Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-01

tie Sweeney, a neighbor, and Mrs.
Mary Becker. The witnesses for the
defense were, Ora Wayne, Harry
Wayne, Thomas Vincent, L. Fl. Stew
ems, David Crichton and Eugene
BroOker, the latter three men having
been called in on the case simply to
verify certain locations. Mrs. Becker
swore that on the day mentioned she
saw Thomas Vincent go around the
house and enter the kitchen door. This
was while she was calling upon her
neighbor, Mrs. Sweeney. That few
minutes later she returned home and
found the money missing. She i'm
mediately told Miss Gilbert, a neigh
Dor, who went to the Wayne home
nearby where Vincent was at that
time and accused him of taking the
money. That she had called the sher-
if and was advised to see the district
attorney at once This she did and
while there Vincent came in. Mrs.
Becker accused Vincent of taking the
money which he denied, but offered
to replace it. The district attorney
then told Vincent not to replace the
sum unless he had taken the sum al
legged to have been stolen.
John Becker took the stand and
said that Vincent had come to the
house the following morning and said,
Here's the money l was accused of
taking" giving him So. Also said
that he (Vincent) wanted it stopped"
That he had been for some time past
working for Allen Vincent, son Of
Thomas Vincent. Becker said that the
house had been locked, and that he
had unlocked it himself. Said he had
been working around the north side of
the house on the day mentioned and
had seen no one during the afternoon.
Mrs. Sweeney, the neighbor swore
that she had seen Vincent go into the
screen door in the kitchen. That Mrs.
Becker had remained a few minutes
and went home That Vincent carried
package under his arm. That Vim
cent went in and out two times. Ern-
est Becker, son of Mary Becker, tes-
titled that he had been away the day
of the alleged robbery but was there
with the money. Ernest Becker sWore
that at that time he heard Vim
cent say man will do things when
drunk that he would not do when So
ber," or words to that effect
Attorney Kopp of the defense, in
opening his case said that he would
prove that it was impossible for any
one to see the Becker kitchen door
from the Sweeney rear door, as al
legged by the two women, on account
of the outhouses that were in the line
of vision at that time. The court then
ordered two buses made ready to con-
duct the two witnesses, the jury and
the attorneys to the scene of the point
in question.
Thomas Vincent, aged 60, and a re-
tired farmer, took the stand in his
own defense. Vincent swore that on
May %, last, he left home with the
intention Of going to the house of
AlOnzo Wayne, in the west part of
the city. Mr.. Wayne was lying dead
in his home and Vincent desired to
take flowers to his friends casket.
He swore that he had met Ora
Wayne in front of the L. Alt store and
was told that he could not get into
the house until 8 o'clock, when the
undertakers would be through. That
he had gone west on Maple street, but
turned north on the Wayne corner
with the intention of calling on a man
named Oates who was confined to his
bed. That he had gone by the Becker
home a few feet, but upon consulting
his watch found that it was almost
o'clock and consequently retraced his
steps to the Wayne home. That short
ly after arriving there the Gilbert