The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-01-20
THE: LORD
MURDER CASE
(Continued from Page Qne.)

Peace? Yes. DID you relate to them
all you saw? No. When they eX-
amined you you didn't say that you
saw Leona Lord strike Samuel Lord?
NO. Did you not go to Bleck's Ho-
tel and ask Osler Sherwood for a
drink of water stating that you were
excited? No. Did you not say to
him that all you saw of the fight was
Sam Reed hit Silas Lord with the
hoe, and that he knocked him down
in the road? l might have. Didn't
say anything else? No. Do you re-
member when Mr.. Lee was in front
of your house around the latter part
of August or September, following
this, and you went on the grounds
and showed him, in the presence of
Millard Lord, where the fight took
place, and where Reed struck Silas
Lord with the hoe? Yes, Do you
remember Lee saying, Did you see
Mrs. Lord strike Sike Lord at ALL"
and you said mo, l didn't see her
touch him? He asked me and / said
Yes" Did you say to Isaac Lord
the day of the public sale, on your
own porch. that Leona Lord never
touched Slas Lord with that pick
or words to that effect? No.
Mrs. Anna Sherwood, wife of Jas.
Sherwood 66 years of age, sworn:
Lives at Equinunk, just across the
street from where the fight took
place. Was there at the time of
fight. What were you doing? l was
arranging things around in the gar
den. Mrs. Leona Lord was on the
porch talking to Sike Lord and his
son. They were talking about the
ditch, and she said; Il will have an
other surveyor. The county surveyor
didn't survey it." A. j. Hornbeck
surveyed it. She said to NIillard go
up and see our kitten, and to Ethel
she said go home and take care of
the kid. Her son then told her to go
in the house. Sammy directed his
conversation to Mr.. Lord; Will Lord
answered him. She said to Sam,
You are here to do my work and do
it, and we pay you to do it. Called
VIII thief and a bastard. Repeat
ed names several times. Millard
stood at the lower end while viii at
! the upper end. Will had a hoe in
his hand and walked back and forth
| and told Sike he was out of his place
( and ii wasn't right for him. VIII
and Millard quarreled. Millard had
pick and threw it on pile of dirt,
| then they both clinched each other,
and both went down. Then i went
| over to separate them, as | didn't
like to see cousins fighting. Mrs. l..
Lord came out. Her hair was hang
ing down her back and she was MAX
ing lots of noise. She went over to
the dirt pile and threw herself over
the two boys. Then Sike Lord came
over and took hold of her arm and
10 1,A
close to the building, hit Sike on
The side of the head and he went
down. Loosening his hand from
LeUna she drove the pick into his
head.
| turned to go down the steps and
went across to a yard to get help.
! My husband was there all the time.
! When Mrs. Lord hit him with the
pick he was in a sort of a heap. He
was ON his hands and knees, and
whether or not he had fallen do not
know. Sam hit him two times with
hoe and he went down.
Saw Sam come down from the up
! per corner of the house with the
hoe? Yes he walked along close to
the side of the house.
! Crosse -eXamination-Have you talk
/ ed it over great many times since
with your husband. No, sir. Never
! talked of the murder. Is your eye
sight good? Yes, sir; / think | can
see across the road. The two boys
We're quarreling; Sike Lord grabbed
| her from the boys. You were much
| opposed to Mrs. Lord having public
| ditch opposite your house? Never
said anything about the ditch, only
that they shouldn't have two water
pipes, when he company had one.
| Was always friendly with Mrs. Lord
and her son Millard. The night of
the trouble | met Lizzie Lord and
told her my heart ached for the
trouble that had befallen my neigh
bOrs. l told her / felt sorry for all
my friends. You never told Lizzie
Lord that you were glad that you
were away at the time of the fight?
No l didn't for l didn't leave the
place until the worst was over.
DR.. Woolsey sworn Lives at Han
cock. Practicing IA years asst June. |
Went over to see Mr.. Lord the Sun
day before his death. Knew Silas
Lord some. Testified to being call |
ed into consultation. Primary cause !
was the injury above the head; sec
ondary cause septic infection from
the wound.
NIOSS-eAdlHlndIlOu Cdlleu MIN the !
chief for defense.
Joseph A. Bodie, photographer:
Testified to having taken pictures of |
Silas Lord and place.
Exhibits l to Z.
DR.. Frisbie recalled for a moment |
to indentify pictures. /
j. A. Bodie recalled.
Exhibits and shown and ad-
mitted.
DR.. Frisbie recalled.
]. A. Bodie recalled.
Exhibits 10 and II admitted.
Thursday Afternoon.
Mrs. F. C. Frisbie was recalled to
the stand. Charles Sherwood testifi-
ed to driving up the lane after the
fight and overhearing the defendant
say, i've got another good Job
done"
Mrs. James Sherwood was recalled
to the stand and denied having said
to Mrs. Henry Bridge she was in the