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"Murder bed set east and west, with the head to the west" [Dr Moore testimony] S1, "Bookcase was at the foot of the bed; the lounge at the north side of the bed; deceased lying on the north side of the bed, next to lounge" [Dr A R Tucker testimony] S1, ". . . we went to the east door; Lucette said she couldn't get up, and told us to go round to the kitchen door; we went into the house. . ." [Temple C Marris testimony] S2,
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Misc. Data |
"Was his family physician; [at Tipton] was frequently at his house" [Dr Martin Van Buren Newcomer testimony] S2, I refused to sign or circulate a petition, signed by taxpayers of Jackson township, for the purpose of employing General Moss as counsel. [6, Dr Amos Pettijohn, recalled by state testimony] S1, At this point the testimony of Amasa Foulke, the defendant, at the coroner’s inquest, was read and admitted in evidence [6, between J M Phelps and John Sims testimony] S1, defendant and wife staid at my house some time after they were married; they lived in the same house, but with apartments to themselves; we moved to Westfield some time after their marriage, and rented the farm to defendant and his brother George; we continued to live in Westfield for some time, and then moved back to the farm; then put up the house in which the murder occurred for defendant; defendant soon moved to Groomsville, Tipton county; lived there a year and then moved to Tipton town; lived there some time, and then moved back to the farm, in the house with us; they were at our house after moving back from Tipton, about three weeks, and then moved over in the house where the murder occurred; [7, Jesse Foulke testimony] S2, The defendant lived with us when first married, a little over a year; their first babe was born at our house; then we built them a house on our place; they lived in that house when we moved to Westfield; after we came back from Westfield we built the house for them [7, Mary Foulke testimony] S2, after moving over to the house where Lucetta was killed, I was over several times, as they had a sick child at the time; I staid with her several times while defendant was at Indianapolis, shipping lumber. [7, Mary Foulke testimony] S2, Reside in Noblesville; was present at the habeas corpus trial. At this juncture there was a discussion as to the admissibility of this evidence [7, Mrs Anna Baker testimony – wife of Nehemiah???] S2, lived with them after they were first married, on father’s farm and until defendant went to Tipton [7, George Foulke ID0076 testimony] S2, we were running a saw mill in Tipton county, fourteen miles form Tipton; we were there in the business together something over six months; he moved then to the town of Tipton; I was there a great many times; as much as about a half dozen times a month; I boarded with him about a year and a half altogether, they always appeared to get along all right; they staid at father’s a short time when they came back from Tipton; I boarded there at the time; they then went to housekeeping at the place where she was shot. 7, George Foulke ID0076 testimony] S2, I had no pistol at the time of the murder, and it had been over a year since I had had one; I had traded it to my brother in Iowa for a shawl [7, Amasa J Foulke testimony] S2,
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Children |
". . . found her [Lucette] lying in middle of bed, with cover down to her waist; one child on each side, one child was awake, and said she was not hurt;" [Jesse Foulke testimony] S1, "When we first got there she was lying on her back between her two children" [ Temple C Marris testimony] S2, "His little daughter was sick a good deal of the time. I was frequently at his house" [ Dr Martin Van Buren Newcomer testimony] S2, "They had one child while they lived at father's" [George Foulke testimony] S2, "we had two children; the oldest one was at the death of its mother about five years old, and the youngest fifteen months; the little girl died last fall" [Amasa J Foulke testimony] S2,
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Other Family Members Mentioned |
we met Temple Merris while going over; Jennie Jones and my father [Amasa Baker ID0138] and myself went together; Kersey Baker and John Baker were there when we arrived [Mary Baker testimony] S1, Mrs Foulke, and Elizabeth Baker were there [Jacob Griffin testimony] S1, Kersey Baker, John Baker and his son, Mr. and Mrs. Foulke, and a little girl that Mrs. Foulke had raised,[Jenny Jones ??] and one or two others were at the house [Dr Pettijohn testimony] S1, Was staying at the Widow Baker’s house at time of murder [Clark Cammack testimony] S1, I built a fire and then went to Baker’s and awoke them [Louis B Pettijohn testimony] (could this be the Widow Baker?) S1, I live three quarters of a mile north-east of Deming; was at widow Baker’s on the night of the murder [James Jackson testimony] S1, at the request of Jesse, to meet Mrs. Mary Foulke, Jenny Jones, and old Mr. Baker; met them and returned with them to the house [Temple C Marris testimony] S2, Am an uncle of defendant’s wife.. My son went with me.. . [Kersey Baker testimony] S2, was called up by my son John and his wife [Mrs Kersey Baker testimony] S2, I live in Adams township; have lived there thirty-six years; live within a mile and a half of Jesse Foulke; Foulke has lived there twenty years; have been acquainted with the defendant about twenty years; his wife was a niece of my wife [Uriah Hodson testimony] S2, Am the wife of Uriah Hodson; was acquainted with the defendant’s wife; she was a neice of mine; the defendant was the son of my first cousin [Mrs Ann Hodson testimony] S2, I was related to Mrs. Amasa Foulke; was a cousin of hers; . . . was living at Noblesville at the time [Nehemiah Baker testimony] S2,
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Toll Gate Keeper: lived west of Amasa Foulk’s between a quarter and half quarter mile – keep toll house on Cicero and Boxley gravel road - there are two roads, one coming into the pike from the south, west of the toll house, and one from the north, east of the gate; [Wilson Wall testimony] S1, live south and west of defendant one mile distant; Amasa lived one-fourth of a mile from the toll gate; I live half a mile south of defendant’s father [Jacob Griffin testimony] S1, defendant walked back to his house; distant about one mile and a quarter [Dr Pettijohn testimony] S1, I live in Jackson township quarter of a mile from defendant’s house [Temple C Marris testimony] S2, I live four miles west of Cicero, within a quarter mile of defendant’s [Mrs. Nancy Owens testimony] S2, I live in Jackson township, a quarter mile from defendant’s house, and very near due north [Henry Wall testimony] S2, The toll gate is about a quarter of a mile from my house [Henry Wall testimony] S2, Live between a quarter and half a mile of defendant [Mrs Kersey Baker testimony] S2, I know where defendant lives; lives about four and a quarter miles from Cicero [Elmsly D Tisler testimony] S2, I came into the pike half a mile east of the toll gate; I had left my father-in-law’s house at about fifteen minutes before three o’clock; it was a little after three when I got to the pike . . . – How far was this from defendant’s house? Answer – About three-quarters of a mile [Lewis H Sims testimony] S2, I called at the toll-gate, a quarter of a mile from the house [Amasa J Foulke testimony] S2, I then went up to father’s house, and got a horse to go to Deming; I stopped at Griffin’s on the way and asked him to go to my house; he said he would go over; I then went on to Deming [Amasa J Foulke testimony] S2,
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S1 | Newspaper: Noblesville Ledger [Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana] - 12 Feb 1875, page 1 - Acc000889 | Link |
S2 | Newspaper: Noblesville Ledger [Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana] - 19 Feb 1875, page 3 - Acc000888 | Link |
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