Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-30

| Ialk ABOUT one tnlng and then fly of
onto something else. He said to me,
Oh well! | am in trouble. | was am
hour getting out of him what he had
done. lie then went out, and | saw
him go up the hill.
The sheriff came to my house Deem
Der 10. He said he came to show me
an item in the paper which he did not
| believe was true, and showed me an
item in the Fairhaven HERALD to the
e1ect that Long was stopping with me
on the island.
The witness was cross. examined by
Mr.. Fairchild
You had never seen Dave from the
the time you saw him on the Sd of De-
cember until he came in with the
sheriff?
No sir.
What difference was there in his an
pearance when he came in with the
sheriff?
He was calmer but thinner.
Had he made any attempt to disguise
himself?
His moustache was shaved off.
EiWhat's the barber's name in the
woods?
There is none.
Did you ever get letters from Long
while he was in Jail?
Yes.
Counsel then endeavored to examin inc
the witness as to the contents of the
letter, but the objection of the defense
was sustained.
am sure that it was in August that
l saw Humes in Dawes house. | do
not remember what day of the week it
was. | saw Humes at Dawes house a
half dozen times. The first time was
in May, the last time | met him il was
later than August 20. 1t was always
IN the afternoon. 1t was probably July
or July 10 that they went Deriving.
| remember it was Wednesday.
The witness was then questioned as
to the affair at Mrs. Morris She
stated that it was in July, the last Sat
urday or some time prior thereto.
In the redirect examination the wit
ness related that on one occasion she
heard Humes say that if Long took Ida
to the convent he would kill him. and
Susan spoke up and said she hoped to !
God he would. Asked about insanity |
in her family the witness said her |
brother Charley was insane at her |
home in Kansas in 1881 and taken to /
an institution in Topeka, where he was |
kept eight months.
Adjournment was then taken until |
2 p. m.
A large number of witnesses were
called and disposed Of in the afternoon. |
The cross-eXaminatiOns generally were
brief The first witness called was /
Mrs. J. Mullens, a neighbor. She .
testified, in substance, as follows
l knew Long and Mrs. Long over a |
year. They came to our house. Their |
relations appeared t) be happy. II
knew Norman Humes. One dav last |
summer | went to Longs house to get /
Mrs. Long TO 90 bathing with me.
She said at first that she could not 90.
but finally she and Long came with
US. When we got down to the beach
she called me aside and said she must
go back, for Norman was coming to
see her She blushed and / thought
was wrong. She went
away and i'm about an hour she re-
turned. Soon afterward Humes came
also. Humes was always joking with
Mrs. Long when With her and Ida,
| saw him pat her cheek one day when
we were at the mill. Some time last
August she told me that Mr.. Long mad
been poisoned. She told me Humes
had spent the day with her once when
Mr.. Long was away
Mrs. Payne-I knew Long and his
wife intimately. They seemed happy
together Last August ! went to their
house and went in without knocking.
Mrs Long seemed confused. She then
excused herself, saying that Ida's fell
ow was in the front room. / listened
md heard her go up stairs. She came
iown with Norman Humes and he
went out the front door. One Sunday
We stopped at Longs TO get them to 20
)athing. Mrs. Long was the last to
cave the house. When we got to the
Jank over the beach she said she would
90 back to lock the or. / saw Humes
near by and noticed him go back to the
house with her. She staid about three
quarters of AN hour.
Ira f. ROdenburg, of Rome Precinct. /
Longs treatment Of his wife was kind
md pleasant. August oath last | saw
Mrs. Long and Humes on Orleans
treet outside Of town. They were i'm
,uggy. When she saw me She put her {
,arasol down over her face.
Joe A. Blankenship testified to see
ng Humes join Mrs. Long and Ida on
he street.
p. II. Blankenship-I am proprietor !
# the Paragon hotel, Fairhaven. About
october 10 last young man aud lady
anne in about 8 O'clock i'm the evening
nd wanted a room. ! asked him If he ,
wanted a room for the two, and he said
le did. | took them to room lG aud .,
anne out and shut the door. The fol-
owing morning about 8 o'clock she
anne to my room and wanted to see
ne privately. She said she wanted TO ]
get the room for the day. She said she
iad left her husband and did not want
lin TO find her. / told her she could ,
rot have the room. After she left ,
Iong came there and wanted TO know ,
his wife had been there with another
nan. ! told him what / knew.
Claude Blaukenship, bright look ,
ng, but timid child Of II years, was ,
lext called. I'm obedience 10 instruc- 2