The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-05-27

walked me- I told him / did not wish
to get up. Then he milked the COWS.
and left the bucket on the back porch.
/ heard a shot and then papa screamed
lin agony. Another shot was fired and
snatched up a revolver from the
head OF my bed.
He told me ne had fired twice
once into papa's back, and then, as
papa sank down. into his head
while I was dressing my husband
went to the kitchen for a pan of
water. which he took out of the front
door.
Don't look out, he commanded.
what Is the water forY | asked.
Ito put out the fire. he answered.
| 'Papa's coat and vest are burning
Threat to Kill Children.
When he came back he wanted TO
kill the children. On my knees !
pleaded for their lives.
Then leave them here he or.
dered. and you come with me-
"' No, ] won't answered for |
did not want to leave them all alone
where such awful things hal hap
pened.
Then you dress one, and I'll dress
the other said he and we did so.
Then he took us out the back door,
commanding me not to look around for
papa. We got into the woods. got
tired, and stopped TO rest. Then he
said:
1--WE cannot bother with the ba.
bies. Let me kill them
How could you kill these poor. in
nocent babies? | answered.
"Ill not hurt them, he replied
only stick a knife into their hearts.
so they wouldn't feel it.
II begged so hard that he spared
the babies When we came to the first
house he said T'll leave the babies
here; now don't you say a word, or III
shoot you dead
$50 he took the babies up to the
house and told the lady there that our |
house had been burned and that papa |
had been hurt by a falling partition. |
He gave the little girl TO the lady, and /
| laid the little baby on the bed He |
then took hold OF my arm and led me |
down the steps. and we went through
the woods"
did you ever resist hlm?" asked
the reporter.
II didn't dare new he would Kill
me. ! did everything he wanted. once
he said:
Played Tracy and Merrill.
"'Im Tracy and you're Merrill. II
had rife. I'd be as good as Tracy
Would he have killed you II any.
body had tried to capture him?"
He told me II anybody tried 20
,atch him he would hold me In front
lf him with his left arm. and shoot
with his right. He said nobody
would fire az him through me-"
What did he intend TO do with
,ou?"
He said he would take me as far
rs the Columbia river. and then
would drown me. Then he would go
ahead alone"
why didn't you kin him7"
Il couldn't he had the two pistols In
his pockets and | couldn't get them.
But | would have shot him II could
Story Of the Flight.
Where did you so from your faith.
sr's house?"
I'VE went In zlg.zag course
through woods and gullies until we
came % n thicket near the barn. That
was about noon. There we stayed all
afternoon, and In the evening went
INTO the barn. About dusk ! heard
somebody ringing a cowbell, as II for
iinner. but we had nothing 20 eat. On
Monday | told my husband / must
have something TO eat, and he said he
would get something. He was quite
faint about this time. for he said. I
am going 10 die
But We stayed In the barn until
dark Then we went through the
woods TO a house and knocked on the
door. but nobody came. We went 10
another house a little further west. My
husband told the people that we were
from Vancouver. were hunting for a
iairyman named Wagner and had got
lost"
Afraid to Tell the Truth.
why didn't you tell the people /
who You were?' Mrs L5asie was
asked.
Because | was afraid. Before we
went into the house my husband said
he would KIN me II / told. He said
he would keep his gun on his lap all
the time, and that he would shoot me
without even raising the gun above
the table"
How many guns did he have?"
Two. One OF them a SS-caliber. he
hau hnNu No NIL papa Anc ulheE q oL'
caliber. | fred at him when he en-
tered the ROOM"
While We were eating" resumed
Mrs. Leasie, my husband said his
name was Walker. and that he was o
Frenchman. The people there said
that didn't sound like French name.
and he responded that his father must
have changed his name when he came
To this country
They eyed us suspiciously all the
time. When we left they showed ust
the way out. They shouted Walker
after us. but my husband did not rec.
ognize the name. Then we went back |
10 the barn"
Lsasia's Plan to Avoid Conviction.
What did he propose TO do?" Mrs. |
Leasia was asked
He said We would go To Vancouv. |
er and get married again, and then |
would 80 on somewhere and live hap
PLY"