The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-27

Hampton.
/ / remember Monday morning, the 9th o.
September left home at five o'clock II
| the morning, and went to the coal shaft
and in the afternoon, went to Hampton ]
got back between five and six O'Clock
After got home I went up to Frell, g
| This was about seven O'Clock. did not
STAY long there I wanted to see hin
about some hay which he promised to lei
me have. I got some corn stalks from
him that evening got back home about
eight o'clock. I did not go away again
that evening I went to bed between ten
and eleven o'clock, although did not
notice the time particularly. Annie went
up stairs and went to bed on the floor,
as | was in the habit of doing, during the
summer got up about three O'Clock
Tuesday morning | usually got up quite
early As soon as got up called the
| girl to get breakfast and went out
again called the girl. / went out, cleaned
| the pig pen. and gave the cow some feed.
called Johnnie, my son. | told him when
he came down that wanted to have him
shock some fodder that had got from
Frell last night / went over to the corn
| field and cut some corn, Johnnie shocked
two shocks. At five o'clock | started for
the coal shaft / met Mrs. Klinau on the
way to the mine, and she asked me il l
had seen some cows. I did see Gerhardt
at the shaft and had some conversation
with him at the shaft. / met Frickey at
| his house, about two miles from my house.
Mrs. Klinau was with me, and asked him
if he had seen the old 1ady's cows. That
was all the conversation we had [ did
not see my daughter, Mary until that even
ing That afternoon I stopped at Frickey's
store and got some herring. Mary did not
say anything about Dora's disappearance.
| first heard of it when my wife told nae
that evening on my return home.
My wife said that they had been
searching for Dora, as Mrs. Klinau
thought that Dora had hung herself.
| went up to see DIR. Klinau that evening
We talked about Dora, and Klinau said he
had searched for her in the bushes, and be
lievcd that she had drowned herself in
Rock river. On Wednesday [ was at
Doras house and Klinau and others were
there; and Frank Kleipau concluded to
make search for Otto. Mrs Kleinau
searched about Dora's house, in the trunk,
to see if she could find letter from Dora.
Frank and I went down to Davenport; we
took the train to Rock Island and then
crossed over to Davenport, we tried to
find Otto. We left on the train that night.
Frank Klinau and came down on Thurs
day in wagon. | saw Squire Cropper in
Rock Island; told him that my son and
his wife were gone; he told us to go and
see the Sheriff; we went over to Daven-
port about O'Clock in the afternoon.
Stayed at the Union House at Rock Island
that night, and Frank Kleinau went home
Friday morning l started oven tc Daven
port about o'clock and found Otto.
Otto said: II heard you were hunting
me-"
l said, yes"
He said, what is up?"
/ said, "you must come home, as Dora
is missing and your two little children are
home alone"
He said, What do | want to go home
for when Dora is not there?"
said, ''you had better come back or the
Sheriff will bring you back
He said, that the Sheriff could not make
him 60 home unless he wanted to go.
II saw Squire Chopper on Friday and told
him that | had found my SON.
He said, che was glad Of it,
| did not see him on Thursday and tell
him that Dora was found. / saw Stratten
the detective nn the witness stand this
afternoon; | never saw him before in my
life; / never had any conversation with
him in my life, as do not know him.
In reply to question on the point Of
his (witness's) confession to Stratten, the
prisoner said, when | kill Dora must be
q damned fool to tell him"
This caused some cemmotien in the |
court room, and the prisoner was rebuked
by the judge for using profane language
The witness continued and said. Otto and |
left for Hampton on Friday aud when on
the road we met some one above Moline !
and he told us that Dora's body WAS found |
asked, "is she deadT and he said Eyes |
her body was found in the corn field
On Tuesday morning after | got up
took some tacks from my shoes because I
they went through and hurt me, put the |
lacks in the shoes en- Sunday and Tuesday |
morning pulled them out. On Monday /
night the 9Th of September | never saw |
Dora, my daughter-in-law. My wife told
ne that evening that Dora had said that
Annie, my daughter, was a low lived person.
said well guess | will go over and see
ler about it, l started over but my wife
called me back and l returned. On Mon
lay night / did not have quarrel with
Dora nor hit her in the head with ham
ner, nor shoot her. I went over to- cut
he corn on Tuesday morning. and had no
dea of covering up any print on the
ground. It was dark and I could not see
my print on the ground. put on clean
'hirt Monday afternoon to go to Hampton.
Tuesday morning it was soiled by my fall
ing to the ground while at work, and
changed my shirt and placed it in a bucket
If water.
] never had any trouble with Dora. Otto
las complained to me about Dora and her
to him. He talked about
eaving her. He brought his tools over to
ny house. He complained that Florentine
feiiwagon was too familiar with Dora, his
wife. | gnew A. Weckle and had CONVEX
alton in Jail with him.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
The prisoner was severely crQss-ouess
Toned by the prosecution, which develop
ID the fact that he has been a resident of
quincy, ILL.,, and returned from that place
N the LIST of last May
He testified that on the eve of the mur-
Ter he had been drinking, but was not
trunk; that he had bought two bottles of
vhiskey, but had treated several times on
he road home and had some left upon his
rival that he stopped at Frell's, on his
Dad home, but did not obtain permission ,
t that time to cut the stalks on FrelI's i
remises; that two kittens were given to
i'm at FreIls, which he putin a sack which .
'rell loaned him; that he did not wash the 5
ack, but only one corner of it where the .