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one I’ve got on, just below my hips a little?

A

Yes, sir.

Q

Just about like that?

A

Yes, sir.

Q

Maybe a little shorter?

A

No, I think not.

Q

Just below the hips a little?

A

I think - -

Q

(Interrupting)  What was it, a very jet black coat?

    MR. LILLIE:  He hasn’t finished the answer yet.

A

My idea was that it was a short coat.

Q

A black coat?

A

A black coat, a short coat?

Q

A jet black coat?

A

Whats that sir.

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Was it a jet black coat like the clothes you have on?

A

Yes, sir, maybe, but then I can’t state that very plain, about that

Q

How many times did you look around at him?

A

Oh maybe two or three times.

Q

You were twenty, thirty or forty rods ahead of him?

A

About twenty.

Q

He walked right along?

A

He walked rather slow I think.

Q

And you drove slow?

A

Yes, sir.  Well my horse walks pretty good.

Q

Your horses walked right along?

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A

Yes, sir.

Q

You gained time on him, in fact you drove away from him?

A

I guess I did.

Q

And when you got to the top of the hill you trotted down I suppose?

A

Yes, sir.

Q

And that is the last you saw of him?

A

Yes, sir.

Q

What time was it when you left Nunica to come home that day?

A

Well I don’t know.

Q

Eleven o’clock?

A

It maybe about eleven o’clock.

Q

And did you drive right home then?

A

Yes, sir.

Q

Did you meat anyone on the road?

A

No, sir.

Q

Didn’t meet anybody?

A

No, that is for what I know.

Q

Did you make any stops on the road?

A

I guess not.

Q

How long does it take you to drive from Nunica to your house?

A

Oh an hour or a little less.

Q

Just about an hour?

A

Yes, sir.

Q

Did you eat dinner as soon as you got home?

A

When it was time, yes, sir.

Q

How long a noon hour did you take then before you went to work again?

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A

Oh maybe an hour.

Q

About an hour?

A

Maybe not, according to how the work is.

Q

Then you went to drawing in potatoes?

A

Yes, sir, opening my pits, sir.

Q

You hitched up and drove out to the pit?

A

No, I guess not, I left my team in the barn.

Q

You were not hauling potatoes then?

A

No.

Q

You were just out to the pit to open it?

A

I was going out though before night.

Q

Had you left the pit and gone to the house when Mr. Adkin came?

A

No, I was working there.

Q

Did he come out to where you were at work?

A

Yes, sir.

Q

How far were the potatoes from the house?

A

About thirty rods.

Q

Was his son there with him when he came there?

A

Yes, sir.

Q

Was right along side of him?

A

Yes, sir.

Q

Did the son say anything?

A

Well maybe he did.

Q

You don’t remember anything that he said?

A

No.

Q

And Mr. Adkin told you about the murder then didn’t he?

A

No, sir, I told him.

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Did you know Golden?

A

No, sir.

Q

Did you ask Adkin if he knew him?

A

No, I guess not.

Q

You didn’t tell Adkin about meeting a stranger that morning, did you?

A

Yes, sir, I did.

Q

You told him you had met a stranger in the road early in the morning?

A

Yes, sir, at the time I stated here.

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Did you tell him in which direction he was going?

A

Yes, sir.

Q

Did you tell him about meeting the officer when you were going to Coopersville?

A

Yes, sir.

Q

You think Adkin stayed at your house about a half an hour?

A

I think something like that, yes, sir.

Q

But you cannot say whether he bought anything there or not?

A

I guess he bought, yes, sir.

Q

Something at your place?

A

Yes, sir.

Q

Did he pay you for what he bought or did you take it out in trade, tinware?

A

No, sir, he paid for it.

Q

Paid for it in cash?

A

Yes, sir.

Q

Do you know what it amounted to?

A

No.

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Did you haul any potatoes that afternoon?

A

I guess I did.

Q

How many loads did you haul in?

A

I don’t know, not many though, maybe a load or two, that is all

Q

How many bushels did you have in the pit?

A

I don’t know.

Q

What did you do with the potatoes?

A

We got them in for planting them again.

Q

Is that all you took out of that pit?

A

Maybe I don’t know about that.

Q

What did you do after you hauled potatoes that afternoon?

A

I don’t know.

Q

Were you to home?

A

I guess so.

Q

Were any of your other neighbors at the house that day?

A

That I cannot tell.

Q

Do you do general farming?

A

Yes, sir.

Q

What does the stock that you have on your farm consist of?

A

Cows and horses.

Q

How many cows did you have at that time?

A

I can’t tell.

Q

Seven or eight?

A

No, I guess not that many.

Q

What is your best judgment?

A

Four or five of them I guess.

Q

And how many horses did you keep then?

A

Four I guess.