Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-13

the morning on the floor. My wife was
dead. The letter. of which so much
has been said, was here presented J
Pettitt resumed-l think he sand the
body was IN the house three days. lie
buried it in the barn between II and >
O'Clock in the day. | brought him To
Alma and soon after To Ithaca and
placed him III jail, where he has since
remained.
Cross examination-IIe told me that
he expected we would find the body and
was glad of it, that if had written To
him he would have come right home.
Re-direct-Mrs. Palmer would weigh
about l35 pounds. She was tall and
rather slim.
GEO. WILLARD,
Live in Alma, have lived there for
10 years, am acquainted with Palmer
and wife have known them ever since
they first came there, am the Deputy
sheriff became SO last December.
learned OF Mrs. Palmer's disappearance
about Oct LIST, he told me he had "A let
ter from his wife, that she wanted To
90 to Oregon. he wanted her to 90
and would earn all the money he could
box in the barn. MIR. Club and
first recognize the body, she was
dressed in black with some thing
white on her neck, the body was long
er than the box. the box was about D
feet long and ii inches deep, and about
the same width, saw the body at the
engine room, went with Petit after
! Palmer, found him, about Is miles
east of Glare, we started back with
| him about o clock, on the way home
! | said. Ed. what would you think If |
! should tell You | had seen your wife
within the last twenty-four hours?
! He said lie put her there and he had ii
! letter etc. | said to him | should think
YOU would use IA dog better than that
and asked if he could not have put IA
sheet about her etc, He said he kept
the body in the house three days and
buried her.
Cross ex.-When | told him ! had
seen his wife, he said he had expected
il.
Mrs. PassmOre resumed, cross eX.
! | noticed some ear rings on the body,
recognized them is belonging to Mrs.
! Palmer
Mrs Frances Brace recalled, cross
eN.-There was blood on both sleeves.
! but most on the right one.
| ID. ;. CARR.
live in Montcalm county moved
there last spring, am acquainted with
! Palmer ami wife, remember the dsap-
pearance Of his wife, was there when
the body was taken out of the ground,
and saw the body at the engine house,
had charge OF the body part of the
time, from about 1 in afternoon to 10
the next day. The body was not dis
rl.a1 - IL
the DrS. and undertaken went III,
helped put the body in the coffin.
JOSEPH RAY.
live in Clare, formerly lived at Al
ma. am acquainted with Palmer, but
slightly acquainted with his wife, re-
member the disappearance of Mrs
Palmer, saw her body in the barn. it
was taken to the Fireman's Hall, | re-
NAMED at the Hall that night and next
day was relieved by Mr.. Carr, the body
was not disturbed while | was there
until physicians came.
Cross eX.-I saw the body in the
ground, 1t had black dress and some
thing white brought around the neck
and crossed i'm front.
JOHN IL. DEMAN.
Live IN ithaca, nave FOR years, am
a physician. have been for 9 years. /
know Palmer, remember beng called
| the last of Jan. IN reference To Il body
! OF woman being found dead, I SAW
! the body IN box i'm the ground next
saw her in Fireman ) hall, | took the
stomach ont and put In glass jar,
and sealed it and gave it To Sheriff
! Petit. Drs. Suydam. Downie and
! GeringtOn were there when the stom-
ach was removed. The body was taken
to Hall the 3lst of Jan. The stomach
was removed Feb. >. had an eXamln-
alton post norton before the stomach
was removed.
Petit resumed, redirect had a
! jar placed in my hands 10y DR.. DeMay
! Ia WebbS' drug store. ii was sealed /
took it 10 Lansing. gave it 10 Frank
kedzie IN the Lansing House.
Cross eX.-I kept it IN my hand until
| gave 1t to the clerk of the hotel. who
| put it in the safe. received 1t IN the
morning from the clerk. gave it to
kedzle about 10 O'Clock.
PROF. KEpZIE.
Live in Lansing. have done So for
| about = years. l am employed at the
| College. know Petit was introduced
To him by Dy. POST, received jan
sealed with green wax.
Cross eX.-I received a note of in
struction from the prosecuting attor-
neg what to dO with the contents of
the jar, went TO my room in Lansing
then went To the College ana walked
alone.
Il. {. kedZie
live at the Agricultural College. am
professor OF Chemistry, have been a
chemist - years. received Il jar from
my son containing a portion OF stomach
made Il thorough examination. exam
med stomach and contents found no
poison, if she had taken poison should
have expected to find poison. did eX-
anime with reference 10 finding other
polsonS, the stomach WAS in fair con-
ditlOn for examination. lhere the Prof.
explained his test III detail to the jury.
there could be no escape of the poison.
| If there was any ma the stomach. the or
ganic poisons decompOsp and under the
circumstances should expect them to
escape. except strychmine. The aka
lOid poiSOns would not be found after
such length of time. " hen a per