Charles never abused him he slapped him sometimes to make him hash[?] crying he was made with me when James was first borned because James was white & not his but had said nothing to me lately he liked the child very well he was about ten months old. I did not say I thought Charles killed my child it was under the cover with its face down. Charles never made no threats to hurt the child

Charles is my son in law he lived in same house but in a different room he was ill to the deceased & seemed to hate it one night the deseased was crying & my dauter Nancy went to the bead[?] where Charles & the deseased was lying he was holding the cover on the child liked[?] he wanted to smuther it never heard him make no threats

he would make him [?] for crying so much. I was present when the deseased was laid out I saw a read spot on each side of his neck

I head Charles say he wished the child was dead