Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-06-12
the word practice; was that it?
No sir, l did not say that. What

practice. You are sure she re-
membered it, so that she could
pronounce it if she wanted to?
Quite sure. Don't you know that
you were trying to get her to re-
member that word in the catechism,
and that you did not tell her that
word at all? No sir, I do not
know that. With whom did this
trouble come up-you or Lizzie?
1t started with Lizzie first. It
started with Lizzie? Yes sir.
And Lizzie reported to you that
she would not say this word? Yes
sir. That was the cause of this
whipping? Yes. Did you tell
her the word yourself, before you
whipped her? No. Then you
took Lizzie's word for it, as to her
having told her, did you? Not
altogether. What did you take?
| took her own word for it. Mar
ions word? Marion's word.
What did she say? She said: Il
won't say it." You are sure she
did not say she could not remem-
Der it? She would say: Il am
trying to think, and I won't say it,
and l will say it when l get ready"
She would say: Il am trying to
Think" Il am trying to think. "
That is what she said a few times.
And Il won't say it. And II
will say it when l get ready"
Now don't you know that she did
not say anything of that kind? l
do know that she did say it.
Don't you know that she told you
all along that she could not re-
member that word? No Sir.
You did not hear Lizzie tell it to
her during any Of that time, did
you? No. Lizzie was right there,
wasn't she? Right where? Right
in your presence and hearing and
sight? Not all the time. Why
didn't you yourself say the word
to her, SO that you would know
that she knew it, and that it was
stubborness and not forgetfulness
that you we're Furnishing her for?
Because | was persuaded firmly
that she did know it. Now that
is all that this whipping was for,
that resulted as it seems to have
resulted, because she did not say
the word practice? Because she
was stubborn. Well, and that
was how the stubborness was
manifested, because she did not
say the word practice? That was
one reason. No other cause for
this whipping at that time? No.
You say you think now that you
whipped her harder than you
thought you were doing then at
the time, do you? | think | did.
You must have done some things
there that you did not know you
were doing, did you? No. Well
then, how can you explain that
you believe now that you whipped
her harder than you thought you
did? Just that you struck harder,
or that you struck more. blows?
Is that what you mean? | mean
that the result was more serious
than | thought 1t would be. You
think you were mistaken as to the
number of blows you struck, or
the severity of the blows? Well,
rather the effect Of them. You
remember That you struck her 4
good many times, don't you? Yes
Now, don't you think you might
have-when you were angry and
furnishing her more severely than
you thought you were-don't you
think you might have kicked her
in the side? No. You are very
sure about that, are you? Yes sir
Do you know Of anything that
would have caused that bruise in
tho left side, that has been describ-
ed here, aside from a kick? No
sir, | don't. That little switch
with branches on would not cause
such brulse aS that, would it, in
your judgement? | did not see
The bruisc. Well tho hruisc that
has been described here, !! there
was any such Drulsc? from the
description | would Judge that TIC
stick did not cause II. his was
a little bit of d swth, smaller
than that lead pencil, wash
it, that you switched her
with that day? No, it wasn't
smaller than that lead pencil " as
it larger? The end of the stick
that | had i'll my hand was, think,
larger than that. And it was a
rushy, branched stick, Was ito Il
had at least two branches. y here
did you get 1t? in the pasture.
You went down INTO the pasture
and cut it: Yes. You got it
after Lizzie told you that she
couldn't or didn't say the word
practice? Yes. You went down
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