Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-01

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cution called .. I. Hambleton, who
was Il resident Of WaUpaco in 1852, as
witness In the Mead case this morning
He went to the bank with Mr.. Manches
ter directly after the discovery of the
murder, and his testimony related main
~ to the position and appearance Of
Mead's body when found The ques
tons asked on cross examination indi-
cate that the defense Will combat the
theory that Mead was struck on the
head with a club before he was shot
and that an effort will be made to show
that he was killed outright By charge
of shot fired through the window
Hambleton testified that there were
cuts on the top of Mead's head aud
was asked many questions regarding the
/ location of the blood stains on the walls.
He said that he had picked up some of
the shot that was found scattered i'll
1 the room and produced an envelope
containing this shot which was offered
in evidence. Hambleton said that on
| the evening of the murder he was read
ing a newspaper at DR.. Manchester's
house, where he roomed, and that
about midnight he heard the report Of
a gun. He testified that it was Prior's
/ business as night Waterman to see to
the lighting of the street lamps, and
that the night Of October I, 1882, was
stormy and unusually dark.
O. II. Rowe. who was undcr-sheriff
when the murder was committed told
how he found things when he went to
the bank after Mead was found dead,
but there was nothing specially new i'm
/ his testimony J. NJ Hatch clerk of the
court, was the next Y illness, and he
! testified that Banker Mead's books had
/ been in his possession since last Novem-
1 her, when they We're turned over to
him by Attorney Sanborn. c. w. Lake
was then recalled to the stand and said
that in his capacity as administrator he
had occasion to thoroughly examine
Meads books and papers and that
certain book in which the banker kept
petty accounts was Lissing.
The district attorney handed Mr.
Lake a small record book which the wit
ness examined and said was issued
by the banker for the purpose of keep
ing an account of the bonds in his pos
session. In this book Mead entered
both the numbers and amounts of his
bonds, Witness told where he kept the
books while they were in his possession
and said that Mt different times they
were i'm charge of James Chesley, who
was one of the administrators, and
Mayor Reed He said that he had
never authorized anybody to destroy
any books or papers belonging TO Mead
and relating to the accounts for 1882
When court adjourned for dinner Mr.
Quarles asked Lake to examine the
books produced in court and see if he
could find the petty ledger
Part Of the testimony given Wednes-
day afternoon by witness Lake, Bank
err Mead's nephew and administrator
of his estate, was stricken out by order
of the court The testimony related to
! photographs and was not very import
ant Judge Bardeen held that the
prosecution must put the photographer
on the stand and prove that the pic
/ lures were representations of the bank
er's safe If they were to be offered IN
evidence. The witness who followed
Mr. Lake on the stand was Mrs Sophia
( OyrOm, whose maiden name was Sew
erSon and who was employed mt the
Vosburg House at the time Of the muir
der 1t was she who was sent to the
bank when Mead failed to come for
his meals on the day after the crime
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dead body She simply told how she
discovered the fact of the murder at
about > o'clock in the afternoon and
she was not cross examined. The state
then proved the authenticity of its
photographs by putting Photographer
KnudSen on the stand and Frank Vos-
burg, the hotel proprietor was the next
witness called He testified TO the cx-
iStence Of a ledger for the year 1852
kept by Banker Mead, and this caused
scrimmage between the attorneys,
regarding the account books that were
FOR n time i'm the possession of the de
PENDANTS attorneys. Mr.. Quarles said
the ledger for 1852 was missing and
Mr. Fclker considered this a reelection
upon Judge Cote. Judge Bardeen
stopped the discussion 10y sharply or
deriug the examination Of the witness
to proceed
Mr. Yosburg testified that the regis
ter Of his hotel for the month Of Oc-
tober, 1852, had disappeared and there
is much conjecture as to what bearing
this point has on the case. He said
he did not know just when the register
disappeared, AID that he had been uu-
able 10 lind any trace Of it, though he
had made diIgent search. Mr. Nos-
burg was the last witness before the
court adjourned for the day.
The jurors sleep in the court room
on cot beds and their slumbers are
guarded by the elizorS, rs the officers
in charge are called In the daytime
this court room is one of the hottest
places extant and the jury emerged
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