Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-05-22

brother? He is with my mother now
Did you ever live with your mother?
No sir. Where was your mother when
you were living with your father?
She lives in WauSau. Whom does
she live with? She is married again.
When did she get married? Three or
four years ago. What is her name?
DeVoe. What is her first name? 1
don't know. Do you ever remember
| living with her at all? | have saw
him. No, do you ever remember
living Withyour mother? No sir. Do
you remember YOUR mother was ever
at home, Wh2n you were living with
your father down near Black River
| Falls? She Game to see us once, and
| she stayed over night. And is that
the only time you ever saw her while
you lived down there? I saw her
twic> She came to see us twice.
When id y ,ur father die? | don't
know. Did he dI before or after the
first time you went to NeillSville?
The first time / was in NeillSville.
Did he die while you were in NeillS-
| vile the first time? Yes sir. Who
| brought you to Neillsville the first
time? He did. Why did he bring you
there? | don't know why. Where
did he bring you to? Brought me to
Mis-. Marx. What did you do while
| you were at Mrs. Marx? Went to the
Catholic school. Where is the Catho-
| lie school? 1t is right-the priest
house, and then the church, and then
the next. is the school house. And is
the school taught by the sisters:9 Yes
sir. And did you 60 to school there?
Yes sir. Did your father bring YOU
there to send you to school? Yes sir.
| Did he talk with Father Jungblud
| when he brought you there? Yes sir.
DO you know how your father died9
No sir. Did anyone take care of YOU
after your father died? I went back
to my uncle's again. Do you know
if anyone was appointed guardian for
you after your father died? Father
Garrety of Black River Father Gar
rety of Black River Falls? Yes sir.
After your father died. did you 60 to
your mothers? No sir. Did your
mother come to see you? Yes sir,
she came, to see if she could get me.
And couldn't she get you? No, they
wouldn't let her have me till they
found out Was there some reason
why they didn't want your mother to
have you? Yes sir. What was the
reason? Did your friends think it was
not good place to have you go? Yes
sir. They thought it was better that
little girls should not be living with
your mother, did they? They would
MT let me go because she left me when
| was little, and the law said she
couldn't have me. The law said she
could not have you, you says Yes sir.
You said your moth5r lived IN Wat
sau? Yes sir. Were .uu in van
after your father died? No sir.
Didn't you go up there once? No sir.
Where did you see your mother after
your father died? She came down to
Black River Falls. Did your Anntie
say th2t y3sA mother cu4Ia not
take you? She said she would rather
take care of me than have me
go there. And did your uncle
say that your mother could not
take you? Yes sir. Do you know if
at that time, your auntie and your
uncle Sent to Father Garrety and
asked him if he would be guardian for
you? Yes sir. They did And did
you go to Black River Falls, and 90 to
the Court House, when he was ap-
pointed guardian? i don't remember.
How long did you know Father
Garrety? When did you first know
him? | knew him when [ was SevenI
years old. Did Father Garrety send
you to school some place? He sent
me to the Catholic Church at Neills-
vile. Did he send you any other
place? No sir. Did he send you to |
Elroy at any time? He sent me there
to Stay a little while with his mother:
that is all. That was, after he was
appointed your guardian? Yes sir.
Was he looking for place to send you |
to at that time? Yes sir. Did he ask
Father Jungblud to find place for |
you at Neillsville? | don't know.
Did he take you to NeillSvlle. Father |
GarreIy take you to Nellisville? He
brought me there to Father Jungblud. |
Did he tell you he was bringing you
there to send you to school? He did |
not tell me | was going to Father |
Jungblud's till got there. That was
the second time that you went to |
Neillsville, wasn't it? Yes sir. The
hrst time your father took you, didn't |
he? Yes sir. And the next time
Father Garrety took you? Yes sir.
AND didn't you know you were going
to. Neillsville before you got there?
L knew we were going there, but he
u,
You knew you were going to Neills-
vile! knew we was going to Neilis-
Vile, but L didn't know where we
was going. No; you didn't know
what place in Neillsville you were 60
ing to stay? No sir. And where did |
he take you? Took me to Father /
Jungblud's. How long was that be-
fore the time you went to live with1
Mrs. Campbell? l don't know. RE
cess of 10 minuteS.l
DOyou remember if it was something
over year when you went back to |
NeIllsyille the second time. Was it
early in the spring? | don't know.
Was the snow Still on the grounds
| don't remember. Did you stav i'm |
Neillsville with Father Jungblud last
summer, up to the time YOU went to
live with Mrs. Campbell? Yes sir.
And you have lived with Mrs. Camp
bell at the Jail haven't you? Have
you lived with Mrs. Campbell at the
jail? Yes sir. When you went to
live with Father Junhlud, did you
attend the Sisters school? Yes sir.
And did you go to school every day
Whlle there was school? No sir. Well.
dla you go to school every day until
the time you stopped going to SC hool?
Yes SIT. What did you study while in
school? Catechism, and 1 can't think
OF the name of the book. Well, what
else, besides catechism? Arithmetic.
Reading? Yes sir. Spellings Yes
slr. Writing? Yes sir, Geography?
NO, sir. Didn't study geography.
Anything e.see | can't think of