Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-20

y Mrs. Graves were found by her
husband in December.
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asked with reference to the laudanum
where she got it, and when-and said
she got at Fremont and the last time
she saw it was on Thursday, but on
further Questioning admitted that it
was Friday, and said that she had it up
in the cupboard. When asked what
medicine Mr.. Lewis had taken, she said
he mad three tablets that DR.. Morgan
had given him, and that was all the
medicine he had that day. In answer
to another question, she answered that
Mr.. Lewis had said he would not give
d. for woman he could not
trust with another man.
GIassford's Trouble With Helm.
Mrs. Shutes said: Mrs Lewis did
washing for me last summer. She
told me once thataMr. Helm and Glass
ford had had trouble, and Glassford
was staying withsthem. The next time
saw her she said Helm wanted Glass
ford to work for him again, but she had
told him if she was in his place she
would not go back. I saw them to-
gether once when we stopped at Lewis
and they came to our house once to
bring the washing Also met them in
the road once when we were going to
Fremont
Borrowed Money From GIassford.
II was at the Lewis house the night
T~ T ,ie. fNl ho1
only a few minutes when Mrs. Lewis
brought out paper that she said was
receipt for the dues on her husband s
policy that she had received the day
before. After thataBhe spoke of the
laudanum bottle, and said she could not
find 1t. Was at Lewis 'sagain Monday
forenoon and again Id the afternoon.
A brother Of Mr.. LewiS and his wife
and son came there. during the day.
| In the afternoon Mrs. Lewis was talk
| ing about Mr.. Glassford being SO kind
| to .hem-said he had furnished the
money time and again to pay the insur-
ance dues Once he loaned them the
money and on Sunday he and she
drove to the police station at Ottumwa
to pay it,
| Lewis Brother on Stand.
Samuel Lewis of Creston, Iowa and
a brother of William Lewis testified
as follows: "The last time saw Will
was in August, when he was at my
home in Creston. first learned of his
death between 10 and l o'clock the
night of the 18th of October. | with
my wife and son, reached the house at
5:15 Monday evening This was the
first time we had ever been there. Did
not see Mrs. Lewis for about five min.
utes as she was then before the cor.
oner's jury. She took me into the
4 sitting room where Wills body then
was, and asked what was the mat
ter at my house, what had done to
Will there. / said had done nothing
that he had good visit and hated
to leave. She said he had said on his
death bed that if anything should hap
pen to him she should not tell Sam.
Asked About Insurance.
"My wife asked if the insurance was
all right and she said she would tell
us just how it was Will had lied
about it to her, had told her the as
sessments were paid up and they were
not, so Ira Glassford gave her the
money to pay it. She turned around te
4 them and said that she borrowed two
! dollars of Ira and had a quarter of hel
own, and paid it. She sent it out Oh
i Thursday and received the receipt or
4 Saturday She said she had not beer
able to get along with Will all sum
mer and claimed that he was sick anG
sometimes she thought he was out Of
his mind. That same night in telling
of Will, she said he had dropped
asleep about 10 o'clock Sunday morn
ing and they couldn't arouse him =
that he snored very loudly.
Bought Casket and Clothes.
con Tuesday morning Belle and
went to Fremont to see about the cas-
llet and the clothes Glassford had
gotten the lot. Mr.. Glassford was
around there all the time. Every
n few minutes Mrs. Lewis and he were
out together; went away alone every
chance they got This conduct contin
4 ued nll the time we were there. When
4 we got home from the funeral on
Wednesday it was raining. The rest OF
us went into the house and Glassford
went on to the barn. In minute Belle
threw a shawl over her head and rar
out to the barn. She came back in
i about ten minutes and said that Ira
had said that he would spend every
cent he had before she should be beat
i if a lawsuit should come up.
Il Expected Arrest.
i eve left my brothers house
4 Wednesday little while after the flu
Il neral. Fred took us to the depot with
u Glassford's horse and buggy. When j
told Fred to hitch up, Belle jun ped ur
and said, there is no use of your goine
now, for you will probably have tc
come back. They will probably have
me arrested but as true as there is a
God / didn't do it. | said didn't know
who did it, but somebody had surely
4 done something. During all the time
was there i had no conversation with
her in which she referred to the death
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