Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-11-28
MEXICO, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 49, 1889

cumstances, everything about the
place showing evidences of thrift.
True, he owed some small debts,
but more than enough stock was on
the place to pay them His family
relations had not been as might
have been, but after all, it does
seem hard that q man should bat
Tie with the cares of life so long
and at last meet with such an un-
timely end-to leave nothing but
his estate for seemingly undeserv-
ing relatives to quarrel and wrangle
over.
DIR. E. S. Cave was the next
witness called. 'sI am the county
Coroner. I was at the Collins
residence Sunday morning at about
is O'clock The witness proceed
ed to explain the situation as he
found it, differing in no way from
the evidence of the two previous
witnesses. He reported all that
Mrs. Collins said to him previous
to the inquest. He said: 81
noticed nothing peculiar about the
Gov ering of the bed. 1t was turned
back evenly; perhaps slightly
wrinkled at the foot of the bed. II
seemed very smooth 1t did no,
! appear to have been used" DR..
Cave was asked to produce the
bullet, which he did. 1t was fat.
tened at the sharp end and also
slightly on the side of the blum,
end.
DISCRIMINATION.
"The back door would not lock;
there was no key hole. The other
| doors would lock, I think. They
had some kind of fastening. The
back door was fastened with stick
of wood when last l was there
Mrs. Collins said her husbands
pantaloons we're lying on the hool
near the bed. The pillow on the
north side of the bed was not useG
since it had been smoothed. Il
was not perfectly clean.
Mr.. Robertson: s.Does not &
feather pillow regain its shape
easily after being depressed p
Mr.. Cave 81 don't know about
that; mine doesn't" Mr.. Robert
son: "Well, maybe yours has
held that shape ever since you have
been rooming by yourself" Mr.
Cave: "You may possibly know
what the Bible says about judging
others from your own experience p
Levity prevails.
Witness "The hair close te
the wound was burned and scorch
ed at Q little distance from the
wound. The skin was burnt and
blackened in close proximity to th'
wound. The hair was scorched fol
a distance of about two inches from
the wound.
Sheriff Adams testified to sub
stantially the same as Coroner
Cave. They both went to thu
house at the same time.
| oss-ExAMINAFIoN.
GO" saw no other tracks in fros
except those on the well platform
I did not examine south of tht
house for there was little frost ther,
and good deal of walking wal
done there before daylight. I saw
three barefoot tracks in the frost OF
the well curb near the rear kitcher
door"
! Mr.. Kendall said: ~ was at th,
Collins house Sunday morning.
looked for tracks about sunrise.
saw no tracks going east or south. ,
| DISCRIMINATION.
II saw no tracks west excep
toward the barn. 1 think the boy
had done the feeding there"
| VIM. Sims was called. HI
testified u was at the Collins
house when Mrs. Scanland wa'
arrested and afterwards. I wa
sitting by the stove; Mrs. Scan
land was sitting on sofa to th'
rear of me. She arose and walked
across the room to the window OF
the west side of the house. She
looked out and remarked i woult
like to know what those boys wer'
standing talking to that fellow 20
man. for?' That drew my attention
more colsely to her. She stoo'
there looking over the crowd out
side for about a minute and a halt
She knelt down by the side of tn
window where she remained
minute and a half. She drew
parasol or umbrella up over he
) head so that / only saw part of he
face. After a while she returne'
. to the sofa where she remained
few moments. She then arose an
, partly opened the door. Arthu
told her not to leave the room.
also told her not to go. Said sh
: wanted to. l told her not to g
without permit. She wanted m
to get permit for her. l starte
out but was only half across th
room when she got up and sal
my Godl' She clasped her hand
r together and repeated the exclams
tion several times. She CON
menced screaming which excite
me. / went to Mr.. Quisenberry
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