On the question being repeated, Mrs. Dyson said: I cannot swear I did not use the words just quoted. I will not swear I did not. Having heard the words, I still pledge my oath that my husband did not get hold of the prisoner. I don’t remember swearing before the magistrates that my husband didn’t get hold of the prisoner.
What I said before the magistrate is correct. I noticed how my husband fell. He fell on his back. Nothing touched him before he fell. I will swear that after the first shot was fired my husband did not get hold of the prisoner.
He did not catch hold of the prisoner’s arm which held the revolver, and the prisoner did not strike my husband on the chin and nose.
I will positively swear that my husband was never touched on the face except by the bullet which the prisoner fired.
How long have you known Peace?—Between three and four years. I never saw him before I saw him at Darnall. I cannot say whether I or my husband first made his acquaintance. He lived next door but one to us. My husband began to dislike him in the spring of 1876.
Was he jealous?—No.
Do you remember showing your husband a photo of yourself and the prisoner?—Yes. It was taken at the Sheffield fair.
How came you to be photographed together?—We went to the fair together with some children. The children were photographed, but we were in a separate picture. I cannot say whether it was the summer or winter fair. It was summer fair, but I cannot say whether it was the summer of 1876. It certainly was not in 1875.
If it was in the summer of 1876, how was it you were photographed with a man of whom your husband disapproved in the spring of that year?—I think there must be a mistake in the dates. I cannot say. I had known the prisoner for more than a year in November, 1876. I may have known him since the spring of the previous year, but I won’t be certain. I cannot say when we went to Darnall. I mean the jury to understand that I cannot tell within three or four months. When before the coroner I stated that we had been in England three years, and that we lived for a year with my husband’s mother. I also stated that afterwards we lived at Highfield. We did not remain there more than four or five months. We next went to Heeley, and remained three or four months. From there we went to Darnall. I still say I do not remember when we went to Darnall. We were there a few months before the prisoner. He framed four pictures for us. I remember a conversation about his framing the portrait of my husband’s mother. I asked the prisoner to frame it. I mentioned the matter to the prisoner or his daughter, but I cannot say when it was. I did not write to ask him to send the frame. He never sent the frame. I never wrote asking him not to send it. I know nothing about the matter.
Mr. Lockwood: Look at that letter.—Witness, after looking at it, said: It’s not mine, and I don’t know whose it is.