iv uwwy yo _ CHAS. R. KURTZ Pr “MURDER IN T>. SECOND DEGREE” Verdict Rendered Against Frank Beckwith, Tuesday Evening ietor, of all the Testi- Approv- Pleased A Complete Summary mony—Verdict Generally ed-—Prisoner Appeared and Smiled. Tuesday afternoon, at 3:30 the jury re. tired in the Beckwith murder trial and at 8:30 the court house bell began to ring, indicating that the jury found a verdict. | indicating tha Jury | them to associate with any other pgrsons The large court room in about five min- | anti] s, was crowded to everv foot of space, |... utes, was Crowded to pé | The jury are quartered at including isles, streams of people from all parts by of town thither to hear the verdict of the jury. | Fully one-third of the throng were | As the Judge entered and took his seat, silence was rapped, and the officer of the court commanded to admit the jury. The verdict was handed to the prothouotary and passed to the Judge who found it in due form, and passed it back to the clerk, | wio had the jury hearken to their ver dict that they find the prisoner of murder ond jurors “Gully degree,” the I he court in the se nodding assent reupon at torney Gettig notified the that ap plication would be made for a uew trial, The Judge then adjourned court. The did not min ten take vacat: d entire procedure utes, and the court room was by the crowd in about the same Uwe it took wo fill it. BECKWITH TRIAL. Last week, at the hour to Tharsday Frank Beckwith his wife, Mary of guing press, moru ing, the case of charg Beckwith, > e, 4. Sthule in that omitted infil for which The facts concerning the shooting are all admitted, and defendant will be to show that his wife was unfaithful, such conduct drove the husband to madness, who, in his desperation, committed the deed. public the case abounds th the evidence for the dissolute, and by HISTORY OF THE CASE. Frank Beckwith is 45 years of age; home was in Taylor township, family consisted of his wife and six children. He wotked at the Sandy Ridge, Pa, brick works, about eight miles across the mountain, where he lived alone in a shanty. For several years he noticed that other men frequented his home dur. ing his absence and that his wife and daughter were unduly intimate with such, These things caused quarrels. The week prior to the shooting Mrs. Beckwith left her family of little children alone, and without food, and spent several days over in the vicinity of Sandy Ridge in questionable company, When Beckwith returned from his work, Saturday, be found his wife gone, child. ren hangry; when he started back to Sandy Ridge again he found ber, and gave her 75 cents to return home, by train. Having but 3 cents left he walked back again, and down to Hannah, but she failed to come. He started back after ber. Sunday morning he finally found her at the home of Lyle Edmunson. Their meeting precipitated a quarrel, and he shot her in the back of the head and in the arm. She died where she fell. He returned to his home where he was arrested later, offering no resistance. The case was set for trial at April court, but owing to the illness of W. E Gray, Esq, one of the defendant's attor- nevs, it was postponed, frequent family CALLED FOR TRIAL. Last Thursday morning the case was called for trial, The Commonwealth is represented by District Attorney N. B. Spangler, and EH. Mr. Chambers was ill the week prior and Messrs |. C. Meyer and W. F. Reed. summoned to assist. Mr, Chambers has since been able to attend court, though his condition is not the best. Mr. Beck: with is belug ably defended by Orvis Bower & Orvis, and W. KE, Gray. All of last Tharsday forenoon was con: sumed in securing a jury, This wasa slow and tedious process, and after the panel was exhausted and ten jurors only secur. ed, the Court ordered the doors closed and the sheriff to call talesmen from the audience. First, Jacob Runkle, Belle fonte; challenged. Michael Shaffer and Fred Bartley were called and accepted. Thursday noon the selection of a jury was completed as follows : Harry Lingle, Philipsburg. John D. Miller, Walker. John Y. Stover, Miles, W. H. Miller, Miles, Nicodemus Lose, Haines, R. C. Mallory, Rush, Benj. F. Yonada, Marion, Chas McClintic, Walker. Henry Breon, Penn S. H. Hoy, Benner Michael Shafter, Potter—talesman, Fred Bartley, Boggs-—talesman. Judge Love then instructed them as to the duties of jurors in murder They were taken in charge by tipstaves Simeon Haupt and Thos. Donachy who must keep them under surveillance con- Cases, | hoff House and occupy three who hastened | adies. | | the | Beckwith | lowing her R. Chambers, Esq. | ] | an adopted son of the Edmiston's and | | live with them ; was at home when Mrs, | Beckwith came there and when Frank | er, two of our able practitioners were | stantly, day and night, not permitting ed by them Brocker the verdict is render the They town for floor. take the on second frequent walks about exercise, ways carefully guarded from communi. | cating with outsiders Herdwith we publish the summary testimony. SUMMARY OI Rep wied for Centr tone Gazette by T. H Court convened at 2 Bow side case pangler, prosecuting ney, AY the case by giving a state. ment of facts which the Commonwealth will endeavor to prove, of which the fol- IWOWINK IS & SYROPSIS, That the defevdant oo 13 revolver with which he k that purpose, and that b eral shots at her upon a former occasion with the intent to kill her; that upon a yrmer occasion (Jan. 25) be said wife that if she and her daughter would not be at home when he returned some. nody would be a corpse. Mrs Beck with and ber daughter left on the 7th of for fear of hiu rving out his hreat when he retur That when be ‘turned and not finding his wife a J ly R here bh started for San ! i her whet ’ TE STI dONY. Democrat Harter ) o'clock. The was taken up, ud N. B. attor- purchased the led his wife for bad f§ FCO > ANG ASK Ha that then I'he balan firmed the is 3 tre Democrat at the t Leslie Edmundson wasthe first w alled—He that he resided at Sandy Ridge, that be knew prisoner and last saw him when the tragedy occurred at his (Mr Eomucdson's) home, Mrs Beckwith came 10 his house on Saturday at noon and remained over night. That Sunday morning the defendant came to his house between 7 and 8 o'clock and was told vot to enter the house, but not heeding the request, he entered the sit ting room where in conversation with the witness be said he was going to kill his wife, who was 10 the kiichen. He went tos where his wife was and after a few words between them he shot her. After the shooting he left the house and wit. ness had not seen him since. When Mrs, e tragedy testified Beckwith was found outside of the house | she was dead. Mrs. Beckwith was a very large woman pounds Mr. Edmundson, who is quite an aged gentleman, was subjected to. a severe cross examination by the defense which affected little else than define the cause which the defense will most likely adopt that of establishing the martial ink delity of the victim of the tragedy. Mary Edmiston, sworn, Mm. Beckwith is related to my hosband. She had not been at our house but a few times before ; did not eat dinner at our house on Satur day before the tragedy but took supper with us. Our family w composed of my husband, myself and the boy that we raised (William Douglas.) On the morning of the tragedy when we saw Frank Beckwith coming. his wife exclaim. ed, "my hour to die has come.” 1 walked out to the porch to meet Beckwith and he saked me if his wife was in the hoase, | | told him she was and that he should stay He bolted past | out and not make a fuss me through the door, saying he wanted to see her, Approaching her he asked why she didn't come home. Bhe answered by | saying that her shoes were too bad and | the snow was too deep. The next thing | heard was the shootiog and saw Mrs. Beck- with running out of the house and he fol. The next | saw of Mrs, Beck: with she was lying outside in the snow on ber hands and face. Going out she loft the imprint of a bloody hand en the door | panel, | tore off the board and burned it, William Douglas Edmiston called | came on Sauday morning ; | was by the | kitchen stove with the poker in my hand; had just been fixing the fire; when Frank | came in he pushed me aside and rushed | to the door from the kitchen to the room; I heard him ask his wife why she bad broken his heart; then be shot; after he had shot his wife Frank pointed his pistol at me, then iy out after his wife and shol again then deliberately or: Rr ply. Hy to the Rickie th bis shanty; | went to the Ridge for help. Nothing new on crossexamination, that Wim Faust, Sandy Ridge-—testified ‘Ridmiston, had given him & (Continued on page 5). rooms front | | al- | of | gs fired sev. | to his | itness weighing about 250 BELLEFONTE, PA, “THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1902. RAILROAD MEN ENDORSE PATTISON| nouncing the Quay Machine APPEAL TO WAGEWORKERS To Vote and Support a Man Who Can be Trusted—Help to Suppress the “Reign of Graft" —Looters and Rippers must be Defeated. 125,000 organized railroad employes in Pennsylvania met | in Harrisburg Monday and unanimous ; the elec Representatives of ly adopted a resolution | tion of Robert E. Their avowed urging Pattison as Governor, intention is to ‘rescue the Commonwealth from a reign of graft.” The body taking this action was the | State Legislative Board of Railroad Em The posed of the Brotherhood ployes, main organization is com- of Locomotive teie > 347 am Loe firemen yuductor Each of the lodges is commilice, which was loors, was much larg | recent meeting at Reading. DEMAND THAT STRIKE Another step taken by the railroaders | was aimed to furce Governor Stone to de- fine his position on the coal strike when business trip to Pills nted | he returns from his burg. A commitice was apool | wait upon the Governor and in the | ferences | urge him assist movement { 1st the wiween the min erators. The committee will re quest the execn- tive to call an extra sessi eral Asscuably 10 enact ation 0 end the found that this ist is member rg uniu whole, as offered by By Ph Whereas ade phia, and adog ted is State has proved that no i e ox pegted [row it Legisiature, in Migiog from Lhe tions off the that variou ipper a 1 executed Irae have been enacted anc ther wilh the iva poratioas without restr tog grabbing o ble ses, given Lo « ns, and the Legisia ng wd as De wer known Ww ots ture As 4 whole go on eos ing the body Fepnsylvania ; and {| Whereas, Legislation in the cause i not pre i has many of the bil host corrupt State of exist} been Ziven Per reco gnition, In that provement of the condition of the wageworker ed to Is presented for the im of this State have Ia The only rupt and domineering government | ish intentions and ent of machine rule, ean be reformed Is to wt for the p= ~~ and i Whereas, method by which wih bed by many years cor rend cast the bal be it wpposing candidate; therefore That Legislative Board of Railroad Resolved, we, the State ployes, do hereby endorse the can. didacy and advocate the election of | Robert E. | believing that thereby the Com. Pattison for Governor, monwealth may once more be the the mortal Lincoln— ened from reign of graft and of the the party “of restored to 1mn- the the party | people, by the people and for | people.” A committee, composed of ex Repre. sentative Thomas T. Sheridan, of Cone- maugh; P. O. Garahan, 8. W. Hiller, 8. G. Bowman and Mr. Austin, was ap- pointed to visit Reading on Thursday, | when the democratic candidates will be formally notified of their nomination, | and advise ex-Governor Pattison of the | board's action. | candidates was endorsed. | TO VOTH FOR HONRST LEGISLATORS The main purpose of the board's meet: | ing i» to discuss what legislation is want. led by the raliroad men from the next | Legislature and to take an active part in | the legislators whose records on labor { questions justify their support. The | record of every legislative candidate will be carefully scrutinized by a committee | composed of M. T. Robinson, Harris | burg; C. L. Schriver, scKee's Rocks ; | George W. Cole and 8. W. Hiller, Phila. delphia, and W., |. Zerbe, Mauch Chunk. This committee will publish the record of every candidate during the campaign aud indicate those for whom it is believ: ed the railroaders should vote, ~Something special for ladies; see Yeager & Davis’ advertisement on page Strong Resolutions Adopted De- | Bn the | of labor i el | Em- ] res, | None of the other state | PRESIDENT INJURED. Roosevelt's Carriage Struck by Electric Car—President Escapes Injuries. The drag containing the party, while traversing the | tween President's distance be. Pittsfield and Lenox, Mass , struck by an electric car yesterday The bruises but his face Corte! Was President escaped with a few was badly scratched. Secretary you was somewhat bruised led Secret Service Agent Cr and the two horses alg was kil attached to the were also killed Gov. Murray Crane, Was seriou riage of Massachusetts, y hurt - CONCLUSION OF COURT. Wednesd Horning a short sessi court was held DOSS Was iransa Harri Walker son 114 int appoint. Mevye ER Stanly Chamber Watson Mever wh ft week wa Was FSAI YALo to some mstitation Bruce Yarnell, convicted of forgery, was sentenced to pay costs and sent to the Huntingdon Reformatory Joseph Resides, convicted of crueity to animals, sentenced to costs and fine of five dollars. Scared to Death Mme, Cecilia Nershali, a tamer, died in the McKeesport hospital Mon. She appeared there recently with lion day. | the Bostock wild animal show, and while lin a cage with a troupe of trained they attacked her. She escaped without a scratch, but was terribly frightened, | Two days later she was placed in the | hospital with ber nerves wrecked For three weeks she had been hysteri cal and at She was 35 years old and had been taming lions and wild beasts all her life. She had no relatives In this country and died penniless. She was buried by the St. Peter's Catholic church. lions times violently insane. Dynamite Badly Maims Angler. While John R. Snavely, of Petersburg, was about to fish with dynamite in the | Conestoga creek, near Lancaster, Friday night of last week, he accidentally turn | ed the current on his electric battery | and the explosive was discharged in his | hand, which was completely severed | from his arm, and ghastly wounds were inflicted in the face and chin and abdo- men. The sight of one eye was destroy. ed and his injuries may oprove fatal. | Suavely saved himself from bleeding to death by his self-possession, He is 27 | years old and formerly resided at Hum. melstown, Pa. Fire at Milesburg. in Central City, near Milesburg, was | totally destroyed by fire at two o'clock | Friday morning. | As everything was entirely destroyed it is impossible to determine whether it was the work of burglars or not, Origin of the fire is unknown, The loss 1s §600 on the building, and $2,500 on stock and store fixtures on which there was an in. surance of $2, 300, Tux Atlanta Constitution puls the question in a nutshell as follows: ‘The political puzzle that millions of voters would like to understand is why congress can legislate to raise thé prices of com modities and then cannot find any way to legislate them down again when they have reached robbery figures I’ i The general store of August Newman | | that have given to this latest Republican | revolt against Machine misrule an im- A COMPARISON OF NOMINEES of the State Clearly Defined Issues PATTISON VS. PENXNYPACKER Judge Pennypacker Deserves a Defeat Issues Same as When Beaver was Nominated —Pennypacker Repre- sents a Corrupt Machine To many independent volers the selec by the ability tion t of indisputable listinguished parties of men and the prot worth, both for fessions making of a f the idered zeal in the discharge of ali public duties Ledger The only argument of the Machine is that respectable Judge of the Common Pleas Court, Twenty its selection for Governor is a very a much the same kind was made years ago stronger plea of in behalf of General Beaver, the regular For srged with truth Republican candidate for Gvoernor, General Beaver it was that he was a distinguished soldier of the civil war who had lost a limb in bat- able and life and character were e,; that he was an lawyer, that his personal without reproach. But the Independent Republicans looked beyond the candi date to the Machine of which he was the exponent; and they made the nomina. tion of John Stewart for Governor, which resulted in the election of Governor Pat. tison. Instead of making a Republican nomination for Governor and thus divid ing the oppostion, the Republican oppo- pents of the Machine are now resolved to make assurance doubly sure by unit- ing their forces against its misrule and | corruption. Then the revolt of the Independent | Republicans was against Machine op- pression and tyranny, which required absolute submission to its decrees. Now the more formidable revolt to which ex- | pression is to be given by independent | voters is against Machine tyrapny and | corruption. Then, with General Hoyt in the office of Governor, there were no “rippers to startle the people with the iusolent violation of their dearest muni. cipal rights, and no railway franchise conveyances to rob them of their most | | valuable privileges. These are amovg the considerations petus never before witnessed in the Com. mon wealth. — Record, She Forgot Her Baby. Thursday evening, of last week, after the S:42train had left Bellefonte avenue station, says the Lock Haven Democrat, the conductor's attention was attracted to a woman who was crying loudly, He inquired the cause of her grief and was informed in hysterical tones that the woman in her excitement to get on the traln had left her baby in the station, The kindhearted conductor had the train ran back. The baby was taken on board and the woman was happy. Campaign | —————— VOL. 24. NO, 385 FACT, FUN AND FANCY. Bright Sparkling Paragraphs ed and Original. The bachelor does ail he can Sometimes to cateh a wile It never Who is the single man leads a double life, on Life's ful lof strange surpris t's decreed iI 10 be a weed Mr, A child may be spoiled and still Ovsster will soon be back in town, be too fresh. A boneymoon is often a calm before a storm water don't from a AIWAYS Come hat they have more ace bret ways looks foolish when you i Ph. he B10 DGEe n bow bh Proposca. ear for ; as lo Ives, and nake fools of themse between a lover a the arks were exchanged between ‘Well, Pa several months, when them : i, isn’tit about time you xt1a $200 “Faith, an thot ? “The $200 if I saved worthless did 1 did 1 gave me that e 9 what two hoondred is you pt that Sure, an prome- “Why, pe Px Pen- NIOWE 1, 8 beads and The meeting as was desired. Later the | met at another ball aud after organizing endorsed Patti- son for Governor mer pacdemoniom prevailed was broken up, ust ‘nion party ‘Kill Your Dog and Buy a Pig.” “Kill your dog and buy a pig with the dollar you save on dog tax. The scraps you feed the dog would make the pig weigh 300 pounds, and thea you could sell it and “Yes, kill An exchange says: give your wife the money." your dear old faithful, thank ful, trustful dog and buy a pig. But when you come home after a hard day's mindful, toll don’t expect that same pig to meet you two blocks away with a joyful little cry of welcome at every jump. Some times when you feel unusually “blue” and it seems as if the whole world was “koocking’' against you, don’t expect it to nestle up to your side, and laying its head within vour lap wag out its unal- loyed sympathy. Don’t expect it to for. sake its meal of “scraps’’ just for the privilege of being your companion on a lovely drive or walk. Don’t expect it to do any of these “little things.” There's | a vast difference between your most con. stant friend and a pig. ~~ From Our Dumb Animals, Cheston-Saltsman At The home of Mrs. Ella Saltsman, Lock Haven, Wednesday noon, Miss Jessie Saltsman, daughter of Mrs. Salts. man, and a niece of Ex.-Govermor Hastings, was married to Marvin H. Cheston, junior member of the firm of Everette & Co, of that city, The cere. mony was performed by Rev. J. D. | Shedy, of Trinity Methodist Episcopal | church, assisted ny Rev, Samuel Creigh- | tom, The bride was given away by ber | uncle, Hon. Daniel H. Hastings. The | bride is well known in Bellefonte, a -,.S Large Berry Crop. It is estimated that 1,000 bushels of berries of all kinds have been picked in Sugar valley this year, including huckle- berries. Many familes make from §so to f12¢ each season. The average quan tity gathered by a picker in a day is 23 quarts, Walter G, Mattern, after a pleasant visit of two weeks with his porents, Doc torund Mrs. PF. O, Mattern, of Miles. burg, left Monday to resume his business duties in New York city.
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