Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-05-29

1t pays to be stubborn doesn't it
and | would say, no. They
wanted you to know that it didn'1
pay to be stubborn? Yes sir. Ano
they tried to make a good girl out
of you, didn't they Marion? Yes
Don't you remember he would ask
you to be a good girl. and you
would say: II won't; now whip
me% No. Now, when you were
over at Neillsville, and told abou,
this, do you remember saying that
you some times told naughty
stories, to Father Jungblud and
Lizzie2 Yes sir. And that was
true wasn't it? Yes sir. And do
you remember if you also said that
you used to tell naughty stories in
school; that you sometimes told
them to the Sister? You said
Sir. Don't you remember you
said that at Neillsvllle? Don't
you remember that, Marion? No
Sir. But you remember that was
true, don't you, Marion? Yes sir.
Then do you remember that
asked you this question: And
always when they whipped you
was because you would either be
stubborn, or tell lies, or do some
thing bad, or tell some bad stories?
And you said: They said it didn't
pay to tell lies2 Do you remem-
Der about that? No. Well, do
you remember that every time
that you were whipped, it was
because you were either stubborn,
or would tell lies, or tell naughty
Stories? No. All l know they
whipped me for is for my catechism.
Oh, that is all? That is all l
know they whipped me for. Well,
when you gave your evidence at
Neillsville; you knew just as we'll
then as you do now, what they
whipped you for, didn't you
Marion? That is all | remember
them whipping me for, and that is
all l knew they whipped me for.
Don't you remember when they
would want you to say the words,
would you say, l am saying it to
myself Yes sir. What? l said
that l tried to get it myself, and if
| did, would tell her when l got
it. But would you say this: I
am saying it to myself? l don't
remember. Would you say: 1
made up my mind l won't say
it, and l won't? No. Don't
you remember that? No sir,
i don't. You remember that
you would say: Il will say it when
| get ready and not before?' No.
You remember saying that don't
you, Marion? No Sir, l don't
think ever said that. Don't you
think you said that? No, | don't.
Did you say: u made up my mind
to be bad, and l am going to be
bad, and | don't care if you do
whip me?" | never said that at
all. Didn't you say that2 No,
sir, didn't How did you get out
of your room, the day you went to
Mr.. Southard's? Got out through
the WINDOW. Did you raise the
window when you went out2 Yes
sir. Did you have hard work to
raise the window? No sir. And
when you got out through the
window did you get off onto the
ground? Yes sir. Did you have
to jump far? No sir. How far?
| don't know. Do you remember
cutting your hand that day? l
never cut my hand at all. Never
did? No sir. Do you know if
you hurt your thumb going out
your window? No sir, l never
hurt me at all. Doyou remember
what you told me at Neillsville
about that? | never hurt me at
all. Didn't you tell me at Neills-
vile that you didn't know how
your thumb was hurt and that it
might have been hurt by getting
out through the window? 1t was
hurt before l put my dress on. l
felt my nail that night when l
happened to move, my hand and
the quilt struck it, | felt it. Maybe
you remember that since, but
don't you remember telling me at
Neillsville, you didn't know how it
got hurt and it might have got
hurt going out through the win
dow? No sir. You don'tremem-
Der. When your hands were tied
that last day, did you get up on
the table? Yes sir. How long
were you on the table? Not long.
Where was the table? 1t was
right by me first, and then they
moved it away. Was it by the
wall, when you got up on the
table? Yes sir. Was this hook
in the ceiling in the middle of the
ceiling? Yes sir. Over the
middle of the floor? Yes sir.
| And did Won walk over to the