Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-07-27
Witness Neighbors say good deal


: Carter don't know any way to fin,
; out except from person that knows.
Witness-Perhaps you better go ash
your neighbors.
Carter-But prefer to ask YOU.
/ In answer to another question witnes
. said: | know it is n lie and don't thinl
you ever heard any such thing.
, Carter-But | happen to know that
have.
Witness You heard it through tn,
Montfort Monitor.
Carter-No, l heard it from neighbor.
who lived down there.
In answer to further questions witnes:
said she never had any quarrels witt
her husband, Mr.. Stout.
i Carter-Would you allthrowing dish
es at man quarreling?
Witness should call that throwing
dishes at him.
Carter-Did you ever throw dishes at
him?
Witness-No sir. If | had been mad
| should have saved the dishes. Never
threw anything at any man in my life
that | know of. Had told Mr.. Bushnell
about Sisley and counsel could ask him.
Could tell all about il put am not going
to for it has nothinr to do with this
Case.
In answer to further questions wit
ness said: Don't think | have said since
case commenced that | had shed no
tears and was not going to. have said
it was too bad to cry about it. | said |
had not shed any tears since we we're
| or cd I H.,
say had not shed any tears for that
girl, for if had | would have told Il lie.
Clothes produced in court room were
same clothes that Mrs. Sisley had on
when found-outside clothes witness
did not know about underclothing. Did
not notice any buttons on the body when
first saw it. Some little boys found a
button next day. Found it where she
was laying Heard them talking about
charivari at supper table Tuesday night
before Lew and his wife. Heard Lew
say he would go out and help them and
Emma, his wife, said she would go too,
and Mrs. Hamilton said she would 90.
| said | wouldn't go and they said that |
would be the only one that was chariv-
AIRED then. Witness also heard some
thing said about dish-pan. Did not get
the impression that they objected to the
charivari. Knew Lew had taken the
revolver up stairs when he went up.
Saw him put it in his pocket and didn' t
see him take it out. Was just little
while after he went up stairs before the
charivari boys came.
First thing that caused an impression
that he did not want them to come was
that he refused TO come down. Didn't
hear Lew or his wife give any reason
for not coming down. Thought it was
/ her headache that caused it. In answer
to a question as to Hamilton's reply
early in evening witness said he an
swered that Lew would not or dare not
shoot, and that if he did he would pros
ecute him, Just in laughing way Do
not remember of hearing Lew say it
would be sorry crowd if he came down.
After some further questioning wit
ness said she would have to give up as
she was not feeling well and had hardly
4 been able to come over. Mr. Carter said
they would stop whenever she wished as
he did not want to be party to crowd
ing witness. The Court therefore ex-
cused the witness until another time.
LEWIS sIsLEY.
Am one of the defendants in this case
Will be twenty-five years of age next
/ September, was acquainted with Emma
Bickford about four years, was not
much acquainted with her until last
January, when she came home with my
sister and staid two weeks. | took her
to two or three parties while she was
there and took her to see some of her
! folks who lived around there. | began
waiting on her at that time and con-
tinued doing so until June u, when we
were married at her fathers little
after twelve in the morning. There was
no opposition to the marriage on the
part of either her folks or my folks that
| | ever heard of before marriage. Dur
/ ing the time we were engaged | went
/ over to see her every two weeks until
| three Sundays before we were married
when | went every Sunday We be-
/ come engaged about the last of February.
/ Had not Immediately before that been
paying any special attention to any
other girl. At the time OF our engage
ment we were not to be married until
fall, as intended to 90 out to Iowa this
| summer but business matters prevented
my going and she thought as | was not
going it would be best to get married.
| For her reason she said her folks had
| some family trouble and she did not
wish to remain there. Her mother was
going to leave in the fall whether she
| had anything to go on or not and she
| (Emma) said she dreaded to see the
day come, SO we set the time when we
| should be married, about the first of
June. | told her | was satisfied but ]
| did not wish to take her there where |
was living-for home as | thought it
was not the home she deserved, but
told her she knew what it was and if
| she would come it would satisfy me bet
ter than staying there without her. She
said yes she had been down there and
was acquainted with the folks and would
be great deal happier there than at
home. We fixed the precise date some
weeks before we were married. ] went
up there Sunday morning proceeding.
She said she was not feeling very well
and we talked of putting it off for anoth-
er week. She said she did not wish to
! disappoint me. | told her it wouldn't
be any disappointment. Then she said
we had got everything ready and she
would be well in few days. | told her
if she was sick to put it off. / told her
| would leave it just as she said. She
said then ] guess we will be married.
Were married by Mr. Stevens, a Justice
of the peace Nothing was said about
getting minister. She had previously
told me about former lover young
man, Frank Ribbey, who formerly
worked for her father and waited on her
/ She said that at one time she thought
/ she was in love with him and he asked
her to marry him and she said she did
not give him any answer and he told her
| then that she should never live with any
OTTER man. Then she told him she
would never marry him, she would die
/ first He told her if she ever married
any body else that he would shoot her or
/ her husband or the first one he met of
them and then he left there and went to
work at Ellsworth and then went away
/ A while after she received letter from
him enclosing a photograph Of himself
/ He was then in Iowa. She held up the
photograph for me to see and said if |
went out in Iowa to look out for that
man. | told her | did not think he
meant anything. thought he was trying
to scare her. She was going to show
me some letters he had written TO her.
/ told her she could tell me what was in
| the letters, she Just told me of the threats
and said she had kept the letters and
and photograph to show to her future
husband. She said her father had some