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IHER STORY!tMRS. PURCELL TESTIFIES TO|DAY IN THE CASE AT COURTHOUSE.lt;J«CORROBOK VTKS MliS. STORMIThe State Not Through with WitnessesYet Today—Interest Still Runs H jhin the Case—The Court Room IsCrowded.i*as 11 . I ^ h ■ | iMrs. Clara Pure* SI was on the standI today in t he Pure* iI ’ assault with in- 1- tent to do murder” case which is be* ]r ing tri* d in the d\ - u,lt;t court blt; fore j r Judge Jackson. Her testimony was lt;along the sum * line* that her mother, iB, ,M ; M S' lt;•; .... .- Sh** r* iferat. fi that she was hr. ciupon by her husband that he had choked her once b fore. He pointed the \ir gun straight at her head and find |point blank a few feet from her. so she jsaid.But Two Witnesses Examined.But two witn* sses were examined ir this morning, Mrs, Purcell and Richard tVon Dreskv, who was again called toitak** the stand. tThe cross-examination of Mrs. Pur- . c*U began at nearly 11 o’clock thi.-. 1 morning. Attorney Warner asked many 1searching question covering the entire tincident. ! ^Q. “When your husband returned* from the fishing and hunting trip did he appear cross?” tA. “No, he appeared very pleasant.” g? Q. Wht n he came back that night v1 i a t* oitttt r it hot H i A h «r * VI «% g h afor supper what did he say? Was he r cross then?” ff1 A. * 1 told him not to look so cross tr and he to! i me to go to-.”r Q. “That night when he came home 1 from rouncil meeting did he sav any*t thing?”9 A. “No. he went to bed and 1, hav- j* ing retired. did not speak to hint. After v ■» he had been in bed some time, h* sud aj denly jumped from bed and began c I swearing and raging around the lt;j* room?’* 1:» The other testimony was but a repe-® tit ion of Mrs. Sfortz’s testintony which t has been given here. The eros **v c - animation in many respects being the' same.!Richard Von Dresky. ( aRichard Von Dresky was called c * j again, having been on the stand yester-1 j1 day. County Attorney Hanley ask* d |*,hitn but thr*e questions in the direct t ‘'examination which developed the un- , ‘i qualified opinion that Purcell was so K her when he was in the saloon owned 0i by the witness. The cross-examination j “'developed a fund of information as tothe actions of drunken men but Mr. €Von Dresky still maintained that Pur- «cell w as sober when he saw him on the 11tf. afternoon that he “.'.hot in the air.*#
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Muscatine Journal
Muscatine, Iowa, US
Thu, Feb 09, 1905
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
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