Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-22
THE JURY HAS 1T.
MOnmOuth's Picnic Case in the
Hands OF Twelve Men---The
Final Testimony.


denee gwen III the ARGUS was that of
Hull, the principal witness for the pros
ecution. The continuation and conclu-
sion of his testimony is appended:
Heard disturbance when approaching
the grounds. Was in wagon. Saw
Pattee and Reichard; there were also
some women. Pattee asked me if saw
any cattle. | said hadn't. asked him
what they were doing and he said they
were having general picnic. Reichard
was with woman. Improper language
and actions of the tive were testified to.
The woman was IN Ewes costume with
slight differences. the witness said. Mr.
Pattee, who was by himself the witness
said, had his clothes under his arm
Was at the mill half an hour. Heard
creams by woman. Crossed the creek
by the ford and went home by Nickel
vey's.
This closed the evidence for the state,
and ]. n Pattee, one of the defendants,
was put upon the stand. He testified in
substance as follows:
Am ffty>one years of age; have lived
in the city thirty years; am general super
intendent of the Pattee Plow company's
manufacturing works; know Geo. Hull;
have known him about seven years; had
trouble with him about his stealing bolts
a year ago this spring; | charged him
with having the bolts; | insisted on his
putting them back in his pocket; was at
the picnic grounds July IL at Olmstead's
mill; left the city about 7:15; Mr. Hard
ing was with me; we drove to the Man
non school house, then west; went to my
pasture, the old Savage farm, mile from
the mill; | was out the Sunday before;
three steers were missing The first party
| saw going out was Mr. Wheeler; asked
about the cattle; he said they wasn't in
his lot; going out we met LOrimer and
two women; he asked if we had met Mrs
Hoou; We stopped at Cooper and car
riage passed us; at Wheelers | saw the
Andrews; saw Oswald, he was between
his house and barn; asked him about the
cattle and told him what the marks were;
it was then about shutdown; we went
down through the covered bridge aud
drove opposite the picnic ground; saw
fires over their; knew the Gypsies were
there; We decided TO 90 over there to see
the GypSies; drove back through the
bridge and on to The grounds; it was sul-
ficiently dark to see the fire plainly; the
Gypsies were at the west; went to their
tents, drove north of where the hammock
was; stopped at the Gypsies' tent possi>
bly, ten minutes; in the darkness one
couldn't recognize person seventy five
feet away. Coming back up the hill We
passed positively within twenty feet of
the hammock; there were parties by the
hammock; Hill came up to our cart. he
said hello boys He said he wanted
some beer; | said we hadn't any, and
asked him to let US have some: he said
they had been out of beer for some time;
Pangborn came up to the cart; this was
the first | knew either was there; Hard
ing got out and stood by the cart; | got
out and went by the hammock; Hattie
Butler ard Nora Howard were in it;
Reichard was near by, and Carr was Sit
ting on the hammock; the Butler girl had
her head done up; asked what the
trouble was; they said that while being
swung the rope broke and she fell and
then had the sick headache was by the
hammock two or three minutes; the par
ty were conducting themselves well and
orderly; Harding and got into the cart;
Reichard and Hill came up to the cart; |
told them they'd better so home; they de-
cided to and began to get ready; Fanny
Eastin came along and went up to the
hammock dispute arose as to how she
was TO 90 home; she said she wouldn't
tide with Hill; she talked loud in the dis
pute; Harding and | drove toward the
bridge; the dispute got louder and
stronger, and swearing began; finally
heard her say, Let me alone, and such
expressions; We stopped and listened ten
minutes; | suggested that We go back;
Harding said we'd better not; We finally
went back; then it was o clock or there
abouts; the screaming kept up until we
were near the party. He then described
the appearance and acts of one of the
omen who appeared to have a hyster-
ical fit or something of the kind, and the
efforts to care for her after she had fallen
to the ground The Howard girl came
and sat by her and began to fix her hair
Reichard said something about tying it
up: water was brought IN a beer bottle
to battle her face; the woman's pulse was
low, and she scarcely breatbed; | was
scared; she frothed at the mouth, she res
manned in that condition half an hour or
50; the question arose what to do with
her; some said doctor should be sent
for, others that she should be put into a
buggy and brought to town; during the
discussion Carr said jokingly; HI
throw her in the water; that'll bring her
to" She was finally put into carriage
as they started to 90 Harding lit a Gig
arctic. Pangborn got into the cart with
Harding and me, and We came home;
the woman showed no symptoms of con-
seriousness after she fell in the fit; we
drove home at good jog; it wasn't II
O'Clock when We reached home drove
to Pangborns and Harding's before put
ting the horse up in Blackburn's barn;
saw no person naked that night; | had
none Of my clothes off, not even my coat
or hat; didn't see Hull that night; didnt
walk about the mill or on the ground
that night; was with Harding all the
time didn't see Ella Hoon on the grounds
that evening.
The other defendants corroborated Mr.
Pattee's testimony. J. c. Snodgras:
swore that Hull's reputation for truth
and veracity was weak. 1t appeared il
the cross examination that the witness
claimed that Hull had stolen horse from
him A good deal was said about the af
fair, but the court held that it WASH
proper that the horse case should b.
tried f. Brooks, J. c. Betzinger, C.
Haas, NJ C. Soule, o. S. Barnum, Geo
Penyx. J. X. Porter and John Gray wer,
also called for the purpose of impeachin!
George Hull. They regarded his reputa-