The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-11-07


81 did,
''Did you notice anything peculiar on
the front steps?''
81 did -
s'What did you see?''
81 saw something on the steps that
looked as though they had broken jar of
preserves or something like that. In front
of the house, on the street, it looked as
though a wagon had been standing there
and there were fmprints of heavy shoes on
the side of the ditch. !"
''After you received the letter from
Frank Williams did you go into the cot
tage?''
II went in the next day. on Sunday,
with Mr. Lindgren, my son-in-law, and
my son. We entered through one of the
windows in the front room. One of the
Stats on the window shutters was broken
off and we opened the blinds and then
crawled in. y
''What did you see?'
1.-The floor of the front room dauhed
with yellow paint; there was no carpet on
the floor. In the corner of the room was
pot of paint and brush. There was a
washstand, two chairs, bowl and pitcher,
foot ru and dresser In the room. The
right arm was broken off the rocking
chair. In the bedroom I saw a bed and a
mattrass ON it, There were two pillows
and quilt on the bed. There were no
cases on the pillows, nor sheets on the
bed. -
''Did you see any paint marks on the
floor in the front hall?''
''There were footprints made in paint. :"
''How many times altogether did you
see the man calling himself Frank Will
iams?''
''Three times; twice at my house and
once in the Jail "
81 wi II ask you now if you see that man
in this co urt room?"
The old gentleman glanced along at the
jurors, inspecting each one of them close
ly. His eyes then swept across the east
ern side of the room, where the ladies
predominant. The old man never said
word. Then he looked out before him at
the spectators 1t was an exciting mo-
nent. The ticking of the clock on the
wall could be heard in any part OF the
room The old mans gaze wandered
along the front benches and then he
settled back in his chair with shake of
| the head. At that moment Martin Burke,
who had been glaring steadfastly at the
witness, wiped the perspiratlon from his
| forehead and heaved a sigh of relief The
| old man had not identified him.
''Mr Carlson,' continued Mr.. Mills,
| ''come down from the stand and loo k in
this direction. y
The old man left the stand. He walked
! down to where Mr.. Foster sits and then
scrutinized Donahue. Judge Wing and the
! other lawyers for ne defense. At last his
] gaze rested on Martin Burke. The old
mans face was lighted up with a smile.
| He waved his hand at Burke and then
walked back to the witness chair.
''You see the man, do you, who called
himself Frank Williams when he rented
the premises?'
| eyes, sir. "
'tWhere is he sitting?''
That's him sitting there" pointing at
Burke.
After a crosse animation lasting over
half an hour Mr.. Forrest gave it up as a
bad lob He did not shake the direct
testimony of the witness in any partlcu-
| lar, and only brought out the fact that
| witness was 68 years old; that he consid-
| cred his eyesight good and that the cottage
| is now used as a museum.
Charles Carlson's testimony in the first
part was nearly corr oborative of the mar
| rative of his wife and father as far as the
hiring of the cottage was concerned.
II saw Frank Williams again when the
| furniture was moved in,:' he said. II
saw Martinson, the expressman, then.
| There was another man with Frank Will
/ lldmSs he was a SnOfJeF man, SAeHUoE III
| build and dark.
Young Carlson said that April 20 there
was a carpet down in the front room. 1t
was tackled down. He saw a rocking
chair, plain chair, bureau and washstand.
| There was no stove in the kitchen. The
| bed had no sheets or pillow cases. On
| that occasion Williams helped Carlson
carry cut the goods of a former tenant
t'Whem did you see Frank Williams
agaim"'
| LIN tlDe Jail at Winnipeg"
| t4Do you see Frank Williams now in the
| court room"
Carlson's glance wandered toward where
| Burke sat. The prisoner, who had kept
his eyes cast down from the time Carlson
| had token the stand, now raised his head
and locked squarely at his accuser. Then
came ahe next words:
| Point him out -
| CARLSON half rose from his chair and,
leaning forward, pointed his finger at
| Burke and said:
''That is he, sitting there. -
(Which 'One?'
''The second man from the end. -
cts it agreed that he pointed to Martin
| Burke?'' asked Mr. Hynes, who was ex-
aiming.
Eyes, it is, - said Forrest, nodding his
head.
.''Did you ever see this letter?''
eyes"
See if it refreshes your recollection as
to the time you went to the cottage?''
Carlson thought it did.
''By what means did you enter?''
I'VE couldn't find any key to the door
and I went round to the front window I
found that the shutter open. The
catch wasn't on the window next the
STAIR, and we got in. The carpet was
gone and they had poured paint on the
floor. 1t hadn't been brushed except in
certain places. There were also bloody
stains on the base boards. There was a
big bloodsta1n near the north side and one
in the middle Of the floor The rocking
chairs arm was off, and the furniture was
moved into the middle of the room
wasn't in there again until the next day
after the body was found. The officers
went in with me again. Torch was one of
them.''