'
M.,,IiL, Alitor and I'ubllslier
he is a Freeman .vuoji the truth makes free, and all are slaves beside
II. A
Terms, $-2 per jcar In advanced
V0LU31E 5.
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1871.
NUMBER 29.
"the great
OAK H ALL
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J.TJL .
241 Main Street Johnstown.
I I, BESS & BROTHER
HAVE NOW OX HAND
The Largest, Best Hade
AXD .UO.sT Dl IiAIJLC
Slock IF CMIlfe
EVtK SiTS'T IN JOHNSTOWN,
fdrfstiiiiif chiefly of
MEN'S COATS.
HEN'S FA NTS.
MEN'S VESTS ;
Wins' COATS.
YOUTHS PANTS.
YOUTHS' VESTS;
BOYS' COATS.
. LOYS' PANTS.
BOYS' VESTS.
We Lave also c'-rstantly in stcck a complete
assortment of
ErSTlR.ISlIIXG GOODS,
Hats, Caps, Trunks, Valises, &c.
tf'.V," sri i p'l'arc-il to make to order Cloth
1;; J ?. ry J.-. i ii'iii.n en the shortest notice.
fallal . 211 .Haiti MrceJ,
AM)EE IKHY IT IS YOURSELVES!
J hr.-t ..a-n, April 22. ISTl.-fini.
Ilk Misiglit, Jr..
I'HALER IX
B1ILW.IV ENGINEERS'
A 5D
' SUPPLIES.
6'iLE AGENT FOB,
Eafle Steam Hydraulic Packing,
lluntvon Steam Governor,
felon's Excelsior Anti-Friction Metal,
C;st:r.p JO pcr cent, less than other Metals.
STANDARD LUBRICATING
PLUMBAGO,
C-alena Lubricating- Oils,
T"T V.ghi an.l Heavy Machinery,
col ai Railway Cars:
fKXI, Toll TRICE LISTS.
M. 89 H ATER STREET,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
EBENSBURG
FOUNDRY!
J. A. SHOEMAKER,
:2niN(; MACHINES.
HORSE POWER'S,
!,,., WIND MILLS:
Lj3 am, PLOW POINTS.
SHOVEL PLOWS.
CULTIVATORS;
HEATIN3 COOKING STOVES
bl LVKK v DESIGN AND PRICE ;
Cch, School and Dinner BELLS;
'4ST IRO FUXCIXG,
or every description, Ac., Ac
ALL WORK WARRANTED !!
M all t;Tl'm,.n,tPnt5on P"'1 to ,he repairing
A ,,r "f s,ov'S Farming Ltenslls. Ae.
fain r3.r"n!''y attenle. to. Old metal,
rb?'. . ' ak., n. -'hango for work.
Jj'-urg, July 1, is;i.-3i.
JJIAIOVAL asd ENLARGEMENT.
COOKING STOVES,
HEATING STOVES.
Til WIS Si SKIMHB Ml
I :-ion of the neW-
r,-t. two doos e i ZXil" V"
'I ".site the Mount: in Ho' , ""l1 ,"Ur'-y
l-tiy.-rs t the very lowest living prices
In., subscriber also proposes to keep a full
fcfl varied assortment of 1
Seeking, Parlor and Heating Stoves
of the most approved designs.
trOETING and HOOFING made to order
w;iri-:inted iierfe t in manufacture and nia
'!,' KKPAIUING promptly attended to.
wrk done by me will e done right and
l I. " r's. Him an fciu v ana WAKE sold
. iiio ;,n be depended upon at
nii..t he uudersold in price.
"" P'-ase of patronage is res
, an.) no effort will be wantii
,rt "attraction tonfF.
r - - - r -. . . ...j ') mi 1 1 ij miu
. A continuance
ispectfully solfci-
wanting to-render en.
.-faction to alT.
VALLIE LCTRINGER.
FV!Sr NATIONAL SADDLE AND
II 4, A UN'ESP SHOP OF CAMRRIA COUNTY",
.t " ( t' 'oPIosite Union SchfM.l House.)
hui, ri . tur'1' Ebensburg, Pa.-M. M. O'N EILL,
I'Hirwi o ,' Su,''" and Harnett made and re
'"'iip l other work in mv line executed
"Uhp '"",l'"uner, on the shortest notice, and
e mo,jl "-hsonabbj iBtes. U-l'.-tt.
, U W il l
!1.10IIiSTS
"DEGISTEIJ-S NOTICE Notice is
-LV. hereby given that the following Accounts
have been passed and filed in the Kerister's f
fice at Ebensburjr. and will be presented to the
Orphans' Court of Cambria county, for confirm
ation and allowance, on WediicsJay, tht Gfi day
of Si yttnifxr next, to wit ;
First and partial account of U. ft. Edwards,
Ouanlian of (Joiner Thomas, minor child of
John Thomas, late of Johnstown, in the county
of Cambria, deceased.
First and partial account of John W.James,
Guardian of Ann Marv 15ickertatT, minor child
of James liickorstau deceased.
The first and final account of John Doyle and
Ann Ioyle, Adm'rs of the estate of Jas. Doyle,
late of Allegheny township, deceased.
First and partial account of Jacob Crumling-,
Ailm'r of the estate of Charles Grumlinjj, late
of Cumbria county, deceased.
Account of Jonathan Horner, Adin'r of the
foods and chattels, etc., of Mary M. Cover, latfl
of Johnstown, deceased.
The second and final account f!f John M'Cor
mick and Francis 1 M-Cormick. Executors of
the last will nnd testament of Patrick M'Cor
uiiek, late of the township of Su in merh ill, dee'd.
First and final account of W. C. Lewis, Adtu'r
oT the estate of Mrs. Mary Hite, deceased.
First account of W. C. Lewis. Trustee 'r the
salo of the real estate of Jas. 11. Mitchell, dee'd.
Guardianship account of Daniel Cumminfrs,
Guardian of minor children of Jacob Shaffer,
deceased.
The first account of A. It. Lonpnnecker, Guar
dian of Elmer A. Hodkey, a minor child of Jas.
Itodkey. dece: sed.
Th first account of A. It. Ixjng-anecker. Guar
dian of Mary Catharine Hodkey, a minor child
of James Kodkey, deceased.
The first account of A. It. Lonpaneeker, Guar
dian of Annctta Kodkoy, a minor child of Jas.
Itodkey, deceased.
The account of Michael McGuire and Charles
McManainy, Adm'rs of Geonre Bruce, late of
Allegheny township, deceased, account inr for
funds arising from sale of decedent's renl estate.
The account of It. It. Davis and John Dennett,
Administrators of the estate, of D. J. Davis, lute
of Cambria township, deceased.
Fifth and partial account of Geo. M. Ttcade.
Esq.. Administrator of tlobert Duvis, luto of
Kheushurtr borough, deceased.
The first and final account of Wm. Richter,
Adiu'r of Jote;di Richter, late of Carroll town
ship, dee'd. GEO. V. O ATM AN, Kejrister.
lietfister's Office, Ebc-nsburjf, Aujj. 10, lciTl.
SHERIFFS SALES! By virtue of
sundry writs of Vend. E.rptm., Levari Facia
and fieri l-'acitis. issued out of the Court of
Common Pleas of Cumbria counts-, and to me
directed, there will be exposed to Public Palo,
at the L'nion Ham. in Johnstown, on Tus
the UOiliilayof Aiij;m.i. inst., at two
o'clock, h. m., the following Ileal Estate, to wit :
AH the riffht, title and interest of James It.
M'Creljfht. of, in and to a certain lot of KTound
situate in Concinuuifh borough. Camtiria coun
ty, frontinjf on Portage street on tho north and
Church street on the south, adjoining lot of
Thomas M-Cube on the east and lot of Joseph
Mater on the west, having erected thereon a
two story frame house, now in tho occupancy
of Mr. M'Guire. Taken in execution and to be
soid at the suit of S. M'Crickart & Co.
Al All the ritfht, title anil interest of Aar
on Lately, of, in and to a certain i'rt of trrouud
situate in 1st ward, Conemauyh borough. Cam
bria county, fronting thirty-three i'SU feet tin
Hill alley and running back nine-ntne (M) feet
to hu alley, adjoining lots of Charles Kelly and
Jacob tend, havingcrected thereon a twostory
Plank House, now in the occupancy of Charles
Dibte. Taken in execution and to be sold at
the suit of E. E. ISariies.
Also All the right, title and interest of
Daniel lteed and Sarah Keed, of, in und to the
following described real estate, to wit: All
that certain piece, or pureel, or lot of ground
with the building thereon situate, lying and
being in the ISorouyh of Johnstown, Cambria
county, and State of Pennsylvania, bounded
and described as follows, to wit: 1' routing
twenty-four and three quarter feet 24) on
Aapoleun street and extending hack the same
bitudih nine rods to Summer alley; anil t'eing'
the one-half of the lot known on the plan of
lots laid out by. Joseph Haynes as Lot No. 17,
and the same that was conveyed by C. L.Persh
ing and wife. I.e. Pershing and wife, and Susan
Jane Pershing, to John Hill by their deed bear
ing date Dec 1st. IstiJ, and adjoining the pro
perty of Thomas Duncan, together with the
hereditaments and appurtenances. Taken in
execution and to be sold at the suit of John V.
lJarnes. W. U. liONACKEK, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Oflice, Ebensburg, Aug. 10, lc7L-at.
XSJ I DO US' A 1'1'I'A IE.M ENTS.
Notice is hereby gtvori that tho follow
ing Appraisements of certain Personal Propt r
t v and lteal Estate of doeedents.set ajart for t ho
Widows of intestates, under the Act of Assem
bly of 14th of April. 1.S51, have been tiled in the
Register's Oflice at Ebensliurg, and will be pre
twtel to tiie t)rphans' Court for ai'proval on
H'etlnerrlau, the. (ith dJ,; nf Srpfrm'wr ticrf, to wit :
Inventory and appraisement of personal pro
perty of Michael Durbin, late of Clearfield twp.,
Cambria county, dc.f'ased, set apart for Mary
Durbin, widow of said deceased f)0.00.
Appraisement of the personal property nnd
renl estate, to tho value of three hundred dol
lars, set apart to the u.se of the widow and;
family of David H. Evans, late of Cambria
township, deceased f.TKUJO.
Inventory and tprHiement of personal pro
perty and real estate of Itichard S. Selders. late
of ?.!Iac k!iek township, dee'd. sot npnrt for Sarah
Selders, widow of said decedent tUXl.00.
Appraisement of the real and personal pro
perty of Henry Lamer, late of Susquehanna
township, dee'd, set apart for his widow i.'AH).
Inventory of the personal property of Isadore
Ileailjohu, late of Johnstown borough, dee'd,
S"t apart for Margaret Demijohn, his widow
:.T5.
Inventory of personal property of Dominic
Mcltride. lute of Carroll township, deceased, set
apart for Margaret Ann McUi ide, widow of said
decedent Hl .25.
Appraisement of certain real estate set apart
for the u.se of Eliza. Wagner, widow of Daniel
AVagner, late of Iilackliek twp., dee'd (250.00.
GEO. W. OATMAN, Clerk O. O.
O. C. Clerk's Office, Ebeusburg, Aug. 10, 1ST1.
p AMBRIA COUNTY BONDS. Tfie
Commissioners of Cambria County are now
prepared to sell to those desiring the same, tho
IN NDS of said county, in sums of 200 anl
jfiOO. These Honds are issued by authority of
the Court of Quarter Sessions of Cambria coun
ty, for the purpose of raising money to bniM
t!ie New County Jail, and my interest at the
rate of six per cent, per nnnum said interest
being pnyable semi-annually and are redeem
able at the pleasure of the Commissioners after
the 1 3tti day T lecemler. 1 H 74, nnd pay
ablethc 13lli liny of Keplpnibcr, 181.
Coupons are attached to each Pond for the semi
annual instalments of interest.
Parties desiring to invest in this" Loan will
Fi lease call on the Commissioners at their Ofileo
n Ebensburg.
Witness our hands this 10th diy of April, A.
D. 1871.
MAI'RICE MrXAMARA, )
J A M ES E. NEASON, V Com' rs.
FRANCIS O'FRIEL,
Attest J. A. Kennedy, Clerk, (apr.15.-tf.)
JUST LOOK AT THIS ! !
Important to lteal Estate Owners.
U AVI NO entered into partnership, the sub
n scrilK-rs are now prepared to do all kind of
work In their line, such as boring for WATER,
OIL, COAL. Old',, and other MINERALS, mak
ing und setting NEW PL'Ml'S and repairing old
'i,,le?'r vr''nrc aIso ready at all times to bore and
lay PIT'KS and manufacture and put iii position
the celebrated EXCELSIOR I't. MP, the cheap-
w I. V.. U,,,J sniisiaciory 1'ump tor
el s and J isterns now in use. This Pump will
work in a ell thirty feet deep. We will at all
times keep a supply of these Pumps an hand
and can set them up or furnish them on short
?.ri..Vf f ttu tl,'" "rantecd in quality and
price of work, and water insured on anv farm
uTiVJ. n' T;'"1-, ?,or s''i't" and prompt
ly attended to when length of Pump or kind of
work desired Is made known to us. For further
inforuiatiou call on or address 1
r i o- r an'AXEY t FF.TGHXETl,
I eb. Z.,.-fim. Currtdltown, Cambria Co., Pa.
CTKAY STEEK ! Strayed from the
premises of David Evans, in Cambria twp .
about the middle of June last, a LIGHT RED
STEER, two years old, with horns large and one
eye blind. Said Steer is the property of the un
dersigned, who will pay liberally for any infor
mation that will lead to his recovery.
GHIFFITH & PRICE.
Ebon6burg, Aug. 10, 187L-3t.
WM. I.EM SI ON, M. D
T.. H. PLANK, If. rj.
T EMMON & FLANK,
Practising; IIi.Yirinn.
Ebenpbi'kg, Pa.
tT Office in rear or Lenimon & Murray's
Drug and Book Store, High gtievt. LJul27-Cui.J
Written for the Cambria Freeman.
M V HOME.
BY ANTONIO.
I wish that every one
Whose eyes may trace this line.
By God was greatly blessed
With a home so sweet as ni:ne
With a home so bright, so glad.
So full of welcome cheer :
The merry songs of birds forever
Making glad the list'nlng ear.
You might call our cottage humble
And our fashions old and queer.
But to me it is a palace
With a title broad and clear.
The grape-vines twine about it.
Which in autumn you might boo
AU laden with the purple fruit
They bear for mine and mo.
And one old vine I love it
F'or many a year hath twined
Its tendrils o'er our cottage
And it serves us a9 a blind.
And when the purple beauties hang
F'ull ripe upon the stem,
From out my bed-room window
I can reach and gather them.
And our father he is grey how
With his kindly guarding care.
Makes brighter still the brightness,
With sweet flowerets everywhere.
And not a breeze, a zephyr's breath.
But to this house of mine
The richest, rarest odors wafts
From pink and eglantine.
For flowers, and trees, and love
For all that's good and bright
To God, our benefactor,
With thauks we turn to-night.
Johnstown, August 10, IbTl.
THE SUMMER-FIELD CASE AGAIN.
Finding of I lie Ilody- Conflict for flic
Fatal Via! -Ocatli of Oneol ltie I'nr
tiH l'rnclauialiou o t I lie gover
nor Coroner's Inquest, t(.
An Auburn (Ct1.) Correspondent furnishes
the fuilowiug additional j articulars, as a
quel to the Sumtnci f:e!d Ik micide :
The remarkable coufesMon of the late
Leonidas Taiker 1j.i3 given rit-e to a series of
d sturbancei in this ue'ghborbood, which for
romantic interest and downright depravity
have seldom been f-urpabSed, even iu Cali
fornia. 15ef ore proceeding to relate in full
detail the late transactions, allow me to re
mark that the wonderful tiartative of Par
ker txcittd throughout this country senti
ments of the m st profound and contradic
tory character. I, for one, halted between
two opinions horror and incredulity ; and
nothing btit fciibsequent events could have
fully satisfied me of the ut.quesliouable ve
racity of your San Franciscu correspondent,
and the scientific authenticity of the facts
related.
The doubt with which the story was at
first" received in this community and which
found utterance in a burletque article in an
obscure country j urnal, the Stars and
i t ripes , of Auburn has finally been dis
pelled, aod we fid ourselves forced to ad
mit that we -stand even new in the pfei-ence
of the most alarming fate. Too much credit
caunot be awarded to i.ur worthy coroner
for the promptitude of his action, and we
trust that the Governor of the State will not
be less efficient in the discharge of his duty.
Since the above letter was written the
following proclamation has Leen iscJ.
P. J.:
I'&OCLAUATlOA CFTKE OOVERN0B $10,000
ItKWAKD.
Department of tate: By virtue of
the authority in nie vtated, I do hereby ffer
the above reward of ten thousand dollars, in
gold coin of the Uuited States, f'jr the arretd
of Bartholomew Graham, familiarly known
as Black But. Said Graham is accused of
the muider of T. G. Gi'son, late of Auburn,
county of Placer, on the 14ih ult. Ue is
five feet ten inches and a half iu height,
thick get, has a moustache sprinkled with
gray, grizz'ed hair, clear blue eyes, walks
stooping, and served in the late civil war,
under Price and Quantrell, in the Confeder
ate army. He may be linking in some of
the mii.iiig canips near the foothills, as he
was a Washoe team-ter during the Comstock
excitement. The above reward will be paid
for him dead or aliisi, as he possessed him
self of an important eecret by robbing the
bixly of the late Gregory Summerfield.
By the Governor : Given at Sacramento
this, the 6th, day of June, 1871.
11. G. Nicholson,
fevec. of State.
Our correspondent continues:
I am fcorry to say that Sheriff Iliggins has
not been so active iu the discharge of his
duty as the urgency of the case required,
but he is perhaps excusable on account of
the criminal interference of the editor above
alluded to. But 1 am detaining you from
more important matters. Your Saturday's
paper reached here at 4 o'clock, Saturday,
1 3th May, and as it now appears from the
evidence taken before the coroner, several
persons left Auburn on the sameefrand, but
without any previous conference. Two of
these weie named tesptctively Charles P.
Gillson and Bartholomew, Graham., or, as
he was usually called, ,kBlack Bart." Giil
son kept a saloon at the corner of Prickley
Ash street and the Old Spring road ; and
Black Bart was in the employ of Conrad &
Co.. keepers of the Norfolk hvery stable.
Gillson was a fcon-in-law of Ex Governor
Boberts, of Iowa, and leaves a wife and two
children to mouru his untimely end. As
for Graham, nothing certain is known of his
antecedents. It is taid that he was engaged
in the late robbery of Wells & Fargo'd tx
press at Grizzly Bend, and that he was a
habitual gambler. Only one thing of him
is certainly known. He was a lieutenant
in the Confederate army, and served under
Gen. Piice and the outlaw Quautrell. He
was originally ol fiue education, plausible
manners and good family ; but btrong drink
seems early in life to have overmastered him.
and left him but a wreck of himself. But
he was not incapable of generous, or rather
romantic acts, for during the burning of the
Putnam House iu this town, last summer,
he rescued two ladies from the flames. Ic
. so doiug he fcorched his left hand so terious
j ly as to contract the tendons of two fingers.
and this very scar may lead to his appre
hension. There is no doubt about h's utter
desperation of character, and if taken at all,
it will probably not be alivo.
So much for the persons concerned in the
tragedy of the I lat.
Herewith I enclose copies of the testimony
of the witnesses examined before the coro
ner's jury, together with the statement of
Gillson, taker in articulo morn's :
CFP. SITI -N OF DoLLIE ir'iMS.
State of California, county t f Placer, es :
Raid witness being duly sworn deposed as
follows :
My name is Dollie Adams ; my age is 47
year ; I am the wife of Frank G Adams, of
this township, and reside on the North Fork
of the American river, below Cape Home,
on Thompson's Flat ; about 1 o'clock, p m .
flay 14th, I left the cabin to gather wood
to cook diuncr for tny Lu.-band and the
hands at work for him ou the claim 5 the
trees aro mostly cut away from the bottom,
and I had to climb some distance up the
mountain side, before I could get enough to
kindle the fire ; I had gone about five hun
dred yards from the cabin, and was search
ing for small sticks of fallen timber, wLen I
thought I heard some one groan, as if in
pain ; I paused and listened ; the groaning
became more distinct, and I started at once
fvr the place from whence the sounds pro
ceeded ; about ten steps off t discovered the
man whose remains lie there, (pointing to
I be deceased,) sitting up with his back
against a big rock ; he looked so pale that I
thought him already dead, but he continued
to moan until I reached his side; hearing
me approach he opened his eyes and begged
tne 'For Chiist's sake to give him a drop of
watpi ' I asked him 'What was the mat
ter?' lie replied. I am bhot in the bar k.'
Dangerously V I demanded. 'Fatally,' ho
filtered. Without wajtiog to question him
further I returned to the cabin, to'd Z ;nie
rny daughter what I had seen, and sent
her eff on a run for the men. Taking with
me a gourd of water, some milk and bread
for I thought the poor gentleman might
be hungry and weak, as well as wounded
I hurrird brck to his side, where I remained
until 'father' as we call my husband
coma with tho men. We removed htiu as
gently we could to the cabin ; then sent
for Dr. Leibner. and nursed him until he
died, yesterday, just at sunset.
Question by the Coroner Did you hear
his ttatemeut taken dowu by the Assistant
District Attorney ?
A I did.
Did y.;u see him sign it ?
A Yt s, sir.
Is this your signature thereto as witness ?
A It is, ir.
(Signed) D.'Llik Adams.
PFP- SITb N i F MISS X. V. ADA 118.
Being first duly sworn, witness testified as
fullows : My uame is X xenia Yoiumni Ad
ams. I am tha daughter of Frank G. Ad
ams and tho last witness; I reside with thtm
on the Flat, an.l my age is eighteen years;
a little pa.-t 1 o'ekefc on Saturday last, rny
mother came, running iuto the house and in
formed me that a man was dying from a
wound, on the hillside, and that I must go
for father Immediately. I ran a3 fast as my
lees could carry me to where they were
'clearing up,' for they never cleaned up
week daya on the F.at. and told the news ;
we ail came back togelhtr and proceeded to
the spot where the wouuded man lay wel
teiing in h'B blood ; he was cautiously re
moved to the cabin, where he lingered until
yestenhn sundown, when h- died.
Q Did he speak after he reached the
cabin ?
A He did frequently ; at fi-st with great
pain, but aftcwards more audibly and in
telligibly. Q What did he say ?
A Fast, to send fr Squire Jacobs, the
Assistant District Attorney, as he had a
statement to make, and seme lime after
wards to send for his wife; but we first of
all sent for the doctor.
Q Who was present when he died ?
A Ouly myself; he had appealed a
gn at deal easier and his wife had laiu down
to take a short nap, and my mother had
pone to ti e spring and lift me alone to
watch ; suddenly he lifted himself spasmod
ically iu bed. glared around wildly and mut
tered something inaudible; seeing me he
cried out: llun ! iuu ! run! Ilo has ill
Black Bart has cot the vial ! Quick F or he'll
set tho world on tire ! Se, he opens it ! Oh.
mj God ! lo. k ! look ! look ! Hold his
bauds! tie him! chain lim down! Too
late! too late! oh, the 0 imes ! Fire! fire!
fi.e !' His tone of voice gradually strength
ened until the end of his raving; when he
cried 'fire!' his eyeballs glared, his month
quivered, his body convulsed, and before
Mrs. Gillson could reach his bedside he fell
back stone dead.
(Signed) X. V. Adah3.
The testimony of Adams corroborated in
every particular that of his wife and daugh
ter, and set forth more fully the particulars
of his demoniac ravings. Ilo would taste
nothing fir m a glass or bittle. bnt shudder
ed whenever Any article of that sort met his
eyes. In fact they hail to remove from the
room the etips, tumblers, and even tho cas
tois. At times he spoke rationally, but
after the second day only iu morueulary
flashes of insanity.
The deposition of tho attending physician,
after giving the general facts with regard to
the sickness of the patient and his subse
quent demise,' proceeded thns :
1 found thd patient weak and suffering
from loss of blood, and rest, and want of
nourishment; occasionally sane, but for the
most part flighty and iu a comatose condi
tion. The wound was an ordinary gunshot
wound, produced rhost probably by the ball
of a navy revolver, fired at the distance of
ten paces. It entered the back near the left
clavicle, beneath the scapula, close to the
vertebrae, between the intercostal spaces of
the fifth and sixth ribs ; grazing the pericar
dinm it traversed the mediastinum, barely
touching asophagus, and vena az'gos, but
completely severing the thoracic duct, and
lodging in the xiphoid portion of the stern
um. Necessarily fatal ; there was no reason,
however, why the patient couid not linger
for a week or more ; but it is no less certain
that from the effoct of the wound he ulti
mately died. I witnessed the execution of
the paper shown to me as the statement of
the deceased at his request; and at the
time of signing the same was iu his perfect
senses. It was taken down in my presence
by Jacobs, the Assistant District Attorney
of riacer county, nnd read over to the de
ceased before lie affixed his signature. I
was not present when he breathed his last.
having been called away by my patients in
the town of Auburn, but I reached his bed
side shortly afterward. In my judgment, no
amount of care or medical attention could
have prolonged his life more thau a few
days.
(Signed) Kahl Liebskr. M. D.
THE STATPMBST CF Till DECEASF.D
was then introduced to the jury as follows:
People of California vs. Bartholorfie w
Graham Statement and dying confession
of Charles P. Gillson, taken in articulo mor
tis by Goorge Simpson. Notary Public:
On the morning of Sunday, the 14th day
of May, 1871. I left Auburn alone in search
of the body of the late Gregory Summer
field, who was reported to have been pushed
from the cars at Cape Horn, in this countv,
by one Lronida Parker, since deceased. It
was not fully lijiht when I reached the track
of the Central Pac'fic Railroad. Having
mined at aa early day on Thompson's Flat,
at the foot of the rockj promontory, now
called Cape Horn, I was familiar with the
zigzag paths leading down the steep preci
pice. One was generally used as a descent,
the other as an ascent from the canyon be
low. I chose the latter, as being the freest
from the chance f observation. It required
the greatest caution to thread the narrow
gorge ; but I finally reached the rocky bench,
about 1.0CO feet below the grade of the rail
road. It was now broad daylight and I
commenced cautiously to search f. .r Suin
mei field's bixly. There is quite a dense un
dergrowth of shrubs thereabouts, lining the
interstices of the granite rocks so as to ob
scure the vision even at ;a short distance.
Brushing aside a thick marzar.ita busb, I
beheld the dead man, at the same instant of
time that another person arrived like an ap
parition upon the st ot. It was Bartholo
mew Graham, known as 'Black Bart.' We
sujdcnl3' confronted each other, the fkeltton
of Summerfield lying exactly between us.
Our recognition was mutual. Graham ad
vanced and I did the same ; he stretched
out his hand and we greeted oue another
across the prostrate corpse.
Before releasing my hand. Bart f xcleimed
in a hoarse whisper, 'Swear, Gd'son, in the
presence of the dead, that you will forever
lie faithful, never betray me. and do exactly
as I bid you as long as you live !'
I locked him full in the ej-e. Fate sat
there cold and remorseless as stone. I he&i
tated ; with his left hand he s iglitly raised
the Iaje's t f his coat, and grasped tho hau
dle of a navy revolver.
Swear!' ugain he cried.
As I ga.ed his eyeballs assailed a jrei?n
i&h tint, aud his brow darkened into a scowl.
As yotlr confederate,' I auswered; 'never as
your slave.'
Be it so!' was his only reply.
The body was Iving on its back, with the
face upwaids. The vultures had despoiled
the countenance of every vestige of flesh,
and left the sockets of his eyes empty. ;
Snow, and ice. and fain, had done their
work t fft.-ctually upon the exposed surfaces
of his clothing, and the eagles had feasted
upon the entrails. But underneath, the thick
beaver cloth had served to protect the fish.
aud there weie some decaying shreds left of
what had once been the terrible but accom
plished Gregory Summerfield. A glance
told us all these things. But they did not
interest me so much as another spec'acle,
that almost fn ze my blood. Io the skeleton
grip of the right hand, interlaced within the
clenched bones, gleamed the wide-mouthed
vial which was the object rf our rmilual
v:s'.t. Graham fell on his knees and at
tempted to withdraw the prize frojri the
grasp of its possessor. But the bones were
firm, nnd when he finally succeeded in se
eming the bottle, by a sudden wren;h, I
I hetrd the skeleton fingers snap like pipe
st?ms. Hold this a moment, whilst I search the
pocket.' he commauded.
I did as directed.
He then turued over the corpse, and
thrusting his hand into the inner breast
pocket, dragged out a roll of MSS.. matted
closely together and stained by the winter's
rains. A further search eventuated in find
ing a roll of small gold coin, a set of der
ringer pistols, a rusted double edged dirk,
and a pair of silver mounted spectacles.
Hastily covering over the body with leaves
and b aaches cut from embowering shrubs,
we shnddei ing'y left the spot.
We slowly descended the gorge toward
the banks of tho American river, until we
arrived at a small but si cyuestered thic&et.
where we threw ourselves upon the ground.
Neither had spoken a word since we had left
the sctne above described. Graham was
the first to break the silence which to me
had become oppressive.
Let us cxtinine the vial, and" see if the
contents are snoj.'
I drev? it forth from my pocket and handed
it to him.
Sealed heremetically. and perfectly so.
cure,' he added. Saving Ibis he deliberately
wrapped it up in a handkerchief and placed
it in his bosom.
What-shall we do with our priz V I
inquired.
Our prizs!' As he said this he laughed
derisively, and cast a most scornful aud
threatening glance toward me.
Yes.'jl rejoined firmly : our prize!'
O'il'son.' retorted Graham, you must re
gard me as a consummate simpleton, or your
self a Goliah. This bottle is mine, and mine
only. It is a great fortune for one, b',t of
less value than a toadotool fr two. I am
willing to divide fairly. This secret would
be of no service to a coward. He would not
dare to use it. Your share of the robbery
shall, be these MSS..; you can sell them to
some poor devil of a printer, and pay your
self for your day's work.'
Saying this he threw the bundle of MSS.
at my feet; but I disdained to t. ueh them.
Observiug this, he gathered them tip safely
and replaced them in his pocket. As you
are unarmed.' he said, it would not be safe
for you to be seen in this neigborhood dur
ing daylight. We will both spend the uight
here, and just befote morning return to
Auburn. 1 will accompany you part of the
distance.'
With the sang froid of a perfect despera
do he then stretched himself out in the
shadow of a small trca. drauk deeply from a
whu-ky flagon which he produced, and pul
ling his hat over his eyes, was soon asleep
and snoring. It was a long time before I
could believe the evidence of my own sense.
Finally, I approached the iuffi.au aud placed
my hand on his 6hou!di r. He did cot stir a
muscle. I listened. I heard onlv the deep
slow breathing of prof .nnd slumber. K
solved not to be baulked and d.fiauded by
such a scoundrel. I stealthily withdrew the
vial from his pocket, and Sprang to my fitt
just in time to hear the click of a revolver
behind. me. I was betiayed! I remember
only a Uah and an ex plosion a deathly sen
sation, a whirl of the recks and trees about
me, a hideous imprecation from the lies of
mv rnurdeier. and I fell senseless to the earth. I
When I awoke to consciousness it was past 1
midnight. I looked nn at. (I.h stars u.i.l i
i- - - i ....... ......
recognized Lyra shining full in my face.
That constellation I knew pasised the merl
dia.i at this ei.-on of the year afser 12 o'
clock and its slow march told me that many
weary hours would intervene before daviight.
My right arm was paralzd, but I put j
forth my left and il rested in a pool of my I
owu blood. Oh, for ono drop nf water !' j
I exclaimed, faintly, but onlv the sighit." of I
the night responded. Ag;;in I fainted.
Shortly after daylight I revived and crawled
to the spot where I was discovered on .the I
next day by the kind mistress of this cabin, j
Yi u know the re.-t. I accuse Bartholomew j
Graham of my assassination. I do this in
the perfect possession of my senses, and w ith
a full sense of my responsibility t-i Aln.i"htv
G.xl. iSi-ned) C. II. Gillson. "
George Simpson. Notary Public.
("nuis. Jac ds. Asst. Disi. Att'y
Uoi.lik Adams
Cari. Lieulb
itnesses.
The following is a copy of the verdict of
the coroner' j'lry :
County i f Placer. Cape II nn township
In re. C. II. P. Gillson, of said county de
ceased. We, the undersiitned. Coroner's j!iry sum
moned in the foregoing case to ex h mine into
the causes of the death if said Gillson, do
find that he came to his death at the hands
of Bartholomew Graham, ti r u a 1 1 called
Black Bart', on Wednesday, the 17th of
May, 1872, And we further find said Gra
ham guilty f murder in the lirot deg.ee.
and recommend his immediate apprehen
sion. (Signed. ) Jons Q i t tla
Pktkk VcKntyue,
A iii- L G t. l.GH..
Al.F.X Sfl:iBTt.
Wm A. 'Jn mpsox,
( Correct :) Tin s J. A lwyn. Cor.
The above documents constitute the pa
pers introduced b. f. re the c roner. Shot. I h
any tiling .f further intercut occur, I wil
keep you fully advised.
P.AVHATTAS Jo:TES.
Since the above was in type we have re
ceived from our est-,med Sari Francisco cor
respondent, W. II. i.. the following letter :
San Franc i r.i, June 8th. 1S71.
Editors Union: Oa entering my iDice
this morning I found a bundle of MSS. which
had been thrown in at the transom over the
door, labelled 'The Srsmn.Fin.n MSS.'
Attached to them was an unsealed t.ote from
one Baithokn.cw Giaham, in thc.-e words.
Deau Silt : These are yours ; 3 0U have
earned them. I commend to your especial
notice the one styled ' De Slundo enniburendo.1
Ala further timo you may hear from
Bautu jl -mew Graham.'
A casual glance at the papera cicvimcs
me that they are of great literary value.
Summei field's fune never burned so bright
ly as it docs over his grave. Will you pub
lish the MSS ?
Yours faiibfuHy, W. II. ft.
IkEMEHY foii Scalds and Ta'tsss. The
New Yoik Suit has a en re-p"udr nt who
writes to that paper.-"that the readiest and
most useful remedy f r sc.ilds and burns is
an embrocation of lime w riter and linseed oil.
These simple agents combined form a thick,
cream-like substauce. Which tlft dually ex
cludes the air from the ii j ired arts, and
allays the inflammation almost insfar.tlv.
He mentions a cae where a cl ild fell back
ward into a bath tub of boiling water, and.
was nearly fUed from her neck to beh.w
her hips. Her agonies were indescribab'e ;
but her clothing being gently removed, and
the lime and oil preparation thickly spread
over the iijired surface, she w-as sound
asleep in five iniiiterf.. Subsequently th
parts were carefully washed with warm milk
aud water three times a day. the oil dressing
renewed, and the little patient rapidly ie
covered. Though all the scalded skin came
oft, she did not have a soar. This remedy
leaves no hard coat to dry on the sures. but
soften the parts, and aids nature to repair
the injury in the readiest and most expedi
tious manner. The mix'ure may be pro
cured in the drug stores ; but if not thus ac
cessible, slake a tump ol quicklime in water.
and as 6 on as the water is clear mix' it with
the oil and sh.iko well. If tha case is ur
gent, use boiling water over the lime, fnd it
will beome clear in five minutes. The
preparation may be kept ready bottled in
the hocse, and it wil! be as g vwl wheu six
months old as whin first :iud4.'r
Changing tub SprifCt. A good j .ke is
told of a little four year old fellow w h , hav
ing disobeyed hi father, was about to incur
the penalty a switchirg. The father de
liberately prepared a red. while his sn
sto;l a sad and silent spictator. As the
parent approached to the unpleasant dn'y.
the boy started at a bri.-k tun tow aid a
neighboring hill. The father putAied. and.
for a time the j-oun;ster increa-ed the dis
tance between them ; but gradually his
strength began to fail, and when he readied
the hill and began to a.-ceud. he soon lost his
vantage ground. Nearer and nearer the ir
rate father approached, and jist a the top
of the hill was reached, and he came within
ami's length' of the little fugitive, who was
ready to fall from exhaustkui. the boy quick
ly faced about, drop ed upon the ground,
and with an indescribable cast of counte
nance exclaimed Pars. that makes a
fellow blow don't it?"' This "changing
the subject" w as so extremely ludicrous that
the father laughed heartily over thest.ategy
which his hopeful son exhibited, 'aud the rod
was not used.
A mixture which "u said to interfere
very materially with the p"ce. quietness
and enj lyrnent of the potato bug is coin posed
of two teaspoonnrtds of turpentine, thor
oughly mixed with five quarts if ashes or
pla&ler and sifted on the vines.
ltL!I TI.HVS CAT.
In introducing Uncle Tim Smith, al
low aie to say that no tnan in Westeni
Oxford, Maine, was bdter known in hi
day; He was an honest, poor,hard work
ing man, Mi.i his ouly fading if failing
it could be called was the telling of bi
stories. I am sure, however, that in tn.i
respect his" tr.craory had become so warped
that ho religiously believed his wondeiful
revelation to be true. He was the ff.
man to put a spadj into the soil of tins
tirst farm I ever owned, and thereafter ho"
did much work for me.
''Talking about cata," said Tilde Tim,
"puts me in mind of a cat I once owned.
Let npi tell you about her. She was n
Multt-e one I got of Charles Hiker and
what that cat didn't know wasn't worllf
know-in. Here's one thing she did :
'In the spring of '43 I nvved into the
little old house down on the Crooked river.
We put cur provisions down in the cellar;
on the fl.ior. Dit we didn't sleep. N.
sooner had it come dark than we herd ti
leai in" and a f (pe:ikin' in the cellar lli.a
was awful. I lit a candhi und .vent down.
Jerusalem! Talk about rats 1 I never
saw such a sight in all tny born days I
Every inch of the cellar bottom was cov
ered with eni, Thoy run up onto uv?v
and then over me 1 jumped back into
the room and called the cat. She jumped
down and looked. I guess she sot there
about ten minute?, lookia at them rats,
and I was wai'.in' to see what she wjul I
do. ly"in-by sh shook her head, an.l
turned about and went up stairs. Slni
didn't euro to tackle 'erti.
'That night, I tell ye. tin re wasn'i
much sleep. Iu tho rnornin' I called for
the cat, and cou!Ja't find h'r. She'd
gone, 1 gtiass the rats had fi il.tonod !.Vr.
and to tell the plain truth I di hi't inach
wonder. Night come again, nnd the old
cat hadn't shown herself. S ys IK-isy
Ann to mc says she 'Ti.n, if lli it oi l
cat don't come back, we'll have to !ciVs
tl.i place. The ratsll eat us up.' Siy
I : 'Just you let ihe old cat be.' I didu't
believe she left us for good.
Just as Uetsy Ann was puttm ino
children to bed, we heard it scratchm' and
it waulin at the outside door. I went
ud opened and there P'ood our old Mal
(ce on the door steo, and behind her h
whole army of cats, all paraded as rejju-.
lar as ye ever saw soldiers! I lei the oil
cat in, and the others followed her. She
went riht to the ccilar door and scratched
there. I began to understand. Oid Mai
tee had been out afier help I opened the
way to the cellar, and she marched down;
and the other cats tramped after her in
regular older and as they went past mo
I counted fifty-six of 'era.
"Gewhittaker ! If there wa?n"J a row
and a rumpus in that "ere cellar tli.tt night
then I'm mistaken! The next tminun
the old cat came, up and caught hold of
my truwser le, and pulled me towa.d
the door. I went down an.l saw ih
sight. Talk about ycr Danker II ill,'
aid yer Doston Massacres! Mercy! I
never saw such a .-iht before nor since,
lietsy Ann and me, with my boy Sammy,'
was all day- hard at woik as we could be,
clcaiiu dead rats out of lhat 'ere cellar !
It's a fact, every word of it.
A Torcnisr. Oimtuaky. A disconso
late husband thus bewails the loss of his
wife, and apostrophise? her memory :
Thus my wife died. No more wi!I
those loving hiitids pull oil" my boots and
part mv hir, as only a true wife can.
Nor will those willing feet repleni.-li the
coal hod and water pail. No more will
she arise amid the ti inp' Stint:s storms o
winter, and gladly hie herself away to
build I lie th e without ilis'urbiog the sloni
bers of the man who doled 011 her so arl
leselv. Ilcr memory is embalmed in rny
heart of hearts. I wanted to embalm
her body, but I found I could embalm her
memory much cheaper.
I procured of Kit Mu lgot, a neighbor
of mine, a very prett- gravestone. His
wife was consumptive, and he kept it on
hand several years, in anticipaii in of her
death. Hut she rallied last spiing, rrnTl
his hopes were blasted. Never shall I
forget the poor turn's grief when I asked
him to part wiih it. '"Take it, Skinner
and may jou never know what it is tir
have your soul racked with disappoint
ment, r.s mine lias been!.' and he burst
in:o a ll hhI of tears. His spirit was in
deed utterly broken.
I had the following- epistf. er.g'r'avcef
upon her Kraveston? : To the memory
of Tabitha, wife of Moses Skinner, Eq ,
peutlemaiily editor ot the Tromlonr.
Terms three dollars a ear invariably in'
advance A kind mother and exemplary
wife- OllVce over Coleman's grocery, up
two flihis of stairs. Knock hard. Wt
shall mi-s thee, mother, we shnll miss
thee Job printing solicited." T'husdid'
nVy lacerated spii it cry out in agony, even
as Ilachcl weeping for her children Uut
one ray of luht penelrated the despair of
my soul. The undertaker took his pay
in job prirtin', and tht sexton owed in 9
a little account I should' not hate pottcif
any other way. Why should we pine at
the mysterious ways of l'rovuleneo and
vicinity? (Not a cotiundi uui ") I lien.
pause to drop a silent tear to the nn'tnurv
of TaUiha Dir.ley, that was tin cini
ncntlv pious woman, and could fry tin
best piece of tripe I ever flung under my
vest. Her pick-up dinners were a ei'
fect success, and she aKvays doted on for
eign missions.