Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-02-14

buggy; knocked but got no answer,
heard the baby cry; saw no one about
there; then went back TO the buggy;
was at the Sauth door when heard the
baby cry.
Cross examined: Can not say exactly
what day this was. tr F...I a..
| Re direct: Was at the house Of Mr..
Williams the day the murder was dis
covered; was there on "Wednesday even
ing; am sure now that IL was that day.
JACOB MARRLEY.
Reside about two miles from Geo.
| Williams home; on Wednesday, Oct.
oath called at Williams house; was
about four rods from the house saw no
one; went to see George Williams; saw
no barn doors open, lights, or smoke
arising from the chimney.
Cross eXamined: Did not go to the
barn; this was the day before the body
was found.
FRED LAKESMAN.
Live about so rods from Geo. Will
| iams' house; was at home Oct. 9th;
passed Williams house three times that
day; saw no one about there; passed
| there twice at noon, and once about
supper time; Herman Gloutz was with
me; my wife and my sisters were work.
ing with us husking corn; If there had
| been any one about i would have
noticed them; all four of us were to-
gether when we passed the house each
time.
Cross examined: Don't know wheth-
er it was the 24th of Oct. or not.
Qe-direct: 1t was on the day before
| thn ,nurflar yUaf found ont
Re-cross: 1t was very likely if any
body had been about there | should
have seen them; they were always in
the habit of being out around the house
when at home; hence noticed their alb
sence more and thought it rather
| strange.
FRED LoAKEMAN.
live about so rods west of Williams
house in Fulton county. On the oath
of October, 'S3, passed the house of Will
| liams four times; saw no one; Harmon
GlOutz was with me; my wife and sister
worked with me in the field next to
Williams house husking corn; saw no
one; could plainly see smoke pipe stick
| ing out of house; saw no smoke as l
passed the house; saw no one about the
premises.
Cross examined: Can't say positively
the date of the month.
Re-cross: 1t was Wednesday before
the bodies were discovered.
MISS ANNIE LoAKMAN.
Live in Fulton county, g. rods from
late residence of Geo. Williams; passed
house Wednesday, oath of Oct. times;
nothing special attracted my attention
to house, saw no one, saw no smoke;
worked in field adjoining Williams
homestead, noticed nothing, the road
was the nearest to house.
Cross examined: Paid no attention
to the house.
MRS. F. LOAKENAN.
Live eight rods from Williams house,
passed house four times on the road,
didn't notice any person about house,
was nothing special to attract my at
tention to the house.
Cross examined: My attention was
not called to the house.
HERMAN GLoUTz.
Live in Fulton county, IL mile from
Williams; passed by the house Oct. "A
on county line road; didn't pay any at
tention to house or premises; worked in
corn field next to Williams; saw no
one about. ....
MRS. WAITE,
Mother of the murdered woman, took
the stand with the baby. am mother
of Mrs. Williams; this is the child of my
daughter, and was born on the 25th day
of August, 1888; heard of the death of
Mrs. Williams at 5 o'clock in the morn
ing, went right there, the baby had been
taken away, didn't see it until the next
morning.
JOHN WILLIAMS.
Reside in York tp., Fulton co., about
A 3-4 miles from Geo. Williams place, he
is my nephew; Wesley Johnson, the
accused, was in my employ; he began
Sep. 7, 1883, worked up to the Wednes-
day noon of week of murder, settled
with Johnson about three days after he
began, paid him So, ,S5, he came back the
next Tuesday and I finally set him to
work; paid him So ten days later; paid
him S4 October II, 1888; owed him when
he quit probably 50; on Monday, Octo-
ber %, he wanted to get ST.; to 20 to
Butler, Ind, with; wanted it the next
Wednesday; was away on Wednesday
and did not give it to him: when I
paid him 81 he wanted $8; said he knew
it was more than was owing him, but
he wanted that much money; was pay
ing him Sl4.25 per month; own the farm
where Geo. Williams lived and often
sent johnson there to work; could not
state exactly what number of times; he
was there on the Thursday and Satur-
day before the murder; do not know
where they got dinner those days; John
son was at home when left home Oct.
I'D at 10 a. M; returned about dusk,
probably at 6p. M; was at home when
johnson returned that night; it was
about ii o'clock; two of my boys, my
brother, and wife were up; I saw him
although was abed next saw johnson
next morning; he went over to the
woods; believe johnson ate but little;
he seemed nervous; next saw johnson
in the Sheriffs Office at Wauseon; it was
Thursday morning about a. m; Sher-
iff Blair and think some one else was
there; talked with Johnson; he said that
Mr.. Marvin Collins had given him $40, |
had paid out part of it $5 or so to David
Schultz; said he got on the Sunday
night before, October 21, 1888, on the
night of the fire; said he had paid out
some at barber shop; think it was at
Peter Kramer's; had talk at my house
about Geo. Williams having some clo-
yer seed on Oct. 22d; we said George had
sold his clover seed, and that it would
bring him quite sum of money, prob
ably $500; Johnson never demaned a
settlement; when he went away, he said
he was coming back; it is little over
mile and half from my house to Wau-