THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG. PA. pte olumbian. ESTABLISHED 18M. Jhf Columbia TUmorrat, tSTABulSnBD 1S37. CONSOLIDATED 1S. rt"BUSBE3 fVKRT THIHSDAT MOKSIXU at Bloomsburg, tbe County seat of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. J tO. B. ELWELL KniTOl. O. J. TASKER, LOC1L EDITOR. Eo. c. hoa", Foreman. Inside the coutty 11.00 ye&rln ad fuv, f 1.30 If not paid lu advance outaide Mm county, 11.25 a year, strictly in advance, til communications should be addressed to TBS COLCMBIAN, Bloomsburg, flu ' THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1S97I THE TRIAL STILL ON. CONCLUDED FROM PAGE 3. At 2:10 court opened, and Mr. Scarlet read the answer of the de fendants to the bill in equity in evidence. H. C. Schroder recalled. I know Mover, conductor on P. c- R. also H. C, Moore, papers shown are their signatures and punch marks. Train No. 4 left Pottsville at 9 a. in., arrives at Reading at 10:05. No. 205 leaves Reading at 1 146, arrives at Harris burg at 3:40. Train leaves Harris burg on Penna, at 3:50 p. m., go ing west. P. e R., and Penna stations are near together in Harris burg. Reports of conductors offer ed, objected to, and ruled out. T. P. Coxn-or recalled. On Oct 19 last I got on train at Herndon and came up to North umberland in afternoon. Defend ant was on the train, came on D. L. c W. from Northumberland. He told me he had been to Potts ville and Reading. Mr. Graham at 2:35 states that reserving the right to call two con ductors, the commonwealth closes its case. DEFENSE OPENS. Mr. Shields opened the defense. "It may not be out of place," he said, "to call your attention to the business we are about. It is a seri ous question. I need not detail the serious consequences that may re sult from a case like this. Shattered hotes and a broken home arc mips. tions too near to the hearts of all of you to need any extensive discus sion. We propose to appeal to your reason, lins charge attempts to brand upon the brow of this man the breaking of one of the great ten commandments. "Who prefers this charge ? Is it the great Commonwealth of Penn sylvania ? Is her duly -accredited aeent. when vou have eWtpri to try her cases, or is it a lesser in- dividual, surrounded by nve of the brieht leiral lights of this State he. side your District Attorney ? On the one siae is a witness who has be fouled this community and himself, his family and his dead father when he came uoon his intended victim under the dark shade of night. We do not deny tne story of Knorr that ne committed this crime ; we are not here to deny it, but we are here to deny every allegation which im plicates Mr. Wintersteen. "This case is based upon the bill in equity and it has taken the com bined wisdom of the five lawyers, xogetner wun tnat of the prosecutor, who is himself a lawyer, to attach a motive lor crime to this defendant "We will show you that on one occasion, Knorr would blow up Mr, Waller, swearine and rnrsino- he cause he stood between him and the money that he claimed was nVht fully his. There was implanted in that man a disposition to commit crime, for before Wintersteen was connected with this Case Vnnrr liad shown himself to be a past master in crime, in tne years he lived in reading, nobody with whom : came in contact would trust him under oath. Continuing he referred to Sallie a. 1 jasi as Known to the people it Reading as "one of the most nefari ous liars they had ever met," and deplored the spirit of "some one who had brought the WirM, men here to unbliuhingly swear away the honor of a man and break up the home of a devoted wife. He then narrated that it will be shown that before the time that Knorr says w miersteen wanted him to go to New York and hire an assassin that Knorr had bragged that he had gotten a man trom rsew York to kil Agnes Dewees in her room in Read ing; that he had carried dynamite about in his satchel for two years before the time that he testified that wintersteen first showed him hmv to use it ; that instead of there beine a necessity ior nis buying a revol ver, ne nad carried such weapon m addition to a knife, for three years previous; that instead of Win tersteen s having been in Reading seven iimes, as represented by the piosecution, ue was there exactly five times and is able to account for every one of them, and that at the time Knorr says Winteisteen want ed him to buy vitriol with which to burn Waller's eyes out there were large carboys of it on the premises over which Wintersteen had control. Mr. Shields closed with a careful survey of the success in Winter steen's life and paid tribute to his character, having spoken one hour and fifteen minutes. Mrs. L. S. Wintersteen sworn. Am the wife of defendant. Kate Davis did some work for us. In spring of i8y6 I told her I had found some one else to do my wash ing and work, she went away angry. Mr. Wintersteen never said m her presence anything about blowing up Waller, no such language used, it is absolutely false. Something was said about the Irondale lawsuit and Mr. Wintersteen said the other side were not pushing it, and Kate Davis said that shows they have the weak side of the case. Cross-examined. This was at the dinner table, ray husband was cool in talking about the case. Knorr was at our house 4 or 5 times in winter of 1895, never talked anything about blowing up aller in my hearing. O. B. Mellick sworn. Am a lawyer, know P. G. Miller, he used the word knife and didn't use the word Wintersteen. Cross-examined. Miller said to me, what would you think of a man who would say he would serve 20 years in the penitentiary to put a knife in Levi Waller. I said, who said so. He said you'll find out pretty soon. Had a second talk I asked who the person was who said this, Miller refused to tell me, but said he heard a prominent man say he would serve 20 years to put a bullet through Levi Waller, this time he said bullet. Emma Wickel sworn. Live in Reading. Know Sallie Heming and Cliff Knorr, was there at their place in summer of 1894 also knew them in winter of 1894. One day Sallie Gast told me of a package and said I shouldn't touch it, she went away a little while and when she came back she said it was a good thing I didn't touch it, for if I had put it down hard it would explode as it was dynamite. Soon after Sallie came in crying and said Cliff had struck her be cause she showed me the dynamite. I saw Cliff have a revolver and a knife. I was living in sin like the rest of them. Cross-examined. Was subpoenaed by detective Motts of Reading. No one had seen me before about being a wit ness, kept house myself on Cherry Street from Dec. to March last, liv ed with my sister on Neversink Street before that, can't say how long, not a year, before that lived at Girard eating house from Nov. '95 to May '96. Am married and living with my husband. Was" housekeeping in Cherry Street, keeping a sporting house up to March. Husband was living with me, he was sickly and couldn't work. Sallie Gast carried a revol ver in her room, showed it to me there and down stairs, said no one was going to beat her out of money, had pistol in her stocking, and her stockings were on her legs, other girls saw the pistol, one time she had it in her pocket when she went over for beer ; saw Knorr with a pistol in 1894, in Sallie Gast's room, don't think I said he always had a revolver. Saw Sallie take a knife out of Cliff's pocket at Girard eating house, at 716 Cherry Street he always kept out of sight. Don't know Wintersteen. Don't know what became of the dynamite. (Mr. Graham asked the witness ' have you ever been arrested ? Mr. Jacobs objected, and Mr. Graham made a speech and the objection was sustained.) Jacob R. Philxipi sworn. Live in Reading, treasurer of the Auditorium, own property next to that occupied by Sallie Gast and lived in it up to Sept. '95. Saw dynamite in Sallie Gasf's house from my window, two sticks, saw Clifton Knorr in same room, saw him with false mustache, different suits ot clothes, sometimes good, and sometimes looked like a tramc he sneaked around the yard like a thief, this was in '95, when the bell rang he would run in the cel lar ; have known Sallie Gast since '94, her reputation for telling the trutn is Dad, wouldn't believe her under oath. Have heard her. say to my wiie she would swear to any thing to help a friend out of trouble, that she didn't believe in heaven or hell, that when you died you uiea 11 Ke a dog. Cross-examined. Don't live in Sallie Cast's neigh Dornood now, knew her as Sal Heming, never in her house in my life, a fence six feet high between our places, saw dynamite from room where I sleep, it was in 1895, May, n afternoon, evesieht Was crrwl J also saw a knife there, cross piece on it, had seen dynamite before, didn't do anything about it, nor report it to police, nor say anything to KnorT, spoke to my wife about it, we were subpeeued a little over a week ago, by detective Motts ; he didn't tell me what I was to swear to. Saw Knorr at different times in disguise, passed him in the alley, close together, reported him to police after they pulled the sport ing houses, we were talking about it one night at the theater, I told him about this fellow that was sneaking around Sallie Gast's. j Have told counsel what I would swear to, had no promise ot any thing extra for coming here, but I want all that is coming to me. Heard the talk between Sallie Gast and my wife, didn't want my wife to talk to a woman like that and I watched her, they were talking about a man who was to be hung at the jail and Sallie said she would swear to anything to save a friend from trouble. Have been arrested twice for assault and battery. My mother was a single woman and she had a friend, and she wanted to marry him and I objected, and they put me in the House of Cor rection when I was 1 2 years old. At 5.4S adjourned to 9 o'clock Wednesday morning. Wednesday Morning. Court opened at 9:15. Mrs. J. R. Phillippi sworn. Am the wife of J. R. Phillippi, live at Reading, have four children t had a conversation with Sallie Heming, she said she didn't believe in a God or Heaven, said that when you died it was the last of a person, the conver sation took pUce in my yard in 1895 ; the talk was brought about by the hanging of an Italian, have known her for about four years, live next doajr to her. She has a very bad reputation, would not believe her on her oath. Cross-examined. Have four children ranging in age from 11 to 28 years, got acquainted with Sallie Gast in March 1895, have had frequent conversations with her, the date of the conversation in which she stated her disbelieve in a God and a hereafter took place in July 1 So? ; can't recall the exact date of the hanging of the Italians ; ther; are a number of people who have talked about Sallie's bad reputation ; several people are here as witnesses who will give testimony as to her bad reputa tion. I expect only my expenses, and the regular fees paid a witness ; no, 1 entered into no agreement whereby I was to receive a certain amount of money lor coming here ; Sallie Gast was arrested once. I know of the arrest, was a witness against her but that didn't create any ill feeling toward her on my part. Dora Moharter called. Live at Berwick, have been a resi dent of about two weeks, before that time I lived with Mrs. Knorr in Bloomsburg, was her servant girl for about eight years 5 I know Clifton Knorr ; the last time he was home I thing, was in June 95, he was at home about a week ; had a talk with him can recall the incident men tioned here ; I found some powder in Mrs. Knorr's cup one night, didn't know what it was so I threwit out tne next morning 1 tound some more in the cup ; I asked Clifton what it was, and he said he didn't know any thine about it j why Cliff said I, how can you say that, when I saw you put it in the cup ; he denied it again, say ing, honest to Christ I didn't ; I told him I saw him, and he asked me where I was that I saw him, I told him that I was looking through the crack of a door ; after he was satisfied that I had saw him, he sid don't tell mother, or she will think I was trying to poison her. Cliff had a satchel in the house and also a revolver ; he said if he would hit a man with that revolver he would drop j he spoke of oyna.mte on several different occas ions ; he came in the house one day and said he would like to blow Waller up, because it was his fault he couldn t get any money ; he said Waller had his mother under his thumb ; Cliff often told me that h,e SleeplessNights Run Down In Health -Constant Pains In Arms and Shouldors A Valuable Clft-Health, Appetite and Sleep Pains are Cone. "I was ran down in health and oould hardly keep on my feet. Tbe least eier tion would cause palpitation and I would feel aa though I waa belns smothered My nights were sleepless and I felt worse in the morning than when I retired. My liver was out ol order and I had constant pains in my arms and shoulders and numbness in my limbs. I was sometimes dizzy and would fall. My son gave me two bottles ot Hood's Barsaparilla and they proved ot more value than a very ostly gift. In a short time after taking Hood's Sarsaparllla I had a good appetite, sleep came back to me and the pains all left me." Mas. Annie E. Stetteb, 621 Marietta Ave., Lancaster, Pa. Hood's "EK. U the Be-ln fact the One True Blood Purifier. Sold by all druggists. Price f 1, six for as. Hni, nill are the best after-d niiei flOOd S PUIS vUla.aidmgesUon. t50 fflerchan t SUITS FROM S18.00. W.L. DOUGLAS SSSHOElnthV&rld. Tvr 14 yeari thli tho. by miit ftkin. ht dtftnc1 all competitor. TC. L. tnattlnii $ '.v. n4 ph r the proriuctlont of kttle work men. from the bm mater! pnnalblt? at the- price. Also ?. tod 4M.U) abcx for tneo, stt.au, $2X30 ftod for boyt. W. X Douglas hnfl are Indnrawt by over 1,(i.,hu wenrert tbe best In tyle, fit and durability of toj hoe errr offered at tbe price. Ther ar made In all tbe latest nape and style, and of every vari ety of leather, tf dealer cannot ropply you, write for cat logos to W. L. Douglas. Brockton, Mate. Bold by JONES & WALTER, Bloomsburg, Pa. didn't believe in a hereafter ; he said the church was only a money making scheme, and that the prerchers was too lazy to work. I saw Cliff on the night before the explosion. I was in the room sitting by the bay windov? ; I looked out and saw a man ; he was dressed in a light suit with smooth face and a dark soft hat : he stood there for some little time : pretty soon I saw Cliff come up to him ; they talked together for a little while and then walked up the street. Cross-examined. A piece of lead pipe shown witness and asked if she had ever seen it be fore, Cliff showed me a piece of lead pipe once but can't say whether or not that is the piece he showed me, I didn't look at it very much and don't remember anything about it. I didn't tell Waller or Detective Henderson anything about the lead pipe ; I h ad a conversation with Camobell's eirl. shetold me to tell the same story that she did ; I had a conversation with Mr. Waller after the explosion, I didn't tell him anything about the lead pipe or the poison ; don t remember whether I told him about seemg Cliff have dynamite or not ; the first time I told all I know about the case was when I was called into Herring's office j I never saw Cliff have dyn.-- mite, all I know is what he told me, i was going to clean his room one da, I told him to take his trash out CONTINUED ON PAGE 5. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. Bstats 0 William ttcKrlrv, lau of It Town of Ttit unOrrHgwa auditor, appoints 61 tlit Or. pluxiitt Court of Columbia oowtiy. to make ait IrllxUUn of tl fundi (n I tit baitSiaf t. W. Mo. Kelty. surviving executor, at inoxen 0 hit itKxmd and third aivoutitt, trill tit at hit ojlUe in Wooin. burain fridau. June esn. IM7. at tn ifcin m., when and where all vermiM lutvlnn chiim against said estate must appear and prove tlie sa'ne, or be debarred frotn ami shnre nt mmA fund. The report will be fled in Court on tlie first Monday in August, 199T. -V. O. fOSK, s-s-ta. Auditor. SPECIAL ELECTION. Notice Is hereby given that according to an Ordinance passed by tne Town Council or tlie Town of Bloomsbur? a special election will be beld at the regular places of holding the mum. clpal elections In said town, on Tuesday, July 6, 18W, between the hours of 8 and T p. m. of said day, for the purpose of obtaining the consent of the electors of said town to increase the Indebt edness thereof fifteen thousand dollars (HSOcO) for the following purposes, to-wli : 1. For the construction and extension of sewers from Third street along Scott alley to Ftshlngcreelt, and from Third street, near prop erty of i. Keam. to Kishlngcreek, from west street down Fourth to KaHroad street, thence to Leonard: Kan Fifth street to East, and sur face drain on Catharine frotn 8erenth to Penna canal, not exceeding tbe sum of four thousand three hundred and twenty-rive dollars. I Opening and maintaining streets and dam ages therefor not exceeding the sum ot seven thousand dollars. . .Jor wtr supply tor one year from April 1st, WW, not exceeding the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars. . For police and nre protection for the year ending April 1st, i96 , not exceeding the sum of one thousand rive hundred dollars. 5;. or electrlo llvhta for street and Town Hall for the year enolng April 1st, not ex ceeding the sura of Ave hundred dollars . For salaries for year ending April 1st, 1898, not exceeding the sum of four hundred and seventy-nve dollars. .olii,?"11 TSjuM"n 0' ald town was f4;1"84 00, Jht "mount of exiting debt Is !45,fwo on, and the said Increase of 15,00u. will beau Increase ot.6 per cent. W. It K OTHER, ... . President of council. Attest: Fhkizi Quick, Secretary. M-4t WE MANUFACTURE From distilled and filtered water. In our storage rooms we preserve butter eggs, meals, green and dried fruits, furs, car pets and woolen goods. COLD STORAGE 4 ARTIFICIAL ICE CO. 4-W-3m Bloomeburff, Pa, XTyv .EST f 3 l CORNER MAIN & MARKET Sts. I TROUSERS BLOOMSBURG PA. FROM 35.QQ. LISTEN A MINUTE ! ! We buy of the best mills in the country, also of the best importing houses. We have more lines of goods to help pay store expenses than any other store in town. So it is perfectly reasonable to say we are able to save you money on re liable goods. Dress Goods. We have gathered all the choicest novelties and all the staple dress goods are here at the right prices. We offer at a special price this week a line of checks in all colors that we have sold all season at 6oc for 44c. Another lot that have sold at 41c for 29a Silk Department. All that is new and up to date in the Silk World will be found here from 25c to $1.50. Wash Goods. Dainty and prettv Organdies, Lap pets, Dimities. All are here in white and figured, also linings to make them over. Our 15c quality we have re duced to 12JC Linen and White Goods. Table Linen, Bed Linen, Towels, Counterpanes and White Goods. We offer this week five patterns of cream Barnsley linen, 66 in. wide, at 45c, wonh 65c per yd. (Counterpanes. Full sized, hemmed, readv to nut on your bed at 98c, worth $1.25. Corsets. Here you are. Just what you have been looking for. We out on sale to-day two corsets one Zero for summer, the other Billy's Wife. They are bargains at this figure 50c. Worth 75c. and always so.d for that BLOOMSBURG, PA. Bicycle Hose, new fancy colors, 39, 50, 75, $1.00. SOME MORE Special Opportunities for Friday's and Saturday's Clothing Buyers. .h4eprofitsJr4s are mighty slim, but we must turn goods into cash. For FRIDAY and SATURDAY, 50 Suits in Light Mixtures. Grey, Black and Blue, sold for 7.50 & 8.50. FRIDAY and SATURDAY, $5 .00 anH4PinU-itSA!!1?l:,haye.retailed at $9 ISh 5ICVn V00, "fifot. medium and dark colored goods. Extra well made. FRIDAY and SATURDAY, ro MeP's and boys' cotton sweaters, regular price, 50 cents, FRIDAY and SATURDAY, 19 CtS. Men's and Boys' Straw Hats, Large and varied assortment, 25 cents and up. GIDDING'S. Light Weight Underwear, American Balbriggan, 25c. ea. French Balbriggan, 50 cU. MSB Hate. Shoe Department. New shoes in new styles, new toes, new colors and new prices. Underwear. Warm weather will be here in a few days. We can give these goods to you in Misses' and Ladies' size irora 5c to 50c Umbrellas. We offer this time steel rod um brellas with natural handles. Covered with Gloria Silk. Never sold for less than $1.25, now 98c. Dishes. Another lot of dishes here now that are bound to go the same as the others. Finest of English Semi-Porcelain ware, guaranteed not to craze, at $9.68 the set. Usual price $14.00 Groceries. Something new ? Yes, in Cereals. What? Rolled Rice, in aft) packages, at 1 5c the package. Corn Starch which we guarantee perfectly puie, 4c. Canned goods in all qualities and at any price. Van Calup & Co's. Celebrated Boston Baked Pork and Beans, 12 and 20c Usually 18 and 25c Did you ever try our cheeses ? How about nice fresh crackers ? Sweaters, all wool, blue, black, maroon, 75cta. $7-50 Negligee shirts, soft bosoms, white cuff and collar bands, 50 eta. New designs in Madras cloth shirts. Just in, )
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