FOR $1.50 _ You can get TH DEMOCRAT Pittsburg Post, This is A an sear CHAS JAMES CORNELLY FOUND GUILTY Conclusion of a Most Interesting rial. DETECTIVES STORY BELIEVED Cornelly Not Guilty of Firing the Electric Guilty of Firing Found Application For a New Trial Court Light Station Armory Made \ Notes the Few Comments—Other As our last issue went trial of James Comelly, indi ting fire, etc., to the Electric ion and the Reynolds Armory, was As greatest interes Progress, advanced t pres the cl ng SCenes were eageriy and attentively listened to and * comments on the out were come rted, and nm a sack coat iacap. Ma , Jennie Harper, and Lotta Spigel. fied to seeing a man standing in the plant immed the whistle blew, and then away from the fire, i thought it was Mr. Cornelly Harper testifie Daniel Cowher, an employee of the steam Heat and Gas Co., testified that upon hearing the whistle he ran out Lamb street and was on the street before the whistle stopped blowing, and that he looked down Lamb street and that he saw no one, and that he then ran down to the fire and stood there the street for a momen nd then ran met Mr house when they r back to the heard the ladies talking, and that Mr Cornelly had been with him in the Steam Heat works not over nine minutes before the whistle blew, then he was in his shirt sleeves and on a pair of shoes and a cap. When he met Cornelly going to the fire he was in his shirt sleeves, and had on a cap and gum boots Cornel -r "4 f front of street, as seeing the on to on back and Humes crossing, between the street That Mr ly and Paddy Toner occupied the Mq Knight house. William Clark testified to practically the same as Mr. Cowher Court convened on Thursday moming and the Court made au order that only attorneys, court officers, and persons directly interested in this trial shall be admitted within the Bar railing The Cornelly case was at once resum- ed and Miss Lotta Spigelmyer was re. called and testified that she had retired at Mrs. Harper's after the party and got up after the whistle blew, and that the man she saw running away from the fire had on a pair of boots. She thought the man had on a cap and a coat ; couldn't identify the man. Hoter Barnes testified that he got u after the alarm of fire and ran towar the fire, and met Mr, Cornelly above the Humes house going towards the Steam Heat and Gas works, and that he was running on the boardwalk ; was not sure whether he had on a coat or not. Col. W, Fred Reynolds testified that he was the owner of the Armory and that its value was about $25,000 and des. cribed the general plan of the building, that the fire occurred on the night of the 218t of May, but that he did not examine it until about eight o'clock the next moming and that the door, the glass of which had been broken, and the floor, were charred. C. F. Cook, the treasurer of the Electric Light Co., testified as to the value of the piant. William Desen. dorf testified that the Armory fire oc. curred at about twenty minutes of three o'clock, on the night of May 21st, that he went to the fire immediately, but other persons had there of him and that he saw Mr. Gil e there, and that Mr. Gillespie had notified him of the R. KURTZ, Ed. and Prop. fire, aud that he had been to the Ele " Laght station several times before tl night William Waddle, can Express Co., agent for the Ameri. ified to be ing at the Armory fire soon after it had been ignit and that he Mr. Cornelly there with others, and that William Clark had put on the first bucket of water, A. W. Gillespie, an employee of the Perkins Detective Agency at Pittsburg, and who is a young man from Rochester, Pa., testified that he first came to Belle. fonte as Frank Stewart, on April 15th, he left again about the first May and then returned to Bellefonte again about the roth of May, and that he had formed the juaintance of Mr, Cornelly the 15th of April. After that had Mr. Cornelly fre- quently, and had drank with him, and that at one time when the defendant was considerably under the influence of he, Mr. Gillespie, expressed a desire to see a big blaze, and the defendant told him that if he staid in town long enough be would see one; and at one time when standing near the Lamb street bridge the deféndant told him that when the Ele tric Light plant up it burn down again, ing that burned for , that he saw him nearly every rom Sunday the 15th of April day of May. They dr: that be shadowed the McKnight » at the Steam Heat and Gas work test ed, SAW and that of ac Ay seen i On Sunda Hguon was built would better us poor the sheriff igement an their made red ly case resumed I'l called on his behalf and *d that he hirty eight years old at hestayed ] u the McKnight house, Steam Heat and works f about two months we defend own t the Gas for prior to his arrest ; that he was employed at the Steam Heat the street lines, that he knew Gillespie as Frank A. Stewart, when be saw him the first time, on lay the 18th of April he knew him as He had two conversations Gillespie, one on Sunday the 1 Wednesday the 21st of April jot set fire to the Electric Light neither to the Armory ; that he was committed to jail on the 3rd of June and that Gillespie was in jail when be was committed. Was at bome all day on the 6th of April, save when he was up town for papers and that he fell asleep at about seven o'clock that evening. He woke up at about 15 when the train came imonthe C. R. R. of Pa and went into the Steam Heat works and saw Daniel Cowher and William Clark, and that be was there until about twelve o'clock, when he went back to his room works on AW and ana Sun a detective, | and took off his shoes and laid down on | bis cot and began to read when the fire | Then he put on his | alarm whistle blew gum boots and cap, and was not sure , whether he put on his coat” then or not, | and ran down onto the street under the | arc light and saw Cowher standing in front of the Electric Light station, and then ran towards the fire and met Cow- her near the Humes house, and then both of them ran back towards the fire, and stopped near the fire and he ran down past the fire and asked William Daley about the hose near the fire plug at the C. R. R. of Pa. station, and Aw he and Cowher ran back to protect the Steam Heat works as the sparks were flying Sonsidesablys as the roof had fallen in. When running back towards the Steam Heat works he heard the ladies on Mrs, Harper's on Linn street. He also jave An t of his whereabouts on the 20th of May and that he went home at about eleven o'clock that evening un. der the influence of liquor, and that he was not out of the house until the whistle blew for the Armory fire, and then went to the fire and the first person he saw at the fire was Pat Toner. Hesaw William Clark put a bucket of water on the fire and outen it, Cornelly tively swore that he was entirel nocent of the charges laid in the indictments, and that he had but two general conversations with Mr. Gillespie, and that the state- ments that Gillespie swore he made to him at the Lamb street bridge on the 28th of April were false and utterly untrue, and that he could not have been there as he was working for John Bauer on that continued on page ©, : Bot up | BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER : DEATHS IN THE COMMUNITY Hon. Chester Munson of Philips burg Passed Away. WAS A PROMINENT CITIZEN Mrs. Jacol vanced age ol os Strul ) 01 ed } Body of Miss Kate Liel Brought here for [nterment—Other Deaths Hon judge of Centre county, Chester Muns of his daughter Mrs. T The dir from burg, on Monday. his affection death resulted on his lower lip, asa sligl oue year ago which became eloped into the disease death Mr There the people of God was a daughter of Her daughter, yreceeded her to the grave about Her consoling ago last words were | and May her ashes until these beautiful words Asie in Jesus, blessed sloeg From which none ever wakes to we #1 A calm and undist broken by the in peace bed repose ast of foes A BroTus a Death of Kate Lick Thursday moming Miss Kate at the home of Andrew Lieb, where she resided during the past died her brother, . 1 in at Bethichem, Pa years. Her illness was due to an atta of the grip and heart affection Miss Kate J Mr Mrs whom died a number Lieb was a P. 14 f years ago Dr. An and Mitchell and John both of leaves to mourn two brothers, drew Lleb, of Bethlehem, Lieb, of Bellefonte, friends and many dear The services were held Tuesday morn. ing at 10 o'clock at the home of Mr. F Potts Green, on Linn Dr. Stevens -———- Death of Mrs, Frank Yealy Mrs. Augusta Yealy, wife of Frank Yealy, of Philadelphia, died Saturday afternoon of peritonitis, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Verier, Lock Haven. The deceased was aged Jo years, and is survived by her husband and four children. ————— An Aged Lady Dies Mrs. Jacob Struble died at Ziou, on Tuesday, from stomach trouble, and other ailments due to extreme age. She was born in 1802 and was g5 yearsof age. The interment will take place on Friday morning. MM Died In 1linois, John Harkins died at Mt Pleasant, Michigan, on Saturday aged 49 years. A wife and four childred survie him. The body was taken to Centre Hall, his early home, for interment on Wednes- day. street, conducted by Rev A —— Died at Lemont. Mamie E. wifeof Willalm Mulberger, of Lemont, died at her residence in that place, Wednesday morning 25th at 2, o'clock. Funeral Friday, at 10 o'¢ : Interment at Shilo cemetery. She | | tendent 1807. A GENUINE POPOCRAT found A A laily papers, M of & spalch fr rt TH ens Alaska matri search of an Keenan | ranges in the states material for the venture. In view concerning his scheme said mn in inter ve talked with the miners, and know what they want 18 or year-old girls, respectable, good-looking ind willing to work, will go like hot cakes Medium grades should bring $2,000 or £1,000 a head. That will ¢ the cost of transportation and leave a handsome profit!’ “a Lg NICE over ee a general young women from all Klondike is a great institut ——— Fell Thirty Feet Ollie Campbell, of Clearfield, Superin of the Exchange while at work on a high pole last Fri Telephone day he missed his footing and fell a dis tance of jo feet, sustaining very serious injuries The injured man is a Campbell, of Bellefonte, of up son Frank and to a short time ago was connected with the | Exchange in this place. - .———— A Fine Compliment A. Y. Casanova, of Philipsburg, has | secured an appointment as translator under the government and is at work in Washington now. His wife will join him shortly and they expect to spend a year or two in the Nation's Capitol. Mr, Casanova is a fine linguist and a highly cultivated man, specially fitted for the congenial task he has undertaken, Philipsburg Ledger. Typhoid at Bagleville, Miss Pletcher, daughter of Joseph Pletcher, near Eawleville, died Thursday 265th, of typhoid fever, aged about 20 years. Several other members of the family are ill with the same disease and it is reported that there are a number of other cases in the village. Soild His Implement Store. W. 0. Rearick, the manufacturer of the Centre Hall corn planter and dealer in farm implements, has sold his retail department to H. I. Wise, formerly of Zion. Mr. Wise will occupy the store room in the foundry building and will look after the trade of implements, PIG TRON PRODUCTION W ny Prices Have the He cently THE SOUTH NOW LEADS has 5 The tate has been mais power me great the Carnegie Company company has recently erected u ivania the largest the world. It brings most of its nearly a thousand mil steam vessels on lakes, which are yr controlled by the corporation which enabl company to Bessemer and other cis at ale cost manufactured 1. proda can they than anywhere in the world, and thus to set the price and cap- As witness the the Brit why the ture the home and foreign markets a striking evidence of this recent extraordinary inquiry in ish Parliament as to the reason contract for over 7,000 tons of steel rails for the Government railway in India was to an American firm instead of to makers. This given English combination of capital in Pennsylvania has thus given to | America the supremacy in the manufac. ture of steel. On the other hand, the | ore, limestone and fuel, aided by cheap | transportation of the pig iron as ballast America the supremacy in the manufac. finished castings made therefrom, Those whe are familiar with these changing conditions must recognize that | the Southern States are certain in the near future to prove powerful competitors of the Northern States in the production of foundry iron ; and it Is not impossible also that in the field of pig iron for the manufacture of steel the Southern States may yet become powerful factors. It behooves our iron manufacturers in Penn. sylvania, therefore, to look at these possibilities and to prepare themselves to meet them; otherwise the onetime Fitponderating manufacturing business of this State may become a thing of the past. Death in Benner Township. A six month old chid of Ira Marshall died on Tuesday in Benner township. Interment in Meyer's Cemetery on Wednesday. Dwindled production of foundry iron in Alabama, | | through the natural combination of iron | in cotton ships, is likely to soon give to | ture of foundry iron, and perhaps of | THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT snd Weekly Pittsburg Post i year for $1.2 the news we LEAST rik & MOKEY refreshwen furnished thos vide their teachers and st place the Secretary of Boalsburg, own {f meetin tee Invitation: © A.A A. Jacobs, of Centre Hall; J. T of Boalsburg and DD. W. Myres burg Dale, of joals a SOBER NEWS Lewis Rote left for his job, at Wood | ward, on Monday morning. He expects {to stay a week. : | Mr. P. 8. Confer, Mrs. I. P. Smith and Mrs. Sarah Jamison were visiting friends at Tusscyville, on last Sunday Mr. Wm. Neese, residing about one mile north of this place, bad a paralytic stroke, last week one day. At this writ. ing is able to sit up again, Dogs, as well as people, like to see strange sights and this was known by F. M. 50 he took his tc the colored camp. meeting the other Sanday. Quite a number of our young fellows were attending the festival, at Coburn, on Saturday eve. They report a time. Ower der Diche hut sich felora kot. Ares net hame cumma bis em Sundog ovet, un wore shere gore doat. Mr. J. B. Musser built a stone wall along the line of his and John Heckman's fropeny. The old man's eye fooled and he got it over the line about six feet. This gave Mr. Musser about 15 or 20 rods of stone wall to remove. After this is done, there will be some more moving done. The CENTRE DEMOCRAT and Pittsburg W. Post for $1.50 a year.
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