The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-16
The Lakeview House, at Warsaw,
Completely Destroyed by Fire.
An Extensive Confiagration Prevented by
the Prompt Arrival of Assistance
Indiana and Illinois News.
INDIANA.
Close of Captain wallace's Testimony in the
Lafayette Slander Suit.

Close of Captain Wallace's Testimony in the
Lafayette Slander Suit.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, March 15.-The court did not
begin on the Gougar-Mandler SANDER SUIT
until $50 this morning, on account of the
absence of Captain Wallace, who was de-
tanned by a slight fire at his residence.
He testified that on the 7th of September,
1881, Wednesday of the fair week, when, as
George Schiable swore, he saw q woman go
into Wallace's Office, he (Wallace) was
there, and his sister came to see him about
his boys schooling. Referring to other
testimony he said Mrs. Cougar never went to
his Office; that the windows were never
pulled down. About st. Johns temperance
meeting he said he had little to do with it;
was there once or twice on business. He
went to Mr.. Ingersoll's to tea with Governor
st. John, and then escorted the party to the
fair ground. Mr.. and Mrs. Cougar
went out ahead of them in a
buggy. Soon after entering the grounds he
met Mrs. Cougar; they consulted about the
rent of the grounds and went to Mrs. Gou-
gar's buggy TO talk; an excited horse caused
them to move back; during the whole line
they were there they were in view of Mr..
Cougar, and talked with him part of the
time. In accounting for the time he was
seen on a train at indianapolis, when Mrs.
Cougar was aboard, as seen by a witness, he
said himself and Tom Underwood came from
Indianapolis, and Mrs. Cougar boarded the
train at Lebanon. About the Wabash trip,
he said he got on a Wabash train at
Delphi, and met Mrs. Cougar; he had
been to Monticello on business. On
the occasion when he was seen coming on
a Wabash train with Mrs. Cougar from Ne
braska, as testified to, he had been to Dan.
vile, H., on business; walked out to Tilton
and boarded the train; had no knowledge
that Mrs. Cougar was on the train.
On cross-examination, Captain Wallace was
asked if he were on Daniel Walton's bond,
but objection being made the question was
held under advisement by the court.
Mr.. Davidson objected to a question as to
whether the witness was ever in Blooming
ton, ILL.,, because they asked him nothing
about Bloomington. The witness said he had
frequently walked arm in arm with Miss
Johnson, who lives in the same house, at
night time, running over a period of ten
years; they had been out frequently.
He had taken Mrs. Cougar from
the parlor club, but never up the hill, on
any evening, arm in arm. The anonymous
letter he gave to Mrs. Cougar after he had
soils about fifteen minutes; did not show
DR.. Inpersoll the letter. The witness did
not know who wrote the anonymous letter;
never heard of it till he got it.
Mrs. Sarah w. Simler, who lives near
Edna Jackson's, was sworn. She saw Mrs.
Cougar there on Sunday night, Nov. 10, be-
tween $50 and 8 o'clock; saw her through a
animation, she said Mrs. Cougar had spoken
to her last Sunday about her testifying.
This was the only person she
had spoken to about what
she saw; never spoke to any one else. On
further questioning, she said that she had
spoken to Miss Edna Jackson about seeing
Mrs. Cougar, and then she remembered
did not like to tell, but, on being pressed,
said it was Mrs. Anna Harris.
Mrs. Cougar, the plaintiff, was recalled and
asked about the date of her return from Ne
braska. She replied that she could not fix
the date exactly; Our Herald may have had
it; you can look. The witness added: 81
have had no secrets in my life that wish to
keepfrom you. You have had twenty years
of it to examine, and you can take the whole
forty if you desire"
Mr.. Coffroth said: '1he past twenty will
do; there is no need of the rest"
The witness was instructed to look up the
dates.