The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-28

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lying down. I felt like I didn't want
to be out so conspicuous, so 1 sat on
the davenport. He came in and
sat in the chair had been sitting
in. In the conversation, he men
toned his wreck. He said he had
several wrecks. My husband asked
him if his car was damaged. He
said, some. He asked what damage
it did to it. He said it took off a
running board and fender. And
while he was sitting there he had a
newspaper lying across his lap and
he took my attention by lust
thumbing that newspaper over and
over all the time he sat there.
Left Soon After
Odd you hear him say any
thing about where he lived?
Ale said he lived in Cincinnati.
Q-What else was said or done by
any one there?
A-Mr. Small came in in a few
minutes and told him he was ready
to go with him, and they left.
Q-What took place after he left?
Airs. Small said he looked like
some one she knew. She spoke his
name, but I don't remember what
it was, now. My husband spoke up
and said he rather looked like
somebody he had seen, and 1,
naturally, followed the conversation,
and I said he looked or rather
talked like some one 1 knew.
Q-Did you have anybody in mind
at that time?
Al did not.
Q-Had you ever seen that man
Friedman before that day?
Al had not.
Gave Name of Jones
Q-Do you remember what he
said his name was that day? Or did
he give name?
Ale gave his name, believe it
was Jones, but wouldn't be sure.
Q-Now, Mrs. Simmons, going to
the occasion of this picnic and the
things done preparatory to that day,
what was the first date which was
tentatively fixed, if there was such
a date, tentatively fixed, for this
Lebanon picnic?
Alt was the Sunday of the 14th.
Q-And was it changed then for
some reason to the 21St?
Alt was.
Q-About how long before the
Goth was it changed to the 21st?
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Talked to Relative
Odd you talk over the tele-
phone there with your mother-in-
law, Charity Simmons, concerning
this picnic and concerning what
provisions you were going to take?
Al did.
Q-You mentioned pressed chick
en- sandwiches?
Ayes, sir.
Q-Is she on the same party line,
if you know, as Horace Jackson's
house and telephone?
A-She is.
Q-JuSt start in with the first
thing done that had to do with prep
arations of the food that you took
on that day and tell the jury ex-
actly what was done in that regard.
A-On Saturday afternoon /
dressed my chicken and cooked it.
I took the meat from the bones
and ground it, seasoned it, mixed
in some cracker crumbs, and poured
over the broth that the chicken
had been cooked it, stirred it up,
and set it in the icebox.
Used Food Chopper
O-Upon what sort of an nipple
ment did you grind the chicken?
"A little food chopper.
Q-Go ahead with the next step
you recall was taken with reference
to preparing this food for the picnic.
A-Well, my husband and George
and I went to Knightstown that
afternoon and we took our eggs as
far as Charlottesville and I sold
them and purchased some groceries
and among the groceries were the
buns I used.
GLOW many buns did you pur-
chase?
Al had two dozen.
Q-Who, if any one was near or
about you while this operation was
taking place?
A-Elizabeth stood at the north
end of the cabinet practically all
the time I was there.
Q-Do you know of any time she
was away?
A-She stepped to the ice box
and got the cake and put in another
marshmalloW box on the table.
Other than that she was there all
the time.
Tells of Trip
Q-Who else was there, if there
was any one else?
Awhile I was making them
probably half done, I don't know,
my husband came out of the bed
room and stood at the south end
of the cabinet and talked to me in
regard to how many (sandwiches)
were going to be in the can.
Q-What was said about that
subject?
Ave had talked before that and
planned to take two dozen, and I
said that I wasn't going to be able
to get that many in.
Q-Was any one else of your
family there while you were max
ing the sandwiches?
A-Virginia and Jean were back
and forth in the kitchen at times.
Q-Were the boys there at any
time you can recall while you were
making the sandwiches?
A-They were shaving part of the
time and part of the time Dale was
sitting on the ice box.
She told of their trip to Lebanon
for the picnic, and of their arrival
at the Pollard home. She and Jo-
anna Simmons went to the flower
garden, after visiting in the house.
Saw Horace Jackson
Q-How long do you believe was
occupied in this visit to the flower