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

instrument; saw no blood flowing from nos
trils or mouth. He was large man, would
weigh 10 lbs, more or less, was very strong
man, never knew him to be sick. The only
threat ever heard Henry make against his
father, was as above stated did not know
how Henry was going to stop his yawp,
whether by legal process or otherwise.
Redirect examination:
Did not find any blood on goblets; saw
mark on the barn; did not pick them up.
Re-cross examination:
Did not notice any blood on barn. There
was n line of blood from south door to north
window, two lines, looked az though per-
son went there and returned.
Loren Durham, a witness for the people,
said:
He was well acquainted with deceased,
went there and helped carry him into the
house after he was shot. Should think he
was between GO and 20 years old, was quite
a large man, his hair was quite gray. Wit
ness then gave about the same evidence as
the others, relating the position in which the
old man was found, the cuts about his head
and face, the spots of blood on the floor and
door, the bullet hole in the window and the
wall opposite. Did not see the chair spoken
of by the others; did see the goblets lying
near the barn, and the mark on the barn;
did not see any blood on the barn. Had
heard that the Howland's had family trouble
heard Henry say once that his father
threw a stone at his mother, and if it had hit
her, it would have killed her. Henry said
he had stayed at home to keep him from
hurting his mother.
Cross-examination:
he hnf.I In
him (his father when he was drunk or armed
with knife or goblets. Henry said his father
was abusive when he was drunk. Mr.. Ben
nett recalled by the people and said: 1t
may have been possible for knife to have
fallen out of his pocket, had it been there,
when he was carried into the house.
j.. b. d. Hicks called IA a witness for the
people:
l live about - miles from the Rowland
place, have known deceased ever since he
lived there. He had gray hairs; saw the
deceased on the day of his death saw him
as he was returning from Paw Paw, talked
with him. He was riding III buggy just
behind me. Went to his home on Monday.
Witness testified as TO the spots of blood on
floor and dents in the floor, substantially as
the others; saw the chair out doors, examined
il, saw blood on the back OF it and on the
splints, saw gray hairs on the chair, saw in
one place a little lock of hair, or hairs
together; saw Henry there, did not hear him
say anything
Cross-examination
Went there pretty early in the morning,
found a good deal of excitement among the
people. Don't know how the hair got on
the chair. Don't know how the blood got
there. | came TO the conclusion that the
blood came on the chair 10y its being jammed
down onto something from its appearance
saw blood on chair: don't know how many
rounds in the chair.
Redirect:
1t was not very heavy chair, an ordinary
chair.
Re-cross:
Don't know, of my own knowledge, that
that chair was ever in Mr.. Howland's house.
w. w. Smith, witness on part of the
people, sworn, said:
| live in Lawrence township about miles
from Chas. Howland's residence: was not
acquainted with Mr.. Rowland; was at his
house Sunday morning after his death saw
him laid out in the house. Witness testified
to spots of blood and dents on the floor, saw
the chair, thought he saw something like
gray hairs on the round Of the chair, saw
half dozen or more of them: saw bullet hole
i'll the window and wall, thought the bullet
which made them must have been fired from
point about or 5 rods from the house.
Cross-examination:
Don't know whether what I saw on the
chair was hair or not. Don't know but it
might have been a cobweb or something
Geo. Litcher, q witness on part of people,
sworn, said:
| was not acquainted with either the de-
ceased or the respondent; saw the deceased
on Monday after the shooting; saw a bullet
hole in the window. 1t entered the east
pane of the upper row in the window and
passed through the window-casing on the
opposite side of the room above the window
saw hole cut in the wall. | found bullet
between the outer and inner walls on top the
window frame. (Ball produced and witness
identifies it,
Henry Filley sworn, said:
| was there when the deceased was carried
into the house. l found knife in the path
near the house, witness shown knife and
identifies iD, 1t was closed when found
Other parts of witness testimony the same
as given 10y others
ross-examination:
The knife had no appearance of blood on
it. 1t lay within about one foot of the path.
Amos Farmer, the next witness sworn,
testified to the same facts substantially as
the others.
Mrs. Harriet Gleason sworn, said:
Mrs. Rowland came to her house on the
afternoon of the shooting and asked to come
in, and told her and her son how Charles (her
husband) had misused her that day, that she
remained there until Henry came for her
when he came home from Paw Paw, about
or > o'clock in the afternoon. The next
she saw Of Mrs. Rowland, she came over and
said Charles will kill Henry, and wanted me
to go over there; she said Charles had cut
Henry with knife, the blood was running
down his face; he had Henry on the floor !;
that Charles threw chair at her as she came
through the gate. Henry sent her away. In
about 10 or 20 minutes Henry came there.
his mother said TO him, che has killed You -
he replied, she guessed he would not kill
anybody-don't know but have killed him,
for he lays there" / heard one shot Is or
20 minutes before Henry came. Mrs. How
land had come over about Is or 90 minutes
before. Henrys face was bleeding when he
came there; saw blood on Mrs. Howland's
hand.
Cross-examination