Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-06-12
was large enough to do that sort
of thing? fl had hit her there,

might have opened it some. And
her hand was what? If her hands
were swollen, and | had hit her
there between the fingers, it might
have brushed it open, | think
You think the switch was large
enough for that, do you? | think
small stick is more liable to
burst it open than a large one.
Now die you ever see, whenever
you punished her, any good that
came from Furnishing her? | could
not say that did. Still you kept
on Furnishing her, did you? J did
from time to time. Why didn't
you send her down to Father Gar
rety instead of Furnishing her this
way? l expected Father Garrety
to come after her every day. |
had requested him to take her
away. This was just temporary
measure that you had resorted to,
was it? What? | say, this was
just for temporary purposes that
you were Furnishing her, was it,
waiting till the time that Father
Garrety was coming to take her
away in a few days? The bargain
at the first start was that he would
take her away at the end of June.
Now just get down to the question.
When you were whipping her on
the 3rd of October, did you think
that Father Garrety was coming
to take her away in a few days? |
expected him to come and get her
almost any day. About how high
was the ceiling in this house-thls
dining-room | would >say-at your
house? l should guess 8 or 9 feet
from the floor. 1t was low
enough SO, by standing upon
chair, you could reach it with your
hands, was it? Yes. Or did you
have to climb up on the table? No,
| could reach it from a chair. You
reached it from a chair? l could.
How many times do you think
you had whipped the girl prior to
the End of October? | could not
say. You did the most Of this
whipping, as you claim, while she
was tied up there to the ceiling?
Or was it after? On the third Of
October? Third of October, yes.
| didn't whip her at all after | took
her down. And you did the most
of this whipping, while she was
tied up there, die you? Yes. Her
hands up here, tied together with
a rope, up to that hook in the cell
ing? Her hands in the slip or the
rope. What is it? Her hands in
the loop of the rope. There was a
slip knot was there? There was
no knot. There was just a loop,
Just loop. Well it was a loop
that would slide and make it
larger and smaller, was it, by pull
ling on the cord? Yes. Now, |
did not quite get your answer to
that question-if l did | have for
gotten it-,that this whipping,
whatever was done, was done
while she was hanging up there,
on the 3rd of October? | did not
quite catch the drift of your-Was
all Of the whipping that you gave
her on the 3rd of October, all the
violence OF any kind that you used
on her, whether you call it whip
ping or anything else, done while
she was hanging up there? No. |
whipped her over the hands
before put her there. What did
you whip her with then? With the
switch. The same switch! l
think it was the same one.
She was hanging there was she
while you and Lizzie were eating
dinner? Yes. She was standing
there, rather. On her tiptoes,
wasn't she? No sir, she was
standing on her feet. She could
stand right square down on her
feet, could she? Yes. Why did
you tie her to the ceiling, ii it
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