The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-23

was born, but thought that he was a native of Chicago. He first remem- bered living in New Britain, Conn. His first business was that of brass moulder. He could not tell when he was put to work at learning the trade. The witness said that he lived with his father and mother in New Britain. He had six brothers and sisters-Jane, Eliza, Isabella, George, Peter and An- drew. Ripple then told what he knew of his family's subsequent history.
 Nipples counsel next asked about the accident which resulted in breaking witness nose. He was, as near as he could remember, about thirteen years old. Two subsequent accidents hap pened to the prisoner. One of these was when his mother struck him with a piece of wood and the other when his wife hit him over the head with a flat iron. This took place in his sisters house.
 The iron was In his wife's hand at the time. The blow didn't make him unconscious. He was a soldier at one time. He enlisted in Company F, Sec ond United States Infantry, September IT, 1877. He was private and later a corporal He enlisted as Thomas F. Andrew and served five years; was dis charged in 1882 After his discharge he went to Portland, Ore, to get his papers cashed. Stayed there three days, then went to San Francisco, where he got drunk and had a good time. Must have been drunk all the time, for he did not remember leaving there. Returned to New York and to New Britain and went to work as a brass moulder
 He was married May z, 1883, to Mary RICK, in New Haven. Lived in New Britain eighteen months afterwards.
 The first time remember drinking" the accused said, was when my father took me out and got me drunk was about six years old. I tasted liquor every day after that. l got it in the house. It was whiskey, I guess"
 He said he didn't know how old he was when he was married, but thought he was twenty-seven. He got drunk as often as he could
 He stopped drinking for five years four years after he was married. He had trouble with his wife while in New Britain. She got in the habit of run ming to New; Haven a good deal "She came down here," he said, land came back and after awhile I got after her for coming here so much In bed one night I found I was burnt. She put a flat iron on me to burn me up. She said: I burnt you up; you're no good T Der. She was all right then till we came to New Haven. I went to work in Sargent's and we lived at 110 State street for four months I came home one night and she was full, and she took the knife you've got here and ran me down stairs, I didn't want to go down to the street and so ran around under the stairway, and she followed me. I tried to take the knife away and cut her, and she blamed me for it. Then we moved to Co1lis street. One time she went off and I met her chew Ing the rag and she got two officers, They said: You people are crazy; go on into the house. Another night there was girl eating peanuts and she gave me one or two, and my wife jumped on her and fired her out. A fellow named Goggins, a rubber boot maker, roomed there and didn't get up till or 10, and I began to think there was something wrong. They were too familiar, too familiar. We moved to Portsea street. One time she gave the breakfast to a boarder first, and I thought he was going to run the house and l jumped up and ran down cellar and threw myself in the coal bin. I stayed there all day"
 In 1893 Ripple went to Middleville, Mich. He sent for his wife shortly af-