The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-01-03

but he knew what he was about. Oh
n the way home Wesley and witness con
' yersed He said he did not want Lizzi,
!. to 90 to the Fair, and wanted to know why
4 she didn't stay with her mother at the
3 Fair. Mrs. Peak said young folks wanted
to have some fun, and that Lizzie hac
d been good to him, having sold her house
J. | hold goods to buy him clothing and food
i while he was in Jail. After reaching home
. Mrs. Peak found her supper table in the
|. same condition as when she went down
town, having left it without washing the
dishes In the house Warner again be-
/ gan to upbrald Lizzie, and accused Mr..
: and Mrs. Peak of upholding the former in
. her determination to leave him. We'll
+ see who lives the longest, her or me, y
r said Warner. He had half pint bottle
of whiskey from which he took one drink.
Mrs. Peak tried to get him to 60 to bed,
but he refused, and she took hold of his
arm and pushed him in the room, but he
( did not stay there long, and came out in
the room where Mr.. and Mrs. Peak were,
telling them to go to bed. He appeared
to be perfectly rational. When Mr.. and
Mrs. Peak finally retired, they left War
ner sitting on chair near the table on
which were the dishes. Mrs. Peak got
part way upstairs when she returned and
went to the table, and, taking the carving
knife, put it under some dishes out of
sight. About two o'clock the young men
knocked at the door of the Peak home
and said Lizzie had been stabbed. Mrs.
j Peak at once began to prepare for bring
ing her daughter into the house, clearing
the table on which the dishes were. The
carving knife was gone.
On Wednesday morning Joseph Peak
was the first witness. He testified that
Lizzie Peak was his daughter. She be-
came acquainted with Wesley Warner in
Burlington, where she kept house From
that place she went to Brooklyn, and
came home from that place and paid a
visit, being accompanied by Warner, who
occupied the same room with Lizzie. The
couple also came home Just before the
Fair and stayed week, occupying the
same room all the time. During this
| visit Lizzie and Wesley had several quar-
rels. While at the Fair on Thursday,
Lizzie and her sisters and two other girls
we're at the flying circus, but there were
| no men with them. Witness saw War
ner twice, once he was in fight, the next
time he was near where he had been
fighting, and was drunk. That night
Warner went to Peaks home under the
influence of liquor. Peak went to bed,
the breakfast table the next morning.
His face was bruised and his eye was
black. Witness detailed the meeting OF
Mrs. Warner, Wesley and man named
Prescott, all of whom were in a carriage.
Mrs. Warner asking if Wesley could 60
home with witness, to which she recely-
ed an affirmative answer. This was on
the night of the murder. On their ar
rival at the house, Warner kept talking
and walking about the room, and witness
told him to keep quiet, 60 to bed, or leave
the house. Warner had bottle with
him, and had been drinking. but was not
SO much under the influence of liquor but
he knew what he was about During his
talk Warner remarked, see if | don't
outliye her" Before going to bed, Mrs.
Peak piled up the dishes on the table,
covering the carving knife with meat
dish. When Mr.. and Mrs. Peak went to
bed, they left Warner sitting in a chair
near the table. The next thing they knew
there was somebody calling them. The
front door, which was bolted when wit |
ness went to bed, was wide open, and |
Warner was gone. Mrs. Peak moved the |
dishes and found the carving knife was
missing.
The cross examination of Peak by Mr. |
Hendrickson was very thorough and |
searching He endeayored to show that
there was no special attempt to conceal
the carving knife, and also tried to show
that Warner and Peak drank together, |
and that the latter had been drinking in T
Mount Holly. Peak denied both of these |
allegations Warner generally addressed |
Lizzie's parents as father and mother.
Amanda Peak first knew of Warner |
living with her sister in Burlington. Liz
zie, witness and Clarence Warner, I
brother of Wesley, left Burlington and !
went to Brooklyn, meeting Wesley at !
Jersey City. Clarence Warner and wit |
ness have been married, and have never |
been divorced. After they had been in
Brooklyn for some. time the goods ar |
rived. a hatswns rented, and the four peo-
pie went to Housekeeping, Wesley and I
Lizzie rooming together. A few months
later Wesley was arrested. The idea of
this testimony was to prove that Lizzie |
and Warner held the relation of man and I
wife. Mr.. Hendrickson objected to this
evidence, saying he would admit that
they had occupied that position. Wit
ness then told of Wesley, Lizzie and
Julia, another sister, coming to Mount
Holly the Saturday before the Fair. On
Thursday Lizzie spoke of going to the
Fair, when Wesley objected, saying he
had not money enough to pay her way.
Then he asked her for money, which she
refused to give him, saying she needed it |
for Il pair of shoes. Lizzie went to the
Fair. and, with her sisters, met Annie
Rossell and Ollie Brown. They had
ride on the flying swings, and then they
met three fellows from Burlington, two of
whom were with the girls, and one walk
ed with witness and Lizzie. They went
to the beer saloon, and one of the men }
named Frank, bought some beer which |
he brought out, and in handing it to the
girls spilled some of it on Lizzie's Dress |
Warner came up and accused Lizzie of
being drunk. He was under the irfiu-
ence of liquor. She ran from him, he
followed her, and witness after him. |
When the latter came up to the other i
two. she found Warner upbraiding Lizzie,
accusing her of being drunk and spend |
ing his money on other people. Lizzie |
denied this and finally left Warner, who
followed her to the beer stand, and then |
began to quarrel with one of the fellows, |
and threatened to fight him. The latter |
declined to get into row, and the girls
went away, leaving the two fellows quar-
reling. That evening as the girls were
going towards the depot, Warner and his
brother were down town. Wesley was
drunk, and he again began talking about
|
and running with other fellows IF
looked like you, said Lizzie, I'D 60 to
the bridge and Jump of, and say, here
goes nothing" THAT would suit you
too WE'LL" said Warner. That night wit
ness and Lizzie went to bed together. |
They had been asleep for some time when |
Warner entered the room, and began |
abusing Lizzie. calling her vile names,
shaking his fist at her. Warner began /
disrobing and witness got out of bed and |
left the room. After breakfast next morn
ing, Warner asked Lizzie if she wanted |
him to come back. She said she did not,
and Wesley said she might be sorry for
that. On the night of the murder Lizzie
had on hat belonging to witness, and |
her own coat. Lizzie and Amanda were
at the Arcade hotel that evening, when
Warmers mother came up and asked Liz
zie to take a ride saying she would be
back In five minutes. Lizzie complied, |
and was gone about fifteen minutes and |
then the girls went to the Opera House.
After the entertainment, the girls went |
to the bicycle railway, and then home,
accompanied by Chester Stroud, Harry |
Matlack and Thomas Shinn. After turn
ing into the South Pemberton road, the
path was narrow and the party walked |
single file as follows: Harry Matlack,
Lizzie, Katie, Stroud, Amanda and Shinn /