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

difference to the charge; he was ar
raigned before Justice Warner and
held on the charge of accessory after
the fact.
The full confession of NJ. G.. Bar
ker is as follows:
/, Marsh G.. Barker, left home at
Bloomingdale and went to William
Quick's, and stopped to see self
binder. Talked with Quick and Le-
fountain; from there l went to John
Kings, my uncle, and stayed there
for dinner. From there went across
the fields and on the road to Lee
schoolhouse. From there went to
the big barn Gt is barn that is well
known); from there / took the main
road to Hoppertown, from there down
the railroad to Clyde or Bravo. From
there went to Fennville, where
stayed all night at the hotel on east
side Of track, and registered my
name. / remained there till 10:30 q.
m. or HOO o'clock, a. M, Tuesday,
July 2Sth, 1885. From Fennville, i
walked down south on railroad with
two men l met that had been looking
for work, one of which was from Chi
cago. We went to Clyde where l
bought the Chicago man FIVE cents
worth of crackers to eat; from there
we went to Sherman or Bravo on the
railroad, when we rested awhile and
were joined by two other men. From
there we went to Hoppertown on the
railroad track when we rested awhile.
l went over to Wright's mill and
asked for Wright, and was informed
that Wright was IN Indiana. L
asked what chance there would be
for fellow to get work. The man
told me there was no chance at all.
From there we went on down the
railroad to - - River. Stopped at
the water tank and sssslked ssl with the
%eh employed there. Fro% tnere
on down the track to the coal Elns
to see what chance there was f2r
work. Chicago man made the inS
quiry here. From there we went to
Grand Junction where / met VIM.
Ames, in the little grocery on the
west side of track; then to Allie
Feasle's store, where | bought some
gingersnaps. Feasle asked me "If j
came down with that gang THERE"
pointing to the men who had been
with me during the day. Feasle said
''folks will think you are tramp,
coming with such gang as that.
From there | boarded the east bound
passenger train and paid the conduc-
tor on the train my fare to Berla-
mont; ! was in company with VIM.
Ames. At Berlamont | went to the
store and sat there talking about an
hour, it being then about z p. m. |
went to the depot and sat down on
the wood racks and talked with Rob
Potter till between 1880 and 500
o'clock p. M; from there walked
on railroad track to Bloomingdale,
arriving there about 9 p. m. / went
from the depot to the Hudson House
and got drink of water, then right
home. When | arrived there | went
to the back kitchen door, pulled off
nv boots and went inside taking my
boots with me and set them just in
side of the door. | looked to the
west door and saw it was open about
3 or 4 inches. went to shut the
door. Then | went to the front
room and from there into the east
bedroom where / found the children
in one bed asleep and the other bed
empty. then took off my pants
and went to bed. Then / heard
talking or coughing in the spare bed
room. | then got up and put on my
pants and vest and went to the door,
and was opening it when my wife
came to the door and tried to shove
me back and told me to "keep out"
that she would tell me who was in
there. | said, "By God, l will find
out who is in there," and then went
to light match, and Lill (my wife)
knocked it out of my hand. / then
saw that my wife had on only her
chemise. l then pushed her out Of
the way, and at the same time she
said, "Keep out, and l will tell you
who it is; it is Harvey Keith" l
then pushed her to one side and
made a rush for him as it just light
ened. and | saw him sitting on the bed
or standing by it, and l said ''Harvey
Keith, God damn your soul, l will
kill you," and struck him and he
caught me by the throat. | threw
him back across the bed and got my
knees on his chest, and then cholSed
him to death. | also struck him or
A times. He grabbed at my hands
and tried to get my hands loose from
his throat. He only made a squeaky
gurgling noise; he was then limp
and timber, loosened his hands and