The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-03-19


| 7 and s. and again between aud y; worked all
day Mandcl Bros. ~ cash boy; Valentines Day
4 this year came on Sunday, but II was celebrated
on Monday; am sure OF that; sunday was the
4th this year; carried some valentines tins year
nothing peculiar to fix my seeing Clarence at
home that night; frequently saw Clarence IN
| February; it was never asked me whether he was
there that night; yes, Smell and Van Buren, did
ask me; Smell called my attention to the fact that
The was at home; 1t was before went to Syca-
more; Van Buren, called at 22l West Randolph
j street Just before | came here, aud talked over
what | could swear to- Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell
and Gray were there; heard father say what he
knew about IL: no other attorneys were there.
Redirect Van Buren, did nothing more than
to ask what | knew about the case, smell! told
me the nature OF an oath.
At5r NJ the court adjourned until p. NJ. for
an evening session.
EVENING SESSION, 7rM.
The first witness was
! ". II. swARTz.
Have been on the Chicago fire department six
years; am sick ut present; live at SOP Mohawk
street. was fireman in Exposition Building; com
menced there Sept. II and was there until Oct
%; know defendants; made their acquaintance
on Sept II, 1850: have frequently seen Cora
Mum; first saw her at the Exposition on Sept.
lis; know her general reputation among her
friends and associates In Chicago; it is bad
from that would not believe her under oath
knew she was a detective; she called once at
my house and asked that wouldn't go out and
swear AS a witness in the Allen murder trial; she
lCame in in an excited manner, hastily threw oil
her outer wrapper, and said she wanted me to
swear wouldn't go out to Geneva. Defendants
I worked, am sure in the month of September till
/ 9 or half past every night.
/ Cross Framined. Don't know how late they
worked Sept. IA; | wasn't there; have not been
In court while in session; formerly worked as
city salesman for J. H. Warner ~ Co.; before
that was with Heath n Milligan; was at the Ex-
position while open to the public; saw Cora
! Mum about every time she went in; Thomas
and Woodruff worked together running reaper;
were there till arrested, Oct. u: didn't know
Cora Mum till Sept, II; don't know where de
PENDANTS were Sept. IA; all know OF NUNS
reputation is what | learned at Exposition; only
knew her neighbors from what she told me;
knew none Of her ncighbOrs, and none Of her
associates or acquaintances outside of the Ex
position, except a man named Littletcld; he
once kept a boot and shoe store on Clark street
don't know where he is; he went out of the state
have heard Munn's reputation mentioned by
John Morgan, a ticket agent Mt Agricultural
Hall; don't know where he lived; also by Mr.
Wood, in Employees Hall; don't know where he
lived; also by her own father; can give no more
names; didn't know when | came here what II
was for; was in Chicago on Sunday; general
Reputation" means what others know and what
/ / know and hear about her; general reputation
! for truth and veracity" means person who
speaks the truth. In my statement of her rcpu-
tation | have taken into account what know and
have seen of her. Have talked the matter over
with Smell. Cora Mum first told me was to be
a witness
MRS. LIZZIE ChMABFLL.
: Have been married. Husband is dead. Am
daughter of Mrs. Woodruff and sister of Clarence.
Live in Chicago. Went there Wednesday, Feb.
! II, and left there Friday, Feb. Is. When there
! Clarence was real sick. | was up until | or .
nlp Ia IL moi al n % down
of pain in his side and lungs. Not able to be out
Of the house. My home was then in Steward.
In last August was in Sandwich. Brother George
was there sick. Had IL council OF doctors there
one day. Clarence came To Sandwich the night
of Aug IS. telcgraphed for him and met HIM
at "Billy'sn train next day. He didn't leave
Sandwich Aug. 10. Brother Lew lives there.
Am positive Of the dates.
! Cross Examined. Husband died year ago this
MONTH had no attending physician; DR.. Brig
ham came once and was there - minutes know
James Grant; he lives at Montgomery; when my
| husband died he lived at Ball Mound: husband
died at his mothers in Montgomery; was never
at Grants house when husband was there just
before my husband died he did not tell DR.. Brig
ham in nv presence that 'On the night OF the
murder while he WAS in his telegraph Office as
operator in Steward, ILL.,, Clarence Woodruff
came into his Office about O'Clock; that he was
deathy pale and fcarfully excited" nor that then
Clarence said he wanted my husband to tele-
to Chicago on the first train, that man named
Allen had been killed that night and he wanted
to take the first train for Chicago; nor anything
Of the kind can't tell day Of month husband
died went to Sandwich Z F. VI. Aug. to my
brothers; since my husband died been with
mother in Chicago; Doctors Vermilye, Misick
and Lord attended brother George; ] wrote for
Clarence Aug. lG mother didn't send telegram,
did Think Clarence left Sandwich Sept. j. but
don't know; was in Steward Feb. IA; husband
- IL fi,a hat nifrlt of hat
night | had been at his office till l; he got home
then: saw nothing of Clarence in the Office that
night don't think he was in Steward; he might
have been; Clarence never was in Steward to my
knowledge, never at my home there.
HORACE WOODRUFF.
Was a milwright in Feb. 1850; family in Chi
fcago: | was home Feb. :, and Q; Clarence quite
sick then; was there Feb. 81; Clarence at home
then and worse If anything.
Grass crgiaiHcd. Clarence is my son; was in
sandwich most of time in Feb. 80; live now at
Arlington Heights; wife lives in Chicago, 23
miles from me- don't know where Clarence was
Feb. H. IA, IL or IL OF February, 1850
/. u. WOODRUFF
was called as an expert
Am brother Of Clarence: am machinist; work.
ed at it . or ten years; familiar with effect and
operation of time and weather upon brass key;
new brass key would commence to tarnish and
brightness fade in n hours; after J or hours
polish would disappear; 10y Il months the polish
would so disappear that = or , months longer
would make no difference; if a key had very
slight mark on it in February then it would have
the mark 9 months afterwards.
CrosSraHiJasi. Marks on brass key would de-
pend on keeping OF the key; polish Oh brass
won't keep months; don't know anything about
that.
At9 4j court adjourned until Wednesday.
GENEVA, March 0, ISL.