Affiant says that the man then gave the said Agnes Barrett, alias
Madame Barette, a pocket knife with a corkscrew in it, and that they
pulled the cork out of the bottle and drank some of the contents.
Affiant says she did not know what was in the bottle or whether the
wine was red or white. Affiant says that the said man, Agnes Barrett,
alias Madame Barette, and the woman that came with her as aforesaid had
lighted a candle before they opened the bottle, and that after they
had partaken of the contents thereof as aforesaid the man went out of
the room, but that previous to that he offered the said Agnes Barrett,
alias Madame Barette, fifty dollars, and that the said Agnes Barrett
said that was not enough.
Affiant says that that was all the man said at the time, and that he
then gave to said Agnes Barrett, alias Madame Barette, fifty dollars,
who did not then say any more, but took the money. That the man then
went out of the room and took the bottle with him, and also the candle
lighting the room. Agnes Barrett, alias Madame Barette, then turned on
the light and came over to this affiant, who was sitting on the bed,
and removed the gag from affiant's mouth and said to this affiant:
"Didn't I tell you I would kill you if you would tell your lawyer the
things she told me."
"I did not tell the attorney," I replied. Agnes Barrett then asked
affiant if affiant had told him the man's name down at the Springs, to
which affiant replied that she had.
She then said: "Did you tell that interrupting beast?"
When I asked her who she meant, she said: "That other lawyer of yours."
I said, "I did not tell him anything."
I asked her who brought me there, saying that she did not remember
coming there.
The man then came in and said that he was going to fix my head and give
me something for it. They asked me to go to Miss Donahue's room and I
refused.
Affiant further says that Agnes Barrett then took two night-dresses
out of a paper and put one on her and then took her in to the man she
claimed was a doctor to the bathroom. The other woman came out of the
room after them and locked the door and brought the key with her, and
that they then all went into the bathroom.
This affiant says that Miss Donahue was talking over the back transom
to the man inside the bathroom. Affiant says that a candle was then
lighted in the bathroom and that Miss Donahue reached a little bottle
through the transom and told said Agnes Barrett, alias Madame Barette,
to mix it.
Affiant said she did not know what it was and refused to take it,
whereupon the man poured it out in a glass and put it to this affiant's
mouth and made her drink it. Affiant says that she did not know who the
man in the bathroom was at that time, because he had a black mask tied
over his face, and that she did not know whether this man was a doctor
or not, but that Agnes Barrett called him doctor.
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