Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-10-14
MINERAL POINT, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY OCTOBER IA 1885,

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After that l tried TO finish myself,
and | wish to God | had" This
morning he raised up in bed and
hunted for his pistol. Said "What's
become of my pistol?" | told him
DR.. Eastman had it. He said, 81
wish to the Lord | had it now"
| said, "Fhat won't hurt you. You
ought to have had mine" He said,
"Give it to me- He got up two or
three times. took him out to the
privy this morning. saw him
raise up and look all around, and
then jump out of bed and get glass
rolling pin. Hit himself with it..
He broke it on his head. Smashed
it all to pieces. | measured from
floor to whore part of charge of shot
went into south wall. 1t was 5 feet
s inches from the floor
JOSEPH JOINS.
WINFIELD DAVIS sworn:-Live
in Mineral Point city. Staid all
night here last night. This morn
ing ] heard Mr.. f. say that the
woman had beat him over the head
fearful. He said, 81 took the gun
and went out that door (south door,,
and went around to the front door
(north door, and stood on the front
step and shot. But | didn't intend
to hit her; ! intended to scare her."
WINFIELD DAVIS.
WIN. III. GRrBBLE sworn:-Live in
city of Mineral Point. Am ac-
quainted with Burke Fairchild par
TALLY. | was here last evening
about O'clock Staid an hour or
more. Saw Mr.. f. but didn't have
any conversation with him at that
time. Didn't lear him say anything
about it at any time. Not word.
w. II. GEIBBLE.
JNo. DAVIS sworn:--Liye in Min
eral Point. Staid all night here
last night. Came between 7 and 8
o'clock. | approached Mr.. f. on
the matter several times during the
night, but he wouldn't talk about it.
He avoided it by saying he knew
nothing about it. This morning
when returned from breakfast some
person asked if both barrels of gun
were empty when discovered. He
overheard me answer they were.
He asked me, "Did you say both
barrels empty?" | said, eyes" lie
said, swell, must have fired both
barrels. | must have pressed on
left hand trigger unintentlonally
for heard but one report" ! asked
him if both were loaded, and he
said they were. At another time he
asked me what was all this fuss
about; what had occurred last even.
ing. told him | thought he knew
more about it than | did. He an.
swered-part of it didn't under
stand-but he said it was murder
| have no reason to doubt he was III
his right mind. asked him a great
many questions, and his answers
were all rational.
j. i. DAVIS.
BURKE FAIRCHILD sworn:--I want
a little water. There is some back
there in one of those cups. | can
get up. Oh, dear! | can't tell you
what the trouble began about.
don't know how it did begin.
know it did commence, and in a
stormy manner, too. The first thing
! knew she began to beat me with 8
stick. She pushed me over, and
then struck me, and when | went tC
get up she knocked me two or three
times on the head with stick OF
firewoed. In next room there. il
was a stick of stove wood. CAM
tell you lively about that. Cam
tell whether it was the one showr
me or some other 1t was quite {
good sized stick, so you could KNOCK
a person down with it. | didn'
have any stick myself. ] tried tc
get up and get stick away. Sh'
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up?" didn't make any reply, but
tried to get up, when she hit m'
again on the head and knocked me
down again. | then tried to get VI
out of her reach. | said she woulc
kill me, and she let me get up.
went into hall and saw the gun anc
took it and went around the house
and shot it. came to the steps a
the north door Don't recollec
whether | stood on the steps, or us
inside, and she was on south side o
the house near the table. ther
raised my gun to shoot, only so al
to scare her. Didn't intend to hi
her. ! fired the gun; both barrel
were loaded. don't know whethe
/ raised both hammers. In the ex
citement ] may have done so.
may have raised one first, then th'
other after. / couldn't see for
moment. When the smoke cleared
away she was lying on the floor will
head on the chair. Face all BLOOD