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county court. She testified to intimate re-
latons between Mudgett and the Shonio
girl.
Mrs Foster said that on the night of
July 81 when Amy Shonio disappeared.
the girl left the boarding house at seven
o'clock. Mudgett left the house the same
night right after supper.
Mrs. Foster said that when Amy was
Ill for two weeks in September, 1919. Mud
gett cared for her and paid the doctors
bill. For many months prior to her death,
the witness said tho girl appeared sad,
ate little and often cried. Mrs Foster
had seen Mudgert and Miss Shonio to-
sethcr In the sitting room. Mudgett was
lying down with his head in Miss Shonio's
lap and she was combing his hair. They
often played with the ouija board At
Christmas Mudgett gave the girl a toilet
set, and she also received pair of fur
wristed gloves from Irwin Fletcher of
johnson. Mrs. Foster said that she her.
self had given Mudgett q box of station
cry. The gift was identified in court and
placed among the exhibits.
Oh the hight Of July II MIDGET, ac-
cortling to Mrs. Foster, came nome at II
o'clock She knew him by his step and
said to him, Don't lock the door, Amy
is coming home" Mudgett replied briefly
and proceeded to his room. The witness
said that Mudgett paid SIS for n coat that
Miss Shono wore in the fall OF 1919 She
told also Of finding u child's night dress
in one of the drawers in the girls room
Attorney-General Archibald wound up
his direct examination of Mrs. Foster
shortly after court reconvcned this after
noon Mrs. Foster said that Miss Shon,o
F,.a,
several times and that on some of these
occasions Mudgott was also away.
On cross-examination conducted by
w. "A. Dutton, she said, the ouija board
was the property of MudSett and was
Kept in the sitting room and often was
operated by others In the house. She said
that when Miss Shonio first came to the
house she was keeping company" with
Irwin Fletcher of johnson, that Fletcher
frequently visited her at the Foster house.
and that In the summer time Miss Shonio
entertained him on the piazza and In the
winter they visited In the sitting room.
They were not always alone Mrs. Foster
said. She had observed acts of affection
between thom and said that Fletcher
ceased his visits in December, 1919 Speak
ing of Miss Shonio's attitude while she
was at the Foster house, she said the girl
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