. THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA. THE TRIAL STILL ON. to see Cliff leave town, and besides this Wintcrsteen came down to Read ing and said Waller was a son of a bitch and other ugly things. I think that was enough to satisfy anyone that he wasn't a gentleman. Re-direct. On the occasion oi Mr. Wintersteen's first visit to Read ing after the explosion, he said he had come by a roundabout way on account of a man following him. When the party of us returned irom the excursion, he remained at my house all night. Lizzie Heck sworn. I know Mrs. Gast, saw her in Sept. 1896. I read a letter to her 1 it was from Clifton Knorr. The letter read: " I will be home this evening.'1 It was written on note paper with some hotel advertisement on the top, but I don't remember the name of the hotel. Jennie Hutchins sworn. Live at Reading. I know Winter steen; met him at house of Mrs. Sallie Oast. I also met him in summer of 1895, when on an excursion. There weie four of us in the party. After the excursion we all went to Sallie Gast s house. Cross-examined. Can't tell what .L uaic uic excursion was can t say wiuiin nve months oUvhat date it was I saw him twice that summer. The night of the excursion he stayed at jvirs. uasts nouse all night. E. P. Williams sworn. Am a resident of Bloomsburg 5 am , ujc j. o. express Agt. Know Clifton Knorr. On January 3, 1896, he sent a teiegram winch read: "Agent U. S. Express Co., N. Y., Hand Cadet Abner John Rothchilds, Mutual Paper Box Co., 394 Bowery, N. Y. It was written by me for Mr. Knorr. The amount to be paid at New York was $5.00. I haven't any way of telling whether or not the money was paid at New York. After the telegram was sert I received, on January 6, a pack- age addressed to C, C. Knorr. It came from New York. A. XV, Shuman sworn. 3 Am a resident of Bloomsburg. Am proprietor 01 a note! at Mainville. Am acquainted with C. C. Knorr. was at my hotel on Nov. 26, 1895, was there vn iwo oiner occasions. Warren Armstrong sworn. I am thirteen years old. Live on Catharine street, Bloomsburg. My father died three months ago. He was iarmer, ana nad a stone quarry. Know Wintersteen and have seen him at my fathers auarrv after rlvnnmit.. I remember in May, a year ago one time he was there when everybody as uusy planting corn. 1 was instruct ed to go with him to the auarrv to tret some dynamite. I held his horse while ne gor tour sticks of dynamite. He was at our house the last rvur nf T,1nA or the first of July, he called to my winer wno was up in the field, father came down and I held the horses wmie ne ana wintersteen got some aynamite. Cross-examined. He came to our bouse several times, and got dynamite. He said he wanted n lor use at the furnace. Court adjourned till a P. M. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 2:iC Court in session. Pharlo. David called. Live at Mainville, am a ioreman on renna Railroad, was at Mainville oh morning of Sept. last Detween six and half past six o'clock 1 recognize Mr. Knorr as the man I saw at station on morning of Sept nth ne got on train going east toward iiazieton ; I saw no one with him, he was aione. Cross-examined. I remember the date because people were talking about the explosion that day j recall the date from the fact that I looked at him that morning j I told A. W. Shuman that I saw him thr but not till after he had made a con' tession. Wallace Peters sworn. I live at Mainville, ticket and freight 6ciu, 01 renna. Kailroad at that place ; keep record of all tickets sold, have record with me (witness pro duces record, and turns to report of Sept. it) I recollect selling one ticket on that morning, there was only one sold j train left at 6.22 a. m. Mrs. Girton sworn. . Live at corner Seventh & Catha rine streets, Bloomsburg, remember night of explosion 1 was in bed at the tune ; heard r.-port of explosion, got up, looked out of window ; saw a man run across Catharine, could not see what direction he .vas going, except that he was going up Seventh street j saw only one man ; was medium sized, could not describe him j wore dark clothes ( soft dark hat, pulled down over his face ; he was running at the , time ; was running away from Waller's house. Cross-examined. Can't just say how far from Waller's house it is j he lives on corner of Fifth and Center, and I live at 7th and Catharine. Mrs. Robert Hartman called. Reside at corner of Eighth St. and road that goes to river j remember mght of explosion, was in bed at the time, got up and went to window heard a man passing, walking very fast, could tell it was a man, he walk ed very heavy j did not see him. Ida Sutliff sworn. Live at Rupert, remember hallow. e'en of 1895, was at party that night, saw Knorr there, he was there two or three days. Thos. W. Mills sworn. Live at Danville, clerk in a hard ware Store t T. E. Welliver is th nro. prietor r was employed there in Nov. 1095 j remember selling a revolver to Mr. Knorr at that time? (revolver snown witness j recoonizes it as the one sold to Knorr). George Whitner sworn. My home is at Reading. Know Wintersteen and also Knorr. I met Mr. Wintersteen at my house one Sunday j he was introduced to me by a friend of mine, this was in March, 1894. They were with me about two hours 1 they wanted me to buy some stock. I was to buy the stock and sell it to Mr. Hanson; was to get $250 as my commission for the transaction. I bought the stock. Cross-examined After I bought the stock I telegraphed to Mr. Han son j he responded and said he would not take it at that price. I had al ready given my check; Mr. Knorr had my check ; I returned the stock and Knorr returned the check. I was to get a commission for selling tbe stock. I was to get $250 for disposing of the stock. Wintersteen was to pay the $250. J. G. Swank sworn. Am a resident of Mifflin township, was a County Commissioner in Nov. '96, on Nov. 24th I was at Reading attending Convention of Commission ers, stopped at Hotel Penn, know Wintersteen, saw him at Reading on tnat day ; ne came in the hotel I saw him, and spoke to him. he snoke to me, he walked up to the register ; it was aoout six oclock m evening don t know if he was there for a mp.il or not, saw him again after supper in reading room outside of dining room I spoke to him, we had a general con versation about the convention, he left the hotel while I was there, he said he wanted to make a train by way of East Mahanoy Junction and get home that night. I went with mm to wnere the railroad crosses Pine Street, rather think he had a satchel with him at the time, when I left him he said he wanted to make the train if possible s he went in di rection of station and disappeared in me crowa ; aia not see him after that Cross-examined. I did not see Mr. Wintersteen un til he was about in the middle of room ; could not see which wav he entered he spoke, went up to desk, 1 aia not see him register ; he was up oy tne register; he turned around and spoke to me, came over and sat down beside me 1 did not seem snr prised at seeing me, said he was glad to see me, when I first saw him I was standing with my face fronting Penn otreet. Re-direct. He spoke to me hefnre ne wanted up to register. Robert Buckingham sworn. On NOV. 'oe. I was in Danville Saw Knorr at Hotel in Danville in November 1895. Jacob Goettel called. Am a photo grapner, live at aunoury. Am ac quainted with Clifton Knorr. saw him one aav in October a vear or two arm. loaned him a dollar : it was the onlv time 1 ever loaned him any money ; ne said ne had sent a riisnatrh tn Bloomsburg asking for some money, K. Strunk sworn. Mv business is a teWranH at Sunbury, was working at Sunbury in wet., 1095. 1 sent a telegram to Bloomsbure for Mr. Knorr on Orr 36, 1895. I have the telegram with me witness proauces telegram). Can not identify the man who sen ir Telegram reads: Sunburv. Pa. Oct. art Ve To L. S. Wintersteen, Bloomsburg, Pa. Wire five; Rupert 6:10: will beein operations at once. C. C. Knorr. Clifton C. Knorr recalled. Telegram marked "exhihit F." hand. ed witness. The body of message is in mv nanawrmnff ! it was cnn t,- Wintersteen. Wire five means send o r -- w...fc . j five dollars j 6:30 means the time I would arrive at Rupert. Miss M. Marks sworn. I am tne telefrranh nnoratM at Bloomsbure. Received Oct. 24, 1895, from Sunbury to L, S. Wintersteen. Bloomsburtr. Have record showing that telegram was re- - .1 1 w . i-eiveu Dy wintersteen ; there was no other telegram sent to him on that day. Knorr recalled. Questioned by Shields as what he meant bv wire five: answers that means that he was to send me five dollars. I meant nothing more. Mr. Graham asks witness what that part of the message meant which says: win pegin operations immediately." mean: witness answers, it was simply a cipher in the machinery. F. R Carpenter sworn. Am the aeent of the P. ft R. tt. n at Bloomsburg. Know Wintersteen the defendant 1 sold him a milacre . . a- book in July, 1895 the book number 4oi 1 tne cost ot the book was $20. It was eood for a distance of 1000 miles. I think he paid for it on the . ft a 5m ot August. I don't remember whether he gave me a check or paid ior it in money. (Taper marked ex. hibit W banded witness). That is a copy of receipt that we keen in order to send our report to the general office. cross-examined. It was a usual thing for Mr. Win tersteen to buv mileage books 1 ves think he had bought mileage books ; a Know ne has bought one since. Paul E. Wirt sworn. Am a member of Columbia County bar s know Wintersteen 1 met him on the morning of Sept. it, at corner 01 second and Market Street, I said to him Wintersteen. vou didn't make a. very clean job of it down at Waller's, ne answered "i dont do those things." Cross examined. I have always been a warm friend of Wintersteen s ; I said it to Winter steen in the way of a joke ; had been in tne habit ot joking with him ; but on this occasion he seemed somewhat agitated. John Lewis sworn. I am the clerk at denot of P. & R. Railroad, Bloomsburg, same office as Mr. Carpenter ; sold a miliage book to Air. wintersteen on Oct. 24, 1896, he paid me for it in money. P. W. Gordon called. Mv occuna tion is conductor on P. & R. Railroad, was employed by that company on October 24, 1896, was on train that day that left Bloomsburg at 3.30 P. M. arrived at Rupert 3.35 took up coupons from mileage book No. 4881 mat day. W. H. Henrie sworn. Am the Prothonotary of this court ; on 14th 01 sept, last was conductor on f. 6c K. Railroad, train No. 5, carried passengers from Rupert to West Milton, took up quite a number of mileage coupons between Rupert to West Milton ; there was twenty-four coupons taken up ; that means twenty- lour mues irom Kupert to West Milton ; the coupons were taken from DOOK ISO. 4881. After waminar iurv to be careful about talking to anyone concsrning me case or the testimony they had heard Couit adjourned till 0 o'clock 1 uesoay morning. Tuesday. Tune 1st. All the jurors were in their seats at 9.05. At 9. 1 5 the Judges entered and Court was opened at once, and the commonwealth proceeded to call tne lonowing witnesses : S. L. Hughes sworn. Am a conductor on P. & R. rail road, m and was in charge of a train 1N0. 12, running irom west Milton to Ashland, and from Ashland to Port Clinton. Cross-examined. Didn't know Wintersteen and don't know toViptIi er he was in the habit of going that way. W. M. Wright sworn. Conductor on P. & R. Had charere of tram No. 12. Sent, tth Port Clinton to Reading; took ticket iroin mueage book 4881 ; didn't know Wintersteen. H. Schrceder sworn. Conductor on P. & R. Had charge of train No. 11, leavine Reading at i.rs a. m. Took ticket from book 4881, Reading to Ash- iana. uiant know Wintersteen Don t know whether he is in the habit of going by that route. A. T. Rhodes sworn. Conductor on P. & R. Had charee of trains No. 8 and if,, from Ashland to East Mahanoy Tunction at 1.30 p. m. Took ticket from book 4881. W. H. Henrie recalled. xiaa cnaree oi train Jo. s on TT.l 1 Sept. is. from Rinetown to Runert iook up tickets irom book 488 r neacnea K.upert at 3.38 p. m., got no mueage until we reached Ring town. He could have got to Ring town by walking four miles from Shenandoah. P. W. Gordon recalled. Took tickets from book dSSi on Sept. 15, from Rupert to Bloom. arriving here at 3.45. Distance from East Mahanoy to Ringtown is 20 miles. H. SchroaDER recalled. Map of Shamokin line and Cata- wissa line of P. & R. railroad shown witness. I assisted in making this map. The distance from Bloom to Rupert is 2 miles ; Rupert to West Milton. . 24. miles : West Milton tn Ashland, 51 miles; Ashland to Port Clinton, 42 miles j Port Clinton to Reading, 20 miles. By way of Catawissa is 2 miles from Bloom to Rupert ; Rupert to East Mahanoy is about 44 miles : East Mahanov to Port Clinton is 26 miles : Port Clinton to Reading, 20 miles. Any one wanting to stop at Ashland must go by the Shamokin line ; it is 48 miles further that wav from Bloom to Reading than by the Cat awissa line. M. W. Bruner sworn. Conductor P. & R. : had charge of train No. a, leavine Readine at 11.55 a. m. to Port Clinton: collect- if Giror CSolnouod AS A Tale of Subsequent Relief. 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Was in Wilkes-Barre at T?v. change Hotel Sept. 9, 1896. Met Wintersteen 2 or 3 days afterwards in Bloom, he said vou were in n hurry at Wilkesbarre, and got away before I got a chance to see you. Didn't see Wintersteen in Wilkes- barre at that time, didn't talk to him, am very positive of this. Am the father of the District A The first I knew Wintersteen was in Wilkes-Barre was when he told me of it in Bloom. (Knorr swore that Wintersteen talked to Harman at Wilkes-Barre.) Daniei, Creveung sworn. , Was at Wintersteen's office when Ertwine was there, no one but those two there when I went in Wintersteen was writing, he said lie was sorry, but be didn't think Irondale would ever run no-am oq Waller was doing business for Mrs. Knorr, then Mrs. Wintersteen came in. 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I am now as well and strong as I ever was in my life: am entirely free from all pains and never felt better in mv lif- I eat rea-ularlv and eleco like a babe. No more are mv slumbers haunted with fearful dreams and when I retire at niirht I go to sleep at once. I regard Dr. Williams' Pink Fiils for Pale People as my salvation, and would recommend them to all ladies troubled as I was. The pills are more than what is claimed for them and anyone elviutf them a trial will toon come to the same conclusion regarding their merits that I heve." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pule People contain alUhe elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood ana restore shat tcrod nerves. They are sold in boxes (never in loose form by tne doien or hundred) at W) cents a box. or six boxes for 12.50, and tuny be had of all druggists or directly iy mail from Dr. Williams' iiedlcine Company, Scheneo. tadv.JN.x. CATHARTIC -WtiUWda ALL Tfl'lil' DRUGGISTS r of "p". csrts n th ioai u. .rp or rriPhll ,, nxtan remits. i. fhic.BO. Montreal, fun., or New Tors. lit that "They live for Dillon past 5 years. (Mr onieias asked witness if in his presence Wintersteen made any threats against Waller, as sworn to by Ertwine. Mr. Graham objected to this and a legal tilt followed, resulting in the admission of the tucnuun, j Nothing was said in my presence by Wintersteen about being willing to spend 20 years in the penitenti ary to put a bullet through Waller. Harry Mendenhatj, sworn. Drug clerk in Mover Proa a store. Phenocal hvrl coal tar product. Never saw it, am acquainted with it only by reading. Clifton Knorr recalled. . No tiromises havi Kpph uic to plead euiltv m thi en t ferred to unburden myself and ease my conscience by pleading guilty. 1 made my first confession to Mr. Henderson. wo a d .-,., " " ctiuilC Willi Albrecht awhile, he didn't promise nie anything, he said it would be better for me to confess, he didn't say that somebody had given me awav. I saifl nr tli fi-... 1 ., - "- "tat Hearing that the officers told me it would be uCllCr toconiess. Did not see Sallie Gast from time of my arrest until after I had confessed. Henderson told me that he had seen Sallie Gast, he didn't carry any message Wm. H. Snyder sworn. Live 111 Bloom ; know Winter steen; am a member of the bar He and I are connected together in business in Keystoue Foundry & Machine Co. j had a conversation with him in office ot the Company m July or August, 1896. Theo CONTINUED. ON PAGE 3. Fine PHOTO GRAPHS and CRAYONS at McKillip Bros., Bloomsburg. The best are the cheapest. 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