The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-08-02
rHF nEKaFELD ExAMIsArros.
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TnE DALLEs, August 2.-Court:con /
vened at ESQ a. M.
died saw letter written by Mrs. Spicer,
the letter is now probably destroyed or
in the possession OF Bert Rogers.
Mr.. F. Spencer, son n-in-law of deceased
testified: Defendant and deceased had
some trouble about money matters.
Defendant made q proposition to Mrs.
Rogers and both became very much ex-
cited. Mrs. Rogers gave defendant
money to pay school taxes, which the
tax collector eaid was never paid. Berg
field said that he had the receipt but
could not find it. Defendant called her
some hard names did not remember all
of them, he called her @ 'damd old hog"
The defendant, after her death, said
that he had no more respect for Mrs.
Rogers than for dog. Was sent by the
defendant to see how Bert Rogers felt
about the matter and whether he sus-
picioned the defendant. The defendant
wanted me to get Bert to stand in with
him, as VIII Rogers would have the
matter gone through with, and
Bert had great influence over Will. De-
| fendant said that his defense would be
suicide, and also that he thought that
there was a will made ont in favor of
the boys, and that Mrs. Rogers had
committed suicide to cheat him and his
wife. Defendant said that G. Gates and
Mr.. Crossen spoke with her, and that
Mrs. Rogers acted silly telling them that
her life had been threatened. She
clung to them saying that she was afraid
of her life. Bergfeld told me that he
had never threatened her life, and that
1 had heard all the threats made. De-
fendant said that he would take the ad-
ministration out of her hands, and that
he told Mrs. Rogers that she had the
place decided to her with theunderstand-
ing that when the mortgage was paid il
would be decided back to the estate, and
this was the reason he was going to have
the administration taken out of hel
hands. He said that he would have s
lawyer draw mp the necessary papers.
On cress examination witness saio
that Bergfeid was dissatisfied with the
management of the estate. During de
fendants,couversation with the deceased
there was considerable recriminatior
between the t1o. as the dsfendan
clafmed that as soon as the property wa,
cleared from debt It would revert to tn
!, estate The deceased claimed that i
/ would becomother property absolutely
4 k<f kHxaI knk Noffhor 7
, my wife took any steck in the atorfe
, concerning the death, but I deceive'
them in this. told them severa
I times that had no suspicious.
81 Mrs. Bergfeld said that she though
3 if her mother was poisoned it was don
r with her own hand. Witness said tha
I he did not remember whether Mrs. Berg
! field said that it would bea horribl
q thing to have her mother suspected {
4 poisoning herself The defendant sal
8 that be did not have the $1,000 br
4 would pay in the fall in time to be al
a piled on the mortgage. He con6plaine
because she sent money to Will Roger
Witness said that Mrss Rogers had
s pretty vigorous tongue when angeret
e and said mean things to Bergfeld. Sh
/ once called him thief. She becam
excited and / told Mr.. and Mrs. Regel
that thought she was crazy at times
, I also said that Mrs. Rogers had troub
'' enough to drive her crazy. She allude
:, to her troubles in her conversation wit
IF Bergfeld. Mr.. Bergfeld charged Mr.
!. Rogers with trying to separate him an
:, his wife. Mrs. Rogers said that it ws
. not 80, and Mrs. Bergfeld said that
IS was lie; you have.
Court took recess till p. m.