The Huntingdon Journal.
DURBORROW. -
FiIINTINGDON. PENN'A
- JUNE 22, 1877
FRIDAY,
Circulation LARGER than any other
Paper in the Juniata Valley.
Republican State Convention.
112ADQua_r.te 4 '... lie?! F. !CA IfE CONY I ;TLIS,
14aRomuttn, Idsy 26 , 1.. 18,7. Jt
In pursoJut* of a resn:utiott Poerobiioan
State Cotomi!tee, at a ro.eting hcli in
Harrisburg, this day, a P. opubliciin State fonv4n
firm, to be composed (sr delegates truss •aeb Sena
torial and It.p-esentatire district, torho number
to witich ouch divtrirt iv entitled
t ore, is hereby (nee in Dn., oity of rl.irris
burg, at 1 2 n*,:ocii noon, on Weoncsday. Aligust
19:h, 1877. for tile purr. 2 of nominating candi
dates for Supreme .edge. State 'l'tessnrer and An
ditor General. to be -;ote,l fir at. .lie otitting gen
eral eleotion ott the sixth - lay of N.),-inlo,r of x..
By order of i`otornitt,.
man
A. WILSON' Mout:N.
Sci.re:4 ry.
WE NEED A CHATTEL•MORTGAGE
LAW.
Last Wintp.r pretbared a bi'd and
sent it to Senat, :?stontUng the Chat
tel-Movgat:e Law to printing thadlinuy,
but it Wis 1163 , ,,at;Trti Committee, by a
set ofThystfq• in; e •i' :ill .: the c9risequen,,:
is flat pr::,...Co g inartllitt , ry i t ow, -
tht , Hack/044 , or 111.1 ,
2nd iustatq, cont:ltto t;w
remat ttp( , :t tht,
The hard tii!iouCti W11;01
passing 1 , 4*•.. 1'er7. , :.4.1 R'•°4l
elitlneo in ow.stx.r.'ity.ror
money lozn, - 1, and
need of some wliich a
Ulan whow. person
alities, suet: a. rtzr.cib: , • trtici2s,
and stees a? ;nay talc ey
upon th e w hV
traiis.
tar to tlot rc t , i GS..
actions. To ?Ink- !nor, wean
ing, We
Take if pleas , ,. a priater tr a roachi
15ati'y ham his entire capital in
his "plant" of machinery. Perhaps some
customer for whom be has worked all the
season at the last uotrent fails to pay, or
in any way he becomes disappointed in his
calculations, ac is thus left helplessly
unable to pay ;led men or current
cetCd pxt r icnte him
self from hiiembarrassment were he able
to„niortgace h:s heavy mariitinery, and how
completely would ail Vs pr,speets brighten
were hi a!owed to do so. Yet, strange as
it may appear, tb9ugh h may hove fifty
thousand dollars of good, firei per
sonal property, he e.noot nisr a dollar
upon it under the lawt , of our Common
wealth.
We niay be zniztakn, but we do not
think there is another State in the Union
without a chattel-mortgve l'iw. We know
that. in New York there ;s anch a law, and
it has stood the test at feast fii'ty Tears'
trial. The people of ,hat State voi!d see
many ot'oc;r laws changei or r;fl. - ,e7d , ..1 he
fore their chattel mortiga , , - ...,e law, :,nil we
have foand it not an easy matter to make
New Yorkers understand that there is no
legal provision whatever :n Pennsylvania
whereby s man can fir, seeurity upon
personal property unless ho parts entirety
with the possess on or it,
A 112Pn who hp 3 hi 4 evital ievestPd. in
eorpnrate bowls or i o rr,uinnts can bor
row money any day bv y:leduing, them, but
if his means nro iii I - .Pavy maAinPry nr val
uable pr'pert net moved. be cannot
raise a &Par on it. 111" i1!..111 , .nr how valua
ble or ue , Y , Esary it mar be.
Within the pest tirrrP yeari Tv, have
known at kist thre•?. ra:r b:ti3ine•ot cstabli6h
went!! utterly brok..‘n up, in the plant
pacrifice4i ztutwrity fire' rr eent. ef octal]
vane, wb:rt prop , lr v;rt: tel.! r 2 7,rtz 3 g,
would ita.:e
to borrow non ,I 7 er1 , 11 , 6 7 ,1 on their property
to bay@ e:aried zhcni eith , „ T
better tin -cl 3, aT. I ;) 1,e.7 . 4 when
by gradEnis,al.s, th?:: brave fsli , po.sed
of th:ir waebit;ery 7t• n;-; p
sarr:v.
Th e f a i;:t,r fra!Tl 114 aniy
tion we hare :sec 91740 d aga.nst
chattel wortg,lgeg. migiit he
used by ,lkl.ont.s: incr. t. , chot4t e.o trams
peting creditor. But tlii4l.io urg
e t against 41: lawz= ? A ti:sti. - irwsz :non can
at any liekir gi.-2 an ::n; ' ii oredito.r a eon
fession of 13dgait , ot judgnwut note
which w!il cut f.if croiitors. But
that ought not to do aces*- w;th judgtn2nU
nor with note-s.
A proper chatte;-m.rtgige iaw would be
found a great help to a man in moderate
circumstances who desire ti enter upon
business fur themselves. It sou!d also be
a great help to a toa , ‘ doing business in a
small moray to see his way clearly to en latgcd
operations. Many a small tradei tan could
double his profits. it' h? had tine more lathe,
or another printiug press. or a &Len more
looms. But his moupy is ell invested in
those he already c•wns, and so he hag to
purchase the coveted machine. which the
manufacturer would hive gladiy Pnid him
on a year's time if he could he protected
by a pers o n a l mortgage 'aw.
Such a law is greatly Leeded, and we
are surprised that one has not long since
been enacted
Bao. CORNMAN, of tbe sprightly Car.
lifde Mirror, spe-tks thus of our law pro
t meted litigation :
We offer our old friend Durborrow, of the
Huntingdon JOURNAL, most hearty congratu
lations upon the 81E2e.e33fiti issue of his appeal
to the Supreme Court. Knowing iotnerhing
of the case and its “true inwardness," we can
also reverently salute the Mind Goddess, for
never was au appellant more deserving of jus
tice than Durborrovr. For years he has toil—
ed, night and day, for the benefi , of his party,
while such men as his antagonist in this case
were reapinz a rich harvest, without labor,
from the seed the editor so faithfully cultiva
ted. Nerve will wia.
Yes, t 4 twanty-rwo years. friend Corn
tnan, we have labored, in season and out of
veason, for the. Republi(tan party, without
scarcely a decent -thank you, sir." and at
the end of this lonfr, 1 . :1413ra! and arduous
service 1 - 4 - e were to have the last dollar
scooped up and be sent adria by a man
who to-day holds the position or , Pc.,:it-Masr
er, an 4,ffikte worth $2500 dollars a year,
which 'obtained, unior falße pretences,
by repres-wing thnt was our friend.
SEvErtAL artie!es intended for this issue
have been crowded out by the volume of
evidence in the Reese ease.
[Reported by R. MCDIVITT, ELQ.
The Shade Gap Murder.
- EDITOR
Trial of Cresswell A_ Reese
FOR h:
Murder of Dr. J. Alfred Shade,
In Shade Gap, on December 2d, 1876,
Owen Bone, sworn. Testified to a conversa
tion with the prisoner on the evening of
Thanksgiving Day, at the depot, is Hunzing
don, from which he interred that he was
partially demented at the time ; had known
him some three years.
Lewis Benkert, sworn. Witness saw Reese
on the same evening, at Sehmearman's in this
town, and was impressed with his haggard
appearance and manner; had know❑ him be
fore but never saw him in such a condition.
Levi Wenbrook, morn. Witness is engaged
in the shoe business in Huntingdon ? and testi
fied to some singular conduct of the prisoner.
on the same day, at bis store.
John /7v/tier sworn. [lad conversation with
prisoner on same day, in which he spoke of
his troubles with his wife and Dr.:."hane ; was
well acquainted with him; he often told me
about it.; thought he wee so worked up by
feelings that he did not know what Lr wee
doing.
Henry Beck, sworn. Am a barber and I:ve
in Iluntingdon; prisoner was in my shop and
got shaved on Friday before the o:, , currence.
lie looked down-hearted. a".d excited.
and did not say anything.
Jame Gantz, morn. Am a barber in this
triwn ; prisoner was in my shop on same day.
lie looked downcast, a good ueul like he does
Low ; asked for a boy to take a note up street
1. , r him ; said he had not written it yet; went
oaf. and did not return.
Charles Hazlett, sworn. Am a clerk in Con
u7hg:intn's store in this tom. ; priiener caticl
t ii,re on ThankAgiving Day tibeut 11 e'CLock
11 , 11 iiskel ;or a sheet of r.aper and cnve , ope
and a pen .trd ink to senil a note t,,f1:8 wire ;
it."`"'t 'hem for him, and h, sal t "! he 2/levied
would not write the 1110!C there but would
, i,Trn Wee. and write it ; did not say where
his wilt: was ; tad seen him belore
qoaintance With him ; n‘,t e.t . a any
unusual in his maiatir.
Per. A. N. 1121!ifie:d, sworn. Am pastor
Preshyterian Church iu this place ; prii•oner
d at my house on the morning of the Ist
e: - Dec.,lnber last and he wAnted me to go
with blot up so Mr. 1:oo43' to see his wife. I
declined on the ground that he was a stranger
rue. After some inquiry on my part he
;ere roc, very re:uctantly, a history of his
former marriage and diver.::!; asked Lim w - ;ty
Le had re-married the woman and ho said
1 - .. , eetuse , she had written to him and asked !iirn
to. He was in trouble anti suffering under
gloat roenti..l agitation, and out of sympathy
to Lint I told him I would go down and talk
to Mr. Bailey, who he said was his counsel in
the divorce case; he objected, but finally con
sented, and I went there, and from there to
Mr. Woods' office and Mr. Dorris' office and
finally left him on the street at half past 11
o'clock ; don't remember that he saidanything
about his love for his wife and child. He was
weeping at one time. I had never seen him
before.
Cross-examined. His conversation was per
fectly rational. Ile spoke like a man under
excitement and yet perfectly rational. His
conversation was all connected and perfectly
dear. There was nothing to lead me to sup
pose I was talking with au insane man ; never
it.ought of such a thing. He did not appear
to be angry but quite the reverse ; seemed
rather subdued.
rivit tqage
J. (7. Blair, sworn. Saw the prisoner ou
Thanksgiving Day in the Presiiyteris.n church
in this town, in the afternoon ; we were en
gaged in putting up a stand for speakers that
evening ; did not see him come is ; don't know
how long he was there.
G. B. Armitage, esq., sworn. Saw the pris
oner same day on the portico of Mr. Wharton's
residence. lie asked me if that was the
parsonage ; told him it was not and directed
him there.
Rev. W. W. Dunmire, sworn. Witness testi•
Lied to a conversation with prisoner at Burnt
Cabins. in the spring of 1874, when he asked
him to speak to Dr. Shade concerning his
wife.
A. J. Fore, sworn. Live in Fulton county.
hare known Reese 14 or 15 years ; saw him
about the middle of lulu last ; wanted to sell
me some notes ; commenced to tell me about
his troubles ; told me that story three times ;
considered he was a man of not well balanced
mind ; saw him afterwards and he told the
same story ; did nut seem conscious of it ; he
has been about the same thing ever since. My
notion was and is that he was mentally de
ranged on that subject.
Cross examined. Had other business with
him ; considered him competent to tnaie bus
iness negotiations, and ebrewd enough in Ints
iness transactions.
Lewis Dubba, sworn. Lire st Burnt Cabins
and have known him since a boy ; heard him
diking one night in JamiFon's store, and
thought he was crazy ; no person talking to
him ; he was talking about ii s troubles with
Dr. tThade.
Cross-cenmined.'l don't think he knew what
he was talking about.
Adjourned till o'clock to-mort)n , morn-
11. E. Shaffer, mg., sworn. Knew defendant
intimately since the summer of 1t73 or 7d;
saw him getting into the cars at 1; an: ingdon,
on Friday before tile murder. His manner was
dejeted and his appearance unnatural ; eyes
hat a fixed cppearaan anti a peculiar iight in
tnem i never saw before ; did not i,peak to me ;
took a seat beside Miss McNeal and said “well
Kate, I'm a widower again. They have taken
away my wife." Saw him again at Mt. Union ;
walked with his eyes on the ground ; spoke to
him and he did not recognize me; did not
consider him of sound mind on that day ; don't
:Oink he was Collse'.olls of what he was doing.
C. Madden, esq., sworn. Saw prisoner day
before the murder in Huntingdon at Depot,
pa?ingfloor ; scorned reticent ; ask••ed him what
was the matter; said nothing parti , ulariy.
His appearance was dejected, haggard, care
worn and forioru ; eyes red and inflamed ;
never saw him look so before.
Alexander Mills, sworn. LiV3 in Butler coun
ty, have knew Reese since ho was 15 or 16. lie
seemed to be a pretty good fellow nil lie got
into the Shade stock, and then became un
couth and did not care for anybody. Worked
for him at Orbisonia in the spring of 1876, and
slept with him ; he would get up and knock
roand through the zoom as if he would tear
everything up; could not sleep for his noise ;
asked him what was the matter; said he "mut
ed to see his - wife ; got tired of it and left ;
asked me ono night if I • thought Dr. Shade
wDuld hurt him if he would go to See his wife.
At that time the man was by spells teetotally
crazy; don't think be knew what he was talk
ing about 1 heard Mrs. Reese say to him after
the second marriage, "darling, you must not
give ate such a bully-ragging ; you know it
was not my fault but the Doctor's that we sep
arated." She said her father was the cause of
what she said in Court. She said Reese and
her might have been getting along well yet if
the Doctor had not taken all Reese's money
from h im.
Croce-examined. Was raised 3 miles from
Shade Gap; was not charged with perjury;
never obtained a scalp order falsely.
Re-direct. Never lived at Dr. Shade's ; was
on pretty good terms with him ;
he asked me
once to go into the church and bring "Hal"—
meaning Mrs. Reese—out ; gave me a revolv
er and said "if Reese jumps on you let him
have it and I'll stand good for it." lie said ha
would stay outside and if Reese would come
out there would shoot him and take Dal
home. lie said to Reese at one time "you
G—d d--d scoundrel you had better be
digging out. I have seven loads lbr you !"
That was after the last marriage. I toid Reese
then that the Doctor had offered Asher Drake
and me each $lOO if we would burn his house
and neither of us would do it. Tue Doctor
told me be had offered Asher that, and said
the reason was that he wanted done and for
him to stand the trouble; that he wanted
Reese burned up in it, and would give him so
much, but if Reese was not burned up in it he
would not give it to him. I lived a short dis
tance from Reese's house last summer; had a
sick child and called the Doctor to see it; be
said I will not look at your child unless you
burn Reese's house.
Charles Campbell, sworn. Live in Franklin
county, and am a cousin of geese's mother.
Harris Campbell was my brother. He became
melancholy a vicar or 18 months before his
death, so much so as nit to pay any attention
to his family or anything •f that kind; left
his home one morning about daylight and was
afterwards found on the mountain, dead; think
That was !ri 1888. Domestic trouble was slp
posed to be the cause.
Cross-examined. Y.y brother's name was Har
rs. ; none of my father's hereditary insanity
in my family that I knew of, or in my father's
or mother's ancestors. That was the only one
of the family.
Eon. D. Clarkson, sworn. Met the prisoner
first about the time of the isivorce trial.
He was laboring under greet mental excite
ment; thought the way he talked that be was
crazy or had not more than half sense; talked
to me about all his troubles ; had never spok
(Contl.tiA frow first paf:,,-%)
FRIDAY MORNING.
en to him before ; thought Lim a kind of mo
nomaniac on that subject.
Etc. James E. Lane, ajirmed. Saw Lim in
side of ti,e last 2 years, in Urbisonia. He want
ed me to take stick is L:s new building ; talk
ed rather wi:d:y for a man of;onnd
0411: adjourned tiil 3 P. M.
FLIDAY AFT3RtiOON.
Mrs. A. E. Hudson, opined. Prisorer work
ed at our place in 1869 and boarded in our
family ; complained once or twice of severe
pain in his head and bad to corns down from
the ; told me he had sutistrche in the
West the summer nefor.... ALA hint occasion
al:y since that; thought his mind was getting
worse; never could reason with hiLn ; he
would tali his condition in trouble,
separation, Ikt.. I thought he was perfectly
betviideref; thought a sane man would have
let the country. an .I often told him so ; hare
seen him stop the chiliren on the streets and
talk to them about his troubles. _ _
Gfcrge Banc. sr., stcr•rn. Live at Ft. Little—
ton and have, known defendant ever since a
flak, boy. IV:tness re:atcd several interviews
with him. in which hie, manner and behavior
were inconsistent with the conduct of a sane
man. The burden of hie, conversation lvtk,a .
abut his wife and child,and the treatment re
ceived front the Doctor ; did not think he was
conscious of what be was saying or doing at
the tines.
,Fammet Crom , r, sworn. Live in Ft. Littleton
and have known defendant 15 years ; last saw
hirn the evening before the occurrence, at
Care!ller's hotel in Orbisonia ; heard him say
to David Greenfield "they have taken my wife
f;om me and now I am out of a woman ;" his
manner was excited. ile threw his hands up,
end said "I am going up to have a woman."
lve then went !Ti t!:e direction of his own
house.
har4 Mier, sworn. Live near Burnt Cabins
and have known the prisoner since he was a
child ; qu.to a change on him since he got into
difficulty w:th :he Shade famly ; met him last
October; was taking about a law suit his fath
er hui ; talked 15 or 20 minutes ; Lis manner
Arts wiid, throwing . Lis hands ba' and for
ward; eyes flashing ; conversation flying from
..hing to another; said he had been down
tai Orbisonia and snlrpnaed 25 witnesses ;
his mind %TV; a.most gone; did not
think he was conscious of what he was saying.
IV. L. ,71,7nojte, in :Mir
-I,7shnrg nnd have known I;Tni 5 or 6 years ;
trek at d:frerent times ; he would relate
al! :.is trotol.• me story over and over
sgs:n ater in!erval of month 3.
Dzsuel Grastinger, stricin. Live in Orhisonin ;
li"ve kno!rn trim mice a boy ; he mu quiet
and DeaccaTe, 52.vIng and temperate ; cousid
erel 11:S re.lnd a deficient.
Cross exqmined. I considered him an ac
colutahl2 beiog in some things ; suppose be
could distinguish he!weer. right and wrong in
some tii:ngs.
David Greenfie3, sworn. !lave known him
15 years ; went to school with him ; intellect
a little "spocney '." told me the story of his
troubles over dad over again ; did not consid
er him rational en that subject.
lira. Annie Ruby, sworn. Lived at Doctor
Shade's in 1871 and 2 ; was there when Reese
came from the hotel with the child and handed
it over the fence to the Doctor. The Doctor
jumped out through the window and over tied
palings, and I saw him kicking at Reese ; don't
know whether he hit him ; Reese was not
doing anything to him ; Mrs. Shade was stand
ing by the window with me ; think Mrs. Reese
was up stairs; she had come there that day;
she was not locked up in the room ; think the
child was about four or five months old; think
it was after that I saw the Doctor putting
Reese out of the store; he shoved him out and
shut the doer on him; don't know what for;
think Mrs. Reese was about the house.
Atrm. Millet, affirmed. Lave known him
four years ; had a conversation with him in
1813 ; told me hie troubles ; thought him in
sabe from lila appearance.
Mrs. IltLecca J. Kelley, sworn. Live in
Orhisonia; Reese boarded with me; talked all
tbe time about his troubles ; same story over
end over; don't. think be was conscious of
ever having toid it before ; boarders would
laugh at him and he would laugh, too; don't
think he was a well balanced man; don't think
be was altogether sane.
Henry A. Oaksson, sworn. Live near Shale
Gap; have known him live or oil years; told
me his troubles ; manner very wild ; blamed
the Doctor; was at tile post office in August
or September last; beard quarreling inside
before I went in ; Dr. Shade was walking be
hind the counter with a gun in his hand. Reese
etaading in the middle of the floor, and Mrs.
Shade standing at the door of the wood room
with a piece of board a foot long in her hand,
declaring she would smash his brains out,
and calling him all the names she could think
of. I said what is a!1 this 1 She said to me
"go cut of this ; if it were not for the outsiders
meddling there would not be so much of this I"
The Doctor said, angrily, "lienry,what do you
went here ?" I said I came to the post office.
He said "there is nothing here for you,'' and
1 turned and went out. Ele sat the gun down
in the corner; could not tell what kind of a
gun it ::as. She said to Reese "you good-for
nothing ornery whelp Igo out of this I" Saw
Reese about 4 hours afterwards at Robison's ;
he was then entirely deranged ; pulled some
paper out of his pocket and tried to show mo
how much the Doctor owed him ; about a sheet
of paper, scribbled all over; asked him how
he got along after I left; said that would be
all rig,ht, that the Doctor had told him to come
back ite the morning and be would fix it up.
Hie manner was wild; eyes red ; hands swing
ing back and forward ; don't think he was
conscious of what lie was doing at the time.
Next saw hint at Orbisonia depot on Wednes
day before the murder; said he was going to
11:. Union for lumber ; asked a little boy to
go np to his how.° and get his pocket book ;
sai , e he had forgot it or lost it; boy refused;
efneed him s quarter to go ; he then gave Mr.
Z:ir.neerman a pan to go through his ouselh
weole is on a piece of paper; said be had not
time to go back for his pocket book but had
meeey enenzn to go to Mt. Union without it ;
„Aged me t.) go no wlth Zimmerman to the
IliS manner wes wild ; don't think lie
lere'r what he was doing; found his pocket
honk lying in his house but no money in it ;
too s lying there ; bed on the floor ; no bed
steed ; nail to step over the tools to get into
tb 2 reern.
tii; Si to-morrow morning.
BATCRDLY MORNING.
Mrs. E. JLnry, sworn. Live. in Orbisonia ;
baked for prisoner there; was in my house 2
or 3 'times a day; trouble with his wife and
seemed to be uppermost in his mind;
told me about it the first time ever I saw him ;
told the one story over every time as though
I had never heard it ; became troubled when
he tacked about his child ; asked him why his
wife left him ; said because ho was so bad a
bef she would not stay with him ; never con
sidered him capable of doing business; was
worse some times than others ; often made the
remark, "something wrong with Leese again."
Cross ezansined. Don't think he planned the
house he was building; come for me one day
to look whether he had the windows straight ;
seemed to have no confidence in himself; don't
know that he WAS ff. boss carpenter; thought
he was crazy because he put up that house
ard came to get me to look at the windows;
thought he was not right when he went back
end married that wcman again. He often suf
fered from a pain in his head; have seen crazy
people ; his manner was similar to theirs.
Mrs. Sarah Wilson, sworn. Live near Dr.
Shade's : was at home on day of occurrence ;
heard a racket inside like two men wrestling;
come to the door; saw Mrs. Silvio standing
out on sidewalk ; went into the /louse and
screamed ; went back ...nd Rc ese was on the
pavement, Mrs. eihad jumping an scream
ing. Reese was standing a little e'ooped and
shet three times towards the ground ; did not
ace Dr. shade; Reese then walked away to
wards Orbisonia ; bad ne particular acquaint
ance with Reese ; knewh is wife and Mrs. Shade
very well.
(leo. Willon, sworn. Live in Shade Gap;
knew Mrs. Shade, Reese and wife ; Mrs. Shade
asked me to persuade Mrs. Reese to leave him
when they lived on t: Doctor's farm.
Mrs. Mary sworn. i;,eese any. his
wife were merrier) the second time in my- house.
Ifs said to her "Hattie, I have a few words to
Hay to you. If you weft me you can get me,
and ifyou don't want me let me go. I have been
wandering through the world and am of no
use to myself nr anybody else; have made up
[kr mind to tr;. cud do better; have a child to
take care of and am trying to get a home."
He said something about a corresee,ndeece
w . th a young lady in the West. She caught
him round the neck and said "Honee, , f ou
marry another lad:- it will kill me I" lie said
he valued her shove an, other lady en earth
She Paid it was her father and cnnein thetsep
arated them. She made the arrangement for
the meeting. This was in August, 1875. She
wrote three letters in my house be.ore the
meeting. They only met there twice before
they were married. After the marriage she
went hack to her father's and Reese wentaway
The first evening he came there he talked all
ri;ght about his troubles. I coaxed him to''
leave and not have anything to do with her;
he would start to leave and then come back
again; said he was dying of it broken heart ; 1
stied tears nearly all the time; said if he
iliongist she wanted him and he could not get
her ne would shoot himeelf.
Cross-examinel. 1 not remember that
he expressed regret for his past conduct, or
of his former treatment of his wife. He did
not blame the Doctor till after she wrote to
him tilt second time. I thought he knew
hat he was doing, though he acted very
strange. If it bad not been for her I should
never have consented to the arrangement.—
She seemed to be in more distress than he
was. The Doctor was our physician all the
time we were there.
Mrs. Sarah Wilson, recalled. Was present
when Reese brought hie child to the Doctor's.
Ile came down street carrying the child. He
looked very pale and bad ; told me he was
going to see if Harriet would take it. The
Doctor was at the basement window. Reese
said "liarriet, do you want the baby ?'' Will
Shade came up, and the Doctor close behind
him, and ran up and caught Reese by the
vest, and pulled him towards him, then pushed
him from nim and jumped over the palings
and commenced to kick him and told him to
clear off his premises fur a scoundrel, and
Reese walked away towards my house again
with the child. He sat down by my stzps and
said he would go back and try him a second
time and I told him not; that it would scare
me to death. He went back the second time
and said "Harriet do you want the baby?''
No one came out, but some one hollowed
from the window: "I don't care what you do
with the child," and said that they did not
want it. I took it to be John Shade, Harriet's
brother. Reese said "I have friends enough
here to take care of the child and me both."
'the voice answered "you have no friends."
Then Reese walked away, and I think went
over to Mr. Sipes' with the child in his arms.
I don't know where Mrs. Reese was; did not
know she had gone over till a feW minutes
before ; had not seen her that day.
Cross-examined. They bad been living at Os
ceola, and came in on a visit. They were
coming from ilurnt Cabins on Monday even
ing, and this happenel on Tuesday evening
following. They stayo3 at the hotel the night
before; don't know wsat happened there be
fore that. He. took the child down to his
mother's next day. John Shade is dead. It
appears to me he died last November a year
ago, the year after the marriage. The Doctor
had the two children living, Mrs. Reese and
John.
Mrs. Elizabeth Helsel, sworn. Lived in Reese's
house last December ; saw him on Wedne3day
evening before he left for Huntingdon ; gave
him $3 to go ; told me he loved his wife ; I
told him not to bother himself about her ; told
me he loved her, and that she was a lady, He
said lie was going for his wife to see why dle
would not live with ,kim, that he had two
rooms for her to live in. Hi 4 wife told 1133 be
lore she left that she was going over to Aunt
Katy Cromwell's. She had a carpet sack and
two suits on. She said she wanted to live
with Reese ; that her father wanted her to
stay at home, and it would save a doctor bill
and it would not cost anything, but sl,e would
rather live with her husbani.
Om-examined. I gave him this money on
rent of the house ; he said he wanted some of
the money to get some lumber off the cars.
lie did not like to ask me for it and got anoth
er lady to do it. Ile seemed down hearted.
Mrs. Reese told me he had gone to his father's
and she had come there to see him ; that he
had told her to meet him at Orbisonia. She
seemed as if she was afraid to met him.
Mrs. Martha Templeton, sworn. Live in Or
bisonia ; Reese boarded with me 2 or 3 months
in the fall of 7.874 during the separation of his
wife ; seemed wretched and a great deal on
his mind ; a great deal to say concerning his
troubles with Shade ; blamed the Doctor ;
followed sae round through the house to tell
me about it; would tell the same story two
or three times a day if I would stop and hear
it ; seemed confused ; mind unsettled, and al
ways worried ; thought he did not talk like a
very sensible man. It was my opinion that
his mind was not sound on that subject. His
wire boarded at my house after the second
marriage between 3 and 4 weeks; think his
mind was more settled when she was there.
lie treated her very kindly ; no trouble be
tween them in my presence.
Cross-examined. I did not think he was re
ally a sound minded man from the first time 1
ever met him.
J. 0. Berkley, sworn, Live in Franklin coun
ty ; knew Beene by sight ; first saw him in
Shirleysbarg; he was talking to me about his
troubles. Ile would tell his story and then
say ho did net want it to go any further and
that I should not say anything about it, and
would talk to the next person in the same way.
This occurred in the hotel there. I think he
told the same story a dozen times in my pres—
ence. It was toy opinion the man did not
know exactly what he was talking about.
Cross-examined. Could net tell the year;
have seen him 2 or 3 times since ; saw him in
Dr. Shade's office.
J. A. llashinger, sworn. Live in Franklin
county. Met Reese first in the fall of 1873, at
the livery stable in Orbisonia ; hired a team
from him to go to Shirleysburg ; terms $1.25
one half in advance ; paid him 75 cents ; re
turned and offered him the balance ; said he
had charged too much for a team and handed
me back 50 cents ; he insisted that it was
right, and I took it, and afterwards gave it to
him and he took it and said nothing.
David Fore, sworn. Live at Burnt Cabins.
Hare 'known him since 1871. He was then
getting ready to go t• farming; said the
Doctor had borrowed money from him and he
had writing to show for it. My opinion was
that his mind was not good ; thought he was
decanted on that subject.
Court adjourned till 10 o'clock on Monday
morning.
M O'DAY MORNING
Court assembled at 10 o'clock
John Booher was the first witness called to
the stand ; first saw prisoner at his house in
Hill Valley about fonr years ago ; began im
mediately to talk about his trouble with Dr.
Shade concerning some money he had loaned
him—something like $l5OO ; said be was on
his way to Huntingdon to employ four or five
lawyers and would get two or three from
Chambersburg ; seemed to fly from one thing
to another in his discourse ; talked that Dr.
Shade bad tried to part him and his wife, and
taken his wife from him and that be wanted
to get her back ; was in great trouble about
his child. Ile came back in about four weeks,
on Saturday, and stayed till Monday, on his
way to Huntingdon ; his trouble was then
about his wife and child and the difficulty
between him and Shade ; pretty much the same
thing over again ; don't think lie knew that
he had told it before. I expressed myself
then that I thought be was not right on this
anbject.
Cross-examined. He made no threats ; could
not say that be had any indicitive feeling
against Dr. Shade ; said nothing harsh of him.
My opinion at the time was that I did not
think the man's mind was right.
Michael B. McGrath, sworn. Lived in Osce
ola in 1872, and was acquainted with Reese.
Ho was continually talking about the injuries
Dr. Shade bad inflicted on him ; had all idea
that Shade wanted to take his wife from him
for another man named Shade. Ile would
tell the same story over fifty times if I would
listen to him ; would sometimes lie down on
the floor on his face; don't remember of see
iug him shed tears, but he talked in a very
sorrowful strain. Ile pointed out to me at
one time a man be called Will Shade ; and
told rue that was the man the Doctor wanted
his wife to marry before he married her, and
would like to have him marry her yet. After
the visits of this man there seemed to be a'
coldness between Reese and his wife, or rather , I
on the wife's part. I thought lie was a little
beside himself or crazy on that subject ; don't
think he could form correct judgment about
what was right or wrong at that time.
Gross-examined. He seemed right in every
thing except that ; he made no threats ; said
lie would be friendly with Dr. Shade if he
would do him justice. She would be indif
ferent to him after Shade's visits. When he
would come home in the evenings there would
be no fire in the house and she would be
away and the chi.d crying in their house, and
he would chop wood and get his own supper.
Re direct. The porch where he lay down
was right on the street, and he laid down in
my front door.
Wm. Shavcr, sworn. Worked with him in
Orlosonia in 1874 and slept with him; was
very restless ; kept lashing his arms out and
sometimes hit me in the face ; kept muttering
to himself; had to get another bed; thought
at the time that he was not in his right mild.
Moses Evart', sworn. Prisoner rode in my
sleigh soma three miles in 1875 ; was then a
straeger to me; commenced Lc, talk the first
th about his trotibli..s with Dr. Shade; said
Shade was trying to take his wife from him
and nc v he had got a divorce and could marry
who he pleased ; said he would give me a
thousand dollars if 1 would get him a wife ;
said Dr. Shade had taken all his money, about
$l4OO ; asked me to write to some young
ladies and I told him a few ; told me to go
and see one and let him know what she said ;
saw him afterwards going through Orbisonia;
said be had written to her and got no answer
and thought I was fooling him ; did not think
he was right in his mind when he first got
into the sleigh. Dr. Shade came to me about
six weeks before his death to get him a gun
and revolver.
Cross-examined. He done .of the talk
ing in the sleigh ; said he loved his wife ; that
she was not a very good housekeeper but he
could help on the work in the home.
Mrs. Margaret Jamison, sworn. Am widow of
John Jarniaon ; used to keep hotel 4t Shade
Gap ; quit there in the spring of 1876 ; was
there 3 years before ; knew Reese 6 years ; saw
him there once coming in with his wife ; 'front
door locked ; he told me to lock the side door ;
Dr. Shade came in a short time afterwards
and told we to unlock the front door that it
was a public house. lie said to her "Hal, you
come home I" or something like that, and rais
ed a revolver to R,eene's fees ; Reese raised his
Land. gevo a look at the Doctor and klioched
it out of his band to the flour. I saw no more
then. The parties were in the room fussing
and I did not see much. Mrs. Reese went
away. She did not lease with her husband;
can't say who with ; saw her going out at the
door ; no person in the room at that time. Did
not see my daughter. Mrs. Doyle, there ; did
net see any weapons about Reese ; don't know
that the Doctor said a word when he pointed
the revolver at Reese'a head. He appeared
angry. It , A.3C and 1113 wife were eittiog on the
lounge when Lc cum.-, in, and Reese wallied
right towards him. After that I taroed round
and saw the Doctor ;vim; in the corner of the
room on h.v back and lleest on him ; cau't
tell who were in thero : think MeGowin came
in. and some more. Will Shade and John
Shade were there. They were outside. Me.
Cowan has a son mimed Emer i babout Dior 11
years of ago h 3 went away I think in March,
some pine west : think to Indiana ; don't
know what he went away for; don't know
where Wm. P. Shade is ; never saw him since
January court ; can't tell what Reese talked
about when 1 saw him; talked so much that
[ cont. mind it. nil will be 4 years next
month. Ile appeared to talk very simple some
times ; never took much account of his talk ;
thought he was not a very sensible man.
Croes-examine.!. 1 can't tell whether the Doc
tor's tcht,iver was loadod. Mrs. Reese left the
room when the Doctor came li. 1 tor.v the
Doctor going away from the house. 11;3 face
was bleedinfo; don't know that be urns confin
ed to the house afterwards.
Jchn H. Ir.sti , rack, morn. Reside in Hunt
in= ion and am censtolile and police offieer
had a warrant to serve on Dr. Shade on
charge of shoothig with intent to kill, in July,
1873 on informajon of pri'oner ; went down
there in company defendant. lie shketi
me to allow him to go and see the Dootor, and
if he wonld consent for him to see his wife
and speak to her. and she wonitl tell him that
she would not have nrything to do with him.
or lire with him, that. he would then settle all
troobie sni with iraw the charge. I found
the Doctor I' his (Imo . store. When Reese
came in the Doctor soo:tog to his fret and lift
ed a,t - f';a care aed ...el it end male for
Reese atid I came heo.toool Cohn nal toll tai.
Doctor to lay tseise ah I tat his seat. that
that rota had not there to do him any
harm, and he hong his cane up and took a
chair and Reese another; I was between them
whtni dense made ha reqoest. The Doctor's
answer was that he could not see her, and
that she did not want to see him or have any•
thing to do with him. Roe then said again
if she would say so in my presence he would
settle the transaction all go off and the Doc
tor refused to do anything at oil. lie utterly
refused to go to lluntiogdon and threw him
self on the floor. Mrs. Shade then made her
appearance at the side door. She rushed out
serearalng, and hallowing, apparently at
Reese: 1 could not state what occurred out
side. Reese just came to the door and spoke
to me about my return. I did not see Mrs.
Shads till she came out. I could not say
whether she took hold of Reese.
Adjourned till 2 P. M.
MONDIY ♦PTBRNOON
Levi Myers, *rased. Worked with the
prisoner iu Orbisonia in 1873. His mind ap
peared frivolous and not on his work ; would
quit work sometimes for two or three days ;
did not appear altogether solid in his mind ;
appeared a little 'loony," or flighty sometimes;
did not appear to be quite level in his head.
Cross-examined. l don't think I,e was an
inane man.
Mrs. Hannah Todhuntsr, sworn. Have known
him 15 years; sometimes thought his mind
was clear and sometimes not ; nut the same
all the time ; sometimes pleasant, sometimes
very excited ; saw him after his divorce ; talked
half an hour about the Doctor and his wife ;
sometimes he was a good deal excited and at
other times world laugh ; don't think he was
right; came to me one time and asked me to
lend him $2O to buy his wedding clothes, the
first tims he was married ; said the Doctor had
got all his money and he had no money to buy
clothes with.
Crosa-ezamined. He was a great talker and
talked all the time to any one that would
listen to him ; would tell the same story over
several times; don't think he kn , ..vr the differ
ence between right and wrong on that. subject.
Ha made no threaL3; had no eonvr-Frvion with
him since his last. marriage ; don't know what
his mind has beer since that.
.Aaher Drake, agirmed. Met 11;m 3year3 ago
at '.lyler's tavi-rn in Shirleysi.turg • a man there
sellingprize ticket ; he imaghtatillars worth
and drew 53 cents; then got $5 worth, and
then gzoe the t•oyto money to buy some and
must have spent some $lO or SU. I thought
he was a little flight;- by tine 'any he spent
money and got none.
cross-examined. The man was a stranger;
he and Reese were r.)t together that
I know of.
E. K. lind:prs,, , lL-aled. Live in Mt. Union;
met defeceiant at Petersburg in 1874 and came
with him rie Huntingdon on the trein, before the
divorce suit ; told me he wield spend all he had
but he would have hat n i it a iiti child, land counted
mit some .$lOO or $540 ; sometimes lie would cry
and vomit ;ant/ he would laugh ; the laugh sounded
very simple to me; sometimes lie would laugh out
loud ; recollect of hits crying once about half a
minute and ?hen ceinmeneed talking about some
thing else and laughed. Saw hint next during the
divorce snit ; said to hen I hear you are a single
man this morning. Jle said "(-.40:1 only knows
the feelings of my heart ;" and eat down on the
n a ps m od began to cry. I Paid, Sense, what do
yea want to iiee with a woman fee- hat don't want
to live with you ? fie said there would have been
no trouble between them I' it h id not biwn for Dr.
Shade a ,' lilt wife. tiscw It:in next in Orhisonia
at a rlitieal tueraing, et hie home! in 1874 or 5.
He told m, rtbeet hi , and hit troubles with
Dr. Shade; said he vreadereil what Dr. Shade
would say when he eaten past and stir bite build
ing this large house. The first tine , t ever seen
him my impression was be was Ott a sane men ;
had not reached liatetiug.ien till I came to that
oonclusien : had uever any reason to alter my
opinion of the man fret!' his conversation, and
never have altered it. During his conversations
with me I don't think he realized arnat he was
doing or talking about.
Cross-examined. The first conversation wan in
March or April 1874 jest before the court. By his
being insane I mean that 'ne. Wag not in his right
mind. The meriting he talked to me here I do
not think he realized where he was. lie wrung
his hands and groaned and wept; don't think he
spoke conueetsery ; first told tot how he loved his
wife and child and thee how Dr. Shade had
wronged him.
Mr*. Sarah A. Waik.r. sworn. Knew him
three or four yrars. Saw him on Tuesday evening
before lse'. Shade's death; asked him where his
wife was: said she had gene home, and believed
she had left him: his eyes filled up with tears;
told him there was plenty more women and he
need not trouble about her; he said he could not '
love any one like her and cull not give her up ;
he appeared wild like, was sitting sometimes and
walked around sometimes; 1 thought he was
heart broken with trouble.
A. L. R;ekete, sworn. Saw him near Snirleys
burg in 1872; told me all about his troubles with
Dr. Shade and his wife; from the tone of hie voice
I thought he was heart broken; talked about 1 of
an hour; told the whole story from beginning to
end ; never saw him before.
14rat. Rogers, sworn. Was in jail last March;
the heard a noise in his cell and asked him wh a t wa s
matter; said he has pitching pennies to see wheth
er he would be hung. cleared or eent to the peni
tentiary; said they indicated goiug to the peni
tentiary asked me how long it took Charley and
Albert to die; no person in his room to my knowl
edge: I heart liitn preying in his cell after that.
John Logan, worn. Am Stewart of county Alma
House; have known hint about S years; came
them in 1873 and wanted me to get our preacher
to go with hint to Shade flap: nail Dr. Shade was
a Methodist and thought they might get the mat
ter compromised and get hia wile eta. He appear
ed to be broken down eonsiderabiy. end iu great
trouble; met him afterward itt Spruce Creek;
talked to me there on same subject ; don't re
member that he laughed; 'night have shed tears.
henry Edit u.rurn. ithess is a colored lad
and testified to having carried a note from Reese
to his wile up to Mr. Woods' and that it was re
turned unopened.
John Melierdy. ss,re. Li ved in Shad, Gap in
the winter of 1575 : often met him and every time
he would ask me if I hail seen his wife and it' the
Doctor said anything to me; think the) were mar
riol in September 1575. at my house: she made
the arra ngentimest for tilt seeotei marriage; thought
lie talked funlish.
John 117..iteeide. eieorn. Witness keeps a hard-
Rare store in Qrhisonia, rod testitictl to selling
Reese a revolver, In Mart.h. 1875 ; spoke to ins of
his tr o ubles 20 times in 2 months ; think he was
not eonseione at' having ntentioned the subject be
fore ; don't think he was of sound mind on that
point; think it is the stone revolver that I sold
htin, Sing.o Witsi...us. 5 inch 0 shooter, calibre
32, shoots very t0.r.1. Dou'r. think his judgment
would tie c"rrect us to wmit ;le should do on the
subject of his family ...elites.
.lue. A. Major, sicotot. Ls ce in Altoona; Reese
hoarded at my house in t ugost 1872, s. week or 10
days; to;•l mu about cmirting Dr. Shade's daught
er and the Doctor giving bill money to take her
visiting to N. Y. snit l'hiladelphia. Went down
• 2 1 treet one gay and same back and said he hadseen
Dr. Shad , 3 1 . the ',titan ;louse anti ho Ibt 1 not no
ticed him ; appeared niCitt , i and agitated about it
and after Lila t not appear to ecro about work
or else; tnid nit, lc., 'lid not want to work
any more as, Lim chit- works; th:o. the hands were
in a conspiracy against him and had stoien $5OO
from him : si.emed to a: old company ; I thought
there was something wrong with his mind aad did
not want to keep him about the house any long
er; be did not tell me that he was married to the
Doctor's daughter; said he owned some land over
by Orbisonia e nd bought cattle and sold them.
Wm. Keefaurer, affirmed. Worked for Reese in
1874; done the plastering of his konse ; had
great deal of conversation with him ; the burden
seemed to be his trouble with Shade and his wife;
can hardly describe his laugh; it was a kind of
soft laugh; don't remember of seeing him cry;
worked with him at Dr. Rhea's house last summer.
lle would tell me every day be expected to settle
w,th the Doc , oc ; one day he went down and came
back in a rage; skiid he !.ad been down to settle
and the Doctor had drawn the gun on him ; that
he (twisted it out of his hands or be believed
he would have shot him. I never took him to he
very sound nn any subject, and particularly on
that one ; thought he knew what he was doing
thnegh I never took him to be sound minded.
George i1v;04.,..t”,11. Came along when he wag
a•.fii I We, :at I.s.s Itowo•: wanted to rent it to me;
this a i a3l arch. lie sat,' he expected to have
it done :st of .1;•ri!. lie threw down his
square and gsd •0 halms. Oeloi his family afi,irs.
1 s1.:•1 are foot and he looked down
rit: end Sa i t i.e wishcst no WAS dead. I stopped
nsdisse after they we-s. mat riesi the seeond time.
His wa, pie.; and the Dso.r.or, her father, was
there. Reese he no4lit to have supper and
that he had no girl to get it for him; said he could
get him Is Bich of oysters: the !Motor said that
would , uit hint bolter than supper; he told me he
hod no butter to slake the Doctor a dish of oysters:
tried to get him some and eo t dd n o t fi n ,r, any ;
Wm. Briggs said he could get him some and lie
wept down town and got it, in hie bare head.
David X. Aler , ron, or•-orit. Live in Duhlin town
ship. Prisoner worked for .ne in lS;0; was
ripping boards one day, and after looking down
over the saw about 5 minutes walked out and did
not return till next slay; told me he had got a let
ter from Shade saying that if he did not come and
marry Hal, he wou:si put him where the dogs woulu
not bark at him, lie was a sharp enough fellow
at that time; could not te!l anything about his
mind; be slid nit talk like I would expect a sane
man to on that subject.
etnasse.rato Tried. 1 raonght he was pretty near
stove, hit not quite.
Court adjomned till to-morrow Si A. M.
TUVOIAY VOR,ING.
L. S. Ge;,.'ngfr, **co,. Have known defendant
or 6 years ; saw him in April, 1874, on train go
ing to Tyrene: said he was gong to Petersburg;
:lid not get on: there; said he wanted to got away
rroru Shade ; that he was aleaid Shade would have
him arreoe.l that ;tight ; said ae did - of know for
what; he teas evidently laboring under great ner
von+ excitemen:; told him to come hat!i. to Hunt
and pre”ed him to do so; found at. Spruce
o u ,•• is that he had n.;t money enough to pay his
way to Ty•un, it.nel back : told him I would give
hilt enough; gave him sun - lien! to ply to Tyrone
I..ek: me; me 3 or 4 months afterwards and
it hues.. .My judpsent was that the man was
entirely cc! of Its in:nd, and did nut k:io.c what
hr was doing al ail
J. H. Keniketiy, ric.rit. Met Reese in Orbisonia
in the %I inter of 1,73: wors:7•l with me in the seni
le., of lir7l ; left th, sesilln,!:l and his tools ; we
ltd not Luow where he had goue; said nothing
won be I,A : neat t:earl Lim id Philadelphia;
to:d me he had been there ro see".lll/I."—his wife;
said that the Slade trouble had upset his mind;
would tail his troubles to children 5 and 8 years
old; came to me one day with &letter be said was
from "Hal"; appeared very much rejoiced. Wit
flea:: ,orrolsorates the other witnesses; nothing Ile
P. Shade, remolle , l. When Reese came
there I wanted the Doctor to get a horse and go
somewhere out of his way ; did not tell any one
that 1 had coaxed him to go out of the house; did
not tell Mrs. Sipes to put the Doctor's revolver
away. She got it and put it away; did not tell
any one that the Doctor came out of the drug
store standing; did cot tell David Douglas that;
may have said he was standing when he came out
to the palings ; did not see him go fror tha drug
store to the pa‘ enient; Mrs. Sipes got the pistol
after they brought Reese back. I ran for it but
some one had hid it.
11. R. P. Neely, recalled. When I arrested
Reese ho put his hand to his bead, and when go
ing back, said that his head hurt him; that the
Doctor had struck him first with a stove stick and
had very nea , iy got the better of him ; did'nt ex
amine him and don't know whether he had any
marks on him or not.
N'ac. McGowan, recalled. My eon Elmer is in
the State of Indiana; he was present at the tight
between Dr. Shade and Reese and was a witness
before the grand jury in January; he did'nt tell
me that Dr. Shade struck Reese first, nor I did'nt
give him the money to go away on. Wm. P. Shade
was at Shade liap when he :out; he is also in the
West now.
Thos. Montague, sworn. kin a carpenter and
live at Shade Gap. Reese worked with me in the
winter of 150 and the most of the next summer;
he always complained of a pails in the head and
could not stand the heat of the sun. In the spring
of 74 he worked with me at Orbisonia ; he seemed
to huAe so much trouble that he could only work
a few days at a time; one day iu June he just
dropped his tools and started off; several days af
ter gat a note from Philadelphia from Reese re
questing me to send him some money; sent him
till; he come hack hut didn't tell use anything
about why he had left. eonatuenead building
his house in t)rbisonia without au means of his
own ; I remonstrated with him, but he said that
his sister would help him through. Speaking of
bis troubles, if you would let him go on until he
was excited he would get, in a manner crazy; he
would get werae and worse.
Cross-examined. Ile could not talk calmly on
that subject, but was pretty sharp in business, a
liltie too sharp for me once. Two weeks before the
death of Dr. Shade ho jot into a violent rage at
the i.ecause I would not sell him some lumber, ho
knew right from wrong unless in one of these pas
alerts. lle wits a good mechanic.
"Meld 11. llonyeass, affirmed. Knew Mrs. Shade;
had a conversation with her next day after occur
rence at he , : own house; asked her how her hus
band got of lumber room; she said he got up and
walked or run out.
Cross-exarnined. Did not say anything about
him going out in a stooped position. She was
either in bed or sitting, along side of bed, she was
very weak. Bndly hurt.; appeared excited. This
was between 11 and 32 o'clock; she did not eat
dinner; ehe said the Doctor got up and ran out.
Mrs. EiizabeCt Sipes, sworn. Reside at Shade
Gap. Mrs. Shade said to me that she had coaeed
the Doctor to go out the back way and net down
stairs. Ile had been to our place to see a patient.
Croce-examinid. She told me this after the
Doctor was murdered, just after Reese was brought
back. She was very much excited ; think she was
in the "register room" when she told me this; she
was then very much distressed, and not like she
formerly had been. She said she told the Doctor
to get his horse and leave the house; they were so
afraid of Reese. I understood her in that way.
Re-direst. Sho told mo she was up stairs and the
Doctor came up and told her Reese was there.
That was when she coaxed him to go out, and the
Do,tor said "Oh, mother ain't you going down !"
Cross-exantination renewed. Sho said the Doctor
said Reese was quiet.
Dr. J. H. Hunter, sworn. Reside at Watson
town, Northumberland county, six years, formerly
Burnt Cabins 20 years. Practiced medicine since i
1550; have known the Reese family since that
time, intimately ; was as a general thing their
family physician. Knew his ancestors on his
mother's side. His grandfather resided at Ship
pensburg. He died in rather a demented state ;
bad been for some time previous to his death in
that condition. His brother's case was one of
more an exciting nature; don't know what he
' died of ; never was in the Asylum ; threatened his
life several times. His son Robert Cromwell,
cousin of defendant, was a hypochondriac; full of
foolish imaginations. He was one or two years
in that condition ; he is living yet, in New York;
have not much knowledge of the other side of the
house; saw evidences of insanity in Harris Camp
bell two or three years before his death on the
mountain. It was rather an excitable form. It
appeared as if he tried to make domestic troubles
the cause. I often met defendant from 1852 up
to 1570; always thought him very excitable; could
not bare contradiction. At the time he got his
leg broken by the horses running off some ten or
twelve years ago, he was restless ; thought he
must get lip and use the limb; could do more with
him by sympathy than any other way. He gave
strong evidences of monomania when excited;
contradiction about anything was an exciting
cause. Indigestion I suppose would be another.
I think he would not have capacity of mind enough
to bear domestic trouble, and if long continued it
would inerease it.
Cross-examinsd. His grandfather was a pretty
old man when he died. I was nut his physician;
can't tell whea he died; in 1848 or 9 I think;
never attended his brother as physician ; I had
visited defendant before his leg was broken. He
was then about IT. He had a very strong will, if
a will at all. Ile willed to do, but could not ac
complish it. Never saw him have the capabilities
that other men have by controlling his passion.
McGinley Appelloy, sworn. Live at Shade Gap;
raw defendant on day of oecurrenae; met him near
the factory going towards Orbisonia on foot. He
just named me and said I might tell "them fellows"
to come on and arrest him; asked him what fel
, lows; he said "back hero," I asked him what was
up ; he said Shade had piled on to him and he
tried to keep him from hurting him all he could.
Ile then went on. I had not seen Sheriff Neely
then ; met him about 300 yards from there. It
was a narrow pass with woods on each Bide after
he left Shade Gap; as good a place for conceal
ment as he could get.
Cross-examined. He was walking with his
hands in his overcoat pocket; did not notice any
change in his manner; he stopped tp talk.
Dr. Win. M. Ithen, recalled by Dlfendant. Prac
ticed inedieine in partnership with Dr. Shade in
1569 and 70; first met Reese there; the Doctor
seemed kind to him. Reese worked at my house
last summer; don't remember when he began;
worked 5 or 6 weeks; hard to tell when to expect
him ; was anxious to work for we 7 sent word to
me that be would send the Sheriff on me if I did
not pay the bill according to contract; struck the
hatchet in the bench •ioluntly when alone one day
and commenced talking excitedly about his settle
ment with the Doctor ; asked him what was the
matter; he said the Doctor wanted him to sign a
receipt stating that he gave the money in consid
eration of him not troubling the family; his mind
seemed occupied with that subject ; SO 23 0 time af
ter that I beard him talking in the building to
himself; showed me a form of receipt for the Doc
tor to sign. He was talking about the settlement.
The receipt was common form in full of all de
mands. lie said he was going down to get a set
tlement and sign the receipt. I saw his fight with
Carlin ; understood it was about a horse; Reese
came into store and wanted McGowan to see him
through with a fight with Carlin. Afterwards I
saw Carlin and Reese going out into the street ;
Carlin got the better; took them apart ; Reese fol
lowed up and struck Carlin; Carlin turned and
satisfied him; Reese asked me afterwards if he
had struck Carlin.
Court adjourned till 2 P. M.
TIINOAT AFTERNOON.
Dr. Rhea on the stand. Reese said if ho followed
him and strnek him that Carlin ought to have
pounded him. He did not seem to hare control
of himself that day. I sometimes had grat:e
doubts as to his responsibility. TOL questitdi to
me was whether he was full of the devil oil his
balance, and I am not prepared to Fay i.,ul.i (I,:n
whether he is sane or insane; i10r..% tiatok
country physicians are competent to saute (oat.
()rota-exam inerl. Carlin was the attendant. on
the Doctor's horse. Passion under some phase.
is a species of madness, one is responstbl,, the
other nut. Madmen are subject to paroxysms. I
never treated an insane person so a ph;:si•iaa.
Miss Magyie Reese, s torn. hive near Burnt Cab
ins and am sister to defendant. Ills age 1 tb , nk
is 29 un V.) 7th of January. He was kind an.l
saving and industrious and temperate. :red 14,1
acquired some mean!, between 2" 7 ,00 and s:'lou. I
observed a change uu him al , er iii., trotikdes
always seemed in trouble and abseil/ tniu.l,.!:
ways talking :bout the Doctor, alit! Li, wi a tool
child. We have been raising Lila ehild c-are July
1872. It was then about S tuntoh.obl. IL.. Shade
c: Mrs. Shade never came to see it a n• nqr
house. Defendant came there 4 year, ago in
at 9 o'clock at night. on horseback and wine-i to
take it with him to OrbiFonia that nigh; :at.-lit
14 or 15 miles. Ile 141.9 not keening house then.
We wou.d not let him have It, and tie went away.
Mrs. Reese said she had come through S hatie t sp
with ' lessors and could go back to Osceola wizh
pleasure, without stopping at bonnie. 1 h., was
about a week before the child was hr. tight :o our
place. She tuld the with tears, in It, p..e:Pet , .,
that her father an,l. Cie rest of the 5h:,..1.• sisa l ,
trash had separate,' thorn, and t list. its autot
ha re , .'artl hereafter.
I told her I hat , seen nothing bu•. irett!,'.. since
:he war in the family and was {,lad she wa• di
vorced; that she had sworn F./ many its aka it
my brother that I had nu ref - peet for her. She
said she knew it but her tether had made liar do
;t, a ,d she thought she would get married end let
them see that they were at their wits kr
brother was sitting three or tsar feet I:n•n her
with his head down, and said ne+hit,g all that
cloning. This NMI about a work a l",a•t• the r.•-
marriage. l%e would often find hrut i•
:lee mi•rn
ings in the parlor or di ing lying on the
floor, and I think once or 17tiee on :h-• pore,:
Hoist.'_ lying on his face. One tue,tong I
lump of salt in his bed and asked him ..ist 14
was doing with it. Ile said lie le,.•st to gr..
M . loaf sugar but thought it 11 , 04 cti.uige
sugar. lie frequently came li,, , te• is OY•rl.ta4
alter daylight; would say lie was lying
root of a tree till it would get iTiy, light. CI
wanted father to get his preper,y insur.•,i ; tii.it
Shade hail hired Asher Drake to b ore i ! d own .
Ile gut father to come to this town taw. p.,r
pose. Father did not want to de :t. ;',• 1, t ••
of my knowledge •ne had not S,i to his •tame wh
he commenced to imibl his house in 01.,,,,enia
put all the money I had In it ; not .bat I wan el
it but because I saw his mind was beei:in:ng A,.
hal-rue:led that he did not ',eat to.:1 r
wanted to get hien bite% to }Cast!'" nob. il..
was aiways weak milfded. Or th • str,j•r: of hie
troubles I did not thi%k him reeren•io , -.
would deny saying things l had heard o;tn ray,
and did n-t r..iein to kn•w at ii!l t;ities wilat he
was saying on that su,jeet. if, was mileh wo -s d
et sore times than others. Ile often erieti when
talking about Shade and his troubles and say he
wished he was dead. 111 oftwi eeinp!tiin•-i o; pain
in his head.
Croea•examined. Brother had been West before
he went to Shade Gap ; came back in the fall of
1f58; I had r.elvanced between 4 , 011 and $5OO on
he building of his house. 'the building was in
my name and the lot bought in my name; I don' t
think he was a sharp business men or he would
not have been sold out so often.
B. F. Ripple, a . ffiroted. Reside in Orhisonia.
Reese worked for me in 1872, late in the Summer;
First saw him a few days before he went to
work for me; told mehe woe Dr. Shade's eo n _ i n .],
and gave the details of his troubles; *aid did
not want employment for the money hot wanted
located near Shade (lap that he wanted to eve hie
wife there ; asked me if i wonld net call there
some evening and take his wife oar driving to bare
an interview with her; he was to be some pace
along the road and see her; told him I cool not
do that; then he asked me to take Mrs Dewees
along, and make a similar arran;ement. At'ter an
heueseonvertation I employed him as a carpenter
and he went to work in three or four days atter
wards, and was about six weeks in my empley.
The fret time I saw him I formed the opinion that
he was a very silly fellow. His conversation with
me was ridiculous upon that subject ; I do not.
think he had capacity to judge between right and
wrong.
Crogs-examined. Ile would often Ray thing.• that
were wrong morally and in sentiment. In my
opinion he was not able to distinguish eriminal:y
between right and wrong.
D. R. P:Neely, recalled. When I was bringing
Reese hack to Orbisonis, I met Wm. McGowart,and
when I returned McGowan was in the drag store
and said if hehad been there he could have taken his
knife and cut the heart out of him and k:,ked it to
h-1 and back, and if his oath was wanted lo hang
the half Indian by G —d they could have it.
Cro4t-eraminej. Geo. Rhea and David Roddy
were present; they asked use what I ha.!itone with
Reese. It was about 11 o'clock at night.
Rev. J. B. A kers, sworn. Residein Huntingdon;
visited Reese in jail at his rt-quegt ; I quit visiting
him because he did not seem to have mind enough
to accomplish anything. Ile in Init'esred this in
his disposition Lo justify the course he pnrsued.
He gave me an account of his troubles; did not.
seem to have much consciousness on the s•tbject :
said he had got the biggest blessing he ever got
in his life a short time previous, and said if it was
the will of the Lord that he should be hung be was
satisfied. He appeared worse at some Vain, than
others.
Cross-examined. Ara not no , itive whetb.r T got
a note from him. Ills talk about Dr. Shade's
treatment did not include anyttCng thv took place
on the let of December; said that be offered to put
himself in Dr. Shade's hands, and he only abused
him, lie remembered the fact that he had taken
his life.
Dr, W. S. Browning, affirmed. Reside in Orbi
sonia ; first became acquainted wih prisoner when
he came into my office with a sore finger in Ma v 1873.
He began talking about his family affairs; I came
to the conclusion that ho was simple or soft. .110
tried to talk to me on the subject whenever be
would meet me, as a 'secret that he had never told
me before; did not seem conscious of ever having
told me. He appeared earnest and the expression
of his eye seemed as if his mind was wandering;
can't give the expression ; accused Dr. Shade as
the cause of his troubles. He worked at my house
in Orbisonia; came down from the roof one time
and began his old conversation, throw his hatchet
round; sometimes he would laugh a kind of silly
idiotic laugh at solemn and grave thongs : some
times he would have tears in his eyes. Witness
gives a long narrative of interviews with prisoner
and details of his conduct at different times not
any of which differ materially from those already
excited by other witnesses. I don't believe he was
a man of sound mind on the subject of his famity
troubles. He was not on that, subject capable of
judging what he ought or ought not to do; his
mind seemed to be wandering all the time he was
in conversation with me ; did not seem to ha ee
the power of comparison or application. • lie
seemed worse at some times than others. Continued
thinking or. one subject would naturally produce
weakness of mind.
Cross-examined. Have not taken much interest
in this case; have not been preparing the medical
part of this case. My opinion was formed and
imnressed a year before the shooting took place;
made no physical examination; never male in
sanity a study; can't say I ever saw ham in a
passion; have seen him mentally excited. I
consider him a monomariac ever sires I have
known him, his condition getting worse and worse
all the time. I don't know but what he believed
he was right when he took the life of Dr. Shade.
He may have been conscious then but hi , mental
excitement overcome the power of his The
motive would not have any effect.
A. B. Shenefelt, en., worn. Witness wto a mem
ber of the Grand Jury at J.tnuary term, and testi
fied to the fact that Emery McGowan WM sworn
as a witness at that time.
Isaac Taylor, sworn. Witness was called to iden
tify the hand writing of Wm. P. Shade, of Decatur.
Illinois, and testified to the feet that he was one of
the Executors of Dr. Shade; he was not present,
and that he was unable to hear from him. Offered
in evidence letter to Mrs. Reese from Wm. I'.
Shade, dated May 10th, 18;2.
Letter admitted and read.
Package found in possession of the prisoner at
the time of his arrest, considered iti evidence.
Defense rests.
RgBCTTAL.
Hon. W. B. Leas, affirmed. Met defendant four
or five years ago; went with him from Mt. Union
to Shirleysburg with his brother; related in detail
all his troubles with Dr. Shade. His brother re
marked that they were both to blame and he agreed
to it; saw him the day before his re-marriage at
Shirleysburg, and again in Huntingdon the day be
fore the murder; asked whether I had beard that
his wife had left him; walked' with him front
Reads' drug store to union Bank ; saw hint same
evening at Mt. Union, and went with him to Shir
leysburg on E. B. T. Train ; sat between him and
James Norris; asked him to deliver n package in
Orbisonia; said he would, and handed it to him ;
found out next day after the murder that the
package had been delivered; did not noire any
difference in his demeanor; did not consider him
an insane rasa: take him to be a man very easy
excited. After he told me his wife had left him, I
says Mr. Reese you have been married twice now
and my advice is n)t to have anything more to do
with her; he said he did not intend to. His man
ner was not uncommon ; could not say be was ex
eited ; no particular change in his mind and ac
tions.
Cross-examined. My memory of dates is bad;
eyesight pretty good ; was astonished to bear she
had left him; had not recalled the conversation
till I heard of the Doctor's death; did not tell Mr.
Prideaux not to marry them because Reose was
simple; told him not to have anything to do with
it. that it was not prudent; told him to soe Mr.
Orbisou and Mr. Montague on the subject. He
got Mr. Evens to marry them;
did not see him or
I would have told hint not to do it; did not take
notice to Reese's face going from 'Union to
Shirieysburg; had no occasion to.
Court adjourned till to-morrow morning 81
o'clock.
WZDNESD.kY MORNIKO,
Rebutting evidence continued on part of the
Commonwealth.
J. B. Peterson, sworn. Live in Dublin town
ship, and am sequainte4l with Reese since 1864;
never had any particular acquaintance with him;
was there on the day of the killing; went there
about 9 o'clock in the morning; Wm. McGowan
and Mr. Reese there; Reese sitting on settee talk
ing to Mr. McGowan about his house in OrMionia.
I did not see anything wrong in his manner or
appearance. (Conclusion next week.)
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ANNOUNOEMENTS.
Candidates will be announced under this Lead,
on the :ollow;ng terms: Shelia', $.5 and Pour W-
I ector, $3. The entilt, or responsible name, must
invar.ably accompany the announcement.
SHERIFF.
We are authorized to announce SAMUEL
SPRAIN K LE, Esq., of Porter township, as a can
didate for Sheriff, subject to the decision of the
Republican County Convention.
To the :depuhl jeans of Huntingdon County :
Permit me to say to you, briefly, that I am a
caticlidaim for the Sheriffality, subject to the de
cision of the approaching Republican County
Convention. I asstae you that lam a Republi
can from principle and proved it upon several well
contested battle fields, gentle reminders of which,
I still carry upon my person. Soliciting my Re
publican friends to do all they can to sect.re my
nomination, and Wedging myself to serve all my
fellow citizens faithfully, in ease I should be fa
vored with a majority of their suffrages,
am yours, most respectfully,
CHARLES ECK.
Howl ngdon, Pa., June 8, 1877.
PfRECTOR OF THE POOR.
We are authorised to announce VALENTINX
SCIIMITTEL, of Tell township, as a candidate
for Director of the Poor, subject to the decision of
the Republican County Convention.
PENN STREET OPERA HOUSE.
V.LIDAY AND SATURDAY,
JUNE, 29 AND 30.
TINEE SATURDAY,
Commencing at 3 P. M.
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Of Melbourne, the Australian.
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speck of humanity ; but in intelleat a giant, and
altogether the
MOST REMARKABLE MAN IN EXISTENCE.
II is impersonations of character are refined, and
cannot fail to please the most fastidious taste.
?la - "$ 50,n00 will be paid to any one who will
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Solo Pianist.
A DMISION, 25 Cents. CHILDREN, 15 Cents.
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,;, 1 EMIT'S SALE.
t l / 4 -- 7 By virtue of the following rrit to we direct
ed, I w:li expose, to public sale, at the Court House,
in Bunt:llo,3n, on
FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1877,
at one o'clock P. M., the following described Real"
Estate, to wit.
All the right, title and interest of defendant, in,
all those certain live lots of ground, situate in,
West Huntingdon, (part of the borough of Hunt
ingdon) adjoining each ether and fronting 50 feet
each on Penn street and extending beak at right
angles to right of way of the P. R. R. Co., being
lots Not. 1,2, 9, 10 and 11, block 8., in the pen
of Wharton, Miller and Anderson's addition to
West lltintingdon, having thereon erected a
large three-story Brick Steam Tannery and Shoe
Factory. Engine !louse and large Bark Shed, ite.
'Seized, taken in execution and to be acid as the
property c f H. S. Wharton.
TERMS—The price for which the property is
sold must be paid at the time of rale, °roach other
arrangements made as will be appreeed, otherwise
the prop.rty will immediately be put up and sold
at the rick and expense of the person to whom it
was first sold, and who is ease of deficiently at
such resale shall make good the same, and in no
instance will the deed bepreeented to the conrufor
confirmation unless the mosey is actually paid to
the Sh'•riff. Purchasers who are lien creditors
must procure a eortified list of liens for the Sheriff,
in order to apply the amount of bids, or any part
thereof, on the liens.
THOS. X. HENDERSON, Sheriff.
FOR SALE—A FARM, situate in
Dublin township, Huntingdon county, Pa.,
one mile north of Banat containining 32S Agree
of Parental land, the quality of which as limestoss, :ravel
and slat«, w:th bank barn 46:72 ft, corn-crib, hog-pens,
hay-scales, wagon shed, Dwelling Homo, 2 tenant hennas,
and a saw-mill thereon; two young apple orchards, in
bearing; 1000 panels of post and roll fence; two wells of
good W.l tor, one at this house and one at the barn ;
acres orptow land; 125 acres finely timbered with white
pine, oak, and hickory, and the balmiest line meadow,
with splendid stream of ,never-failing water running
through a finely shaded and timbered bottom, making it
splendid range for stock. 14111.1t01111 in el:madamw and
easily quarried; a vein of rich iron ore rem ithrongh the
property. The farm is near the proposed route of two
railroads, one of which will soon be built, with pod
churches, school houses and stores ail around et Awn
distances. When the rain* of the insprevenewis is taken
into cosisidscelleh the laud is left of a ranselmbly low
figure. Price SID per acre.
For further particulars, please dams, K MI epos
JAMISON KELLY,
Norm Cubism.
Felton County Ps.
Jnu 22-6 m.)
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE TOURNAL.
Oily $2.06 a year.
D. A. HUNTER ,