iL. LXXX. J \ FROM BE HELD FOR OUT ON BAIL — DAMAGING TRIAL— JAMES FROM WITNESSES GIVE EVIDENCE. % We will hold Jac in the vy From for trial, From of ti aorpus and decide of James on Monday,” 1 ubstance Ee 'a order he habeas 1 Haturday i ting Judge the ¢ held agreed that ment of court After adjourn Orvis and the attorneys for n- iva Yel add 1. fF ini monweaith and defendants 0 consultation when it was James From should be released upon I'his bail Walker ' § 3 { TOK the sam of $1000 bail in furnished by Hall, {i was west of Centre From was release HOLY OF AIT. cled the posi morteiu, was ‘one-half ii plE Thi Chnincis measuring Fe MIO wound described, dist tended 10 Death ing fron { 5 : ' Rie I'he slightly d ali being ¢ ineh ‘ yard and wnward, was due to hemorr! Bed restit- wound, ¥, irom the #120 of Lhe woul and the gun waa discharged al ciose prox imity I found ber of shot luside the body, doubted 0 the person, @ I he wound extended clear through the body and part of the shot lodged just over the Death glernuin bone in USC les occurred within two mioutes aller infliction of the wound the Re-examilostion by Love. From the vound, it character of Lh it was abso lutely impossivie for self-inflicted. The evidence of County Coroner Dr, Fisher was similar to that of Dr. Locke, Hesaid he found s wad in the buggy. MRS. MARGARET MOYER 1 live at Centre Hall; sm acquainted with Jacob and James From ; known them ever since [ can remem- ber anything. I knew J. C. Dale, We moved to Mr, D:le’s farm the last of last March--March, 1906, Q. Mrs. Moyer, did you ever have any conversation with Jacob 0 bave been A. No, sir, not any more than what he told us. Q Well, what did he tell you? A. Well, he wanted us to make Mr, Dale sell his eattle aud take his cattie —take Mr. From'’s cattle. Mr, Dale wouldn't hear to it and of course he got angry. Q Whogotangry ? A. Why Mr, From; and he said some time he would meet him on the road and lay him low, He would meet A Mr. Dale. Now where did he say that ? ‘Why on the back porch. did A I don't know, tid he bave them ? Well, at Den Keller's and some had who on the many cattle Jacob take that them RUppose he to rom Keller's and in on he wanted to put when Mr, id lay Dale low ? of the t Centre Hall, where abolls were you 1 i versation and 4 Sh) WCE poren That was the Dale Ruth was present, the time re we moved onto stighiter remark. ig Bir 3 made Lhist about he reay anytiiz A. Yes, lay the barn in ashes. that he made that tell you evening or moved on present about put Was it Well, 1 can’t was that t before we iatughter was threat vpination by Meyer, 1 was we morniog of the 12th of pie butter, 1 $ OF was Dolling ap $ Caine Lavre that day about alope and was travel. ) not taken a husband was ie had Hall and re when he came d nesisted me in Mr. Dale that day Was It As nearly as | the farm any. t about 7 o'clock RO ne, | time we missed the buggy. this J. Now state rsation you reiation. to asked me take his stock aud Mr. Dale to sell his, ouldu’t, unless | Dale about it. Mr. Dale? Dale told me that wild n't ear to it asied me then whether nd I told him 1 had bear to it did Mr ade ol & uonih he b know uspicion for crime, MOYER. Q what CODve From in VW #il, he n't Lo ge him | Mi Ww Mane A. he Ww From say ? Liuireats then would have that the V here did you have that conver 37 A. Al Now did From say anything else dr. Dale? A. He said he would him so time and lay him low J rueet him time, he Din low, my house, Le wou soe iid iny Did Lie say that the Yes, ®ir. txaminstion by What did From want you He wanted me to take tact ial 4 i wanted Dale Lo sell his same day ? FOSS Meyer to do? stock get rid of stock and take From's stock, Wl Q A. and Dis iis What advantage would that have been tothe Frome? A. Well I don’t kuow ; 1 dou’t think it would be any advantage to them, Q. Aud you say it made him so sugry that be said inside of a month he would lsy Mr, Dale's barn in ashes snd, if he met him some time on the road, be would lay Lim low ? A. Yes, sir, Q. Is Mr, Dale's barn still standing? . Yeu, sir. QQ. Did you bave a gun about your predises that day 7 A. Which day ? Q. The day Mr. Dale was Killed ? A. Yes, sir, my brother had his gun, Q@ Aud that gun was taken away, was it not? A, Yes QQ. And you were suspected for com- wivting this crime, were you not? A, Yen, sir, QQ. Where is that gun now ? dou't know where it is. Q I guess the Distriet Attorney got it? A. Yes. QQ. Aud still has know, FRANK SHUIT. Sworn and ex- amined, testified as follows : QQ Mr. Bhutt, where do you live? A, Centre Hall. I am a blacksmith ; am acquainted with Jacob From and Jumes From. Jacob From was in my | sbiop some time previous to the mur | der of Mr, Dale snd we had a conver. lwation in there and Mr. From should have made a statement that the time {would come when Mr. Dale would have to suffer for those things he had done, That was after the lawsuit here in Bellefonte, about two or three weeks before sr, Dale was killed, |. Q. Was Jacob From talking about the lawsuit that he bad 7 A, ell be might have been; I can’t remember all about that ; there was a conversa tion in there and I don’t remember all A A. 1 it? A. I don’t of it, QQ. But he Mr found fault with Dale, didn’t he? A, Yes, sir, Q. And did he say that Mr, would have to suffer for what he done? A. Yes, sir. Q Did he say when he would to sufler? A No, sir. Q. Who was present ? Robert Smith, (Cross examination by Meyer, (3 Mr, Bhutt, he didn’t say whether he would have to suffer in this life or the life hereafter? A tion that, Q. Did he say it in a very mood or was he joking ? A. wouldn't swenr that, whether meant business or whether he didn’t ROBERT SMITH I live above Centre Hall; am acquainted with Jacob From, also with Shutt; was in Frank BShutt’s Pals had have A. Mr. serious Oh, 1 fo and paw Jacob From there, QQ Now, wha! did Jac A. Well, I ean’t reg J that he sald but be said he would g even with Dale before long, or son thing to that effect. wh From sav 2 eat just the wt in that not time beforethat? A. I think what it came from, if I am taken QQ Just repest what he said don’t know the exact words Q. Just as you remember? A asic that he would get even with Dale before loug, or something like that, MARY DECKER. 1 liveat Centre Hall ; have lived there two years the last week of this month ; am sequaint- ed with Jacob From sua James Fro couldn't how Euowi them | suppose may be | teen or more years. I live sbout feet from Jacob From-—-the width ? A. i teil Just 101 tnken shout the hour 0 eloek About an biewrd » shout J FIs mid a house to And Dates furm is ie gravel iat I wt fired but the mm had opened the « hie porell and just door this shot was fired the shot, I k gravel hole bot shot Den Hitie hole Wak In ol WJ ul hea weated it out beyond QQ. Haveyoumseon? A I have samuel Meyer He waa hie with a cut home al { the time je went to Lhe dod nie day foot { da cept to get his fool dressed QQ Does Lie We LAV I QQ. Now { Prof John ning? A. Where? QQ. Right inf From's hous didn't evening ; have HEU, Mi Decker, Hosterman ti a gun’ did ng tot A Jacob From bri Ig He i corn field I su evening ’ f ut i iwy. This Q idn’t see M iat day? A 0 him, I saw Mr. Phen be LO iis farm LU he had pes Ct Ll bee Dale BILEeT Gill HELE the afternoon, Now BAY You LUeara His converealion WERE KR COLVers Dimseil? | Q i Rif ( f sir. ber 1906 1 was at home all day o'clock in the evening when I went to the post office Phen I stopped Mra, Jacobs and came up avd it about six o'clock when I got home: | was dusk. When I came home, | saw some one in front of Mr. From's ious I saw the line of a muan right in fron of the stuart up the pike with something long in his haod. Did it like a gun? A Well that I couldn't say, for it was dark ; wouldn't swear it was a gun. until 5 at gale OOK . Do you know who the man was A. Well, I don’t exsctly ; i wouldn't just exactly swear to a name QQ Who did you think it was, when vou saw him? A. Well, walked like Mr. Jacob From, but, there are lots of people walk alike How far did you ses A. Well, I suppose he h to the ismp post at the upper ( his yard 1o, it of course Q this man g ai gotten Ther A sug QQ Where did you go ° into the house ; ste my washed my supper dishes, @ Did you hear a shol (hat eve. A. Yes, gir, about seven o'cloc) n niug 7 in From's house after the shot ti evening? A. I heard them over there ; 1 didn’t under was said ; 1 didn’t stop to listen, The next day Jacob From said to me that Mr. Dale had g hig end last olten al f or i Kt iis Vyas there ai auve I'hat side of the Centre -0n the I= side, wlow sOn0D this you hear day and he was talking to himself and he said that he had Killed him, that he had taken his gun and gone up on the mountain and shot him. Q. You heard him say that? A. Yes, sir, I did. He was in the alley between the two houses, and then he acted like he was chasing some one thal was coming into my house and | went to the window aud looked out and there was no one coming. It was daytime ; I don't remember whether it was fore- noon or afternoon. It was just about three weeks before Mr, From was ar- rested. Cross examiuation by Meyer, Q Are you not known by the name of Mra, Lyon. A, That was my former mar- riage, before I was married to Mr. Decker. My name never was chy nged in the mail aud I go by that name yet, QQ. Have you been on friendly terms with From? A. Why I saint envious toward him ; of course he has been very envious to me, Q. Do yoa call at his house ? A, No, gir, I do not. Q. Have you been in to see his sick wife? A. No, sir, I have not, because I was forbid to come, Q. Now, Mrs. Decker, you say you saw a man outside the house there ly- ing on the ground ? A. No, sir, I did not say he was lylog on the ground, I sald I saw him at Jake From's gate and I saw him walk away from there with something long in his hand. 1 couldn’t tell what it was, for it was dark, Q. Have you not said to some ie there that it was a stick? A. didn't, Q Did you say it was a gun? A, No, sir, 1 didn’t, Q. You didn't believe and don’t be- Heve now it wars gun ? A, 1 won't swear what it was, because It was dark and [ couldn't see. Q. Did you look at the clock before a NO, youcame out? A, I osn't be mis { that he would be taken for it, because they had this lswsuit. On Wednesday he told me where Dale had been Killed He said be had been shot at 7 at the end of the Nearhood road. on the Hall mounisin lower the top. J}. Now what threata did you from From against Dale? A, when Mr. Dale went up past there he was in front of his shop and he called him sn old rotten of a b and said he would Rill him, 1 was ing out around. €@ How long waa that before murder? A. It was before the court ~efore the lawsuit, after Mr. had him arrested for the timber, Q. Now what did fou PKR AMET GUISIWITE. . tia Centre tial it vy dered. JIMOR Louse hE With uy datg lite al y Hour i I heat 4 het is al and ¥ Did you hear Mr. From thug iar How murdered in the aliey sir. QQ. N just what you heard. A. Well, him say io the alley—and [ dida’s or hear anybody ise iu the alley he had Killed Mr. Dale ; thal ue 1 taken his i gone i On mountain sud shot the old ee « that I heard him say. QQ. Can you hear well? can hear good. Q. How is your eye sight? A. My eyesight is poor ; I can’t see, but I « Si hear all rigut. Q. You can’t see, but you can hear A, Yes Q How long after the death of My Date was that? A. Well, it was only about three weeks before the arrest was made, Q. Who was in the house at time, that is in your house, A, no person, only my daughter were at home home. Q. Your daughter is Mrs. Decker ? A. Yes, sir. Q. What time of the day was (1? A, That I ean’t tell ; I dido’t pay that much attention to it; I can’t tell you that, Q. How do you know it was Jacob From that made that remark ? A. 1 know people by their voices, people that I am well scquainted with, peo ple that I talk a great deal to, I know them by their voice. Cromexamination by Meyer. Q How old do you say you are, Mrs. uulstwite? A. I was eighty-one the 20th of December, Q Is your memory good ? Yes, my memory is good, Q. Can you tell us what day it wan you heard From talking iu the siley ¢ A. 1 can't tell, for 1 paid very little ate (Continued on page 5) § [é fom's J “ ciation Lo there? PW siale “EE 245 Fad thie RUD =A ¥ A, Yes, that Why and | Her son was not at hw UE AT TYRONE, “ta are Preparing Their 20th, wr An busi Mes ting on March @ thirty-nintt 1 arnnunl Of gession ennsylvania Conferences Epise i 2] Churet M et ' hod ist visrch } nas not met two ithe same church, , Lhe conference hav. yEny his will een enter- h of Ty rone, the coufer- urchies have ie fon 2 il and ach entertained ference was also urg, Danville, Carlisle, Altoona, Huntingdon, rg and Tyrone, + has been the Lines during his will the the igherty, the pastor the B. Ww. H. members AVIOR Deen wo times with iyrone the MeGarrah, R al Revs, & ' ana of Chicago, He church officer. in 8 OF Lhe at at - es Green Decker Tells of North Dakota ¢ y § that OUT Was A of Fleisher, r, Miss iii three Op Move Early or Leo Any yoler wh ROOK y Change iis residence district r this ring, must move the lst or 2ad of April, or : = anothe mptly ou OF file vole re- » in a districl of sixty As the first do ¥ Salurany before that dale, Cine jose at the sul ner prinary The law quires a resident dass 10 voile a! he prunsery ‘he first in June coming on the first day of the this year—asixiy before will April ai early moving is DeCessary. will be held on iy pt of June this year--Lhe HNAry fnonth aays be 2ud. Hence tas it —— dverseer Stine Missing Daniel M poor overseer of Routh Philipsburg borough, has disap- peared and his whereabouts are un- known, It is claimed that he is short in his sconunts about $300, but if this is true, hie are liable for the “tine has enjoyed the confidence nud esteem of the entire community and his disappearance has occasioned much surprise, AAs —— Pubille Sales, Four public sales will be held within the next week, near Centre Hall, They sre the sales of James OC. Goods hart, near Centre Hill, Saturday, 230d; B. D, Miller, st Farmers Mills, Mon- a 25th ; Daniel Daup, near Potters Mills, Tuesday, 26ih ; James I. Lytle, near Old Fort, Wednesday, 27th, I 8prii g begins today ( Thuredsy.) fine, bondsinen smount, a oo» NO. |Z. TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS pring, and Mrs, Kerstetter, of Pleasart Gap, have located at Juniata, Mr. 2obert will to » Arcadia from 4 The library in Grange be open io the public o'clock afternoon, the Bellefonte weeks, Mrs, (4. Perry discharged io Saturday After being in hose pital for three Gentzel proved, Was much The Penns Valley Echo is in print, the issue being the last before the editor, W. Melinay, finished his pastoral year on the Penns charge, tev. (3. Valley The Nittany Inn, at State Coll ege, changed landlords again last Monday. I'he new manager is H. A. of the proprietors of and poolroom. Nicely, one the bowling alley is A party in honor mwariz, of Rockford, visiting in this orge JE, who Lion, wi n at Mra. H. N. Fied- ler, near Madisonburg. Bact give the home of Mr. and While William Houser Ch wae razing an old ice house or Z, he was surprised to find a number of Hear Mubersour snakes in the sawdust, At the end of the day he had killed fifty-six, cr One day recently a horse, belonging to John W, Zerby, io atlempting to r of Gregg township un out of the broke f its The animal was killed Mrs. Red Breast 0 Centre Hall last week, Thew slail, in some way hind Oue i es. Mr, Calne L 2rikidy wi and are building a cozy little home sand will remain until the frosts come. They are the most welcome nf y © of York, was 11 » 5 AT 3 24 ¥ ri ’ esl of Miss Hoxannas Brisbit Her two children xl Lhe | guests, Mrs. Pearl Condo irk the ® week, s samt were me of Asronsburg s While ii 6 Condo, was in Centre Hall, A youug hors b Herman, at ung somethin foved to thal sous evil Was Lar received Dr. Jo i, who ea at 8 fare wo agaiust 8 fence and “ Harden - dressed Lhe ut on his head. bu ix Was Call Rev, Warren J. Johnson. t 0 A Ales the Reformed church pastor of re- He was for- erly pastor at Lock Haven, but had been at Altoona for He aif- al Alloons, signed Sunday morning. three 3 had years ald bis congregati grave ferences, Ihe Reporter has a club for the first man yu “spring on giad Lo have back poem laid that BLOVes # hie desk We are all spring come, and a to inflic q ently should n BOER niet put isliluent by UOislIn Is a ils loveliness, Mrs, ¥ art a ’ LIVInD Bhi Iron, furnishes her k, of Glen wriles that the Reporter the home news so complete iy id not think of thal she it, =0 cou doing without purchased sure and consequently an § that she would be Wal every number uid reach her. I'he the following : Times . F. Buith, of Mill Henry Walter's William is an and good prices for horses, although he thinks Union county “ slow.” Millinbarg WwW al contained beim, “‘eried”’ horse sale on Monday. excellent auctioneer gels bidders are a little In a note to the Reporter John H. Krumbine, furniture desler snd un- dertaker, at Rexis, stated that the rain of iast week caused high water in thst locality, the driveway between that point and Vintondale being cover ed to a depth of four feet, which cut off all communication for a short time. A daughter was born to Prof. and Schuylkill county. The birth ocour- red while Mr. Zeigler was visiting his mother, west of Centre Hall. This is the first heir, and the people of Frack- ville will undoubtedly feel more proud than ever of the principal of their school, Just as was predicted in last week's issue of the Centre Reporter, Penns Valley was well represented at the habeas corpus hearing Saturday, and yet ouly a small part of the attentive listeners to the evidence came from the southern portion of the county. Every section of the large, populous county was represented. The Nittany Valley railroad come pany began work on an extension out along the old turnpike which, when completed, will do away with the trestle near the toll gate, on this side of Bellefonte, They will run the road several hundred feet further out and cross the road on grade, connect ing with the road in to the furnace by a awitohback,
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