Telegram-herald., 1889-10-08
THE MURDER TRIAL


lteRtn~ ~ uen eiA1l fe-rt
out ard after thst she shooght she was
sfratk and that she fell, tnen heT bus
band goa A's musket and nrel ana sac
supposed taai szs sac snQl ta4t Aiii-i
>,lc.Slr5 ~lnl.zlr dd L0- ssy tA-. ne
had q wsfe1ls. d,G not read lie "sf-
ralt and t.d lot lell wao Ae easi sAe
sa-1 tals IA snsesI % olE questions.
C4oss-e 1aulllcd j. oE5 0oRn @-AA
klr Johnson had great clr-os y -
lle grounds, mtt leE - leo ne ns4e
CIV 4 OF the premises. asked hef
COOS many Questolxs size SAID tDo htst
shot was Ered into the house ana
blear.ey returned {. that sae iooAed
0ut ot tle window ana saw the cro"o'
heg husband Was nOt dressed yet'
brearley g0s 20 the door net. tnat
there were Two 0r three shots tired. ailc
that she fe. and that ler h0sls---d
then got bis musket ANA fired.
John >eloert. sHOIn-LNe IN ta-e-
d0aia village; am partner o. tnas. g.
Johnson; remember the occasion Oi l4e
shooting 0f Sinclair, saw Peter sncl@f
IN our store about 5 o'clock the ngat
OF the shooting; he MAS not drunk.
CrOss-exanlned--D Good WORKS
for Us III our stoTes did not
know what / was a. 2ected ID
testify 10 up here; first saw IN
the paper last Friday that Sinclair Was
supposed 10 be drunk; Peter Sinclair
Was IN our store that night trading.
Mr.. Barber-Am dentist in Gale
dOnia saw Peter Sinclair get OF the
train at Caledonia the night before the
shooting; talked with him; did not Oh
serve his condition; he was not under
the influence of liquor.
CrOSs-examned-Have known SIN
clair all my life; we were boys tOgetherj
never saw HIM drink IN nay hfe; talked
with hlm about ten minutes about PHI
yate business; saw him when he was IN
his buggy starting for home; Tyler was
with hin; Tyler was pretty full; was
aboIt three feet from Sinclair; think /
would have smelled HIM II ne had been
! drinking; can smell three feet.
Ed. L. Headworth, sworn-Reslde IN
| Bovine; know Peter Sinclair; remember
the shooting; saw Peter IN CALEDONIA
about or O'Clock the night before
! the shooting; saw him in the street; he
was not under the influence of liquor.
| CrOss-examined-iI known Peter
Sinclair all my life; saw him just as ne
| came from the train; we went into the
bar-room together; he took a cigar; we
! walked out and | went away; saw Gus
there; he had been drinking; know
Charles Case, but never told him
that | drank with Pete and that
II told Pete that he mus
not drink any more if he was going TO
serve that warrant; ! drank but PETE
did not; saw him take a cigar; Tylel
might have drank; did not see him
never knew him to smoke; paid the
bill for the cigars; don't know who
smoked or drank; don't know what wa
done there. [Laughterl.
Re-direct-DOn't know what Sinclair
took at the bar; don't know whether h'
drank or not.
VIM. L. Davis called and sworn-Liv'
in Bovine; am supervisor of that town
know GOsch; was at his place the da.
after the shooting.
Witness was here shown a box which
he saw at the Gosch house the mOrnin,
after the shooting. He identified 1t a
being the one he found and took ava
with him. 1t contained powder an
shot.
At this point Mr.. Fairfield stated tina
as Judge Hoyt had gone to Lansing h'
wished an adjournment as 1t wa
nearly O'Clock.
Court then adjourned until Q o'clocl
this morning.