The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-25

toes, MIXED, ETC.. was not at home on the
eve OF my husbands death; | was at the
graveyard seven miles from here; have three
children buried there; Caroline, my
daughter, persuaded me to 60; ] would
not have gone had she not insisted upon
1t in the morning wanted to go with them
(Kohl and my husband) and got on raft
and it sunk with us and my husband said
couldn't go; | stayed at home and work
ed they came home about noon; we ate
dinner and as I'washed dishes Caroline said.
let us 90 to the graveyard, but said no,
and after the dishes were washed she re-
peated her wish to 80 to the graveyard, and
| again refused she again insisted and ]
finally went We walked on the fence to
the slough, shut my eyes in crossing the
slough because water makes me dizzy. We
went to the burying ground and stayed
there until three O'Clock We came back to
the railroad track and met man named
lIiIlman on the track. We then saw Mr..
and Mrs. Kilgore below the crossing
place three hundred yards away; then, in
about fifteen minutes, we went to the flat
to cross and stopped short time when
Mrs. Schlammer came along; we were
near the road seven or eight feet from the
road, | stood ON the side of tie road we
had heard SchIammers; were not at home /;
KIlgore ted Us they were not at home {;
Schlammcrs were coming from Cairo;
Mrs, Schammcr SAID, have been to your
house two or three times, and now you
must come along with me, but said no,
must go home; Mrs. Schlammcr said it is
not late, come ON, and so said Caroline,
and we vert and walked; the wagon in
which Mrs SChlammcr rode was a single one
horse, wagon and very small; Mr., Scham.
mcr got there first, but not five minutes
before we did; we stayed there one and
half hours; We then went home down the
railroad; Caroline ran and ! ran also
had been to the graveyard and thought OF
my boy, and was so fat, that is why my
heart was heavy. After we left
Schlammer's we went home al
four or five o'clock p. m; From the
flat to where got the rope is about fifteen
feet; We went to the house and saw Geo
Kohl there and | asked him where Mr.
Whitcamp was and he didn't answer me
| asked him again, and he said he was
drowned: called him and he didn't an
Swcr me as he usually did; ! asked
again, and he said the same
George said nothing more about my hus-
band being drowned; | did nothing but
try to cross the slough Monday; ! fell into
the water and got sick, George wouldn't
90 over again; | tried TO get him to 60 over,
was not well the whole week; | came to
town Saturday; it was corn planting time
when | went after George at Sackbergor's,
he wouldn't 60 with me; my husband sent
me had no other business George had
had my husbands horse week he came as
far as FitzgeraId's saloon; the second time
my husband sent nc; | also had butter and
eggs; George had been here then one week;
Mr.. WhitCamp said water was getting high
and he wanted George there to help take
care Of the stock; ! never had any CONVEX
Sation with George Kohl about killing my
husband | went to Henry Whitcamp's when
came to town and told him Of Whitcamp's
death, ! stayed in town until Monday
Kohl said, ave were on the river and
jumped off, and the bank cayed in and we
fell in and stump saved mC;' he said he
was wet and wanted to put on dry clothes
he did not say at what place Mr.. Whitcamp
was drowned George said they both tell
in as they got off the boat; he never told
me any different story about my husband
we never talked any more with him that
evening; didn't feel well |
next day didn't do nothing;
when went to the farm Henry Wnitcamp |
told me it was better to pay Kohl off; told |
him had no money and he let me have
fifteen dollars; don't know how much was
coming TO Kohl; gave Kohl no money
then Or afterwards; never said anything
to him about leaving for the reason he said
he was going 10 stay there and take care of
the stock. got there Monday about ten
o'clock a, m, atoot; gave that So TO Hen
ry Whitcamp; the COW had a young calf
and MIXED her; left about ten o'clock
a. Ia; went to Ann Harris one hour, and
then went to Cairo; went home about
three o'clock u. m. nobody went with me;
Ann Harris wanted TO 60 across with me,
and didn't want her to; ! went ont next
morning; Caroline and Emma Whitcamp
went with me; We got out there at ten or
eleven o'clock a, m, we walked; we found
nobody there; George Kohl took me across
IN MOnIny. and bapk nun,n ruog,n,,. ,,o