The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-02-08
TESTIMONY AND VERDICT.
The True Version of The Affair
Mrs. Iugletcn Killed Livingston In Defense
Of Her Honor.

morning was washing dishes IN the
kitchen, heard somebody holler muir
DER and scream; I kept the doc!
shut, but at last opened it and saw
Livingston in my room No. 81 lying
on the bed. Itook him of the bed,
laid him on the floor. (In answer tC
a question: I thought it was 9
woman's voice that shouted murder.
The man seemed to me to be dead
when taken off the bed"
CSigned) Mrs OssENBREGdEN.
Mrs. Atchison sworn: WAS in
Mrs. Ossenbreggen's rooms, heard
woman scream murder, saw Mrs.
Iugleton in the door; Livingston had
her by back of neck, with hatchet
over her head going to strike; she
was bent over and pulling away from
him: turned my head; when !
looked again she wasn't therei saw
blood on her hand; couldn't see her
face when she was in the door, he
was bringing the hstchet down on
her head, and her face was turned
away"
(Sipned) ALICE ATCHIsoN.
DR.. A. l.. Fulton sworn: Exam
ined body OF Livingston; examined
private parts; condition Of same bore
evidence that he had been having or
or attempting to have sexual inter
course q short time before the time
at which I examined the body"
81 examined Mrs. Ingleton's head;
she was cut on right side of head,
there were also two cuts or bruises
on her head; one. of the cuts pene-
trated the inner table Of the skull;
the other two we're through the skin
down to the bone; the cuts on the
head appeared to have been made by
some sharp edged instrument; the
cuts on the hand made apparently
BY blows; she made several incoher.
ent statements regarding the occur
renee"
(Signed) A. L. FULTON.
J. R. Gilstrap, sworn: "Was in
front of P. A. Stokes store at 1880
yesterday morning; heard screaming;
saw woman running, carrying hatch
ct, when she got within few fee! of
me she said, get doctor: for God 9
sake get DOCTOR she was covered
with blood and seemed out OF her
mind. l went up stairs; saw Livings =
ton lying on his back by the side Of
the bed in No. 9; he wasn't dead; in
half q minute he was moved out in
the hall; he died in front of the door
in about two minutes; his mouth was
filled with blood and he could not
speak. 1 passed through hall, saw a
revolver through open door OF room
13, chief Of police Barry and I went
in; about in front of the door set a
chair; the pistol was lying on the
chair, this was about noon; in
the center OF the room was woman's
skirt, turned partly wrong side out;
there was O bed in the adjoining
room: the bed had been made up, the
white counterpane was turned back;
the bed looked mussed and crumpled ;
on the side of the bed was a wet place
on the white counterpane, about the
size Of half the palm Of mans hand.
Chief of Police Barry had asked NIT
to go with him into the rooms. stand
there and watch him to see all t!iat
he did,"
(Signedl J. r. GILsTRAP.
DR.. J. A. Fulton sworn: "Saw the
body Of Livingston at 1870 yesterday
morning, 1t was lying at west end Of
hall over Foard Il Stokes store; he
had been shot through the lungs; l
went into room 13 at request OF chief
Of police Barry, because he said that
an examination of the room showed
that the bed had been disturbed; the
bed looked Gs though it had been
lain on or crowded down on, and on
one side OF the bed, on the counter
pane there was q moist stain; exam
ined it; took off the counterpane,
brought it to my Office; went over to
coroner's morgue where body was ly-
ing, examined the private parts, found
seminal fluid, put it under micre.
scope, found that there were sperma-
toZoa in it; showing eonclusively that
there had been election of seminal
fluid. l then took o small piece of
the counterpane where it was stained,
about half an inch square; (it was
still moist and subjected it to micro
scopical analysis; also examined un-
der microscope q small part of the
tuid on counterpane not yet dried;
the result proving the fact that the
stain on the Counterpart bad been
produced by seminal fluid"
Examined woman's head; had
three wounds on left side; two made
by blunt instrument; her throat ex-
hibited slight blush stain on the
right side; the woman's clothes were
torn"
| [Signedl J. A. FULTON.
MRS. lNaLEFoN's TESTIMONY.
The jury then went up to st. Mary's
hospital to take the testimony of Mrs.
1ugleton, who was in ward in that
institution, with a bandaged head
and arm, and evidently in q very
weak state. Being sworn, she said
Livingston came to our rooms yes
terday morning and l asked him to
t1x the muslin curtain on the transom
over the door; / went into the bed
room and soon 1 heard him look the
door; l was surprised at that, and as
started to go out in the room where
he was he. caught me around the
waist and pushed me into the bed
room. Then I said, I'll boiler, lei
me go or I'll call Jimmy he said
do you think I am a fool? / went
down to the dock and saw that your
husbands boat was gone before
came up here. II you make q noise
I'll cut your throat Then he pushed