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There 1s no Store
In Bellefonte just like
“THE RACKET.”
GUILTY !
smn) wae
ALFRED ANDREWS FOUND
GUILTY OF MURDER
msi CY ens
FIRST DEGREE.
enn} stmt
Ulara Price
Will Be Avenged,
I
IN
The trial of Alfre d Andrews for the
murder of Clara Price,
Wednesday last and termined on Tues-
the finding Ans
We published last
jury
week
publish evi-
Goods different. Styles
different. Way of doing busi- |
ness different.
It has been a lively business |
from the start.
My old customers and kind |
friends at Weodward and
Spring Mills can probably tell |
you the reason
en by important witnesses both for the
commonwealth and defence,
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,
When court opened for the afternoon
session, the room was packed as full of
people as was possible to get,
Mrs, Mattie Meeker was the first
ness called,
wit-
Clara Price was in her ser-
vice before her death, Said that Clara
XTEIY 3
G. R. SPIGELMEYER.
LOCAL ITEMS,
Howard Homan has bought W. P. |
Shoop’s house—price, $300.
—Fd. Stump, of near town, is one of
’
the inrors on the murder trial.
— Rube Spangler ;was
thriving town of Hastings last week,
——There are a great many cases of
gickness all around, mostly the grip.
——We saw the stalwart form of Cys |
rus Bromgard in town the other day.
~Prof, P. H, Mever seems to handle
most of the
winter.
musical conventions this
Harter
have sold t
Lewisburg,
Luce, of Rebersburg,
tore to a Mr. Thomas, of |
heir
—-Migs Annie Harpster and James |
Sweetwood, train f
burg, Monday morning,
took the r
rived in this place Tuesday evening f
a several days’ visit to his mother.
— “Him be water it
we:
fast asleep’'-
nean, is not near ripe yet: fi
seems to be nipped in the bud.
Strohecker, wid
Mrs. w
of
well-known Dr. Strohecker,
burg, died a lew weeks a
aged about 8] years,
Miss Mary Kreisher, of Mifflin.
burg, was visiting here last week, Mary
has many friends here who are alwaye
happy to see her,
Eebers-
Harrisbarg
¥ BS
—Emannel Fye will have public,
sale on March 11. B. Jordon
Spring Mills, farm stock, ete.,
William Lee, at th
March 21,
—— Rev. Land, recently of this place,
preached a trial sermon on Sunday
in the Reformed church, at
(r near
March 7
this
e station, piace,
last
Lewisburg,
Long.
~~ Sunday morning the ground
covered with what anciently was known
There was enough of it to give people an
idea what snow is.
riously ill from inflamation of the bow-
ill of the grip. John Scholl, near this |
place, is also quite ill. Dr. Jacobs is als
so under the grip of the gzip.
«meeThe Miles township farmers have
made up their minds to come inte pos |
session of improved horse flesh, and
have invested 82500 in a Clydesdale stal” |
lion. This is the highest price yet paid
in our county for a horse. The stocks
holders are, Jasper Wolf and Jerry Krav
mer, 4 shares; Austin and James Gram-
ley, 3 shares; John Shultz, 1 share; Tom
Walker, 1 share; J. A. Moyer, 1 share.
Balance is owned by parties id Sugar
Valley,
~—=Johnny Nell moves to Jefferson
Vm James Lesher to Johnny Neil's;
Kennedy to Lester's; Will Lee to Ken-
nedy’s; Shoop to Deininger’s; Deininger
to bis new bouse, adjoining Aaron Har~
tor; Will Campbell to the mill house;
Martz to Miss Buyder's; Rev. Rishel to
the Will Kurtz house at the station;
Prof. Rothrock to Kerlin's; Worrel to
Krumbine's house—~and so on around
the circle,
~The people of Brush Valley are a
little excited over a band wagon, The
old Rebersburg band having disbanded,
the horns were sold to a new organiza.
tion at Brumgards. A few nighls ago
the band wagon got down that way too,
in some mysterious manner, but return
od again. The wagon soon after again got
to where the horns were, and has not
found its way back.” Whether there
will be a sait about jit we do not know,
but the wagon seems to have a great ate
tholumeont for the horne,
alive,
James Marstellar, Supt, of the
Valley Coal (
1, #t Snowshoe, was next
he discovered
the
river to get out and
alled and testified that
the body of dead girl
told his d
by roadside;
see what
the girl, and found
a short
They drove to the river and
been dead on y
re-
ported the circumstances, to some peo~
iden~
which was lying face
downward, with hands crossed on the
oy
*
Her basket was at her elbow
to run back towards Pine
the ly and the condition of the clothes
evidently had fallen
while running.
thirty fest from the body and it appear-
ed as though its position indicated the
tracks were seen only from the hat
was found.
Wm. Oswalt, his driver, on the
to
vhere the body
he 27th of N
orroborated Marsteller's testimony.
uly 1 i these
3 ;
od noticed by
a
two
5 was about the girl 1outh,
od on the ground about
(reo, Hodaller, the man who went back
with Marste Oswalt, to the body,
@ Was workige at
en Marsteller and
}
ler and
stated that b Karithaus
ridge wi
what
au 2
reported
to him and told they
He found be to
iim. Reported having ferried two hunt.
Clearfield to
ad guns;
later to Clearfield
was ferried to the
31 lock. This
he pike bn
i
im
geen, dy as
the
je and both b
two peddlers an he
ur
side; another peddier,
Centre side about one
t t took a
went d §
path
wird
over the bill,
wnt
Squire Andrew Rankin was called and
t he had held the inquest over
y and gave detailed account of
oked on arrival at the
ment
ia
veri +8 accounts
? preceding witnesses, except no
| about eyes and ears of vies
k leaving road at a distance
the body. but
I, BAW trad
atk
D000
forty feet from
per-
below; when man's
evidently by left foot of a person wear
body; showed hat found by roadside; the
place where bullet had torn away part of
brim was plainiy seen; coat was shown:
it bad blotches of mud on shoulder
pierced pulmonary artery,
had gone through, and corset, showing a
mark of blood at top, were produced,
measurements, which
he stated to be about 10} inches long,
being unable to notice any difference in
their width,
David Price, father of girl, was then
called, and identified the clothing,
Court then adjourned until Tharsday
THURSDAY.
Dr. Neveling, a physician, of Karthaos
wan first witoess summoned, and testis
fied that he was called to the body at
about 12.30, p. m., and after coroner's
jury had been empanelled, measured
distance girl had evidently from place
Evidence showed that
distance must have been gone over very
rapidly, The tracks went on past the
body on the road for about fifty two feet
where they turned to the left and went
into the woods, It was at this point
that the left foot track was seen in the
sand of the ditch at side of road, across
which the man had gone. At post mors
tem he found evidences, of an attempt at
rape, though he was unable to tell just
bow the wounds about these parts had
been inflicted.
WB, bay, of Bursside towmshilp, wid
1 timony.
| Geo, Hodaller was recalled but gave
| no farther evidence,
8. D. Ray, of Bellefonte, the surveyor
| was called and showed drafc on which
| be bad drawn all the important points in
that section,
| Thomas Pitts was called but did
answer,
Michael Watson, Jr., was called, and
said he heard five shots close together,
not
some timber,
Joseph Smith, of Karthauns, was works
ing near Horse Bhoe mines on the morn-
ing, and heard fiye shots; thought it was
| about 10 o'clock.
John Felton, of Clearfield co., a brake-
man on B, C, BR. R. said left the Viadnot
with coal train on Tuesday, and Andrews
rode with them to Gorton Heights,
where he left the train. Andrews told
him he was going to Gillandtown and to
{| Karthaus, Stated that he noticed the
prisoner’s shoe was badly “busted,” that
ia the sole was torn from the upper,
| cross exam, thought it was the right
shoe,
burg was ealled and testified to having
gone to Brisbin, to Andrew’s home,
| prisoner wore on the day he was seen
| near Karthaus,
The shoes were then shown and we
| could see that the sole was entirely gone
from the left one.
| District Attorney Meyer, testified that
{ he had had the shoes in his possession
until they were delivered to Prof. Pond
of the Panaa, State College. Mr. Meyer
them and
| took them to the College for analization,
| Prof G, G. Pond was then
noticed the blood stains on
said that he had observed blood upon
{ both shoes given to him. On farther
examination under
| covered five spots on each shoe. After
these spots were found and proved to be
| blood by chemical test, he proceeded to
find out whether it was chicken blood
or that of a mammal. The
then explained the process by which
arrived at the that the
blood was that of a mammal. The de.
try to prove that the blood
| found on the shoes was that of a chicks
ten which Andrews had killed on the
night before he was arrested, but Prof.
Pond clearly demonstrated that it could
{| not be that of a bird, on account of the
| shape of the corpuscles found.
| test they were found to be dish shaped
| and not
| he conclasion
a
| fense will
oval with the noclens which
those of the bird,
Witness would not swear that the blood
hat of a human being
asked to decide whether it was chicken
ha
characterizes
| Was : though if
or
! that it
| Dr, Formad was called and stood aside
until the
man blood he was re dy to say
was human.
prosecution had shown that
by Mr
Professor of
one shoe had been delivered
Mever, to Dr. Formad, the
| Bacteriology in the Upiversity of Penn-
sylvania and physician to the Coroner
of Philadelphia.
{ The Doctor had had the one shoe in
| his possession since the 15th of Janus
ary, and returned it to the district ats
| torney just before he was called upon
the stand. He swore thst in his ex-
amination he found at least one hundred
{and fifty thousand corpuscies in the
| blocd, he took from the shoe, four hun-
{ dred of which he measared; also taking
| photographs of same which were shown
| side by side with pictures of corpuscles
i of his own blood would not swear that
| it was human blood, but said that it was
| exactly identical with human blood, and
if he was to decide between the two Le
would say positively, that it was human
blood, ,
{| Thomas Pitts, was called again but was
| sick.
{| Auston Eckley, a resident of Snow
fhoe, was then summoned and stated
about a mile with him. Witness said
ing to Roop's, at Karthans, bat what
for he did not say.
Mra, Annie Croft testified that Andrews
of the 26th of November, belween five
and six o'clock, and that he bad stayed
at her house all night eating breakfast
with them in the morning, after which
he left. Witness thought that he had
left her house between seven and eight
o'clock taking the pike towards Kart.
haus. Bhe did not see him again until
he went back past the house at rapid
walk, some time between two and three,
at which time he did not look at the
house at all but went past as fast as
possible,
Herbert Bates, of Pine Glen, then
swore that he saw the defendant near
Pine Glen swamp between eight and
nine in the morning and afterwards in
the afternoon, about one o'clock, on the
old Batter milk road. Andrews was
then going out towards Boak's store. In
Cross-oxaminatioa, witness said that he
marked the place of meeting.
Bamuel Emerick, of Karthaus, swore
that hesaw the prisoner go past Mal.
holland’s at a little after nine o'clock,
on the morning of the murder, going
towards Karthavs. In cross-examination
witness was not sure that dafendant
as the man he saw pass.
said he was one of the hunters who were
ferried across river by Hodoller in the
morning. When they left the ferry they
met a man one half mile thisside Mul
hollnnd’s whe tailiod to Andrew's do
*
*
Michael Kerstetter, other hunter was
| testimeny
| beyond Boak’s store towards Karthaus,
| and saw Clara Price pass her house about
| nine o'clock in the morning, followed 1n
| about 15 min. by a man corresponding
| to description of Andrews, only as re
| gards height and manner of walking and
| thought the man wore a dark coat.
| Mrs, Jesse livin, was the next witness
| and lives between Mrs. Michael's and
| Karthaus, and saw Clara Price go down
| the pike after nine o'clock, followed goon
| after by a man supposed to be Andrews.
| Mrs. Allison Hulbolland, lives beyond
{ Mrs, Irvin's, saw Clara
house after nine o'clock, and a man fol
i low her in about five minutes, Witness
was positive that defendant was the man
she saw pass her house in the
Court then
morning.
Price pass her
morning.
adjourned until Friday
FRIDAY.
{ FEdward'Pooler sworn—Live Bri
{ bin about one mile north of Houtzd
at 3
Bie,
Know Alfred Andrews, was acquainted
i with bim about a month, He
my house on Nov, 20; had lived
or 10 days before that, He
me in cross ties
lived in
i there
worked for
He
| worked for me on Monday but not on
| Toesday Wednesday, Did
| him Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.
i Saw him on Friday, He told me he
for some money, i
i Lock Hayen, He
heard of the murder
woods, cutting
or not ses
had
been direction of
I had
Karthans, He
eaid he first heard it on Friday and told
girl
were hunting for
0
asked me if
al
me the Said
was shot and they
| Swede
DAMES evening. the i
a
named Andrews as th ty
é gui
man. Said he had been in the
i at the time the girl was mur
he felt queer about it because he wi
around there at the ti:
seen a girl ahead of }
Watson's house, but he tarn
to where the men were
woods, Said Mrs. Watson had
Wm. Cann, of
fl aworn—Live
i §
on i Wen
Brisbin when they ar
was not with them when the
made, I saw Andrews a!
W. B. Potter 1.
haos on Sunday after Tha:
BWOris-—-
and
at Philipsbarg
in carriage to Brishin with Cann
and Zell after Andrews; found
he was arrested. He was taken |
We left for Philipsburg, aboot 2
aboat one he
told
vicinity of Karthaoe
ing at hotel
per. Andrews ue
having
on Tuesday,
H.W. Zell
Am
WRiking most
sworn —Live at
Went
it
was
operator. with Bimler nm
eial 5
wrighin,
the
at
other to was not present
when arrest made, Atr the
hotel dinner when Andrews ackn
edged having beea in the vical
being very nervous regarding it
FRIDA 8
AE 3 LLY
Thomas Pitts, having
called, Lives at Salt Lick
foreman on milroas
Karthaus and hear
tion where muarder was committed,
recovered,
was
, and track
i, wae working near
i ve shots in direc
t
A $
‘ent to see
to |
v
Ed. Pooler, re called, ©
1g
loaned Andrews m
Andrews w y with me ath
house.
and we went up and on road
1) RE
up i
we had our conversation. Talked
him again Sunday morning,
did not think it could have
He said he
been |
Price,
Mr. Zell and
Nat
Harry Simler recalled.
Potter of Karthaus
evening to have me arrest
Came on torday
Andrews at
Arrested him io cellar of his
Had no coat or
i hat on, and shoes were heavy, and asked
| what evidence was against him and said
| he would have to stand it as he had
witness to prove his innocence
Mrs. Mary Pooler said she knew Ans
drews and he lived at her husband's
| house from Nov. 4, to Dec. 1. and work
Jrisbin,
| house on Sanday noon,
no
| back Thursday, and saw him on Friday.
Col, Mullen, the county detective, was
| called and evidence was light,
{ John C. Henderson was re-called and
| evidence given was relative to conversa
| tion had with Andrews.
| Bheriff Cook. Did not know Andrews
a grayish striped sait. Went into jail
| one day hen Andrews was sick and
was soared, and said, “Sheriff, you would
not want to hang me, would you? for 1
am bound to bang. Nothing will save
me. I did go down the road after
girl”
Frank Coudreit. Lives at
ani know Andrews,
Karthaus
paw itin hiscoat pocket. In cross-em
said this was last spring, and looked
larger than a 22 calibre, but did not
know exact size,
Nois Zimmerhan called, Peddler.
Was in Centre and Clearfield counties
last November and December, Was in
Gillantown on Nov. 26. Went to Bmith's
camp on Tuesday morning with Lewis
Green, From there went to pike Stay.
ed all night at H, Meeker's, Have stay-
ed there often. Green was with me,
Left there Wednesday morning and
went to Karthaus. Rowed over by God-
ollar. It was about 9 o'clock. Green
was constantly with me. Recrossed the
river on Friday. Had no firearms Saw
no young lady, only at Meeker's. Lewis
Green dose not talk English, has only
Bontinual on Cuperite Page,
Facts for all,
In spite of all competition the Philad,
Branch clothing store, remains headqaar-
bargains in ready made
clothing, for men and boys. lLewins in-
troduced cheap clothing in Centre county,
and bas kept it at that all the time; he
kept honest goods, no trash, and,
rale, always sold from 25 to 30 per
below any other clothing store in
part of the state.
- a -
Dr. Geo. Meyer Dead.
Dr. George Meyer, of Mercer county,
brother of D. J. of this
died on last Sunday evening, from
or
5
Mever, place, |
the}
He was the young-
Meyer, dec’
11
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effects of influenza
est son of John q.,
south of Aaronshurg, ane i
He leaves
1a
tive practice, a wife a
eral
When Diaby was sick, we gave ber Castors,
4
i
When abe was a Child, she ered for ( axtoris,
When she became Mise she ¢ lung to Castoris,
When she*ad Children, ashe gave them Castorin
'
’
Our line of Fancy Plads,
HAAR HO ASAE AIA ASR
C—O
ilopkins Changed,
Hopkins the condemned murderer,
who has been putting forth a bold front
coming doom
ki
and
and making light of his
on the gallows two wee today, 18 a
changed man entirely, the last sev
to
his
Presby~
al days has devoted his entire time
perusing $he Bible and bewniling
Rev, Dr. 1.
{ Bellefonte,
gad fate, aurie, the
€ he has
terian minister
choeen ae his spiritual adviser. No one
allowed in :
the court,
jal
i
and no one is allowed in
cell whatever.
-
i
Simon Loeb’s new clothing store,
opposite the Conrad house,
is the place
for bargains in men and boys’ suits,
i
Tax Paid.
ASHE]
!
oy
New Goods
at
selected
variety of new
the Fall and Winter seasons,
Tricots, Fall Prints, and All
have the public call
rondsi 1 were
onr
ihey }
are selling rapidly. Woolen B
other goods,
iankete, Hape, Quiits, and many
Cashmeres: prices lower
offering in
Our stock of Ready.
and will sunk for themselves,
Comeand gee the new goods at
S8«Pieced Ash Chamber Suits
pieces, $27. Solid Walnut, 3 §
pieces, §38.
all prices,
, at $24. Solid Oak Suits, 8
neces, $35, Solid Cherry, 8
Chairs and Bedsteads,
Lounges, and Couches, Extensi
on and other tables,
sold.
%
and being a practical embalmer
will guarantee satisfaction.