LS - ul i ent Circulation O . 4,000.—Largest in Centre County, JACOB FROM IS HELD FOR TRIAL Result of the Habeas Corpus Hearing Last Saturday. IN THE DALE M JRDER CASE The Son Released on Bail--Witnesses Testify to Serious Threats, and an Admission of Crime Une- guarded Talk the in Saturday morning, at 10 fore D death Marky | Lyon-DECKER, perty 1 : Ha resides from knew, the At dv in Ju ob Fro , on Novem e alley " 1" 4] ms aw a man at From's gate, with | ; in his hand and he walked up | walked like From, could t it was in his hand, a gun or At 7 o'clock heard a shot, thought ng the mountain 1 near as up ale road mile distant : Gravel Hole (about ¥ te ning From told me t “Da id 1’ aay before M1 ' i 3 144 nis sf a y, she saw morning while on thelr way from the jatl to the cowenta stands 10 the left, next is James From and Jacob Fr crime and for the reason th: of persons in that communit unaer sus i ha Orvis thm § r pea duced fr stand made latest the Mr ie In Nace ater that to the : propos) Dale : I : From grew n threaten ranner said he { meet Dale 1h and | At same time threatened to barn I thes TT their back porch, at daughter Ruth beard it they moved to the Dale farm at farm the day he was shot Left there at 7 p. m.—at least noticed that buggy was gone at that hour Axvrew Moves—gorroborated testi mony of wife. From also said he would carry out threat inside of a month, A shotgun was at our house which the Dis Arict Attorney now has, From's threat was made in March, on the day of Dan Keller's sale. We were under suspicion for this crime, Frank Suurr blacksmith—three weeks before Dale's death Jacob From was in my shop and 1 heard him say « ** Time would come when Dale would suffer for what he had dome,” Did not say when, whether now or in the hereafter, Smith also heard From's statement Rost. Ssmrru-heard From say “Je him lon Lay Dale's HE Was said on Florey's ; little Afterwards Saw Dale read welim ‘3 mm Detortive Morris Len vil to the right habwus corpus Bearing Mother heard From talk in the alley Marcangt ADG 18 fs¥ EWITR,. ? ys feeble teatis and Mrs ony Moy [4 1 their 4 pre sssured that the trial against From was will rt Me 10 next sessions of oo he latter part of May o the court caused Jacob wh distress and to eve rybody protested hi innocence, and de nounced some of the testimony, implicat ing him with the deed, as false and vicious, Hes a restless man and an incessant talker under ordinary circum | stances It is not in our line to comment on the character of the evidence produced at the hearing. It also must be remember. ed that the defendant was given no op portunity to go on the stand, or produce any evidence in his behalf, For that reasop the law assumes him to be an innocent man untila jury of his peers, ’ h onvenes { I'he ra From m he ng of a after hearing alli the evidence, render K | Bellefonte know it) is not true, { their op fon. {| On Wednesday the court granted a { short” rule to take the testimony of | Mrs, Jacob From, at Centre Hall, As {she is seriously (ll it was deemed { important to have her statement as she lis an important witness, especially to de- termine the whereabouts of her husband on the evening that Mr. Dale was shot. The testimony will be taken on Friday, i BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1907. WHY WILL CHAMBERS KEPT HIS JOB Information Dealt Out In Red Hot Chunks. WHY HE LEFT SNYDER COUNTY Political A Discredited Publisher--In Disfavor in Centre County--“Lying Like a Horse Thief''--Why the Public Resents an Appointment 4 elle Ome wards Was w sion, a blagk bond came for the post { office employee to fill out whe would i Sloter 1a8 was Dotified and SoncITe { Harter to accept it ; Ambrose then was working for the United Telephone Ca, as to Supt. Robb, and. ier of Harter receive ommis assistant the story » % ys 2a 21 - goes, had the a ! which Harter Wn ww ) re | edges to politi a : His sacred pledge and tried to rooked mear over his course, and then by force of cir cumstances Will Chambers as the assistant postmaster designated This whole transaction is of little im portance, yet it is unfortunate to see a public official besmirch his official duties, at the an exhibition of duplicity and violation of pledges made upon honor among men, outstart, by Last week Harter, in his haste, attempted the following explanation in his paper, it unfortunate thing the Emigrant ever ‘penned, for people in Here is the most itis: Ninge there is an evident attempt on the part of one of our discredited exchahges 0 make Ib appoar that the new postmaster hind {betrayed @ confidence of his friends In his appointment of an assistant postmaster, we want to say that no pledges were made to any” body neither of the two applicants to whom the paper refered having asked for the prior tu Mr. Harter s appointment. In feed were opposed to Mr Harver's “the one, Vi han : : y nt for master ! andorsed Rppoir an the entire sat £0 give Lo the | Barter's first |W mnde for that the edito {| Bas ROL you experienc | j still lyin a horse i | Line ey his expinnatior th rpose of convincing the p | refered Loexehange f heart but IVE Change 4 ¥ ike this Harter pledging anything ither Will Now. no one ever accused of ( exp | bers or Ambrose Si i | tion 15 port anyone 18 in doubt IRS to refer {empl Hon, | i ley. Col ler, E 1] « lits a The Keystone Gazette — sal wi iN { Credited which every promisent republican attor. at the Centre Co. Bar, excepting ond, openly repudiates ; and is the rea. soft why they and prominent party workers are now, and have been, nego- sheet tating fo se of the Bellefonte 2 asad Repu paper Paper tha ly repress | POLICEMAN KILLED Patrol: ns 1 n | M William and alm CK ne of occurred tracks Mosser's tannery Maloney had othes duty in t! HUMEeErous Cases nave been time past Mosser's tant ney SUDD ral SOV reg pumping tramps were foraging on th Al Instances ro mitting other « Hitchings and the tracks to th al ton, Returning they disc ting on a pile of ties towards them when on up and made off L suit and in a few moments a strugg ensued Three shots rang out in quick succession, with a cry for assistance, and then Hitchings drew his revolver and fired two shots into the ground, at the | Same time runping up to a prostrate form lying along the tracks Stooping down he saw to his horror {that it was Maloney, who was then in | death agony, The two men disappear | od so quickly that the watchman could not intercept them Thursday afternoon, about 3:45 o'clock George N ON ® pur le he officer ga Assassin of Maloney, and is now behind (the prison bars Beech Creek Bridge Damaged The county commissioners have been notified that the inter-county covered bridge spanning Bald Eagle creek about a mile below Beech Creek borough, was damaged during the ice flood, so that it is unsafe for travel. The pier is badly shattered, The bridge is closed to travel until rs can be made, This isa very old , being constructed before Clinton county was organized in 1839. “ham- | na on was captured along the | | Reading railroad and identified as the | It is amazing and we believe | IMPORTANT EVENTS AT HARRISBURG The Corporations are Fighting Pro posed Reform BllIs. NEW SCALP BILL WAS PASSED Placing a Bounty on Certain Animals-- The Capitol Investagition-- Amaz ing Frauds Exposed--Ruilroads are Fighting Bills 1s f » a : 3 view of facts necessary to out Lhe « ag vantage of a Democrat in the office of | State Treasurer. Mr, Berry's successor Lerill ‘be chosen at the election of pext {fall. The machine will exbaust every | resource to recover that point of van- nt 1s nlv a : tage ] not only a prolific s e of ssused for that purpose 4 rene rdly point bvious is ’ i f oe i KTall : taxing the com} rH TATY be } There will anoth within a few days to put a the State Constabul and the result will hed good deal of interest. The Pennsylva nia Federation of Labor held a nven tion in Harrisburg last week and not only expressed its interest in such legis lation by resolution but did other things One seldom soos a finer looking body of | men than that convention he dele fated bad corns on their hands, proba. sly, but they were dressed like bankers and some of them spoke with the fluency and correctness of preachers or lawyers On Thursday morning they visited the | er ef AY on (he cals be wat 1 with a | Legislature in a body, the badges of | their organization being conspicuously displayed. They didn't create any ex- | citement during their visit except such | as is inevitable, but their presence in! such foree made people “sit up and take | notice.” The Sood in the lobby and in | the space on the floor between the gal lery and the bar and talked quietly Put earnestly to R tatives in the Leg- islature, The Senate was not in session at the time, mores the pity, but the in- Continend on page ¢ Vol. 20. No. 12, FACT, FUN AND FANCY. Sparkling Paragraphs--Selected and Original, Bright, all hant by This business and 15 ool QIvine gospel COUNCIL MEETING. Monday evening re Wild Cat Killed. Lr Centre County Faw Good Men Come High The Methodists at the hold IR of Central Pennsylvania conference at rone, beginning March 26. will not William Jennings Bryan, as had hoped Believing that Mr would be a big drawing card, the wom mittee of arrangements of the conference wrote him for his terms to deliver the Jiineipal lecture at the annual session. {is price was so high it took the clergy. men's breath away. His fee was larger than a whole year's salary of some of the ministers. The committee concluded to get acheaper man, The Brixton Burglary. Much excitement has lately arisen at State College over the coming production of the “Brixton Burglary” by the Thes. plans, the dramatic club, of the above named institution. One aighly amusing feature in the shows that this organiza. tion present is the absurdly gomic) man- net in which the female are portrayed. The “Brixton B . will be played in Bellefonte on night, so be sure to avail yourself of the Sfpottanicy of seeing it. Prices 25, 35 $0 cents.
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