Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-06-19

that she would not do at all. What
is it? She did not tell the truth at
all. She wouldn't tell the truth at
all? No sir. Did she tell lies? Yes
sir. How often did she tell lies?
Pretty near as often as she spoke. Do
you remember all the occasions on
which she told lies? No. [ cannot.
Do You remember any of them? I do.
Well for instance do you remember
anything about lead pencil? Yes
sir. Well what was it? She would
hide her lead pencil, and then go to
the school and order another one, and
tell the sister that she did not know
where the other pencil was, and tell
me that she did not know where it
was, and then when | would tell her
did she look in her room for the pencil.
she said-Speak little louder. The
Court: Commence again. She would
hide her lead pencil you say? Yes sir.
She would hide her lead pencil, and
then go to school and order another
one: and when she came back from
school with the other pencil l asked
her where she got it. and she said she
got it from the sister. / asked her
where the other pencil was that she
had, and she said she did not have any.
| asked her what became of it: she
said she did not know. | asked her if
she looked in her bedroom; she said
she did. [ asked her if it was in the
schQol-room: she said it was not. [
asked her if she was positive that she
looked in her room thoroughly: she
said she was While she was out |
went into her room and l found the
lead pencil. | knew the lead pencil
to be there; and l told her then to
come with me and look in her room;
and she did. She looked everywhere
only in one certain place under d box
she had there, a foot-Stool; and she
did not look under that until | asked
her if she had looked under the box;
and she kind of Stammered a little bit,
and stood around, and then she says,
''Oh yes" she says, Il think it is
under there" She raised it up,
and there were two lead pencils
instead of one under there. Two
lead pencils under there instead
of the one? Yes sir And l asked
her where she got the other lead
pencil. She said she did not know
where she got it. | asked her how
she came to have it. She would not
answer my question. told her that
[ would have to take her over to the
school ana find out about the lead
pencils. | took her over to the school
In the presence OF the sister, and
asked how that happened. The sister
then told ME that She TIE District
Attorney objects to the witness stat
ing what Was said by the sister TO the
witness. The objection is overruled,
and an exception taken. What did
the sister tell you? The sister said
that she said that she had no pencil,
and that Father Clarity said that she
should have everything she wanted;
and therefore she gave her the pencil,
thinking she did not have any-she
wasn't sure that she didn't And
the other pencil she had taken from
another girl in school, the one that
she had The other pencil she had
taken from another girl in school?
sister. That is all | know about it,.
answer be stricken out as hearsay.
Well did Marion tell YOU afterwards
that she had taken this from another
girl? She did. Did you punish her
for that? No sir. | did not. Did you
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she had taken it from another girl?
No sir. Do you know anything about
hat-pin? Mittens? | do. Well
what was that? Beginning with the
mittens: She had pair of mittens,
and l noticed that she was going to
school without any, and l asked her
where they were. She said she did
not know. | asked her if they were
in her room. She said nc. L asked
her if they were in school. She said
no. And [ told her that she better
get those mittens, because she would
MT get any others until she found
them, or found out where they were.
And that run along for about a week,
and then-I forgot; [ promised her
something's forgot what it waS-if
she would find the nlittenS; aud she
run right over to school, and broug ht
back the mittenS from her desk. She
said she found them in her desk.