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


WENT TO SLEEP.
Annie was up stairs then. Annie saidssh
heard some speaking, some noise and
laughing over in Dora's house; this is what
she swore to in court. How could she
hear that laughing and talking? Our door
was shut, our windows down and it is
quite distance 42 yards between the two
houses, and then she turned around and
said it was father that was speaking.
The same time the mail carrier stated he
passed by Dora's house and he heard some
kind of noise in there, speaking he could
not tell what language it was. and as he
passed he heard shot fired 50 that his
horse got scared. Annie did not hear any
thing of that. She did not even hear
mother was mp short time after we went
to bed. She did not hear when mother
was up and got tin cup to give little Freely
o drink.
When there was quarrel over there
between Otto and his wife nobody heard
anything in our house. They did not even
hear when he threw the sewing machine
after Dora and missed her, the machine
striking the side of the house and made
big dent in the boards. They did not even
hear the noise at 3he time he threw the cot
fee can with hot coffee in il, and threw the
table over with all the dishes on it. I.
think that would make more noise than
talking. Annie would not say anything
about how Otto wanted her, two weeks
before to keep house with him. She prom
ised him that she would keep house with
him, that can prove whenever | am called
on to do So And Otto went as far as to
90 up to Dora's father and mother when
nv wife stopped him and asked him where
hax yac fSxsirs
to knock hell out of the whole family, and
my wife told him not to go; she held him
back. =
GOT UP
Ia the morning between and 4 O'clock, |
called Annie and told her to get breakfast |
ready. stepped outside the door, piece |
IL firewood was laying on the steps. | tum-
1led over on the cellar door, the cellar door
ell down, and went with the door. Igot |
Up, stood awhile by the water barrel. l
went inside again, Annie was standing and |
pealing potatoes. I told her she need not
zeal or cook any for me- then called Jor I
~. went outside, fed the pigs, give the I
ow some feed ond cleaned the pig pen. I
hen stepped out, fell over the manure pit,
vent to the house, washed my hands, asked
Innie IL johnny was up; she said "no sir" l
hen told her to give me another shirt |
ook my shirt off threw It in bucket of
Vater that was standing in the back door.
hen put on the other shirt and johnny had
ot got upyet. Icalled him again and told
i'm would come up with the broom, il he
id not get up He got up then. / asked
.nnie for a couple of rags to put on my
Get, she could not find them quick enough,
slipped on one of my shoes bare footed,
here was some nails sticking through, II
bid her to bring me rasp or file or the |
incers, she said she could not find any file
, she brought me the pincers. / tried to
ull the nails out but I could not get them
ut Igot up went to the DRIVER in the
kept my tools; Igot new |
lie tried to file the nails of on the inside.
,ok the file and knocked some of the nails
4. I then went over and asked johnny Z
here the corn knife was, johnny got the !
nife. / told him that would 60 over with ]
IN and show him how to cut the corn fod- I
sr; so cut two shock, johnny put one up.
hen I was cutting, two wagons passed
hing to town. did not know who they were
hey are the two shocks of corn fodder o
here they claim Dora Heilwagner must s
murdered. / guess I could see well y
ough that morning, and so could the s
" Johnny, so we could see If anything q
a. wrong there heard the five o'clock
histle; told Johnny had to go to work. .
Told him that when he got his breakfast /
should 60 and cut some more. So o
; went home, / took my dinner pail b
d started for my work. / came up toI o
e bluff where Mr.. Kneckenmuss lives. / ii
W woman little way ahead of me in Il
e road. caught up with her and it was Il
rs. Klinau. Dora's mother She asked a
} IL had seen any of her cattle. / told @
r that had not. so we passed on to- n
Their. She asked at couple of houses, Il
here the people were outside, If they bad il
m any, and they told her they had not, 4
we came up TO OswoId Fricker. told K
} old lady to ask him Il he had seen any e