The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-11

home till the next day. l broke q
buggy spring and stopped to get II
fixed.
O. You don't remember whether
that dance was Wednesday or Thurs
day night before the Saturday night
that Johney Haberly was killed?
A. don't rccollect.
G. Do you remember whether
John Wentworth had a girl there?
A. Yes sir he did.
q. Do you know her name?
A. Yes sir.
@ What is it?
| 4. Lizzy Craft.
| q. DO you know whether John
Wentworth and John Haberly had
any talk about John Haberly's dane
ing with Lizzy Craft?
a. No sir, don't.
g. Do you remember about what
time it was that night when you got
back to Walton's from Ridgeway?
A. No sir, don't.
Q. Did you see any one while in
Ridgcuay?
A. No sir didn't.
q. Did you see any one from the
time you left Cresco till you got
back to Walton's, except Frank
Walton?
A. No sir didn't.
q. Did you ever have any talk
with Frank Walton since that time
with regard to this matter?
A. No sir.
@. Did you ever have any talk with
any one?
A. No sir, didn't.
g. Didn't Mrs. Habcrly ask you
about Johnnie?
A. was talking with her one Sum-
day, that's all.
@. DO You think John Haberly and
John Wentworth were friends ut that
time?
A. do. We all went III there good
friends.
| Q. Did you all go in there together?
A. Yes. sir.
| @. Did you see John Wentworth be-
tween the time OF killing John Haberly
and the death OF John Wentworth?
i A. No, sir. didn't.
1 Q. Were you in Cresco on the day or
night Wentworth was killed?
A. No, sir, was not.
| @. How long after Wentworths death
till you heard Of it?
A. It was the next afternoon, think.
j @. State as near as You can the con-
versation between Haberly and Went
worth III the machine shed.
A. John Wentworth asked John Ha-
berly what he called him son-of-a-bitch
for over at Klingle's. John Haberly didn't
say very much. They were talking. I
didn't hear all Of it. stepped aside and
Ii. struck him. That's all heard Of it.
| @. Did they talk very loud?
A. No sir, not very loud.
/ @. Dill you hear Wentworth say he
intended him any harm?
A. No SIR.
@. Did you take drink that night
before YOU went into that yard?
A. No sir.
@. That was the first time you took a
drink?
| A. Yes sir.
Q. You were in there about Is min
utes?
A. think SO.
c. You drank twice while YOU were
IN there?
A. Yes sir.
@. Didn't You and Haberly sometime
previous to this have q little misunder-
starding.
| A. Yes sir.
@. Did you ever ask Haberly any
thing about it?
A. Idid.
@. Where was it and what was said?
A. He came down to Walton's. told
him heard he had been talking about
me. He said it wasn't SO. He said he
heard had been talking about hlm.
said it wasn't SO. We shook hands and
were good friends.
@. You never had any dispute after
that?
A. No sir, or before.
@. About how long was this previous
to the death of John Wentworth?
A. guess about two months.
@. Was anybody present with you at
Walton's when You had that converse
ton?
A. No sir, only John himself.
@. Do YOU think John Wentworth had
been drinking that night previous to the
time he drank with you there.
A. don't think he lad.
@. Do you thin k Haberly was drunk?
A. No sir, don't.
@. Did you have bottle of whisky
that night?
A. did.
@. Did John Wentworth?
A. No sir.
9. Did John Haberly?
A Yes sir, half pint.
@. What was the size OF the bottle
yon had?
A. A pint bottle.
O. Did you drink it all. You boys.
A. No sir.
G. You drank once out Of your bottle,
you three boys?
A. Yes sir.
O. And once out Of John Haberly's?
A. Yes sir.
O. Which bottle did you drink out Of
first?
A. Mine. We pulled our bottles out
at the same time. / told them to drink
out OF mine and they drank