Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-05-20

about full grown then. Their rela-
tiou> We're always pleasant. | once
heard her say regarding him: We
never had a word Of trouble" Ollie's
clothing was some OF ii brought to our
house after her funeral. l understood
some had been kept BY Mrs. Fawcett.
The clothing was such as any lady
would have-nothing elaborate but
plenty There was underwear, am
positive Of that. remember black
and white lawn dress. several print
dresses, wooden dresses, winter wrap,
wool shawl. apons, two hats. shirts
and underwear. l think the lawn
dress is still preserved.
Dr. W. p. Hartford: Lived in Bee
town in 1885, was quite intimate with
the Townsends when they lived there;
was their family physician. Staid
over night with them about two weeks
before the tragedv their relations
were friendly not ELUSIVE. / am ac-
quainted with the revolver he shot
his wife with; it was a large caliber.
rim-fre. cheap revolver. | was hunt
ing with it once and it went off acct
IDENTIFY with me; it had strong spring.
thought it was cooked, let 90 and it
went of; was going to put shells in,
take cylinder out or something.
Oh. Hartford made experiments
with several revolvers to illustrate
manner OF accident. There was sud-
denly sharp explosion from the one
ne was lingering which produced a
sensation in court room. There must
have been little illuminate remaining
in the empty shell which was unex-
Pectedly exploded by the doctors ex-
periments, or something.)
Stephen johnson: Townsend and
his wife used to ride on stage with
me between Lancaster and Beetown
sometimes they seemed to be very
.. K. Holcomb: l am county al
torney OF Adams county, Washingtc
and have lived there three years. n
county attorney about two Ars.
There were cases begun in January
against Mrs. Townsend, Z. T. Bowers.
Robert Watson and VIM. Watson. D.
ID. Harrison defended them. All have.
been dismissed but one which comes.
up May p. was never Townsend's
attorney. Conversations were then re-
lated between Miss Woods and the.
witness relating to Townsend and his
Wisconsin trouble. The material
part OF it was reply, he says Miss
Woods gave him as follows: Have
talked great deal to him (Townsend(
about some things and never cot
anything very definite in reply
Richard Coleman: Live in Delight.
a near neighbor of Mr.. Townsend.
know Muzetta Woods; she has been in
my house twice. She came first time
IN January and had conference with
townsend there. am bachelor and
live alone; Townsend sometimes lived
with me. The last time she came
with Jess Harker and remained there
alone with Townsend 8 or hours.
they Rugged and kissed each other re-
peatedly. She did little more than
her share if anything. She wanted
MN to confide in her and tell her about
the death of his wife and say it wasn't
an accident. X He
wouldn't and declared it an accident.
She offered to marry him if he would
coniide in her. She wanted Townsend
TO make comparisons between her and
his dead wife.
was on mattrass in the room.
above them and could see and hear
everything they said and did through
the cracks and knotholes. Il watched
them at Townsend's request because
we thought there was trap set for
him.
d. Richardson: Live in RitzviIe.
Business, farming, buying wheat,
conyeyancing. Saw McGonigal arrest
Townsend; rode on the train with them
to Spokane. When l got of of the
train l saw Harrison there.
Mark Wheeler Townsend: | was
born in 1858 near Columbus, Ohio.
Came to Grant county when two years
old. Left this county for Washington
in 1888; was at Valparaiso i'll 1885 and
1886. Was out OF county two or three
times besides that. l was married in
lIrk