The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-22

father to one of them Otto said that his
wife Dora was in the family way with one
yaIintine Heilwagon. told him before
he went or % Davenport he had betten
stop at home and commence working III
| the shaft. He said that he woald not, no
one would see him around here any more.
| He said that when he came back in the
nieht ne one would see him and no one
would zee him GO back either. szsf
:: y ABOUT TWO WEEKS
before that happened Otto Heilwagon
hired . team in the middle OF the night
from his good friend Mr.. Frelb went down
to Rock River where he left the team and
swan across the river. He 5erked boat
aud brought &c over with him. This hap
pea,ed close to Cleveland. He pat the boat
on the wagon There was hay rack on
the wagon; drove back piece went in
side with his good friend Chris Denhart,
uncle TO Dora Heilwagon. He went in
there and stole fish seine, one single bar
rel gun and some meat. He put that on
the wagon He stole q pair of oars.
Where the road comes up by Mr.. Mosher's
house he transferred everything he hadsin
the wagon to the Miss. river. He would
like to have more could say great deal
more but T don't feel like 1t so I win close
for this time His friends could say more
but they are afraid OF him. I write these
few lines to let the people know that wha
the witness swore to in court was not true.
although am convicted still claim / am
innocent Of the crime. o19f7asri ~ -
These are not the first things he has
transferred. He stole q fish ne. some years
ago and sold il in Davenport to man for
fifty dollars. He s 9s4 i# sea
Il sas9 DID SOME NUMBERING ~ -
before he murdered his wife, Dora. am
very sure he did 1t himself. After he had
stolen these things he stayed away one |
week After he stayed away he came home
to my house about 2 O'Clock in the morn |
ing. He told me then that he wished it |
was not so late he would get a horse and |
be in Rock Island in a short time. asked |
him what he wanted the horse for. He
said IL he had one he would 60 over and
kill the bitch, (meaning his WHEY, and
then he would make fast time to Rock
Island. told him that was no way TO do,
that ne had better GO home and live with
his wife and try to get along with her the
best he could. He wouldn't go over to his
wife that morning. He told me that he
was going away for @ short time. He said
that he would come back some night and
go away the same night, and no one
would ever know that he had been ar0undf
there.
MIR. Jackson or Parmenter did not like to
hear any thing of that kind of evidence 81
They tried the best they could to get AMI
innocent man convicted and let the muir
ierer run free. I am very sure that she
was not chased out of the house, or was
killed any place around the house. If she
was chased out of the house she would notI
have had shoes on. She never wore any
shoes when she was around the house. I
nave seen that myself. There is lots of
people that have seen the same thing.
Oora's parents would or could have said
7ery much more against Otto. There is !,
my amount of people who could have {
aid more about him but they are all afraid /.
If him and think he would do them, harmf
t they said anything against !. him.
have found out that Otto and some Of the
'thers swore false in court. n | have found {
III this out while In jail and although am /
innocent OF the crime Twill have to suffer
or what another man did. I had mol
money and cant 60 any further. NV I
ime is short and l win bid all goodbye.
hope that you will let the murderer run
0 that he can do some more numbering
soon viii have to leave this world and / I
ope that viii GO to a better place. where
hey can do no false swearing. I hope
hat viii meet you all in Heaven and 9
hen we all will get our just dues, and then t
viii be judged by one who will clear me =
rom the stain. He viii Judge me right.
q him leave it all sas v...sI lei II
WILLIAM HEhwAGoN. 10