Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-06-05
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| We did. before that. Why didn't you
| then in October. [ thought it was
warm enough in the woodshed. You
didn't take your bath in the woodshed,
did you? No sir. You say before that
you had let her take her bath in the
| house? In her bedroom | think she
took baths. Well it was. warmer
earlier in the season than it was then.
in October wasn't it? That was before
it became warm. Early 10 the spring?
Yes. Was it out in the woodshed you
threw water onto her? l said | threw
no water onto her. You did not>throw
water onto her? No sir. Who did?
Not L. Who did? Not l. Well who
did? Mr.. Wickham: Answer direct
who it was. Miss Nolan put water
on ner, You saw that, did you? [
couldn't say that l did. 1t was dark.
But was there. Was that out in the
woodshed: 1t was in an addition
right beside the woodshed. Did
she have any clothes on, did the
little girl? do not know. Didn't
you throw some onto her too. that
same time? No sir. Let's see, you
were arrested and convicted of assault
ing little boy, weren't you? No sir.
just prior to this last October? No
|
victed. Weren't you arrested, and
didn't you pay tine for assaulting a
little Gengler boy, last September?
Yes sir. That is what l meant. That
was little boy ten or twelve years
old, wasn't it.? do not know his age
exactly. Well, that is about the age
of the boy, wasn't it? | think he was
over twelve. Now, what did this
little girl lie about? She lied about a
great many things. Tell us one thing
she lied about? She lied to me about
children getting whipped in school,
for instance. That is, she told you
that some child had got whipped in
school, and you afterwards found out
that they did not? Yes sir. By ask
ing somebody else? By asking the
Sister. And either the little girl, or
the Sister lied about it then? What's
that? Then either the little girl or
the Sister lied about it. Isn't that SO?
She acknowledged herself that She
lied about it. afterwards. When you
talked to her about it. she admitted
that she had lied about it., did she?
Sometimes. After you had whipped
her for it? Did you whip her until
she would acknowledge she had lied
about it? No sir. You did not? No
sir. Did you ever whip her until she
would acknowledge that she had lied?
No Sir. Never in your life? Never
Didn't you over and over again whip
that little girl until she would admit
that she had lied, or that she had
lied, or that she had done something
wrong? No sir. She never made such
admissions when she was whipped.
When would she make admissions?
Before or after she was whipped?
Sometimes the next day when CONVEX
Stations would revert to the matter
Now is that the only thing that you
can think of that she lied about?
That is one thing. Well, can
you think of another thing
that she lied about? | cannot, just
now. Well, you would not base your
statements that she was an habitual
liar upon that one instance, would
you? No sir. But you cannot think
of any other thing that she lied about?
Not just now. Now her Stubborness
that you found, was that usually in
connection with her lessons? Yes.
She did not like to study her catechiSm
very we'll, did she? She did not like
to study anything. You had trouble
in getting her to study and memorize
those things, didn't you? Yes sir.
Or else Lizzie did? Yes sir. When
she did study, didn't she have some
difficulty in memOriZing her lessons,
her catechiSm, and other lessons? No
sir. You think when she would study
she did not have much difficulty in
memOrizing the work? l thought she
had good talents. And when she was
not able to remember you usually
thought that it was because she would
not study, did youo No sir. What
did you think was the reason she
could not remember her lesson? did
not think that she could not remember
it at all. / thought that she did not
want to recite. You believed that
she could remember it, and was just
pretending she could not? Yes sir
And at such times as that you punish
ed her? Sometimes. You whipped
her at one time, didn't you, SO hard
that this neighbOr woman, Mrs. Marx,
came in and tried to get you to stop.
and you told her to get out of the
house? No sir. Before the 4th of
October? No sir. You do not re-
member any instance, Of that time?
No sir. Do you remember OF having
whipped her once in tie presence of
Mrs. Marx until she begged of you to
stop whipping her? No sir. Some
time in the month of September, I do
not know just what day? No sir. At
sometime in the month of September,
1901, there at your residence, weren't
you whipping this girl very hard,
and didn't Mrs Marx come in there,
one of your parishiOnerS, and ask
you not to whip her SO hard?
No sir. You know Mrs. Marx, don't
you? Yes sir. Was there anything
else aside from her lessons, in connec-
tion with which she showed stubborn
ness? Yes sir. What else? She
sometimes refused to eat. Would
refuse to eat? Yes. That time when
her mouth was sore, was one of those
times. wasn't it? | do not know that
her mouth was sore. You do not
know that her mouth got hurt on
either the second or third of October?
No sir. How long did this company
stay there that came on the third of
| October? Till the five o'clock train.
Now any one coming up from that
train could not get TO your house
much before two O'Clock, could they?
About quarter to two. That comes
| in about % or % minutes to two, does
Mt it, and it is some three-Quarters
OF a mile from the depot to your house?
/ thought it came in about half past
one: and it took about quarter OF an
hour to walk up. Didn't, you take
this child down when you saw that
fellow coming. or when he got to the
| door? No sir. Or near the door? No
| sir. Didn't YOU then take her up