The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-27
CHOKED TO DEATH

look almighty dark someway or
another" She then put her arms
around my neck and said she hadn't
done nothing out of the way and
wanted me to forgive. | said,"Lill
can l keep forgiving you all the
whiley" She said, "No I've done
wrong Marsh, do you like mes' J
said 8 Yes, ! always loved you and
had forgiven you and kept it in my
own heart about supporting child
that don't belong to me lone OF my
children belongs to Frank Ramsey,
Who lives near Bangor. He is its
father.) All this time | was talking
with my wife, Harvey was in the bed
room dead. | then lit light and
went into the bedroom where he was
living ON the bed dead. Lii followed
me and looked at Harvey. She said
"What are you going to do now:'
! then got his clothes (coat and vest)
and took them out into the front
room and searched his pockets and
found the account book on the in
side coat pocket containing $40 in
money and a watch (silver open
faced in vest pocket) which / took
and placed in my vest pocket and
said g Damn him, i will keep this
now to get square with him." and
then l said "What shall / do with
his clothes; throw them out doors or
what?"' Lii said, "Let them alone;
il cnakes no difference to US about
his clothes" We then put out the
light and went to bed and talked a
few minutes and then had --
Then talked while longer
about the matter. | then got up and
got Clarence and put him in bed
with us; then | went to the door and
made water; then went back to bed
till it quit raining; then got up and
put on all my clothes and went for
WIN. Barker, and found him in the
road looking at team that was
standing hitched behind a buggy
near his house. | then told VIM.
Barker that / had found Harvey
Keith at my house and had choked
him to death, and wanted him to
help me get him out OF the way.
VIM. said "Well it is an almighty
bad thing and any one that would
~ sucb thing had ought to be
killed" and ssida can sslhselp you
aud | will" We then went togeS her
back to the house and got there
about l p. m. to 1l.30 p. m. and he
stopped near Lanes barn or between
Lanes barn and my house and waited
there while. / went i'll at the west
kitchen door to see il everything was
all right. l then took off my boots,
went into the spare bedroom and
put Harvey out of the west window.
He dropped down on the ground.
| then went out. put on my boots
and went around the house; took
Harvey up and put him on my Shout
der and carried him to where my
brother VIM. was, and then to the
east side of Lanes barn and laid
him across the fence; then we
crawled under and between the
boards on the fence. | then took
him on my shoulder again and went
on the west side Of Lanes house to
the road running east and west, and
wedt east on the road to the 1st
corners or first north and south road,
then went south to the railroad, then
east on the r. r. to the next cross
ing; then south TO the orchard think
lawyer Annable owns the land) then
VIM. took him on his shoulder and
carried him southeast through the
orchard 20 the fence on the east side
Of the orchard. Then | took him
and carried him on my shoulder down
the bank along side of the creek till
we came to a fence on the creek
bottoms. Then VIM. took him and
carried him down east along the
creek to where they wash seeds.
Then we went across the creek
through the water from to 10 in.
deep and upon the bank on the south
side of the creek when we put him
down and rested Then i took him
on my shoulder and went up the hill
with him and across the road to the
fence and across the lot west of the
little old house near VIM. Barker's,
and across Mitchell's lot east of his
house and west of Eugas house to
Robinson's woods and on the old
road down to the lake and on the
south side and within 10 or 20 rods
of the lake and laid him down to
rest. ] then said "We'll cut his
damn out" and with that |
took out my jackknife and cut them
out, and laid them upon log. Then
j took him up and shouldered him
and carried him and put him on the
fence at the west of the landing, and
threw him into the lake. His socks
were on his feet when | threw him
in. We then went back home the
same route we came. VIM. stopped
at his house and | got home about
o,clOqlr a "A, and wont IN hab