St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-19


"A lively. and cheerful childs" "Yes,
Coming back. how long before anything
ut was after we had come up quite a dis
tance."
What positions did you occupy in the
boat:"
The positions were about the same as GO
ing down.
well, / suppose you have thought the
drowning over a thousand times, and have
fixed your recollection. What were you do
ing about the time of the occurrenceg'
Il was pulling out past wing dam, to-
wards the west shore. trying to get out of the
strong current"
Turn to the jury ana tell them, as we'll as
you can remember, but no more than you
can remember, about the occurrence.
How it Happened.
The witness faced the jury and gave
them strong. steady look, and then
with his eyes fastened upon them re-
lated the occurrence in modulated,
clear and sympathetic voice. The sub
stance of the statement was as follows:
II was trying to cross over out of the
strong current. Baby was cheerful and
was looking at everything passing upon
the water. she saw something floating
that pleased her and said: 'liere it is
and III catching at it fell forward. lean
ing over the boat. Mrs. Horton jumped
up and caught the child, l think, bv the
hand. L raised up on the oars and Sprang
toward them. Just then the boat tipped
over up stream. Mrs. Horton caught
me by the neck ana we sank 10 the bottom.
In some way, don't remember how, | freed
myself from the hold of my wife. l don't
remember seeing them after that. 1 floated
down the stream, and the next thing knew
was sanding up in the water about as high
as my chest"
The rppito1 Of tho avantc vuoc lictapad
to by the jurors and audience with in
tense silence, ana it seemed to make
decidedly favorable impression anon all.
Horton, continuing, stated that he was
severely chilled by the water. He had
suffered with cold before, but that was
the Severest chill he had ever expert
enced. He related calling for help, and
the relief that came through Roddie
and his boat substantially as detailed
by other witnesses. He was confused
and had no definite conception as to his
location when he gained his footing on
the bar. Everything seemed afar off,
his eyes and ears being filled with
water. He did not remember just what
he said when he first shouted for help,
but after he heard a response to his
shout he replied that his wife and child
had been drowned and called for boat.
A juror asked for an explanation as
to his shouting at first that his wife and
child were drowned.
He supposed the time for such cues
ton was upon croSs-eXaminatiOn.
Mr. Erwin was willing that the juror
should ask that question while the
matter was fixed in his mind.
Mr.. Mum objected, stating that the
crosS-eXaminatiOn was for a specific
purpose, and would be very searching
Mr. Horton glanced at the Juror and
then turned to Mr.. Mum, and said
rather severely:
Il want this clearly understood right here,
before we go any further
he was proceeding to state that his
first cry was not that his wife and child
had been drowned, but that it was after
he had heard response to his call.
when interrupted by Mr.. Erwin and told
to confine himself to responses to QueS-
tions by counsel.
Mr.. Erwin piled witness with ques
tions, and in response he detailed how
Roddle came with his boat and then re-
turned for lantern. and how they
searched up and down the river for the
bodies. Roddie said it was dark,
and that the bodies would sink
to the bottom. and it was
needless to hunt for the bodies that
night. They then went on shore and to
the saloon spoken OF by other witnesses,
where Horton took glass of whisky
the first whisky he had ever drank.
They talked of the occurrence at the
saloon.
The noon recess was taken at this
point.