The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-22


window; we looked out of the door
and saw him going through the gate,
and said, you son of a -
you'd better come back and get your
clothes. Then / said what does this
mean, Lii? You said, l haven't
done nothing out of the way, and
put your arms around my neck, and
wanted me to forgive you. L said /
had, and now / came home and find
this thing as it is. You said, Marsh,
/ have not done nothing that / am
ashamed Of; then you know / lit the
light, went into the bedroom there,
found his coat, vest and hat. Then
| looked in his pockets and / found
his account book with 80 and the
watch and stuff as it was there; l
says, / have a mind to throw the
things out of doors, you said let them
alone it doesn't make no difference to
us about them; then put out the light
and talked to you and wanted to
know what you meant; you said, |
know l have done wrong, l then
went to bed and you came and said
you was going tolay with me for you
hadn't done nothing out of the way,
and we lay there awhile, then you
wanted me to get up and get Clar-
ence and put him in bed with us; /
did then; we heard noise, / looked
out of the window, then went
to the door, and then / came
back to bed, then the clock struck
Ii and you know ! wasn't out of the
house no more that night. Now,
Lii, you know this is all the truth;
and got up about five o'clock and
told you / was going over to Keith's,
you said, you had better stay to home,
but | did go back for breakfast, went
away again, said going to Keith's;
came back soon, saw Brown and
talked to him, and this is the truth
now, what made yon say killed him
in the bed for, and who wanted you
to lie like that; tell how it was, who
it was set you up to say it, for some
one has done it, you know, for you
would have told the truth; you know
my hands is not stained with MUIR
der, for / was to home every night
after that; now only tell the truth,
Lii, you know it, and when the law
yer comes l will tell him to come and
see you; then you tell him how they
got you to lie and say did do it,
and tell my lawyer the truth, what
you will swear to. Trust God and
tell the truth and he will forgive.
Now write, from Marsh. Don't let
no one see this"
The following are some of the
other notes introduced:
/ EXHIBIT A, 2.
"Well, Marsh, you know that we
did kill him; you know that and
what is the use of lying about it.
they know it; now we will have to
suffer for it."
EXHIBIT A, 3.
"Now, Bill, if | was you / would
plead not guilty to killing him, and
if they want to pick you don't say
nothing about what am going to
do, or you can waive examination
For Gods sake don't give us away,
so l can't clear you and get out my
self. Try and waive if you can, il
you can't, plead not guilty and keep
everything to yourself, and you lied
to the lawyer; can help you in
time. Now mind what you are do
ing. Yours, NJ. G.. Barker"
EXHIBIT A, 4.
Gill, if you had stuck to the
truth, that way it was and you knew
it to be so, we wouldn't have had to
suffer for deeds that someone else
done. Bills wife swears that Bill
was at home; now tell was at
home; now, Lii, L never will misuse
you for what you have said, if you
only will swear to the truth. Now
you know the lawyers set you up tc
say the way you did. Now they
| Will Senu you as wen lor uelllng
stories in that way. Mrs. TODD said
they had you shut up in dark cell
to make you own up that we did the
deed; when you was in the close cell
if you had only told the truth as you
know and you-God knows-if you
had told the truth as God knows and
you, we wouldn't have been here to-
day. Now, Lii, if you will tell the
truth hereafter as you know it TO be
and if you don't want to live with
me never will-will never GO back
on you nor do anything to hurt you
or trouble you. learnt that this law
yer from Chicago got you to say as
you have. The prosecuting attorney
told me so; and if you swear to that
way, the truth will know the truth
amt been told. Now, Lii, tell the
truth and think of our poor children
no father nor mother to take care Of
them. Now, now, for Gods sake
swear to the truth the right way, not
to deceive no one. This is from
yours, M. G.. Barker"