Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-07

again, Il then got on to my feet and in
the struggle that followed | was thrown
to my back in the road and they put the
hand cuffs on me. / kept asking them
what they intended to do with me and
they answered that they would show me.
We then started down the road, across
the bridge and back to Alma. We went
around by the gasoline works. | told
them to take me TO the city hall that the
mayor was there and that he would iden-
tify me, if they did not already know who
| was. We went into the city hall and
into the Jail part. One of the gentlemen
asked nue. where the telephone was and l
told them where they could fnd it, do
not remember or know who the first per-
! son was that saw at the city hall, there
were some people sitting in the windows
but did not recognize them. As we
were crossing the bridge in this city we
net man named Ogden, who lives in
Alma in the eastern part Of the city. do
not know his first name. / opened the
door myself and showed them where the
Jail was. They did not ask me where it
was. sent for Mayor King and he and
the rest of the council came down from
up stairs and identified me. and was re-
leased. When was handcuffed they put
two pair on me, one was snapped in to
the other on my wrist and one of the
gentlemen held this pair. My wrists
were not injured with the exception that
they were trifle pink. The blows that
| received were heavy ones, one of them
cut hole in my scalp about a half an
inch long and this bled quite freely. The
second blow was on the forehead at the
edge of the hair, the skin was broken and
my head swollen. received other blows
from the men. Foley struck me with
his fists after they had the handouts on
me and was getting on to my feet. He
hit me once in the eye and once on the
side of head. One blow BACKED my eye
but the other was of no consequence
The first impression had of who these
two men were or what their business was,
occurred at the time that nightwatch
Smith came into the hall and asked them
who they were. Then they told him that
they were officers and showed him their
badges. The respondents in the case APP
peared to be intoxicated. judged so by
their manner and by the smell of their
breath. When was brought into the
city hall, my head was bloody, my face
was all blood and my shirt was torn and
bloody.
Attorney Davitts for the defense then
asked Mr.. Button questions which result
ted in the following testimony.
After / was handcuffed and on to my
feet asked them to let ME go and get
my wheel but they refused. When they
first stopped NE they asked me who was
and when told them | was an officer
they said that | was a nice officer to come
out there without badge and i'll my
shirt sleeves. 1t took NE about ten
minutes to go to the Gobel residence
| was at the express Office from six until
eight that evening. was on the corner
by b. w. Ellisons store for about one half
an hour that evening. ! bought some
bananas and carried them home and sat
on the porch for about fifteen minutes
While ! was sitting there I saw Mr..
I Spalding.
Dr. +. Suydam was then called TO the
stand and testified that the plaintiff had
appeared at his Office the morning of the
24th of July with bruised head which
I he had treated.
Mrs. Gobel was then sworn and her
story was as follows
am Mrs. John Gobel residing north
of Alma. have seen Mr.. Foley before
but not the other gentleman. He spoke
to me that evening few rods west of the
barn which is on the opposite side of the
road from the house There were two
men together but only noticed the one
who spoke 10 me. Ills clothing was of
a dark material. I cannot say that Mr..
Flannery was the other man. | know
Mr.. Button by sight. He was at my
house that evening. ! was afraid to stay
alone and my first thought was to call
up Tom Gobels place and ask him to get
his wife and spend the night Tom
Gobel lives in Alma. went to the tele-
phone and asked Central to call Tom
'Gobel's saloon. Central said that he
could not get him. told central that
there were two men at our place in the
wood shed and cellar and that I was
afraid to stay alone. Central replied that
he did not blame me aud that he would
call Ben Button. talked with Mr.. But
ton and told him the same as had told
@ ntral and he said he would come right
away. He arrived about nine thirty as
near as | can remember. had seen the
men 20 away from the house toward the
bridge. IL was about the time / saw
them about the house that I called up
the central. They were about the house
about ten or fifteen minutes. I heard
two shots directly before they went to
the pack of the house. Mr.. Button had
no coat on and he was there about two
minutes and started off in the direction