Gd ”~ JOHNSON'S TRIAL. TUE HAY AFTERNOON, Curt was ¢ vied at 2210 and Mis Asa Cuaivey, wite of John Culvey, was the first witness called, She was very much affucted when she took the stand nid gave her evidence, which was «bh ut the same as given in Shaffer's triv'. She had lived in the neighborhood whout 37 years. Isaiah and family lived in Narrows from April to August, 1887, Johnson lived there about seven years, before they moved there. I last saw them alive on Friday at our place, where they had come to haul in bay, Next saw them dead, where I found them on Monday, when Charley Culvey and I went to help them to get in their oats harvest. Then she explained how she went into the house and found baby alone; then going out and finding bodies. same as bas been pub. lished during trial of Shaffer; then of going home aud giving alarm along toe road, teking the little child along. Identified the watch shown her as the one she lef at lsaiak’s house when she went to market the week before the murder. Cross-examined : Went there be- tween ten and eleven o'clock on Mon- Jay. It was a very warm day, Told how she found hats, cups and saucers, berries, etc. scattered around. Could not say if cups and saucers were washed or not. Next saw them when they brought them to my house; some of them were dirty when they brought them. The child had the same clothes on that it wore through the day. Re-direct : Child was able to walk. All the doors were open dishes and hats were inside the yard. it. Charles Culvey sworn: Lived Sugar Valley in August with uncle John Calvey; lived about two miles from my uncle John's house. Isaiah alive last on Friday afternoon and Nora on Saturday evening wash- ing clothes, at Cherry Run, near her house. Uncle John Culvey was with me, I did not go into the house; saw the baby. Then witness corroborated his aunt's story of finding the murder- ed people on Monday and of his uncle going down afterwards and Saw covering up the bodies with haps and the disorder of house and of the clothes being found, Identified watch of ironed and told of his sunt leaving watch there and of seeing it hanging Lived with uncle John three John Johnson lived in Narrows be fore Isaiah, I knew him, Cross-examined : on nail. al; did not see the dishes washed, Abraham Stein : Johh Culvey met him on Monday and asked him if he had a revolver, He Know He said his son killed aod want ed me to go along, but I was afrsid when he had no weapon to defend our- selves, but when he got a gun I went along with him. Witness then cor. roborated Jobn Culvey’s story and told of bloody finger marks on outside door. Cross-examiced : Saw tracks near bodies; they were tracks of the woman. She was in her bare feet toes pointing towards the house and tracks were beyond the body. Solomon Peck sworn Live in Walker township, Centre county, and am an undertaker. Have been such about thirty years. Know Isaiah Calvey in his lifetime. | was culled tw furalsh coffins for them, being told to barry, as the bodies were nearly rotien, haviog been murdered so long, Mr. Peck retold his story as given in the Shaffer trial, Cross Examined : I got there about 4 o'clock on Monday afternoon, Do not remember of seeing any tracks and there were a great many people there before me, and it was in dry weather. 1 do not think you could find many tracks. Baw clothes lying on Wble—white clothes, ironed and done up; also a gentleman's hat and lady's hat. Baw tla bucket witn potatoes pared and sliced; have pre. pared potatoes in that way: put water on them 10 keep them from eoloring. Fiavios J. David : Ama survey- or, Made a survey of premises and mado two maps. Shown and dis tances explaloed John Culy and Curios Culvey showed wy on houses and 40 00 taken on the grounds, Wm. P. Mitchell ©: Business, sur veying and drafting. Live in Lock Haven, Musdemipshown. It shows answered “No,” and wanted to why he asked him. and wife were both Child was | sitting in front of bed when I found | in | yedta, | Culvey's place to above Huablersburgh, | I was at funer- | : y ab "uner and in the morping. while 1 was pot | Witness told how | | points between Hublersburg and | Cherry Run and Bear Run. Made Lit from a map of Centre county, my | own knowledge aud a map made by IF. J. David. Witness then named the different places as pointed out to him. Cross examined : About nine miles and a half, according to map, from near Hublersburg to Culvey's house by the road. Re-direct : From Johnson's house to Culvey's in a straight line, would be about six and a-halt miles, Cross examined : Showed on map which he thought would be the quick. est route from Johnson's house to Culvey’s house—partly by road and through fields. Re-direet : Think this route would be about seven miles, Dr. R. Armstrong : Have prac- ticed surgery 31 years in Lock Haven, I wade examination of the Culyey ville, accompanied by Drs. Walls and Kinizing. John Culvey was there, as also an undertaker and District At- | totnéy Brown. ‘Then thé doctor ex- tobacco between his teeth. His brain was all decomposed. Wound caused instant death, A mans movements would be lovolontary after receiving a wiund like that. « Witnees then vey's shoulder and one taken from her right ear, which would cause instanta. { neous death. (ross examined : Think they bad been buried about three weeks. Think they were kilied about the seventh and we examined them ou Aug. 30th, Explained direction of bullet in head of Isaiah Culvey from notes taken at the time. Took the bodies both out of | the coffin, laid them on a board. Did | not find bullet wound in Mrs. Cal vey’s shoulders—it passed through. Charles Rhule: Will be 18 in the spring. Live in Sugar Valley. (At- torneys for defense wanted this put in writing, which wes done by the attor- neys for commonwealth.) The court said that this was evidence, Mr. Clough called the courts atten. tion to some authority on bills of par ticulars and read same to him. Court thought those cases did not cover this all, ‘ed he would like tojread him another, when he read a rule, Court | think this comes within the rule. Mr. | Clough here noted an exception. i ’ | Witness resumed; i { Helped him move last March from : said, 1 i i { with a two horse wagon. Stayed at | Johnson 8 the night before he moved, | tinghthe gears on horses, Mr. Johnson This moeniog I have 10 move, | bat will have revenge on the Calveys if it is in hell, Cross examined: Said nothing more about the Culveys, { said: Lived there in March, I saw him there; bought some fodder and hay from him, and while I sas loading them}Johuson sail; Isaiah and | John Culvey have routed me out of { Faroace, | this place but. I'll be damped if 1 don’t buve revenge on them. Cross examinet: Fixed thetime in March by being howe from the bank. lett there in March. wood snd met Joonson, who sald he | had some fodder and hay. 1 offered him three dollars and went the day after lo get it. Harry Bigony: Live i nFleming- too in March Am a hackster. | know Johoson., Yes that's him, Johnson lived io Sagar Valley nar rows. | was there in March after chickens and dacks. While I was ap in the attic after ducks I asked Mr. Johuson why he was leaving that place? He said that damn s—of a bh down there got me out of here aud I'll fix him. Isaish Culvey and Essic Kline were downstairs, Uross examination did uot shake evidence, Samuel Granioger: Live about two miles this wide of Tylersville, Will be 66 years old in June next, Koew Johason since he moved into the Narrows. On Sept, 24,1886, he heard Johnson and his wife passing his house and quarreling and fighting abot Johoson settling withjthe Cul. vey's, without money for her frock. Well, said Johanson, if Joha Cal goes there he will not stay long, o> if Isaiah goes there he will not stay long. Oross examined: Was not asked [about this afterwards, but told Tsaiah * Remember date by supervisor's book. [ signed u paper the sume day and made some entries the book also, A. M. Granivges: In March 1 lived pear Tylersville, Knew Johuson; saw him at my place Think it wes on the 8th, He wanted we to haul a load for him at his moving, but I could not and asked him why he wax leaving the Narrows. He said the Culveys had got him ont by lying, but they would dear for it. W. 0. Porter : Live In Nitiany Valley. Knew Johoson in March Talked with him about the Calveys at the Narrows while he was riding with me. He said Colveys wef® mov- ing there, but it would not do them a G d bit of good. Mrs, Sarah Porter: Am wife of W. C. Porter. Live near Snvder- town, Centre county. Knew Mr. pay bodies on August 80 1887, at Tylers- | plaived finding the bullet in head of | move there, Isaiah Culvey and also a chew of [there as long as he had, having told showed bullet taken from Nora Cul. | Mr. Clough then stat. | Kuew Johnson | James Lotten: Live at Washington | I was getting Johnson about six years. Baw him {in March, He waoted to rent Mra | Markle's, my grandmother's, house. I asked why be left the Narrows, He | answered that Culveys were going to but would not live | me before that he had lived there seven years, They would see before the year was up where they would laud, Cross examined: About the same. Cyrus Grapiger: Live N. W. of Tylersville. © Koow Johnson and know where the Colvey's place is Saw Johoson at Squire Graniger's in | toe latter part of March. He said | he would have revenge out of Isaiah | Culvey in some way or other; did not { tell me how. Cross examined: Witness did | bring out anything new, Live in the Nalley. { know Johnson. Saw him on the pike | Wednesday before the morder. Met | him and Esic Kline at Robb’. 1 | asked Johnson why he left the Nar- i not { Daniel Snyder: rows. He said the Culveys had got I told manghad very nice corn and oats. He said bat do him much good. Crosss examined: facts. A. J. Klingg Know Went to his place in "86 to nets. Slept thera in a wagon outside, the would not be benfited by the land he { him out of there him i { | ves, it might not About the same Johnson pet eel bed Johuson said Culveys had cleared. examined: Same John Hauling: Know Johnson; knew of his having been sent t Cross y court Saw him in jail Cal he for killing a bull. Johuason said the Le, aod | where I was veys had sworn to a and would have revenge, else but blood would be his | Cross examined; this was i things revenge. in "83 Remember other he | Told some stories, { suppose you tell us one of the stories, | but the court vhjeeted, At 5 d'clook his Honor seid | see their witnesses, and as tnere was | was to be many new ones brought lin, the court would adjourn to 9 | o'clock to-mortow morning. WEDNESDAY The first witness who gave evidence MORNING county. Mr. Clough asked, is this a new phase ia the case’ Mr. Hipple answered, it is. Please put your offer in writing, then, said Mr. Clough, and Mr, Brown at ouce proceeded to do so. The offer was submitted to the at- toroeys for defendant and they did not object, Mr. Yarrick: Live in Potter township, Centre county. Recog- nized his home on map and several other houses near, and also juaetion of pikes, and told distance from his home to pike, giving nature of coun~ try along Brush Valley as being composed of woods. Know Johnson, Heard of murder Mouday after mur- der; saw Johosoo on Wednesday on road, Baw him agaio on Frida at my house; said he had been at Lock night en Wallace Brown's farm and had come up with Fwsic Kline, and had taken dinner at Klines, and we had early supper and be ate with us. Came there about 5 o'clock stayed awhile after supper, aod then he said be bad to go home. Did not wee which way be went afer he left my place. Mrs, Harriss place is not far from my place. This was in August, I generally get up at 5 o'clock lo the morning. Cros exmined: Said he was Ip in March. | that | | nothing | said. Mr. Clough said, | that | | the attorney on both sides wante to | was Charles Yarrick: Live in Centre | Haven on Thursday and stayed over ER MARSA. A three times that he was in danger. | Lock Haven on Thursday, Gave my little girl a mouth organ; said he got it in Loc: Haven, He had old | torn boots on, ssid his feet were sore, {and wanted to go home as he had not ! been home for a night. or so, John P. Harriswas netxt witness: Live near Washington Furnace | within one hall mile of fhere; know {where Yearrick lives. {son eight or nine years. Baw John- son on Friday about 5'clock going {towards Yearicks, Saw him up road. Cross Examined’ It mas on Friday before the s'ow, passed by my place. Mrs. Warner township, Centre Know where Yearick lives: know where | Brush Valley turnpike is; would take me from three to five minutes to walk from my piace to pike. Recognized place on map. Koow Johnson. Baw Johuson on Friday evening, b and 6 o'clock, going Brush Valley pike. Cross examined: Kuew Joho- coming murder; was walkiog Live in Walker County, between towards the This would be Redirect: Would also be near a road to township bridge in Narrows. Robert Billet: Defense objected, an offer which had beep made was shown ed was not evidence and Robby was dismissed, ness, and Mr. Clough asked thatgpe- cific matter be put in writing, so that could be objected to. The was granted Ofer was put writing and Mr, Hipple stated that if the court did not understand what | they offered, it had best be argued | now 80 they would be understood, [the court then examined the offer te bal. it might the | ance would be, but said they had a | and stated that part of { evidence, but did not think bo. * | right to show where prisoner was, Following Is the offer; | Commonwealth ve. John Johnson, In the ( mriof Oyer aed Terminer of Clinton County. No 5 Sept. Term, 1887, 0.4. T. Commonwealth off :re to prove | | the witaess on the stand that by on the forenoon of Ssturday precesding the | | might or morning of the murder of | Issish Calvey the witoess saw John. { son in the vicinity I'S or neighborhood of the slvey premises and near where Luther Shafler was seen at When { Johnson was off the road in the woods tr about the same Lime. or bushes and when last seen by wit ness he was movil towards th | Cherry Run bridge or hollew where | Shaffer was seen about the same tims of | the Commonwealth that Johnson and This is to sustain the allegation | Shaffer at least were together in plan ning aod executing tae murder of Isiah Culvey. To be followed by other proof in | | the same line. A.W, Besaann, +. C Hipple, tieo, A. Brown, Attys. for Commonwealth Objected to Ist. Because there was nothing in the case to show that Luther Shaffer was connected with the erime and they have fo right 10 show a connection Shaffer until until they show that Shaler was im- plicated in of the crime. 2d. Because the bill of particulars furnished by the Commonwealth to the defendent failed to point the defendant's attention to the sppecific matter contained in the offer 3d. Becaue the effect of the evidence will be predjudice the jury without showing the fact that Shaffer was con- nected with the commission of the crime, 4th. Because that part of the offer relating to Shaffer is irrelevant, Crovan Axp Myees, Attys. for Defendant, The Commouwealth is allowed to prove the whereabouts of Johnson at or about the time the murder was commited, but to extend no further. The defendant objects to the admis » of this portion of the offer and it not covered by the bill of particulars and a bill is sealed at his request, C. H. Mavs, [wmaL) Pres Judge, Mr. Bierly: Live in Tylevevitle. Will be soon 22 years old. Know Johos.n about § years; Le lived in Narrows: Got acquainted with him when he came (0 my father’s black- between Johoson and the commission helping my father in tbe shop. | | n plese off the road of Culveys having been murdered on Monday after wurder., (Shown map Passed Calvey's between 9 and 10 o'clock on Baturday before murder, Koow where Bear Run is, ing towards home at Tylersville; saw man a man pear Bear Run in some pine hoshes; just happened to see him laying side hack towards me, Was riding iv buggy; roads were dry and hard. Man got up after we prssed and walked towards Cherry Ruo When Mr, Bheets and I I Was go on with hs Bade him time of day as he passed {said there lays some one, and askel | Mr. Sheets revolver, He said he had none and whipped up his for his horses, went near a road from Kline's to his home. | The court decided that what wasoffer- | Harvey Bietly was the pext wit. | if there was anything objectionable it | request | in | seen | The man got up sud towards Cherry Rua. Had his | blackened; hands were white; bad { black whiskers and hair. 1 knew | him; It was Jobn Johnson. I' had to Jacksonville was coming from there. Btopped at Henry Robb’s and watered face i Cross Fxamined: been | my horse and stopped at toll gate, £10 per month, In another section the price will vary from $65 to $70 while in the fashionable quarter in the north west, the cost would amount to about $200 per month, By dividing the city into the three sections mentioned by an imaginary line, and checking off from the list of such credited to hat the section in which low prices prevail Senators eighty eight Representatives; in the of residency £ the pames Congressmen as are each division, we find in there are sixteen and second or middle section there are nineteen Senators and about one hundred Representatives; while in the section in which the monthly expense account runs up to $200 there are thirty-two Senators, and ninety-five Representatives, The not to be strictly of the Mem. furnished their jist, however, 15 relied upos, as some bers who have ad- dresses as in the northwestern seq tion, in reality live in the cheaper also stopped at Heards and they | asked if I was gying to Sugar Valley, gnid 1 was, and they told me it not safe to travel that way as there | were robbers in the Narrows and rob. |beries had been committed in the morning. Weal oo as far 8s Klioes, (and Mr. Sheats came along and I Before we got to | Culveys I got lato Mr. Sheets baggy together, We were scared all through the Narrows, had the horse on a good trot. Knew it was Johnson. wus | | went with him. land we rode aloaog | : 3 g or belonging to the class : section, and desiring the reputation of high livers without incurring the neces- SAry expense, resort to this subter- fuge, There are 19 Senators and sever- the Sén- ator Sherman pays taxes upon pro- al Representatives who own houses in which they reside. perty assessed at $112,000 which is about one-third of its value, while Senators Stewart Nevada, Palmer of Michigan, McPherson of New Jersey Edmunds of Vermont, | Ol Re-direct: I got ‘nto Shect's buggy | and was jeading wy hoise, wih | hitching strap; was sitting with my face towards the right side of the] road, the side at which the man was | Said to sheets, man; but did not know whether he | looked or not. Maan went down road towards Che ry Run. | J. A. Sheets was called: Mr. Hip | ple asked permission to speak to wit. | Mr Clough said would like to speak with him ss had summoned him a'so, lying. there iays a | ness, when he | Le Both were allowed to speak tv witness, Harry Bierly was then recalled oy { Mr. Clough, but was nol put on the slang, J. A. Sheets: Live in Sugar Valley. Kuow where Isaiah Culve'y premises In August I working Nittany ns Ha lL: iron in fourth | do nob | are, was a farm Nittany ar u on mile from know how Heard of Culvey murder on | Was Satur iny is p ace, M ynaay pas Company evening: Culveys plac gn with Harvey Bierly; he when He buggy Bierly in ny bug.y we We th \ ' 3 1 Le Narlows, Was ead { ing his horse behind my Mr. | Back there is a man; give me { revolver, ! | gave the horse the whip sad did near | Bear run road. said; your I stated I don't carry any; not look back at Chessy Rua bridge. | SAW RB DAL ~~ Mr. was not allowed to state this part history. Cross examined: Was traveling in top buggy; it was open behind. Mr. Hipple here interrupted and stated that they waoied 0 make an offer to ask this witness something else, aud they Ww thelr offer which caused a delay. After reading whe offer the court an- nounced that it was not evidence Mr. Hipple then said he would make an other offer varying it some from the other. The cour: looked over the offer snd it was almost a quirter past twelve o'clock court was adjurned till two o'clock without a decisioa. Clough objected, and witness ol proceeded wrile Washington Letter, No better demonstration of the old adage that “a man is known by the company he keeps,” could be had than that offered by the recent ly published list of the names and city residences of the members of the present Congress. It is well known that a majority of the Sena. tors and Representatives spend each year much more than their $5,000 salary, but it should by no means be interferred that this rule is without exception. Any one who is familiar with the geography of Washington, can at once form a correct estimate as to the probable amount spent by each Ccogressman | heen org: Fe X { aiter the Culvey's |U and others contribute largely to the the District Congress has as yet done but lit- A Have not of annual tax receipts tle in the way of legislation, the various committer 1.1 Jui have rganized, no t ganized, no bill dered, and the Members the | 10IC maxe-up for active work ws sl in preparing the ail holiday recess. The programme for New Year's Reception at the bers | preme Court, J Congress, Army and Navy Officers ceived, but after 12 t 4 JUsSan is of 1 Cog H i the White isc traveling | set in | ar it form binet A Danish Soup, Boil two ounces of sago In a pint of water until it is like thick muacilage; add to it a bottle of claret, a little grated nutmeg and two spoonsfnl of sugar if weferred. 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