The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-10-25
AMAS and VICINITY.

to the house and gave it 10 johnson.
She went to bed about three o'clock
an | staid in bed until morning. While
she was in bed she heard Johnson go
co the room where Matt was in bed
with the two boys and ask him for
fifty cents TO buy whiskey with Matt
refused TO give him the money saying
that he. Johnson, was too s1runk.
She woke mp early in the morning
and, finding that Johnson was not IN
the house she went 10 look for him.
She found him lying face downward
on the ground az the back door.
She went 10 him and found that he was
dead, She called Matt TO help her
and together they carried him into
the house. Matt said nothing She
did not hear or see fight during the
night but saw Matt take Johnson By
the throat once She swore that Matt
licked Johnson hard once and that Sic
heard Matt tell Johnson that he would
lknl him She swore that she was not
drank that ni2ht but thar she haa
drank some 81 Che wbiskey
John Lindquist father OF Mr. john
500. was the next witness III w1re
Tint Mrs johnson came after him
early on sunday morning Matt was
with her and she told him that john
son was dead and that his death re-
suited from falling ntf the hack steps
He went with Use pair to the Johnson
mouse and helped carry Johnson into
the house
Matti Syyuimaa was the only re-
manning witness He is the fellow
that had the fight with Johnson and
the coroner and jury rad hard time
70 get him to talk Prosecuting At
torney Watson, who conducted all of
the examinations, labored with him
FOR long time to get him to talI; bnt
10 no avail lie hid behind the excuse
that he couldn speak English Finally
late in the afternoon, after he bad
lauguished tor time i'm the jail. he
consented too say something He said
Tint the reason that the didn't want -
talk was that ne was afraid that he
would say something that ae ought
not because ne had no attorney to
coach him Mr. Watson informed
him that all he would be required 30
say was to tell what he knew oF how
Johnson came 20 his death that he,
Watson. had no desire 30 entrap him
into saying anything that would ID
him an injury.
The fellow finally loosened mp and
the way that he talked showed plainly
that he not only understood English
but that he could speak it fiuently. He
swore that he had been in Amasa two
weeks that he had known Johnson in
the old country. He went TO Johnson
house about one O'Clock on Sunday
morning He brought bottle with
| him and gave it to John3or. Johnson
Mrs Johnson and himself drank ont
Of the bottle and afterwards he went
to bed leaving Mrs johnson and
johnson in the kitchen. Johnson and
his wife began TO quarrel aud johnson
threatened To kill Mrs. Johnson
! They continued their qarreling for
some time and finally Matt got MP and
| looked at them qarreling for "a time
and then went back % bed While he
was i'm bed johnson came into his
room and asked for 30 cents with
which to get some more whiskey. He
\ refused 20 give the money telling
Johnson that he was too drunk al
ready. Johnson then went away.
After Johnson wife went to bed John
son went TO her room and asked her
/ for the money but she refused him.
Johnson then went away ana the wit
ness went TO sleep ana knew no more
until Mrs johnson called him in the
morning Go help her carry Johnson in
TO the house.
This ended the Testimony aud the
jury retired TO consider it, They
were unanimously Of the opinion that
johnson came to his death from the
hands Of Matt and brought in yer.
duct to that effect Matt was brought
to jail in CRYSTAL Falls the following
morning and Mrs johnson was re-
leased
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