Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-07-10

a hall an hour! About that; hall
an hour the first time. And that
was while you were eating dinner,
was it? Well we hadn't begun
eating dinner. 1t was just a
little before twelve; and a little
before one she was taken down.
From a little before II to little
before 1? Yes sir. You say you
had commenced eating dinner
when she was tied up? No, she
had been. Well she was tied up
then before you commenced eat
ing dinner? Yes. And what
was she tied up for that time? For
being stubborn. And in what way
had she been stubborn just before
she was tied up? She refused to
finish saying the question that
was asked her. She refused to
finish doing what? To answer
the question; the word that she
had refused to say. She would
half say it, and then said she made
up her mind that she would not
say it. Who got dinner that day?
| got dinner. Where had Father
Jungblud been in the forenoon? In
the forenoon-after mass he had
been to school; after school he
went down town, and after that he
was at home. What time did he
get back home about? Some
time after II | am not sure of
the exact time. And this stub
bornness that she was tied up the
first day for, was for somethin G
that happened when you were CIV
ing her the lesson in the forenoon
wasn'tit? Well her stubbornness
was in not saying the word. She
would half say the word, and then
say that she would not say it, and
told me to tell Father Jungblud to
whip her. Well | ask you if that
was when you were giving her
her forenoon lesson? That she
said that3 Yes. Yes sir. And
what time were you in the habit
of giving her her lesson? Oh from
ten, and SO on; sometime during
the forenoon. You gave her one les
son a day didn't you? One lesson?
One lesson a day I said. I gave
her lessons, that is one lesson now.
and then another later on, and
another, and another, and so on.
Some in the afternoon? Yes. Or
were they all in the forenoon? No
sir. Well, some of them in the
afternoon2 Some of them were in
the afternoon, yes. What lesson
was this that you were hav ing
trouble with2 Mr.. Wickham:
Which day do you mean? Mr..
Marsh: We are talking now about
the first day; the End day of Octo-
Der. What lesson was this that
you got into trouble with her over?
Well it was either the reading
lesson Or the catechism, and either
l am not sure. Now in her cate
chism work, that was work of
memorizing, wasn't it? Yes sir
And you do not now remember
what the word was that you got
into trouble over? The first day
| do not know. Did her lesson
last up to the time that Jungblud
got home? Well l gave up in
despair. She told me to have
Father Jungblud-Yes. What
time did you give it up!2 Before
he got home, or after? Before he
got home. l was sitting there.
You had given it up and gone to
getting dinner, had you? I had
given it up, and sat down there on
the chair, and | did not go and
get dinner. And were you sitting
there when Jungblud got home?
l was not sitting there when he
got home. | was standing. You.
had been getting dinner, hadn't
you; Or hadn't you commenced?
Well l was preparing the stove,
and things like that. And after
he got home you told him about
this difficulty that you had had
with the girl? Yes. And he then
got this rope did he? No he did
not. What did he do? She told
me to tell Father Jungblud to whip
her. Well she had done that be-
tore he came, hadn't she? Yes.
Well now we are talking about
after Jungblud came, about what
happened? Well he took the look
in his hand to hear her recite, and
asked her to say it, and she simply
stood there. Asked her to say
WHAT The word. Just one word,
was ite TWAS one word that she
was answering, yes. She would
half say it, and then refuse to finish
it. How did he go to work to tell
her to say the word? He did not
pronounce the word, did he? No
he did not. Well now how did he
go to work at it to get her to know
what word he wanted her to pro-