The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-12-28
Common Council.
CONTINUED from last weekly

ASoutluu0n lrOIu lust WEEK.
Mr. Bumps, witness, sworn, examined. testI
| fled as TO- ows:
L wish 10 state gentlemen have been well ac
guam ed With all OF the nj hlwatches. Mr.. Bar
rlsiOrd, included. for "A long tme and the rest OF
Them. being on friendly terms W III them all;
nave went around nights wlt'them on their beat;
1 new go 10 bed until after ~ O'Clock,
! II /, habit with me. Tor | cannot 20 Ia
sleep so | walk around and talk W tn them;
on this Occas n came out of the Exchange
hotel. meet Mr.. iammon on the corner
right by the hotel we stayed there and
talked "A few minutes when he said that he had
got 10 go ana meet Ed, and said have not
seen ED IA long while, have not seen hun
since nc has been over on the west side; we
walked along down To the bridge and we met
Mr. Cady, somewhere near the bridge, forget
Just which side Of the bridge IL was when We got
down there, we got in n conversation and got to
talking about hunting, I'd and had agreed TO
60 hunting this fall, l was not able TO go on ac
count OF business, am very 10 Id OF hunting
myself, he salu To me that he had got two boy is
that he had found up in west town in the jail who
had II double barrel shot gun, that they wanted
To sell, aud remarked PEI haps can buy that
he said that the boys did not have any money
aud had no place 10 go, and they was trying to
sell this TO get money. l said now lets go down
ana see them. We three walked down, the out
side door was locked AT that time, didn't
notice whether the cell was locked. the boys
stayed inside. L talked with them, and asked
| them questions about the gun, whether they
owned IL or not, asked them where their nome
was told them that heard they didn't have
any money, ana they laid they had three cents
between them, they wanted 10 20 TO Chippewa
and work, they said they had nothing 10 eat,
said have got s. 90, if you want it for your gun
| will give ii to you, and took the gun and
looked 1t over, and thought IL was worth $40
| then they inquired when the next train went
| that they could get out on, told them there
was train about o'clock, they said that they
would like TO 80 as soon rs they could, and
| told them that the night-watch would let them
| ou, and took the gun up TO the office On our
way Up there L saiu, am sorry for the boys
they have not had any supper, Cady says, have
10 hat ~
had got down to the National hotel, John says
he had 10 make his bea down there and Cady
said TO give me the keys to let then out, and he
would give them back TO you when you come
back up here, and see no harm in his trusting
me with the keys, there was nobody else in
there, that was the understanding, that they
were TO be let out in time to go on that Clock
train. went and let the boys out OF the cell, L
took them down under the basement OF Keyte
store, they did not know what to order for their
lunch so told them l would get them good
cheap lunch, / ordered u cup of coffee, and a
sandwich and plate OF beans, for each OF them
and they got very good lunch for 10 cts, said
good night to the boys and left them there and
went and looked for John 10 give him the
keys, saw the boys no more John knew moth
ing about the boys, he knew nothing about It
until Cady said what have stated.
CROSS-EXAMINATIoN BY MIR. CHAPMAN.
@ wish you would state what Cady said
about letting them outt a | think he said to
John, IL was understood that the boys wanted
to go away on that train?
q DO you know what AXE that gun is! a
The New Baker.
g Was 1t an old or new gun? A Neither
old or new, been used some.
q What would 1t cost when new? $1,000,
1t was very rusty inside, IL had been used, 1t
was rusty, will sell that gun for the same
price gave for II, | have tried 1t two or three
times, and cannot hit anything with IT..
q Is that any fault OF the guny A Yes,
think IL is the boys got the best OF me, Will be
pleased to trade back anytime, II that man in
Adrian wants the gun, he will have to pay me
the so to get it.
Q BY Aid Parker You heard the statement
OF this agent, in your opinion Is 1t exageratedY
The statement they made to the agent, that
they got 80 10 which they got their tickets
would not have had any money except three
cents. .
John S Haggart, witness produced, sworn
and examined testified as follows:
DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. BUMPS.
@ Mr. Haggart, you reside in the city, and
druggist on the west Sidey A Yes, sir.
@ You remember these boys that have been
talked about here! Yes, sir.
@ Did they thy to sell you the gun? Yes,
SIR
Q Tell what you know about that matter?
Two boys came in the store, one had the
barrel and the other the stock, they came in
and said somebody had informed them that
wanted to buy gun, said what kind of gun
have you got, put II together, and l asked
them what they would take for the gun, and
they said $500, says IL IL not worth that just
tn II L saw Mr.. Cady come in, and he said TO
them, where did you get the gun, and they said
it was theirs. cannot give the conversation
",
body asked them where they were going, anu 1
believe they said Chippawa Lake. and said
what do you want to sell the gun FOR II you are
going up there, one of them says, We have got
no money; asked them where they came from
and they said Adrian; Mr. Cady asked them how
much IL cost to come from Adrian, and and they
said il cost $500. Somebody said that john
Revenaugh wanted to buy II gun, and Mr. Cady
and the boys went out together, trying TO dis
pose of the gun, after closed up, saw MIR
Cady and talked with him, and asked him
whether he found out ii they had stolen the
gun, he said he had not, he said he believed
that they had not stolen the gun, and told them
tina ii they did not have any placeto stay, that
they could go down and stay to the jail. he said
that he saw the boys ut the station this morn
ing that Mr. Bumps bought the gun and
they seemed tichled l think he bought the
gun cheap enough, would have given them
SS0 for II, you can buy the gun new for $3.50
from the jobbers. II Is gun that has been
made eight years, 1T was u New Baker" L
think the gun was worth about 5000. 1t was
badly rusted. L think that the gun has been
used for three or four years, the boys SAID that
the gun had only been shot eight times, said IL
you have only shot it eight times, it is very
rusty inside, and it will take IS 10 to bore the
gun out. From the different stories the boys
told, l did not want the gun.
CROSS EXAMINATION BY MIR. CHAPMAN.
q Do you know what the fare is from here to
Chippawa Lake? do hot, 1t might have
been 1925. l might say al 1 know about it, is
what have heard.
Charles w Parker, witness produced, sworn
and examined, testified as follows:
DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MIR BUMPS
q Please state to the Council what you know
about this matter OF the boys and their gun on
this occasion. Very evidently, 1t relates to
q couple OF boys saw in Mr.. Posts store. L /,
was in there engaged in conversation with Mr. |
Post in the store when the two boys came in, |
about seventeen or eighteen years old, and they |
stepped up and asked, do you know OF any one |
that wants TO buy gun, and he just simply said |
no. and they turned around ana walked out OF |
the store, and being little suspicious, in |
about three minutes, went out on the street |
and saw them coming from the south side OF |
Main street on Lansing. l met them at Mr. |
Kiefer 5, and says to them, boys, what kind OF
a gunnave you got to SELF they says u New |
Baker" says, would like To see II, one OF |
them had stalk and the other had the barrel in |
paper; they unwound it and showed il TO me, |
and see that IL was not new gun, didn't |
that was the name OF it, they said |
that they wanted to sell the gun, they said we |
are here without any money, and one OF them |
said they came from Grass Lake, and asked |
them what they wanted for it, they said Sl5.uO, |
they said thut they would be willing To take |
that, cast my eye around TO sec IL could sec !
anything OF Mr. Cady. and says, perhaps you |
can sell that over to Mr. Haggarts, he is quito n J
sporting man, so they went over 10 Mr. Hag- |
CARTS and followed them there, IL little dis |
tance behind passed by and up TO MIR Walshs |
store, and said TO Cady, thatthcre was two boys |
on the street wanting TO sell gun, and IL would |
be we'll enough to go in and see what we could |
make out of them, he went in there. / remained |
Cady had the gum looking AZ IL, examining 10
and he asked them where they came from and |
one OF them spoke up ana said IL was from |
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