The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-09-25

Kirkland's yard; she went Into the house
hut he staid outside about fifteen feet
from the gate; he was looking In
northwardly direction; his hands were
In his pants pockets; no did not say any
thing 10 me or l did not hear him say
anything TO anybodyi ] saw him 40 bach
10 his own house and enter the from
door while his wife was at K~lrkland's;l
stald where | was, he came out OF hit
back door next on TO a porch; no stood
there a few minutes aud then went
back into the house; | saw him put Doll
Of his hands Into his vest pockets and
then iut0 his coat pockets; ! next saw
him come out of the west side OF biz
house, 90 into his grape arbor 10 the
back end OF his lot, and 20 Into his
prlyy; he staid In there three or -four
seconds; no shut the door after him. he
came out and entered his house again
saw him again right after this going
out of his front gate; no went towards
town; II was about 0 or 7 o'clock when
he started down street; did not SEQ him
again that day; was about the kirkland
place all that day; made an examination
OF the Kirkland roof with MIR. Ian
don, DR.. Kirkland and DR.. Roy
or; saw finger marks on
the pOrtico roof near the edge; was III
Warthorsta house that morning about
ak o'clock; think the defendant was
there; this was after | saw him 90 back
think Mr.. LandOn was In the house when
| was; did not have any conversation
with defendant about n burglary; ]
went through the house, first went and
looked at the window; saw II opened
and the glass broken; saw a stick
under the window; saw the stubs OF
matches In the sitting room think they
were the stubs Of parlor matches; saw
no other matches; the stubs or matches
saw were not like the ones shown me;
saw a pair of p~antaloons lying on n
table In the bnttery with the pockets
turned inside out; saw no other arti ,les
OF clothing about the room; had no con
~yersati0n with him about how the
burglars got In that morning.; saw u
cupboard In the room where the pants
lay with sllyerware In II; no one opened
the cupboard In my presence; saw
broken window glass lying on the
ground outside the broken Windows saw
a piece OF broom handle there also lean
ing against the house; saw the other
part OF the broom lying on the ground;
saw the shutter that was cut on the
east side Of the house; heard some one
mention about the shutter being cnti
did not examine the shutter but once
that morning; would know the shutter
II | saw II now; the shutter shown me IL
the same; II Ia no different now than II
was when | lrst saw II; defendant did
not say anything that morning about
how the burglars got into the house.
Nothing new was ELECTED at the cross
examination Of the witness, which was
quite lengthy.
PHILIP CHASER.
Live In South Housed street, In Can
ton; work for Elbel, Gillian q Co, thu
city; know defendant; made his az
quaintance IN the jail July 23d, 1888;
got out the Goth Of April, 1884; defend
ant was In jail part Of the time | was In
there; defendant was confined up stairs;
| was up stairs out In the hall; along
side OF him at night; was confined H.
the same cell with him; had conyersa'
tion with him relating To the death OF
Mrs. Kirkland; we were playing card
In his cell one day; sitting on the bel
Warthorst said TO me, phillip, Is there
a telephone running from the Court
House into the jailp"I said, "No, FRANK
there 10 n0t;' he said, "yea there IL, !
can hear Mr.. Harter, the Sheriff and MI,
Weber talk over In the court room;'
said, mo, there Is no such thlDg;' h.
said, eyes, there was, | heard them say
over In the court room that II | did no
come out In the morning and plead
guilty they would take me out and hanp
mel said, "BraDk, you Just Imagine
that" no said, mo | dOn'ti" Just then
Turnkey Weber came up aud he did moi
say any more; no got up one night and
hollered over to me and Mrs. Hunter;
Mrs. Hunter woke up first and came TO
tho door aud was talking when woke
up; no said TO Mrs. Hunter. just az |
woke up, My wife 10 arrested; = | said,
mo, she amt, Frank" no said, "Yes
she III" no said, "What cell Is she inY"I
said, "She amt In no cell, she aint M
no said, "Yos, she Ia, Phillip, for Mr.
Weber, the turnkey, was up here and |
was talking to him. | aud Mrs. Hunter
told him he just imagined that, and
for him TO 20 10 sleeps
he went back In his cell and pulled HI
blind door shut; the next morning Mt
came up and unlocked Fr0nHs
door; | went into his cell NJ no came on,
Into the hall; no walked down the hal
looking into the cells; no came bach
into his cell and We both went mi hr
said, They took her down stulfa, she
mint In none Of the cells up stNils;' H.
bald, Philip, | must confess, this wO
man I'm living with ain't my wife, !
got her from Pittsburgh cut of u fanc'
house. he said, that " the only hold
g0t;" she could come Into the court aud
swear | was lying In bed all thnt nigh
this woman was sh0t;' no said, "thia
woman can come up into the court aud
swear | was In bed all that night, II 1t
had not been for that money | would
never have shot her;'l said, what
money" he said, "thls woman I've been
living with gave her sumo money To
keep for her;'he said II no had got hold
Df the money he would have spent "
Tor drinks, ~ he was an awful big
irinker; no told me n ! kept sill aud
wouldn't cay anything no would give
me 1fty dollar4; no told me this about
The $50 when no got through telling me
The same day; | didn't say a~nythingj he
asked about the riot In Cincinnati; no
said, ut would DO a hi Of u note II the
of this town would tear down
The jail and hang up the murderore
here;' this remark about Cincinnati
was made before the other conversation
just given.
Gross examinatlon-Can't tell how
Iong | have been working NJ the Mallea.
bio Iron Works, was In jnil for assault;
was charged with attempting TO rob u
conductor on the Fort Wayne railroad:
was convicted Of rotbing an old man
and sent TO the Reform Farm; did not
know the defendant before l went IN
jail; II was right after no was bound
over that l had the talk with him lhave
II was In February or March;
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