Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-06-26
TESTIMONY
Miss Lizzie NoIan's Testimony in the Case OF
Stale vs. chas. Jungbud and
Lizzie Nolan
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.

1 tCON11Nit ED KUN IASl W Elm.
I hat was when you promised her
something? When | promised
her something. Before that she
told you that she had lost them;
she did not know where they were?
She did not know where they
were. Well now do you know
anything about hat pin? | do.
Well what was that? She had a
hat pin, and she wore that to
school; and the hat pin | noticed
was gone; and when she came to
put her hat on, she had no hat pin.
1t wasn't hat either; it was a cap
she had on; Tam O'Shanter. |
asked her where her hat pin was,
and she said she did not know
anything about it. And then l
asked her how she was going to
keep the cap on her head, and that
she better go over to school and
look around and see if she could
Mt find it. She went over to the
school. When she came back |
asked her if she found her hat Pin,
and she said no; l asked her if
she looked for it, and she said no.
| asked her then if | didn't tell
her to look for the hat pin, and
she said yes. And then it hap
pened that it run along that way,
that she was supposed to be
looking for her hat pin, for about
two weeks. Then there happened
to be an entertainment at the
school house, and l promised her,
and Father also, that if she would
find the hat pin she could go with
me to the entertainment. And
she says, Il bet | will find it"
| And then she went over to the
school in the afternoon-or i'll the
forenoon she said that she forgot
about it. she didn't look for it.
| Well, | told her, she better hurry
up if she wanted to go to the enter
tainment, that l would have to
get her ready, and she would
have to find it. So she went over;
and when school was out she
brought back the hat pin. She
lsays, 81 bet," she says, Father.
you can't guess where l found ii"
Father says, Never mind" he
says, that is all right" And then
she told me when | came down
stairs that she bet l couldn't guess
where she found it. says mo;
where did you find it," And she
says, II was walking along by the
wood pile with another girl" she
says, land | just stopped down."
she says, "and picked it up" and
! that was all. think I said that
was all right; took it for granted
lit was her hat pin, and got her
ready and we went to the enter
tainment Talk little louder J
She came back with the hat pin,
and l said that it was all
fright, we would get ready
for the entertainment; and we
got ready and went to the enter
tainment; and everything was all
right and smooth, until Saturday.
[ was out in the yard, and the
Sister beckoned at me to come
Witness indicates); and when she
seen me, and the sister beckoned,
she made for the pasture And
the sister asked me if | didn't
notice that she was kind offdgety,
and afraid to have me seen with
the sister that day talking; and |
said | did not pay much attention
| to it. The conversation with the
sister is objected to as hearsay.
! Well did you afterwards discover
that this was not her hat pin? Yes
sir. How? On the Sunday after,
the owner came and claimed the
hat pin. Well, what did Marion
have to say about it? She went
down and met the little girl that
was coming, with the hat pin; and
told her not to tell me or father
how that happened. Mr.. Marsh:
How do you know that? That
was what the little girl had told
me. District Attorney moves that
the answer be stricken out as hear
say. Was Marion present? Mar
ion was present. The Court:
Strike out what the little girl said.
Well what did Marion say about
it? She consented that it wasn't |
her hat pin, and that she had
borrowed it from the other person.
Well now do you know anything
about Marjorie Jacques? I do.
Well what was that? l probably
ought to add: In relation to her
telling lies-in relation to Marion
telling lies. Well she came home
from school one afternoon; and she
said that she asked Marjorie some
thing, she asked her to tell her
something; whether it was in the
study or not | do not know; and
Marjorie refused to do so, and
pushed her awaV from her. 7 saws