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The People of the State of Michigan - - - (Complainants) VS William Shimmel - - - (Defendant) |
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Edward Brown Cross Examination |
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Taller? |
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No, he is not as tall. |
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But heavier set? |
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Heavier set, yes, sir. |
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Did you talk with either one of them? |
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I have since. |
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You did not at the time? |
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No, not at that day. |
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Was Griswold at the saloon when you left? |
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Why just as soon as we had our drink I went right out and went back to the office. |
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Did you see this man Green in the saloon, Frank Green? |
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I don’t remember of seeing Mr. Green there. |
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You don’t remember of his being there? |
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I don’t remember seeing him at that time, he might have been back in to the card table somewhere there. |
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What were you doing on the forenoon of that day? |
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Tending to the post office. |
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On the day following that you attended the post office just the same. |
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No, sir, I was called to look up this case of the murder. |
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And then you went to Denison? |
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Yes, sir. |
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When did you first learn of the murder? |
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Why it was about, somewheres about I think ten o’clock that night. |
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But you didn’t go to Denison until the next morning? |
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No, the car had gone east and I didn’t go. I think it was after ten. |
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Page 55 |
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How far is Nunica from Denison? |
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Why about three miles or a little over. |
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Did you see Shimmel or the Frenchman after you seen them in the saloon that day? |
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Do you mean the day I was in the saloon? |
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The day of the 23rd, yes sir. |
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No, sir, I didn’t see him afterwards not that I know of. |
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Did you see him before that? |
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I think I did see him coming up the street from the other saloon, from Haas saloon, right after dinner or just before dinner. |
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That was Shimmel? |
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I think they both was together. |
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You had seen Shimmel before this you say? |
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Well I would not have known him at all. |
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That was quite a number of years before? |
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That was quite a while ago. |
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Were you in the other saloon that day? |
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No, sir. |
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What was that day, a warm day or cold? |
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Why they were at work anyway dragging in oats and things like that. The next day I was down the track looking up this matter and a fellow just east of town said that he saw Shimmel go by when he was dragging in oats that same day. |
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MR. PARK: That is all |
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E. A. Brown |
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Subscribed & sworn to before me this first day of July 1907 |
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Daniel C Wachs |
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Justice of the Peace |