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


calling him; he said no thought he was
chlOrOformed that night Charley Bl00m
said, What kind Of a man are you, irat
you say you were drugged and now You
say chlorOfoTmed;" defendant aaid he
thought Ii was partly mixed.
Cr0aa-examined--A detective named
Burnett has been 10 zee me about
my testimony shortly after Warthorst
was arrested; he first went to see me at
the shop where | was at work. he asked
me what | had to say | told him that |
had told him once before about II; he
asked me II | did not hear Frank say
that he shot Mrs. Kirkland; said, no, |
did not; this was after | told him down
at the shop what ! had to say about tho
case.
LOUIS wALoUTT,
Live In Massillou; am a painter and
glazier; have worked nj the business
about fifteen years; have worked In
Massillon about four years; think the
glass In the window shown me was
broken from the inside,
Cross standardization think there
Ia anything on the glass 10 Indicate that
the glass was cut by a diamond; the
outside OF the broken glass 10 the sharp
est Prosecutor showed me the glass
yesterday.
CHARLES @, FLooM.
Live In MasslllOn, lived there In 1888
an In the grocery business know the
defendant; he was In my store after the
Kirkland murder; had a conversation
with him In my store about three weeks
after the murder; no said he was drugged
and they couldn't got him awake In the
morning; no afterwards said no was
chl0rofOrmed, | said, what kind OF a
man are y0u-lrst you say you were
drugged, aud now you say chloro,
formedp" he said he thought they were
mixed; my place OF business Ia on Erie
street; he didn't say anything about
why his wife was not awakened.
CHRISTOPHER HOFFMAN,.
Live In MassillOn; lived there since
1859; am q house painters saw the win
| dow taken out OF the Warth0rst house
| took II out ut Otto Y0ung's request
gave II 10 Mrs. List; 10 was about a
month after Mrs. Kirkland was shot.
DAVID KIRKLAND RECALLED.
Examined and measured the frame
the win '0w was taken out OF nj the
| WaTthOrst house; found the distance
| from the outer eide OF the shutters to the
window to be 5H inches.
WILLIAM swIHART.
Live In MassillOn; am q stationary
engineer; work No NJ, A. Brown 70 Sons
In MtssillOni lived In Masslll0n In July,
1853; am David Kirkland's son In law;
lived two or three hundred yards from
his house on the same street. OH July 3,
1884; was In Mr., Kirkland's house Oh
the night Of July I'd, 1883; was there for
supper and staid there the remainder Of
the evening; Mrs, Kirkland's name was
Mary Emma; my wife aud two children
went with me IN Klrkland'a that night;
retired about 10 o'clock; my father In
law and mother. in-law were up after |
| went TO bed; | slept In the south back
room OF the house; the bed | slept In
was In the southeast corner with m
boy; my father.ln.law's bed was ju.t
opposite mine; Sherman Kirkland slepl
with him; Mrs, Kirkland, Misc Lizzie
Mal0ney, my wife aud Oldest boy, went
into the other ROOM there were two
beds In their room; one In the a0utheasi
corner aud one In the northeast corner;
after they retired | think the door was
opened; there was u light standing on
o washstand close by the door leading
Into the front room; there was q clock
sitting on n bureau on the west side o.
the room; the bureau was about two
feet from the stand; the clock was an
alarm clock, sot at either 2.i6 or $3.50;
this alarm was set because Mr.. and Mrs,
Kirkland were going TO attend
JENNIE MONROE RECALLED ny DEFENoE
Was In Woo ter In April OF this year;
was u witness In the case Of Ohio w,
Kent, Indicted for arson; know j. Now
ton Messm0re, Deputy Sheriff In Wooster;
had no con yersatl0n with him In vii,
ness room OF the Court House NJ Wooster
during the trial Of Kent; did not say 10
him az follows, "the papers say my tes-
timony convicted Warthorst; no made
no confession TO mo, God knows | know
nothing about III" knew Harvey Mess.
more, Sheriff In Wooster; had a CONVEX.
sation with him In the Metropolitan
Hotel In Woo TOR; did not say In that
conversation, II am blamed for convict
Ing Warth0rlt, but God kn0wsI don't
know anything about itj" | deny saying
any part Of II,
Re examined by State-DOnt know
that the Mes9m0res are relatives Of Kent
lnd don't like mo very well, had been
before tho grand jury here and given
my testimony; John McSwNNney, Jr.
WIS present NJ the conversation | had
with Sheriff Mossmore.
MRS, EMMA swIuART,
Live In MasqlllOn; am a daughter Of
David Kifkllndi step daughter OF de-.
ceaead, Mr. kirkland; was boarding NJ
mother SwihHrt's on july 3, 1883, spent
night Of July "a and morning of "a,
1888, al my fathers house, Mr.. Kirkland,
Mrs Kirkland, Mr. Swlhart, Mis Llz2lh
Maloney and myself were at tho house
that night; Miss Malouey hal been
three or four weeks at The house; MIas
Mal0ney slept IN the northeast bed, IN
the front room with my mOlIcr,I slept
IN tho suthealt led IN the front room
with my sOl four years old; my father
aud bis nephew and my husband and
his little boy, slept In tho back room;
there was no light In the front room,
tho light was on u waahstaud In tho
back room near the door; the door waa
open; The lamp wng turned down low,
was awakened IN the night by scream.
Ing aud a sh0t; this was about 2 o'clock,
whom awoke beard The scroams Of Miss
MAlnnNY and aAM my mother Wing on |