Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-13
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said: she had said to Coroner Eaton that
they wanted a thorough investigation
Of the matter, and MI. Wadsworth had
said about the same thing. . y.
Mrs. Wadsworth stated that neither
she nor Mr.. Wadsworth attended the
funeral of Ed Severson because they did
not know when it would take place,
and the weather was very bad-a heavy
snow storm. Her health and that of
Mr.. Wadsworth was one Of the reasons
they did not attend: up to the time Mr..
Eaton had told them Of the fact that Ed
had been shot witness said she had no
idea, other than that he had been kicked
by a horse.
On the preceding day, they had had
supper about 4 o'clock; the boy Roehm
was i" the canons that afternoon, cut
ting cedar: he come to the ranch between
B and 4 O'Clock, not long before supper
probably half an hour: he did not
come into the house until he came to
supper: during the hour before supper,
Mr.. Wadsworth was in the house most
Of the time-only out a few minutes
while she was preparing supper: after
supper, he did not leave the house-he
was never accustomed to go out in the
evening, or when it was dark-had done
so since he was paralyzed: Severson, the
witness&aid: was at the ranch some of
the time on the afternoon of the Goth:
he had come into the house after two
o'clock, ate a lunch and went out, in
tending to go to the river: Mr.. Wads-
worth had been in the shop with him
since morning, and came in at 2 O'Clock,
having asked the time as he came in: he
did not 60 out of the house but once
after that, on that afternoon; they re-
tired that night shortly after 6 o'clock:
witness could not say when Severson
retired.
Witness remembered being asked for
Severson's rifle a day or two after he
was killed: thought Mr.. Mikkelson had
asked for it. She had gotten it of Sew
erson's room, where she had put it on
the afternoon Of the 21st, when she had
taken it from the woodshed-she had
seen it there as she was passing through
the shed and said to herself: "Poor Ed,
he will never use it again and I will put
it away" Witness had no knowledge
concerning the death of Ed Severson,
except as she had stated.
Attorney Miller began upon the cross
examination of the witness late yester-
day afternoon, and at shortly after 5
O'Clock court was adjourned, the wit
ness stating to the court that she was
unable to answer any further questions
then, and accordingly further cross ex-
animation was postponed to this morn
ing. The state requested that some ar
rangement be made whereby the witness
be permitted to converse with no one
concerning the case until the cross ex-
animation was finished. After some con
sultation among the attorneys in the
case, Mrs. Frank Donnelly was chosen
to go with the witness and see that no
communication was had with her by
anyone concerning the case. The cross
examination was resumed this morning,
and the witness was closely questioned
as to conversations had the morning of
the homicide, the remarks and actions
of the defendant, the examination made
by the witness of the body of
Stevenson, and other facts al testified to
in the direct examination. The cross
examination occupied the entire morn
ing session.
This afternoon the cross-examination
of Mrs. WadsWorth was resumed.