Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-04-26

night. Saturday | went to Van
dalia; was arrested on my way
back. / don't know anything about
the killing at all. I make my liv-
ing working l don'tassociate with
such men as Geo. Mortimer I am
not a thief. | don't associate with
John Miller, either I was not out
of the house Monday night. John
Miller did not tell me to keep my
mouth shut. fl knew anything
| would hollor it right out. HE
says he did not leave the house.
The other folks in the house say he
did leave. The jury did not place
much confidence in what ST. said,
or, in fact, what he did not say, for
he was as close-mouthed as a
clam.
JUN JOhNoON.
| stayed at Morris stable first
part of Monday night / left there
at II o'clock and went to Kittie
Thornton's | stayed there till 90
minutes to5 o'clock and then went
home. ST. Fawcett was there w1nen
l first went there with several
others. 81. left there alittle before
/ o'clock /; 1 saw him leave" Bird''
Ellis went with him. They came
back in half an hour ST. Fawcett
went away then by himself. /
don't know when 81. came back
after leaving the last time, which
was about 1 o'clock. This agrees
with Mortimer's confesslon-that
ST., Jim johnson and he did the
work.
JIM JOHNSON.
Last Monday night / was at
home; my wife was there with me.
| did not get up till 5 o'clock. |
know Geo. Mortimer / have not
seen him since Sunday a week ago.
[ don't know anything about the
killing ; I did not see Geo. Nor
timer or 81. Fawcett last Monday
night. I saw Geo. Mortimer have
a pistol about a month ago. |
never went out on any stealing
raids with him. / did not go to
Sam. Apgar's and had nothing to
do with it; I don't r if Geo.
Mortimer does say / was along, |
was not.
Mrs. Jim Johnson was sworn and
said: "Jim was at home all Mon
day night. Jim don't go out any
might. He goes to bed about s
O'Clock every night"
After hearing the evidence OF
Mrs. Jim Johnson, the jury adj
'ljourned until s O'Clock this morn
ing, when the inquest was resumed
at Coroner Caves Office.
MRS. GEO. MORTIMER.
Igot the pistol out of the stove
when Mr.. Botkin and John Miller
came down there. Geo. Mortimer,
my husband, was not out of the
house the night of the killing at
all. George says he was and was
with Fswcett and johnson when
Apgar was killed. / put the pis-
toll in the stove, but John Miller
told me to. [ knew George was
stealing /; I was told not to tell.
Miller knew all the time that
George Mortimer was stealing.
George has gone out many a time
and I not knew it. George put
that alarm bell up over my bed
himself. John Miller knew the
'5cll was there. 1t was put there
to wake me up when they brought
in any goods; | knew that George
fhas been stealing. Some times
John Miller would let him in.
!, John Miller told George he had
better send me home or | would
tell something. | think Mrs. Mil
, Ter is all right, but John is a rascal;
I think John and George were in
"cahoots - my husband paid his
| board with stolen goods We all
!. cooked and ate together with what
was stolen. George might have
} been out on Monday night, but il
; he was I don't know it; / slept
sound that night. He went ou'
/ many a time and | did not know it
Ian of the under clothes we stole
were stamped sc. NJ. P" with al
: iron Miller gave MS for that pur
pose. / don't know what the let
tiers mean. | have heard George
talk q good deal about "Big Jim
/ johnson he talked about him be
, ing funny I have heard Georg'
, talk about ST. Fawcett, too; don
j know very much because Georg'
I and John would not talk before me
| They would stop when | came in
Sunday night George went to Mrs
, Franks and got the dress goods
I tried to get him to stop stealing
/ but he would get mad and go on
George may have been away Mon
. day night the pistol you hay
! there il Georges; ! put i. in tn