The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-02-10

q TOOK place IN which Mr.. Barnett made So
eral attempts TO ask question and mac
n an apology TO the witness.
l MIR. Lsmm-You ask ycur questions
l loud voice but make your apologies in
e low tone.
d Barneit-Yes, it's hard on me to talk .
a loud all the time.
4 Lamm-(sotto voce) Must have bee
4 hard on your client, too Laughing In cour
S In which witness joins).
Barnstt-lto witness) Did you under
stand Mr.. Lamm2
Witness-No, sir.
: Bsrnett-What are you laughing at
then?
housekeeping at you irenexed up
. roar).
Barnett-(eolOring) What are you laugh
ing at me for
Witness-Becsuse you have tried to ash
me question 50 many times and failed 10
get it right.
Witness resuming-Do not remember
stating to Mrs. Heath in Hunts house tbs,
Mr.. Heath never wropged me; do not re.
member mentioning his name in Hunts
house.
We were first to be married on Christ
mas eve; was not ready and put il off 10
the first Thursday in January; we were 90
ing to ST. Louis to be married.
| Mr.. England recalled-I saw the de-
leDdant when in the hall at Wilson's put
his arm around plaintiff and kiss her % cd
night; he said he would be back tomorrow.
the reason L did not tell this when ON the
stand before was because was ratified and
did not remember; / was never a witness
before.
Mr.. HUNT.
L know the defendant by sight; have
known him about two months; heard his
name as Frank Melvin through Belle
Thomas, the plaintiff; saw him at nv house
Three or four times; was not there
oftener than that. Miss Thomas wss
boarding with me. Came to board to make
clothes to get married. Never heard plain
tItf and defendant talking about marrying.
They always met in my sitting room, with |
myself and wife present. Did not know
defendant was married man. He came
to see Belle. They went cut walking two
or three times. They were alone in NV |
house one night about an hour or an hour
and hall. The defendant never told me
anything about going to marry the plain
TN. L understood they were engaged from
ler. L did say TO him in a conversation
mat L could not give aAy testimony that
would help him. l did it because | did
not want anything ~ 10 with the case. III
slked with his attorney, Fisher, because
he plaintiff had said | wanted her 10
marry Heath, which was not true. had
lothlng to do with their affairs. Heath did
lot say 10 me L had better be - careful
low L testified, as | vas as guilty as him.
was present when the letters were given
Mrs. Heath; saw them given to her.
Aiier another legal spat between attor- !
eys witness said:
After plaintiff left my house the defend $
nj came and enquired for her; told him ;
ne was gone; my wife gave him a letter q
ne had LETT there; ii was written by her: IL
ad no address on the envelope; it was not .
ealed; 1t had no stamp on IL; Heath took
with him.
The prosecution here rested and the
rst witness called by the defense was
FRANK NJ. HEATH. 2
/ am the defendant in this eass. an, o.
lilroad engineer; about year ago got
'etty reckless and btgan drinking and N
eeplng Dad company; | met the defendant m
me time IN August last about 9 O'Clock
night; she was passing The Lamine
reel railroad crossing; after We passed she =.
rned around and looked at me: | said u
'od evening and she answered me. III
asked her where she was pe
ing, she said, home" L asked her if lie
e was moi afraid to be out one so lale
re said, mo, she wss DOT afraid of anv in
dy." L asked her if she had any ohiec- OF
lps to my accompanying her. She said. 10
70, and went with Ter 10 Mr.. Wells wv
lie. met her abort the same time Of ~
ght soon after on the street with another Is
IN, and again soon after near the Jaw 10
'uid house and accompanied her home. II
never tried TO take improper liberties a,
tn her; never promised to marry her: VI
YER offered to take her any WHERE: never u, u,
he'd TO her of marriage; never offered 10 ha
le her to ct. Louis; never took her 10 apv all
use or tried TO gel her TO go TO ans "o
use; never showed her a marriage Ger. COZ
cate or anything purporting TO be a I'M
rriage certificate. [ kept her COMPANY Ia'
IN August TO about the middle of Dec sh'
Der; cont remember having ANYTHING th'
do with her since. Soon after We met
said 10 me, 81 understand
l are married man. ! said well. what
a? She said nothing; don't care, Won j.
nothing to me. / never tried TO pass Del
self to her as single man. took her 20
e fast character; that was why began
ng with her. The reason 1 gave The
ne OF Melvin was because | didn't want
vile to lind out about il. | never
missed to take her 10 California; never g't
any criminal connection with her. the snI
ION | left was because / got ashamed of and
'elf and resolved 10 reform; this was her
ut New Years. She was not so deaf Sep
N visited her as she seems to be SAX
ecu
HE PROSECUTION TAKES THE WITNESS. e"u
he heard all said TO her. l had no 10
Guilty in making her understand: she
a little hard of hearing; / had been a
e wild when / began going with her: is a
I'd been drinking and keeping bad COM tive
y; determined to reform about New
rs. did not meet her first at Wilson's.
her first at Lamine street r.iIroeJ 4.