Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-04-03

me 10 he on my guard, - WAS liable
at any moment to be killed BY Mrs.
Johns; this certainly alarm ed me con.
siderably. The person who told me
has not appeared in this case.
BY DR.. Estill How and in what
wav did she speak to you, when she
changed?
Mr.. Bruner.-She spoke sharply
and s"grily. 1t was only with regard
to tho question Of fees in tho Boise
case. The delay in the mining ca~+
has hoe" explained to her.
BY Dr.. FiQei"s.-Did Mrs Johns
accuse von. a. this angry interview On
her retur" from Montana. If sending
" hiring men to prison her?
To the Court: The conversation /
had with her WAS possibly last No
vemher.
Mrs. Johns on tho stand: 10 A
.ears old; was born in Hancock
county. ILL.,; lived At Carthage. III F.,
tho county seat, till Is yesrs old;
fathers name Is J. P. W-lch; mothers
name Elizabeth; lived on . ranch
three miles from town; IL oily child !;
''ould describe the home OF her youth !;
ner memory 10 unimpsired; mA'r,e"
t'ere AMI went t., Scotland count,
Missouri; lived there two years; then
back to illinois, close to her par, nt- ;
ived there good many years-ahou,
i've years-till she went to Colorado;
'sme TO HALEY about IL years ego
This spring-thc 18th Of April; frs
stopped in Bell. vue. lived there few
mo"th', the" came to Harley; houph,
ur"perty here. lived in K+tchum elk
mouths. one year in Nevada. II
months in Montana. Pebbles dry
go"'r. notions, etc.. on the trips for I.
living; when rot on such trips makes
HALEY her home; deals IN towels.
handkerchief. lso-s, notions OF ali
ki"ds ono 'o"ld mention, almost; buy
aud sells all kinds OF commodities il
which the thinks there may he .
profit; h-en at this five years, the las,
time; before, for about three wears.
sh" did not peddle; nobody aids he,
in any way, shape or form; knows he,
.wn business, has sense enough to
attend to it, and seldom. il ever, ask.
vi. holly what she shall hny or do;
never WAS unable to transact her husi
"e~.; can recall tha scenes Of he,
childho d with fully a. much cIearne..
IS she ca" describe her business dur
ing thu past Eve years; never hem
troubled with any disease, nor laid il
he'd over three days, in her life.
Knows P. NJ. B'uner; h. hiss been
t'nnsac'ing legal business Tor h.r
about three years; the Grst transaction
was; l had been down to Nevada.
selling goods; and on my return l
found Mr.-[i",errupted by coun>
eel. My house Was taken away
from me while l was gone b,
Sullivan & Angel; I asked Mr..
Bruner it no could get it back;
he said he could, very easily;
l asked him how much no would
charge; he said 300; i, cot M
about $3.50, before l got it back. The
TEX. employment WAS about the Hope
mine; he said for to give him *25-
interrupted " counsrl.] lt~.s TWO
years next July, | thin,. [,r. Bru-
ner. interrup,i"Q: That suit has beef
on tor three years. He said it 20
give him $25 he'd make out the frs,
papers. and | could pay him what~ve,
was right when ! got my share Of thu
mine. He would tot make out Il
first papers for nearly . year AFTER
ward; h. never had time; he did
make EN- out before went to Mon,
'ana; wrote him from Montana, and,
after ! had been away some three
months, sent him $25; q suit was |
commenced, and there has been moth |
ing whatever done in that suit, to m,
knowledge; she thought abou, this
suit. occasionally; is not inclined to
trouble herself over such little mat.
tiers, hecanae il sha wins il is oil
right, il she loses il 10 all riekt-sh-
can make living anyhow. That was
not the last matter in which She I'm.
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