The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-04-06

for breakfast; had been feeling bad for
four or FIVE weeks mostly about the
head and some at the stomach; be vof1-
tied some during the last few days; he
did not complain any more than usual
when he came home Wednesday; he
grew worse gradually from the time he
went to bed; did not follow the doctors
directions entirely, for / gave my hus-
band cold water; he would get up and
get Il himselfh nobody gave it TO him;
he had lemonade, cold tea, milk, wine
and beer; Dawson got the wine and took
It to his stand by his bedside withoutgo-
ing to the kitchen; he drank it all out Of
the bottle; Dawson and Andrews had
not been ON very good terms. once In
awhile having little trouble; last win
ter they had trouble over their dog, and
my husband ordered Dawson to leave,
buf Afterwards requested him to stay;
this was when was sick; Dawson was
angry with certain dog which bother
ed him on his way TO work; never heard
him say that he would poison 1t or the
mice in our house; did not know Of his
getting poison few weeks ago; knew
&c had paris green in his trunk; he new
en- said ANYTHING to me about buying ar
senic: never heard Dawson express any
wish about getting Andrews out Of the
way; had heard the latter say that II II
was not for his little girl he would not
live long; heard that he had carried 2
bottle Of laudanum for three months Last
summer; during this last illness ne eaid
he was tired Of life and hoped he should
never get well; month ago be said
something TO the same effect; be was
cheerful as usual before his last illness;
he was a temperate man Of late years,
and never saw him drunk; always
pour and pass the tea and coffee 1t
meals: / cooked the breakfast and din
ner Wednesday alone; don't think that
Dawson gave him anything TO drink az
ter dinner, though wouldn't be certain;
don't know of anything to cause me TO
think that there was any foul plays An
drews drank nothing but coffee for
breakfast Wednesday morning; hand
ed IL directly to him; the coffee cups
took from the shelves in the cupboard;
where they sat bottom side up; the cups
were clean and empty when poured
the coffee into them; poured all from the
same coffee pot; my husband used sugar
in his coffee, which he put in himself;
my husband requested Dawson to get
the wine he drank; the bottle was one
we had in the house, which / had wash
ed out; the bottle is now in the house;
only used the bottle twice; the wine was
gotten Wednesday night; my husband
and Dawson had few words the Sun
day before the former was taken sick.
Adjourned until morning.
Jacob Andrews was recalled this
morning. The ground was carefully
gone over again but no new points of
any account were brought out.
Geo. W. Dawson was the last witness
sworn. He had poor memory. Have
lived in Mankato eight or nine years
same length of time and have known
his wife for a year; boarded with them
about five or SIX months; Andrews
went to bed Wednesday noon, but had
been complaining about various ailments
for long time; he complained princi-
pally of his head and leg; staid with
Andrews most of the afternoon he was
taken sick; sat up with him one night,
think it was Thursday night: had few
words with Andrews the Sunday before
his sickness about q dinner; had had
trouble with him before this of and on
about different things; Andrews was
sometimes cross to his wife; bought ten
cents worth of arsenic to kill a dog that
tried to bite me; lost it before l got
home; told the druggist that wanted
it to kill mice with because didn't
want anybody to know that killed the
dog; never found the arsenic since; had
some paris green In my trunk that
used to kill potato bugs with last sum-
mer; didn't know that it would Kill any
thing but potato bugs; did not know
that Andrews was poisoned and know
nothing about it; have heard him say
recently that if he had poison he would
take it and that he wished that he was
dead and that nobody knew his troubles
but himself; am married man but have
not lived with my wife for some time;
have no living children.