The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-05-26

Q-How did Baker come to stay al
night2
Al believe asked him; was som
J, little acquainted with him.
Q-What was done with bis horse2
| Achieve I took his horse and pu
/ it in the s.able--third stall from the en-
: try.
Q-What time did you 60 to bed--il
what order?
! Al do not mind what time Bake
, and Jake went TO bed, about the usua
time / believe. My recollection is tina
. Baker and Jake went to bed first.
| Q-Whas fastening is there 10 room
i in which they slept2
Alt is just a common door latcl
, with key to it.
] Q--How long was it until you went tc
bed
ADO not think it was very long
couldn't have been an hour
;. Q-You said about usual bed time
What is the usual bed timer
A-About 9 O'Clock
/ Q-Wbo remained in the room aftel
} Baker and Rottenburg had gone to bed
u Al do not know whether my chill
dren we're there or not; they were going
to school ard were in the habit of study
ing in the kitchen.
Q-Atter these folks had retired, wat
there any conversation between you ant
your wife2
i A--No sir. do not remember.
Q-Where does this daughter OF yours
sleep2
j. Ain the room where the boys were
j Q-Calliug your attention back agair
to the Sunday night after Rotlenburs
had retired, how long was it before yot
went to bed, after he went to bed OF
I that night2
r Alt could not have been but a l1tl'
4 bit.
/ Q-You are uncertain whether Rotten
burg had gone to bed when you came
home. or not?
Al could not say positively, bu
think be had.
Q-You can state whether or not there
was any extended conversation on Sun
day evening between you and your wife
in that front room?
A--No sir; there was not.
! Q-Nothing occurred after you re
tired2
/ A-No, sir.
| Q-Tbat brings you up to Tuesda,
morning.
A-On Tuesday morning when l came
back from the barn, Jake and Baker hat
not got up vet. That was. / would sup
pose. about o'clock, 1t was after day
light. Don't remember who awakened
them.
! Q-Do you know whether Jake wen
to the barn before breakfast2
A-No, sir, think not. Alter break
fast, l believe that I went out to the barr
about something and Jake came on
thsIe to see something about bis horses
he was in there currying them of.
was in the barn f,ot about something
do not remember what was doing =
My recollection IS that / started off tt
the house and Jake came in littl,
while; am not sure whether went righ
into the house or not, but Jake went il
the house. | came into the house ant
for some reason or other ] went bacl
into the room had some business to at
tend to as Justice, and kept my book
back in the room. NY recollection il
that went 10 there about some paper
belonging to Mr. Fisher who wanted t.
make collection belonging to an estate
and be had said something to me abou
| it just before tha,-went to see what tn
balance was. Wa, going over to Nev
Castle some time that day and wanted
to look about that.
! Q-Were the parties in New Castle
A--N,, sir, but they lived 10 ths
neighborhood. Then went back on
tof the room. believe I walked out o
1.-The room 10 which Jake slept and cam
4 out at the front door, at any rate b
came out and said something about 60
ling, said guessed he would have to 60
/ said something about paying him.
said, i will do the best can Jake, AM
you will have to wait for the other an
l took out my pocket-book and pai
hi n $50, and be took out his purse an
stuck the monev in it and | noticed som
money in it and some change. I.star
ted out. then as | remember toward th
barn and be got here Indicating abou
the gate or outside OF the gate and
Thought about the cow and / started or
I said something or other about the hol
ses getting loose the day before and tb
I gears we're tangled up, the gears wer
hanging up on peg and the horse
: knocked them down; the peg is It'll
behind the horses.
Q-Where did you 6ud the gearsp
Al found the gears living down tn
. evening before and hung them up; tol
Jake about that.
; Q-Where did you go into the stable
Awe went into the door here; be
; lieve that opened it and swung 1t back
I went in first; the door is fastened o
the outside; it swings on the ous side an
is fastened by pin on the outside;
took the pin ont aid put it In an auge
hole on the outside; the door is In th
habit of swinging too by It's own weight
: I just swung it back Jake came in afte
me; Jake took hold of the gears at on
: end and threw them on The mare; jake
other horse was In the next stall (; th
colts were in the other stalls.
! Q-HoH did he put the gears on th
horsep
Ale went In here on the left han
, side and threw the gears on; beiev
that handed him the collar, but al
not positive about that, and l turne
arouLd then had q COW that was abou
|. to be fresh; she was standing in the far
,, ther corner; had been feeding my COW
on sheaf oats; the other cows / thin
! we're lying in the stalls; the COW was b
herself; there had been sheaf of oat
left the night before and l went acros
the barn fnor and picked the sheaf u
and stepped hack little and steppe
down here Indicating and unite
the sbeaf of oats and just reached
down to her; the stall in which Jake wa
would be sort of behind me; wa
, ,, picking open the oats and the cows wer
making some noise, and just as wa