The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1886-07-21
get supper anyhow. if / did saw I

i !
wouldn't.
When we sat down to supper | cary
ed the meat and gave Powers a piece
and then helped my wife to piece.
She looked at it and began CRYING
and said: You have given me the
! best piece on the plate Told her
| she was entitled to it, she replying
i am not entitled to any.hinp.'
She gave half of the piece to
the baby, and the cat having got
ten that piece from the child, she
gave him the other halt. l asked |
her to have another piece but she
declined. saying she was no. hungry
and lett the table and took a seat
near the stove. | cleared off the
table after supper. Ella said nothing
during the whole time and seemed
to be very sad about something. I
went and MIXED the cows and on
my return she strained and put away
the milk, washed the bucket and
placed it on the table. BY that time
it was dark. We sat up until usual
bed time. She had nothing to say
for some time. | fixed the baby for
bed and she said she would 60 to
bed too. | told her that was best,
that if she could go to sleep she
would feel better. We went to bed
and | fell a sleep IN a short time.
: | slept soundly until after part OF the
night. when Ella awoke me COM
: planning OF her head hurting her.
r | asked her if | could do anything
| for her and she SAID no. This was,
as near as | could guess, or Z
O'Clock. | went off to sleep again
1 and was aroused second time by
her complaining Of her head hurting.
t She got up and told me not to both
: er about her, to care for the baby. She
t went into south room and closed the
door. | heard her in there for some
j time, until finally | dozed off to
: sleep again, and was aroused by the
:, baby. l called for my wife, telling
d her that baby wanted her. | called
r for her a second time but heard
n nothing of her, | got up, tried to
d pacity the child, and went out tc
IT south side OF house and called agair
d for Ella. Not getting any reply, I tool
=. the baby up to Pas and told then
t. that my wife had gotten up and lef
a, again. | then got lantern ant
- started out IN search of her.
S. At this iunct
~ ure the prisoner detailed at lengtl
OF and in minutia all the circumstance
,u OF the search; telling how he ha
lg sent out for assistance where he an
Y, they searched for his wife: how the
ed touno her apron and small phi;
ed on the we'll curb. That he ard h
m sister Laura found a note in the mil
he bucket which read about as follows
or 81 have taken laudanum. al
i'm tired of living. LUELLA LEABo.
est And then entered into full q
Ter scription of how they discovered Il
1at body in the we'll and proceeded
i've get 1t out. After listening attentiv
'il ly and noting down his full stat
,er ment of this part of his story, whie
,n- on account of length, we omit, Il
n: ''faber pusher" asked:
, | Were there any marks on t
IN body when drawn from the we'll?
k There were two or three sea
'ad wounds on her head and some bru
,ht es on the side of her neck as thou
nd. she had been clutching her thre
ing either before or after falling.
ant How long had you been marie
do, Since October, 1881, her des
id: occurred Dec. 10Th, 1858.
'ou How long had you known yc
mt wife before your marriage;
all Had known the family ever sir
ran came to the county. but never s.
oke them oftener than once IN three
nan tour years
on't Was your wife subject to tn
say spells before she was married.
my / have been told so Did not kn
| this before trial.