Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-09-24

,owee said he was going to school;
knew he bad accident policy
aiken out u year ago; we were al
then, employed on loco
motive work; he did work on
racks; / did carpenter work on en-
zine; / was insured first, had peen
aid up and drew $44; there he tried
o explain something about the IN
surance aud the policies); knew the
policies were payable to me; ne
knew that 1 never had mine
1 was at home last right;
was there all day; Cowee had been
at my home before and knew wnere
I lived; he knew where Baker lived;
I heard one witness tell about his
enquiring for my house; we never
had any trouble or disagreement;
there was little trouble about q
girl, hut no misunderstanding about
this; l think that Cowee could have
told the truth better than he did; he
bad written to girl about me tell
ing lie, afterwards wrote her that
he had lied; he seemed jealous; that
is about the only excuse for doing
what he did; / went to see him
about it to Burley's after the 4th OF
July; he started reports some time
before that; saw him at church first;
took ride; wanted to talk with
him and he rode to certain place
with me; don't remember the con-
versation at house; think he asked
me to come over; we took our lunch
along; went for ride principally;
he asked me to come over; his only
excuse about the lies is that II
thought more about other folks than
of him;' he was great hand to
talk; have often told him not to do
80; ne was a good-hearted boy,
liberal, ETC., saw him last Wednes-
day at A p. M; II went to Portland
on business, after papers in regard to
money / have coming to me; Is not
connected with this man; did not
know he was going to Portland at
the time; the papers were to be left
at the Merchants hotel by ]. Port;
has been here before; I came up on
5:l5 train from Portland; did not
see Cowee after that; Cowee
said he was going home, to school,
to learn teiegraphy, as he had to
change his occupation and earn his
living by his head instead of handsI
do not know Of his return here;
know of no difficulty; heard of
drowning about 10; l came right
down town; the policy was drawn
in my favor; mine to be Ia his; we
had been together great deal; l ex-
pected the benefit from his policy
should be have died; I don't know
whether I can draw policy money
as I think time was up, he could
not have paid policy without me
knowing it; he took leave of me and
said goodbye; his railroad ticket
would have cost him $35; he told
agent he would be In later; he owed
ME little, / always considered II
given to him, have given him
money considerable; when I was
sick in Grand Island, l was at his
fathers two weeks: never had any
particular trouble with him; never
threatened himi told wife about the
policy same as told the jury; fhere
spoke about taking out policy some
more], dom! care to tell about
money L went after IN Portland, 1t
has nothing to do with this case; we
went to Portland together, rode in
same car; ! had intended to 60 on
Friday before but did not on account
of wife not wanting ms to do soI
Cowee's fathers address 10 "T. p.
Cowee, Grand Island, Neb.; Altos's
age was 21, in July last, think; ]
am %; Ports occupation was FORM
erly car builder; he lives at Port
land; don't know whereabouts.
The taking of the testimony at the
coroner's inquest was not completed
until after 4 o'clock yesterday after.
noon and Immediately the jury re-
paired to tue Office of A. o. Condit,
deputy prosecuting attorney, and af-
ter short time the following ver-
dict was reached:
1--WE the jury summoned to in
quife into the death of Otto S.Cowee,
wi hose body lies before us, after care
full examination find that he came
to his death between the hours of q
p. M, september %, and a. M,
September %, 1892, from some cause
to us unknown.
"E. M. CRoIsAN, Foreman,
"CHAG. III. SIMPSON,
"R. HI. CROssAN,
"R. G. KEENE,
sc. +. ROYAL,
20. A. WALLER"
Since the verdict In this case has
been made public, the impression
has grown, and is still growing, that
| the testimony taken WAS not sufli.
cient, and that the conclusions ol
the jury cannot be final.
In the first place 1t is doubted by
many that Cowee was in Portland
on last Wednesday, for two reasons;
First, the young man who accom-
panied him to the train on thai
morning, says he put Cowee's grips
into the car. After this he bid him
goodbye and left him talking 10 q