Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-07-27

/ asked what he had said. The second
! time L did not make him any answer or
| did not look for the tea. Went up stairs
and went to bed. told Emma | was
sorry the ehariyari crowd came. She
said she was. too, but would not have
cared if she had not had the headache
as they were pretty civil crowd and
did not use any bad language or had
done nothing out OF the way. After q
few more words, witness said. he went
to sleep and thought his wife was asleep
too, and that was all he knew until the
next morning.
When woke up in the morning |
thought it was about seven O'Clock, saw
that she This wife was gone out of bed
and got up and dressed and went down
stairs and lit the fire and went out TO
the stable kind of looking around to
see if she was arornd there any place
Then as did not see her thought that
she might have went down to the spring
| went in and got the bucket and went
down to the spring and dipped up a
bucket of water with the dipper. |
brought it up to the house and set It
down where it belonged. | thought she
might have been up stairs. had not
looked around any when | got up.
looked aroung when part way up the
stairs so that could see if she WAS
there. Saw her night dress living bv
her satchel, then | thought that she
must be outside some place Went
down stairs and went out by the stable.
Thought heard Hamilton in the stable
SO | went by. Went out east, then
looking around to see if | could see her,
went about seyenty-five or one hundred
yards from the house and saw her living
southeast of this large stump | could
only see her face at the first glance for
| the brush and | went up to her as quick
as saw her lying there. first thought
she had tainted or was in fit, then |
took hold of her ard lifted her up.
think about foot. | saw then that
she was stiff, that she wouldn't sit up
and let her down again. | glanced
down over her body, down toward her
feet and saw the revolver lying in her
lap. | saws to her, Emma, what has
done this?" and may have repeated it
good many times, don't know. |
was kneeling down and as | raised up
| from her saw my mother coming. She
said: "What is the matterp' | said:
Emma is dead She said: mo, she
has only tainted" | said: mo, ma.
she's shot" | may have repeated that,
| don't know. | turned around and
went back to the body. | think | was
about ten feet from it. My mothar put
her hand on her face and then down on
her breast, and says: Emma, what
did you do this for?' | said: MA,
she never done it, She said she must
have done it. | told her | could not be-
lieve il as she had nothing to do it for
| said somebody else had done it and
says |: "Who was it?'' My mother
said: 'Shc must have done it herself =
asked her if she had said anything to
her that she was dissatisfied. She said
no, that she had never said word To
| her. and she wouldn't say anything if
| she calculated to do this | asked her
what had done or if had done any
thing wrong to cause her TO do it. She
said no, that | had not done anything
During that time Emma Hamilton came
out. | asked her WHO done this?'
She said she did not know. asked her
if she had said anything to her that she
was dissatisfied with anything. She
said no, that she had never said word
10 her, and ] said | couldn't believe she
would do il herself. During this time
| felt faint and laid down with my head
in my mothers lap. In n little while |
looked up and saw Bob Hamilton on
horse north of the fence. lie came up
even to where we was and asked what
was the matter My mother told him
Emma had shot herself and told him to
go for some of the neighbors. He said
he was sorry he had brought the chart
yari crowd there. When NV mother
said she had shot herself said she had
never done IT purpose If she had shot
| herself. My mother said she hoped she
had not but she was afraid she had
! That was all that was said that ! can
remember until some of the neighbors
came. Afterwards some of women folks
asked what had done it or what was the
cause of 1t and my mother said she did
not know unless il was the charivari
crowd. Said Emma was so above-so
opposed to anything of the kind That
she thought it was disgrace. Said she
did not know of anything else that
would have caused il. ! said MA,
that never caused this Some of the
women folks said she had gone out 10
shoot off the revolver to call me out.
said she would not get up in the night
and go out like that. They asked me
when it was. told them that | did not
know; that she was dressed and gone
when / woke up. Some one said she
might have left note and | wanted to
look in the pockets but NY mother
wouldn't let me, said not TO touch her.
Witness afterward got up and went in
the house and looked but found nothing.
Witness then detailed conversations
with Mr.. Kamm and Mrs DeitZman.
When Mr.. Bickford came he went up 10
him and said: .'What could ever cause
this?" and he said this was Ribbcy's
work. Continuing witness said, ! told
him they was trying to make me believe
that she had done it herself, he says
mo. she never done il.
Witress then described appearance Of
body which was the same as o.her dcs-
criptions with the exception that when
he first saw her, there was tloody
froth bubbling up above her mouth "A
couple Of inches which went away when
he let the body down after lifting it up.
Deceased had told witness before mar
riage Of her having had several fits, two
that her folks had known Of and one
that she had in the morning before any
one was up about the house. She said
her folks told her she was stiff rs a
corpse and there was kind Of froih
run ont of her mouth. Had not had
one for a year before she told il and
spoke of it 10 keep witness from being
scared if he should find her in one.
Told this two or three months before
they were married. The reason witness
went out to east of house was because
he had seen his wife come from that nay
the morning before. Mrs. Sisley had
spoke Of writing letter Tuesday after
noon and asked 1citness for note paper.
He told her he thought his mother had
some. Did not knoD acho she mas in
tending to write to. They had been
talking about her going to her sister ut
Dodgeyille, that Week, Uitness thought
may be she was going TO write 20 her,
thought there was no more said about il.
IN relation 10 cartridges Witness said be
told Hamilton he better ret some aud
they ,ronld help them charivari if they
come Thought Mr.. kamm ras mis-
taken in his testimony. Did not think
said anything about putting pistol un-
der the pilloW for never thought Of it
or PIT 1t under the pilloW. Did not say
bad sort Of recollection of her get
ting up 10 see any one for did not know
Uhen She got up. Went home Nth Mrs.
Biekford and tcas treated well. Never