The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-20

should GO after some of the neighbors.
am not able to say how he stated il. He
was considerably excited, and his face and
clothes were pretty bloody. l then went
after the neighbors. When l started for the
neighbors, left the respondent at our house.
left his mother there, no one else. She
came TO our house while we were ut supper,
about an hour perhaps before l saw him
there. Had no conversation with her. She
was considerably excited. / noticed a mark
on her face here (showing) near the mouth,
and mark on her arm also. When deceased
was carried into the house, / discovered
wounds on his face, another on left side and
one on back of his head. There were three
wounds on his forehead, a large one on his
nose. 1t had the appearance of being done
with blunt instrument, should think. His
nose was broken down between the eyes.
The bone was broken. Think there were
three wounds on his forehead. One over
each eye and one near the centre of his fore
head. They had the appearance of being
done with some blunt instrument. The.skin
was broken. There was blood upon them.
Some blood about the eyes. I think the
wounds were fresh. They were slightly dis
colored. The wound ON the breast was a
hole. 1t was discovered while they were
washing him. The hole was through his
clothing. l think he was entirely dead,
when l found him. Before the respondent
came to our house, l heard two reports.
They were two or three seconds apart. 1t
sounded like report of firearms. thought
it came from the Rowland place or near
there. Saw marks of block in the house.
Saw marks of blood on the floor near the
south door, and on the south door, also drops
of blood extending from the south door to
the north window, and also in the pantry on
the floor. Saw an open knife on the north
window-sill. 1t was bloodstained. 1t had
the appearance of some one walking along
there bleeding, back and forth-two streams.
discovered two goblets lying on the ground.
(Goblets shown witness.) They were similar
to those. They were whole, as far as | dis
covered. i found no marks of u struggle
where the corpse lay. The ground was quite
hard. | think marks of struggle could not
have been readily seen, There was sod on
each side of the path to a breadth of 3 OF. 6
feet. Saw knife lying in the path near the
house. 1t was common pocket knife. 1t
was closed. l saw the mother that night at
our house. 1t was IL o'clock perhaps. When
L first saw respondent that night, l think he
told me that he had had a quarrel there and
that he had hurt his father. if not killed him.
knives shown witness. This is the one
that was upon the window. noticed chair
III the road. l think the next morning. 1t
was an ordinary splint bottom chair. or cane
bottom. Noticed chairs in the house like it.
in the room where found the blood.
Cross-examination by Mr. Heckert:
Deceased got intoxicated quite often.
When 1 saw Mrs. Rowland, she was excited.
She sale her husband came home intoxicated
and commenced using abusive language to
her, and she, in order to get rid of him, went
up stairs and sat down on the bed that he
followed her up there and took hold of her
and pushed her over on TO the bed and got
across her chest with one of his knees and
got his hands over her mouth, and held her
there few minutes. She finally succeeded
III releasing herself III getting his hands off
her mouth, and she "hollered murder"
Finally she succeeded in entirely releasing
herself, and came down stairs and went out
to the barn, and from there out into the road
and over to our house. l next saw Mrs.
Rowland after i came from work, about sum
down. When got to the house, Henry was
there, he was bloody. L couldn't say whether
he said, IL have shot my father" or not.
looked at Henrys wounds. l couldn't state
the number. l noticed several wounds on
his forehead. | think l noticed one begin
ming at the back part of the ear and running
TO the corner of his right eye. I couldn't
locate the wounds on his forehead. / no.
ticed a cut on his right cheek. | think it
was in the neighborhood of half an hour
after | heard the reports of firearms before
/ was called to the house. / first saw the
I-pifa tr,4 ho
my attention was called to the knife in the
path after the body was carried in. | don't
know whose knives they are. l think he
had the appearance of weeping. he was at
the time, think. This peace of wood with
the indentation, has the appearance of the
mark that was up on the side of the barn.
1t appeared TO have struck the barn door
and bounded back. The other tumbler was
lying III a manure pile.
Redirect examination:
/ should think a goblet like this thrown
against the side Of the barn, with sufficient
force to make an indentation like this. would
have been broken. If il were held by some
person solid and struck against the board.
should think ii would break, still l don't
know it might depend upon how it was held.
/ shouldn't think it would be so apt to break.
/ didn't examine the chair that was in the
street.
Re-cross examination:
That barn is sided up and strip about
that width used to batten. There would be
a double thickness there. 1t appeared to
have struck > or feet from the ground. If
the tumbler broke, l should think the end
that hit the board would break.
CHE testimony of Lake and Prater were
in regard TO the same subjects, and substan-
tally the same as above.)
TUESDAY.
The testimony of MIR. Harris was in rela-
ton to the appearances about the scene of
the difficulty, and is not materially different
from that of the others who preceded him.
James Bennett a witness for the people
sworn:
/ saw Chas. Rowland at my house the day
before the fracas. Next saw him at his
house. Went there with Harris and Gleason
and found Rowland lying in the position as
already described by other witnesses. Wit
ness also saw the cuts on his head, that his
nose had been broken and that his face was
covered with blood. Felt deceased pulse and
thought ne was alive, sent for some water
and put some of it on his face We then
waited until others came and carried him