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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO, PA.
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KHTABUSOED 18.
AViTABiA'mED 1837. CONSOLIDATED 1869.
rUBUSUED SVKKY TUUKSDAY MOMSINU
at Hloomsburg, the Countr seat of Columbia
County, Pennsylvania.
0. B. KLWELL Editos.
D. J. TASKER, Local Kuitob.
WEO. O. KOAN, FORRMAN.
Titi: Inside tne county 11.00 year In ad-
raaon: 11.60 If not paid In advance Outside
th oounty, si.ss a rear, strictly in advanse.
A U oommunlcatloni should be addressed to
THE COLUMBIAN,
Bloomsburff, Pa.
THURSDAY, JUNE lo, 1S97.
WINTERSTEEN TRIAL
CONCLUDED FROM PAGE 3.
Waller was, don't remember who I
asked about him but think it was
Mr. Buckalew; think I met him on
the porch and asked him where he
was. Have known Dora Moharter
about 23 or 29 years; don't remem
ber when she lived at Mrs. Brock-
way's; never called on her there
Since she went to Mrs. Knorr's
have met her probably a dozen
times on the streets ; gave her
money once. She said she want
ed to buy a coat and I gave
her ten dollars ; I never kept up a
correspondence with her ; during
the time she was at Mrs. knorr's I
think I wrote her one letter ; only
one letter, to the best of my knowl
edge ; never visited her at Berwick
before February Court ; since that
time Mr. Ikeler and I visited her
at Berwick ; the first letter I wrote
her was to ask her to come and
work at Col. Knorr's, it was at the
Col's instance that I wrote her ;
after she went to work at Knorr's I
wrote her another letter asking how
she was getting along with her
work ; I was interested in her and
wanted to see her get along ; don't
remember the contents of the letter;
, don't recollect that I told her in
the letter to come to my office ; in
the first letter I told her that Knorr's
would be a good place to work and
if she would come I thought she
would like it ; know W. M. Monroe;
don't remember that I had a con
versation with him shortly after the
explosion, may have met him. My
object ingoing to 716 Cherry St.
Reading was to try to get Cliff
Knorr to leave that place to rescue
him from Sallie Gast ; wanted to
get him to leave Reading ; don't
remember that I gave W. M.
Monroe any other reason for
going to Reading ; I did have a
little talk with Mr. Monroe, it
was after the hearing that I talked
to him but I don't remember
how long after the hearing it
was. Trying to save Knorr from
that Gast woman was not the only
reason that I went to Reading ; he
wanted me to come and see him.
There was no other reason for my
visiting Reading at that time; Knorr
claimed he was in trouble ; he said
he was being watched by officers
for kuocking a woman over the head
with something or other, he didn't
tell me who he had struck and I
didn't ask him who the person was.
The only question I asked him was
whether or not the person was seri
ously hurt; he said he was afraid at
first that he had killed her, but he
said he guessed she was not hurt so
very bad. I then told him to leave
Reading, thought it be better for
him to leave the place, and that he
might thereby escape arrest ; he
told me how the affair happened
but don't remember now what it
was ; didn't ask him what the per
son's name was or in what building
it occurred ; know he was in the
wrong in striking the person by his
actions and in the way he talked.
Told a few people about his troiJle;
don't remember that I told W. M.
Monroe about Cliff Knorr knifeing
a policeman in Reading, and that
that was my reason for vistting
Reading, that I went down there to
help him out of trouble. Did not
go down to Reading until he wrote
to me and told me he was in trouble
and wanted to see me. The last time
I visited Knorr was Dec. 24, 1896.
I did help to conceal his where
abouts after the explosion ; just as
I had done for two years previous
to the explosion ; I wrote a letter
to some person in Harrisburg and
said that Knorr was in New York
City ; but I did not say in what
part of the city he was in ; I was
trying to conceal him ; Knorr did
drop in my office one day and told
me that Mr. Wingert would be in
town and would be in ; while
Knorr was in my office Mr. Win
gert came in ; but they did not
transact any business with me ; I
did try to keep Knorr's where
abouts a secret in spite of the fact
that I went with him on two excur
sions from Readit ; I was not try
ing to keep his whereabouts a se
cret in Reading, and was not watch
ing his actions there ; he asked me
not to tell any one in Bloouisburg
where he was, what reason he had
I don't know ; he did not tell me ;
he came to Bloomsburg often and
came to my office, met him on the
street ; don't know whether any
one else saw him here or not ;
(letter shown witness and asked if
he had ever seen it before). I never
saw the letter before ; think per
haps I have seen the envelope, or one
similar to it ; it laid on my table
until it was returned to the sender.
I did not open it because I suspect
ed that it was from some one who
wanted to ascertain his whereabouts.
(Letters dated Feb. 9, and 14, '96,
handed witness who identiffes them
to be in his handwriting) addressed
Knorr's to Miss Maine Wilson ;
started to use that address in '1804;
he wanted me to use that address
and I did so; when he was in New
ork I sent his letters in his right
name ; when he was in Reading I
sent his letters to Miss Mame Wil
son. I received several letters from
a woman who wanted to know
where Knorr was (these letters were
read aloud to the jury). I answer
ed them stating that I didn't know
where he was; it was not true that
I did not know his whereabout. I
knew where he was all the time,
but he had asked me to keep where
he was a secret and I was trying to
do so. My residence is about two
squares and a half from Mr. Wal
ler's, can't say just how far it is,
think it is less than two and a half
blocks but would not be positive
about it. I was at my house on the
night of Sept. nth, and morning of
the loth; don t remember what time
I retired; did not hear the explosion;
it did not awaken me; my bedroom
is in the southeast corner of my
house ; knew nothing of the explo
sion until I met Mr. Jury on the
street the next morning and he told
me about it. Don't think my wife
heard it, she did not say anything
to me about it. Met Mr. Jury on
the corner of Market and Third
streets; the first thing he said was
"did you hear the explosion last
night." Told him that I had not.
He then went on to explain it; Mr.
Jury lives on Third street, in a
westernly direction from me ; after
1 lett him I went to my office : did
not visit the scene of the explosion
until some time 111 the forenoon ;
after leaving my office I went to the
works of the Bloomsburg Car Com
pany, stayed there till nearly noon
when I went out Fifth Street to my
home ; passed the Waller house.
but did not stop, merely looked at
the house as I passed ; met Mr.
raul h. Wirt that morning, but
can't recall just where; it was on
Main btreet somewhere ; did not
meet Knorr at my office in Blooms
burg shortly after the filing of the
bill in equity ; met him at my office
in May 1893, and purchased his
interest in the bank ; met him in
Harrisburg on April 14th, 1804.. for
the purpose of purchasing his inter
ests in the Bloomsburg Iron Co. . I
did have a Mr. Hanson negotiating
with Knorr for the purchase of his
interest in the Bloomsburg Iron Co;
did not offer Mr. Hanson $250 for
making the deal ; there was nothing
mentioned about pay ; April 14,
1 895 1 met mm -in Reading and
then negotiated with him directly
for his interest in the Iron Company;
offered him $1200 for his interests,
he would not accept this ; I then
asked him how much he wanted
and he said $2000 ; I then gave him
a check for $2000 and took his
stock ; talking about the value of
the stock, I told him that it might
be worth trom $3000 to sisoo pro
vided the equity suit could be stoped;
1 aia want to purchase his mother's
and sister's stock : and I told him
that if he could get their stock for
me, I would try and dispose of the
whole thing and if I could sell his
share for more than $2000 (the
price I paid him for it) I would
give all above that amount to him ;
when he got the check for 2000
cashed here in Bloomsburg I met
him ; I also met him at my office
sometime thereafter ; he said he
had no money and I loaned him
fifteen dollars in order to help him
out ; I don't remember what month
this was but I think it was in the fall
of 1895
Court adjourned till a P M.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
a: 15 P. M. I encaged the counsel
Messers Wise & Gilbert to conduct
the partition proceedings in Harris
burg j do not know whether these
proceedings went on until the pro
perty at Harrisburg was advertised for
sale or not j I was in New York when
the transfer of stock was made from
Mildred Smith Knorr to myself, I
wrote the transfer in the Morton
House New York, but I don't think I
wrote the signature s after I wrote the
transfer I gave it to Knorr, he took
it to Mildred's house and got her
signature on it j he then brought it
back and gave it to me ; when the
transfer was brought back by Cliff to
me, l noticed that my name was
written in it j paid Clifton Knorr for
it 1 the price paid was $1000 1 don't
know what consideration was offered
Mrs. Knorr for her certificate ot stock
the partition proceedings were insti
tuted at Clifton's instance ; he said he
had been unsuccessful in his former
plans, and he said he wanted these
proceedings instituted in order that
he might be able to transfer .hig. inter
ests in the Harrisburg and Blooms
burg property into money j can't re
call the time when Clifton gave Mild
red the deed transfering his stock in
the Harrisburg property j never em
ployed Clifton to get me his mother's
and sister's stock. I told him that I
would like to have their stock, but I
never employed him to get it j gave
him a paper once and told him to go
and get his mother to sign it 1 I never
told Clifton that he could get money
il his mother would conveniently die.
I was in the Cherry St. House Read
ing August 27th, 1895, went down in
response to a letter from him, went to
the Cherry Street House and saw him,
he asked me why I didn't come sooner,
and I told him that I had taken the
first train ( he told me that Sallie had
been arrested for keeping a bawdy
house and selling liquor without a
license. I asked him where she was,
and he said she was down having a
hearing before the Alderman ; he
wanted some money with which to
employ counsel for her s I think I gave
him fifteen dollars j Cliff was also in
trouble at this time 1 think this was
the time when he had stabbed an
officer ; that day was the occasion of
our first trip over the' gravity road ;
he called my attention to the fact that
he had sold me his stock cheap and
that he thought I had ought to help
him a little. I told him to leave Read
ing and try and live a better life, and
if he could not get along to let me
know and I would give him as much
financial aid as I possibly could ; the
next time I saw him was on Market
Street, Bloomsburg 5 he had a dagger
with him, he asked where Waller was,
he said he had been looking for him,
and if he found him he would do him
up ; I said to him that he had better
abandon the idea j I told him that if
he would do anything like that, it
would haunt him all his life,' finally
after persuading him to abandon
his wicked idea, he said he had
no money with which to go away,
I then gave him five dollars and told
him to leave town 5 after this he was
at home for about three months ; one
night he came to my house, he did
not come in my house he just came
to the door ; he told me that he
guessed his mother would sign the
paper which I had given him for her
to sign and that she would part with
her stock ; a few days after this how
ever, he came to my house again and
said that he had approached his
mother again and asked her to sign ;
he said she went over to see Waller
about it and that he watched her aud
Waller through the window 5 he said
Waller walked back and forth with
his hands behind his back ; he said
that if lie had known that Waller was
instructing her not to sign the paper
he would have shot him through the
window $ I was in Reading on Mon
day after the explosion but I did not
tell Knorr that I was suspected tor
the crime ; I did not tell Sallie Gast
that a detective had followed me to
Reading, and that I had taken a
roundabout way in order to throw
him oft the track ; I went down on
this occasion because Cliff had writ
ten me asking me to come down that
he wanted to see me ; when I arrived
there Cliff said that Sallie owed her
rent and that he was afraid she would
break up housekeeping ; he asked me
if I would agree to give her $16 a
month with which to pay her rent ; I
did not agree to do it ; we did not
talk about the explosion very much ;
I did not mention to Cliff or Sallie
that I had met Paul E. Wirt on the
street on the morning after the ex
plosion ; I did not read an account of
the explosion to Cliff from a newspa
per j I was at 716 Cherry Street,
Reading, Nov. 24, 1896, Knorr was
not there ; I went directly from the
train to the Gast house t she told me
where I could find Cliff 1 said I
guessed I could find him ; I then
went up to Hotel Penn ; while at the
Hotel Penn I met Commissioner
Swank, of Bloomsburg j I registered
Why
Do people bay Hood's BaraaparllU in
preference to any other, In fact almost
to the exclusion ot All others?
CS&tLflS
They know trom actual use that Rood's
is the best, i. e., it cures when others fail.
Hood's Barsaparilla is still made under
the personal supervision of the educated
pharmacists who originated It.
The question of best is Just as positively
decided in favor of Hood's as the question
of comparative sales.
Another thing: Every advertisement
ot Hood's Barsaparilla is true, is honest.
Sarsaparilla
Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. $1,
Prepared only byC. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
m f QHH E. TQWHSEN, -4HD
Merchant Cm
Hatter.
SUITS
FROM S18.QO.
CORNER MAIN & MARKET Sts. I TROUSERS
BLOOMSBURG PA. I FROM 05
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W.L. DOUGLAS
33 SHOE .noWorld.
For U years this shoe, by merit
alone, hu dlitanced all competitors.
W. L. DoiikIm :i.M. IM.ini find fYim nhoet are
the produrtlont of Aklltcil workmen, from the
best material pnMlble ot theto price. Alen.
)J.S0 and 3.l0 hoes for men, SS.ao, S2.00 and
1.75 for boya.
W. u Pougla. uhoea are Indorxed
by over 1,iui,ii wearera aa the bent
In ntyle, fit and durability of any
shoe ever offered at the prlrea.
They are made In all the latest
hapei and itylea, aud of srery Tarl
ety of leather.
Tf dealer cannot auprriy yon, write for rata,
log ua to W. L. Oouglaa, Brockton, Mass. Sold by
JONES & WALTER,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
my name at the hotel, after I had
found Cliff I went back to the Gast
house, she h?.d asked me to come
back after I had seen him and tell her
what he said about her ; I can't say
just how I happened to go down to
Reading on this date, but Cliff had
written me to come down 5 I gave
him on this visit $30, I don't think he
was in any particular trouble just
then, I know E. B. Tustin, he is
cashier of the First National Bank, I
asked his advice about purchasing
Mrs. Knorr's interest in the Irondale
Company, I told him by doing so I
would be able to stop the equity suit,
I got a check for $2000 cashed on
this occasion, I don't remember tell
ing Tustin that I would force her to
sell her stock, I wanted her stock but
had no intention of using force to ob
tain it. I stayed at Mr. Hay man's
house in Reading two different
times, I slept on the lounge each
time, he wanted me to go to bed, but
I did not want to cause the family
any trouble and so I slept on the
lounge ; as to the threats which are
claimed that in the presence of P. G.
Miller and John Lrtwine, they are
not true, I never uttered a word
against Waller in their presence, I
may have made the threat claimed to
have been made by me in the pre
sence of W. H. Snyder and Theodore
Conner, I know that I did not make
any threats in the presence of Miller
or Ertwine, because I had no occa
sion to say so, I have no recollection
of telling I. D. White that Waller
stood in my way but I may have said
it, I know that I have on different oc
casions while talking about the Iron
dale matter become very much excit
ed, and I may have made some un
wise remarks regarding Mr. Waller, I
said I knew Mr. Tustin, cashier of
the bank, I never told him that I had
seen a man at Sloan's alley on Market
Street, shortly before the explosion
and that the man had a revolver.
I may have said to him that I saw a
man there who had a dagger, and who
was lying in wait to waylay Waller ; I
have no recollection of telling him
that if any one had cause to waylay
Waller it was me ; I won't swear that
I didn't say it ; don't remember that
I ever heard Knorr threaten to blow
Waller up ; I know he made many
threats to kill Waller but in just what
way he intended to do it every time I
am unable to recall ; I have been
addressing Knorr's letters to Miss
Mame Wilson ever since 1894 ; when
in Reading on Sept 14, after the explo
sion when Knorr and I had a short
talk concerning the blowing up of the
Waller house, I did not think for a
minute that he was the guilty party
I thought he was too big a coward to
do anything like that I addressed
Knorr's letters to Miss Mame Wilson,
at his own request ; I wrote and told
him to use plain envelopes, in writing
to me because I didn't want any one
CONTINUED ON PAGE 5.
WE MANUFACTURE
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From distilled and tutored water. In our
atorutfe rooms we prewrve butter, eggs,
meuts, green and dried fruits, furs, cur
pets and woolen goods.
COLD STORAGE A ARTIFICIAL ICE CO.
4-W-8ia BloouiaburK, ta.
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 42c
for 39c
Silk Department.
All that is new and up to date in the
Silk World will be found here from
45c to $1.50.
Wash Goods.
Dainty and pretty 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 raja
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, worth 65c per yd.
Counterpanes.
Full sized, hemmed, readv to put on
your bed at 98c, worth $1.25.
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 (rom
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-Por-celain
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 J
and 20c. Usually 18 and 25c.
Did you ever try our cheeses ?
How about nice fresh crackers ?
Corsets.
Here you are. Just what you have been looking for. We put on sale
to-day two corsets one Zero for summer, the other Billy's Wife. They are
bargains at this figure Soc. Worth 75c. and always soid for that.
Fusel & Eaimia,
BLOOMSBURO, PA.
GIDDING'S
WE
PROMISED
That your $3.95 would buy
one of those $5.00 suits. We
promised you that $5.00 would
buy a 6.50 and $7.00 suit. We
Eromised you that $7.50 would
uy a regular $10 suit, or that
$10 would buy one of our ready
to wear 12 and $15 suits.
WE MEAN IT Every word
of it. This is a real sacrifice of
Honest, Reliable Goods, but we
are not going to stand chances
of carrying any over, and this
changeable weather is danger,
ouo, and we do not propose tak
ing any risks.
Straw Hats,
Immense neenrfmonf 4V. ma
Boys and Children,
l5, 25, 39, 50, 75, $1.00
and up.
Summer Underwear,
Complete sizes,
Several grades,
Good ones, 25 cts. per garment.
Gidding's