Mary Stsnnard
 when he got back don't recollect that Mrs. Hayden asked him about the children. | Q.-Do you think after that time he could l have gone out to that house between then and | Il clock and you not know it A.-No, sir, Every decidedly.) No, sir, he couldn't have I been gone 15 minutes in that interval without had known it.
 MT. Waller said-You were watching him perhaps and added some bantering questions, | to which witness replied, as if she meant it. | decisively. have told the plain, unvarnished truth, and have nothing more to tell Mir. l Waller accepted. and asked her if he had been gone 40 minutes if she would have known it. Al haven't said anything about 40 min utes, MT. Waller. won't swear he was up stairs 40 minutes or not.
 Q.-Now, if he was ? A. (with emphasis and spirit don't think he was out of the l house minute after he came back until we all went home.
 More on the Same Subject. To MT. Hubbard-Lovell G. Johnson Live in Durham am farmer was at the oyster supper in March, 1878 saw MT. Hay den there noticed the time by my watch just as people were getting up from the sec ond table.
 Q.-How came you to look at your watch Al thought it was getting late and 1t was time to get my supper. I had a lady with me. Now, Mrs. Bartlett she wanted to know what my hurry was. said it was getting late. It was twenty minutes of H. I sat lett sat down with me. She was Miss Davis then. sat there about twenty minutes at the table. Yes, sir; I saw MT. Hayden just as got through my supper, standing between me and the stove. He had piece of paper in his hand, and I judged he was taking names. I paid MT. Hayden for my supper and Etta's. Paid him $1. I got up soon af- ter.
 To MT. Waller-Yes. sir; it was twenty minutes of Il. Can I remember anything else said? No, sir; don't know as I can.
 Q.-With all the pleasant conversation be- tween you and your cousin Etta, this one fact is all you can remember? Al don't think of anything don't know when the first table was spread. I said sat down at the third, not the second table. Mir. Waller Oh! beg pardon 50 you did.
 Q.-How do you know that you sat at the third? A.-Why, lots of folks said two tables full had eaten.
 Q--Where did the young folks congregate the most? Alp stairs.
 Q.-Theres where they got nearest2 Al Yes, sir.
 Q.-Will you swear that you sat down at that third table? A.-Yes, sir.
 Q.-Will you swear it was after half-past Il that you sat down? A.-No, sir: it was before that.
 The oyster Supper--Mrs. Bartlett.
 l with Lowell Johnson, tho preceding witness, at the oyster supper in question. MT. Hay den was taking names while we were at SUD- per. don't know exactly when I sat down or got up, but it was late. My cousin had said to me if he was going to have his supper he wanted it, as it was getting late.
 Mir. Waller-Pretty late, madam, when you got supper, wasn't it A.-Yes, sir.
 Q.-You wanted supper too didn't you !; were getting hungry Al don't know.
 Of you weren't hungry. wasn't it funny such hurry? Al don't know.
 Julius Davis Swor.s.
 MT. Jones, one word to retreating witness Mrs. Bartlstt, did you draw the quilt that even- ing? Al did. Q.-You knew your name was down2 A.-Yes, sir.
 To Mir. Waller-You saw the name? A Yes. sir, saw it myself. The Oyster SupPer---AnOther Witness.
 Julius Davis to MT. Hubbard-Live in Dur ham was at the oyster supper in Rockland |; took supper there. I finished my supper at hal. past 10. I know so, because I sat at the second table, twenty or twenty-fv min utes after l got up from the table, and when about to go home looked at my watch. I did see Mir. Hayden at the supper. He was taking names. I sat down to eat at half past 10. was at the table half an hour. saw MT. Hayden soon after sat down. He was taking names. It was about 20 minutes past | 10 when I saw him. My wife gave him my name. She wrote the names of some Durham \ people whom he didn't know. saw Mr. Hayden about 10 minutes later. He was in the front room. He didn't stay in the room but a short time. It was 20 minutes of II, | should judge. I ran home again. It was up stairs. It was 10 or 15 minutes later. was up stairs after my overcoat and hat. came right down in five minutes. He was up there doing nothing in particular except as the rest did, playing with the children a little. On ! coming down stairs stood between the table | and the sink room door, saw MT. Hayden | again down there. It was should say, five minutes after I saw him up stairs. Others l were near me. was talking with | Frank Bartlett. MT. Bartlett says are | you going home? said yes. took out \ my watch and it was five minutes of eleven. l said had another supper to go to. Bartlett | said it was early to go home. Washington | Bristol and Ellsworth Scranton stood near us | I stood talking with MT. Bartlett. 10 or 15 | minutes. MT. Hayden came along while I | was talking with Bartlett. Bartlett had | cigar in his hand and asked Mir. Hayden if he | wouldn't like one. He said yes, and MT. l Bartlett gave him one. left for home soon | after. I left MT. Bartlett talking with Mr. | Hayden. The third table had not been served \ when I left.
 To MT. Waller.-I got home at about half | past one. I got the second oyster supper at | 12 or half-past. finished supper at the par sonsge at about half-past ten. At ten min utes to II MT. Hayden was up stairs. don't | know where my wife was exactly. My wife !. was down stairs aud I was up stairs. Yes, | sir, will swear that did not leave the place till after Il. I saw Imogene Stannard at that | fair. No, sir, didn't see Charles Hawley | there. Yes, sir, Ed Allen, Fred Allen, Edith ! Jackson went away when did.
 To MT. Hubbard.-No, sir, am sure did l not see Charles Hawley.
 To MT. Waller.-l didn't see him and | didn't know he had a sore foot.
 The Oyster Supper Further.
 Frank 0. Bartlett saw MT. Davis the preceding witness, at the oyster supper He said it was II o'clock or after before he got started. I was standing there, also Ellsworth Scranton and Washington Bristol saw MT. Hayden. I gave him cigar. Davis was near. It was after II. went then into the | sink room and lit my cigar. MT. Hayden was | with me and lit his cigar. MT. Hayden and I | then went out of the door. We sat down near the door and smoked out of doors We were out there long enough to smoke cigar, We