Martin C. Golden

Mrs. Ida Wilton’s Testimony

The following six witnesses testified in Uncle Martin’s Coroner’s Court

 

Dr. Frederick D. Smith

Hilda Olson

Mrs. Ida Wilton

Dr. Herman Bayer

Thomas Mc Carthey

Edward Mc Carthey

Mrs. Ida Wilton, being first duly sworn by the Coroner, in answer to interrogatories propounded by Mr. Pagelsen, testified as follows:

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Q

Where do you reside?

A

Half a mile north of the Jericho Schoolhouse.

 

 

Q

Where were you on the evening of the 23rd day of April?

A

I was to home until about 7 or a little bit after and I went down - - we started down to Mr. Chet Austin’s fishing.  When we come to Dennison we drove straight down from our place down there by the Catholic church.  My husband stopped there and got some gasoline and I sat in the buggy by the store for a few minutes.

 

 

Q

Did you see anyone around there that you didn’t know at the time?

A

I did.

 

 

Q

Where?

A

Well sir, he came from the north end of the store along on the west side.

 

 

Q

That is near he railroad track?

A

Yes sir.

 

 

Q

Just go on.

A

And he came about half the distance from the end of the store to that window on the west side and he went out of my sight there.  Of course I didn’t keep my eye right on him all the while as he come towards me, but I knew that he stopped because I didn’t hear his footsteps any more, and I looked around the post to see and he was just turning around to come back and he went back and stepped behind the store, the north end of the store.

 

 

Q

What kind of a description of the man can you give us?

A

I should not say he was a large man nor he was not a small man; he was a medium sized man as I should judge.

 

 

Q

About how tall, could you judge about in feet and inches?  How tall?

A

I could not; it was kind of dusk at the time.

 

 

Q

He didn’t step within the range of light at all - - the window.

A

No sir.  He had on an overcoat, I should judge about to his knees, a dark coat.

 

 

Q

About how much would he weigh?

A

I couldn’t tell for that, probably 170 or 180, somewhere along there.

 

 

Q

As to whether it was anyone that you knew.

A

What is that?

 

 

Q

As to whether or not it was anyone that you knew.

A

I could not have told.

 

 

Q

It was too far away for you to even recognize any person you might hav been personally acquainted with?

A

No, I don’t believe I could.  I was not, of course, thinking of any such thing and I couldn’t have told whether he was smooth shaved or whether he had whiskers or how he was; it was so dark I couldn’t see then.

 

 

Q

It was no one you recognized anyway?

A

No sir.

 

 

Q

About what time in the evening was that?

A

About half past seven.

 

 

Q

On the night of the 23rd day of April?

A

Yes sir.

 

 

Q

Did you see him leave there at any time?

A

No sir, I didn’t see him at all after he stepped behind the store.

 

 

Q

That is next to the railroad track?

A

On the north end of the store.

 

 

 

Mr. Pagelsen: I think that is all