The Nicely Coys. Joe Nicely would have ben recoptiiaej any. where a? a handsome man. When be was first j-!a.-d in the Somrrart ;a:l bis face bad the Tiid J.f color of pood leait'n. his rrw were hnfA and sklmr : a ami'.f .taxed around the corners ol hit motitb : a heavy dark maU''k on anier.lf 1 hi upper 1P b,s clothe were of fashionable rut and well fitting. Joe Nicely had a peculiarly striking voice, never to be forgotten after once heard. It was of the high tenor order.bat careful train ing had not eliminated the jeculiar tone that impressed the hearer. Joe nsed tot(ii aimring. and during 'lie lirM year of hi iuipriaoniiient he made the wall? of the old jail resound w itb t!ie music of his voice. He howed a great rtiality for sacred music, and persons pa-wing by the jail without knowing the character of the building might have thought that a well conducted prayer meeting was being held 'nside wry evening in the week. For the last year he has not sung a note. Joe was always popular with the inmates of the jail, who seemed to recognize him as a superior man. All appeared to have been subject to his will and were ever ready to assist him to escape. Although a littie under sire. Joe Nicely was an atbiete and at the time of his arrest jmssessed remarkable strength. On one oc casion when told that his father had been arretted for complicity in the reorder of I'mbi rger, he began to cry. Suddenly dry ing his tears, he exclaimed, "Jesse James oni said the law can drive men to commit crime. and grabbing the bars of his cell d'Hr. he shonk them until the old build ing roc ked. He was fond of boasting of hie frits of strength, and, in conjunction with ither inmate of the old jail, had a sand bag mrspended from the ceiling and dai'y exer-c-l his muscle". Notwithstanding Joe'i rv.ealcd assertions that he had never been in Somerset county but om. he admitted shortly after he wa brought here and confronted with a gentle man acquainted with the facts that he had visited Smierset in the seventies for the pnr p. of playing pik-'r. and had left a large sum of money with local 'sports." Josejib has had a very checkered career, id his versatile attainments have led him to commit all manners of cime. He was imprisoned iu "ihio for impersonating a V. S. detective, and it is said he was wanted in that State to answer for burning barns of vell-to do farmers. He was genera'ly feared by the inhabitants of the Ligonier valley, where lie lived, and was regarded as a bad man. Nearly every theft that was cominittd among the good farmers of that region w as laid at the door of the Nicely toys. No matter whether it was the robbing of a i liulen coop or tlie more serious crime of relieving a lorn ly widow of her money, the brothers were suspected. A feeling of relit f wxs enjoyed by their neighbors w hen they were arrested for the murder of farmer I'm iKTger. and since then all the residentsof the 1-igonier valley have fell more secure. They have been comi-e'led to tmploy new butch ers, bar tenders, ciio.r masters, and jaeks-of-all-tradi over there. Keccutly, when speaking of the . ttompts made by his brother and himself to escape, Joe said . ' V are not guilty, and we know our innocence w ill be proven K time. We hoped to get away from this part of the country and live in seclusion until the truth of the l iiibergcr murder came out. the ac tual criminals discovered and our reputation cleared. Then we would come back again. ' I was not near the Vmbever farm on the day of the murder. 1 was at my borne, i " miles aw ay, and that was proveiv.t the trial. ! was never in Somerset comity hut once, and I did not know Vmherger nor anyone -lse a roil ml Jennertown. ' I always had money. I owned a little farm and woiked for my lather and the neighbors. 1 used to do ail the butchering lor the neighbors. 1 never was without a few dollars, and owed no one. I was happy and contented and coveted no one's wealth. "Yes, indeed, 1 have a good wife. My chlwt boy is teaching school this winter three miles away from home ; but he walks to and from achuol every diy that, he may be at home at night to comfort his mother, lie is smart and ood." For the last three months J.ie has shown signs of weakening. Jle had grown thin and paid very littie attention to his personal appearance. The injuries be sustained early in Itecemher, when the attempt of himself and brother to escape from the new jail failed so disastrousely, were a con slant source of trouble to him. In fact, lie had not entirely recovered the use of his injured foot. He evidently had not de stined of making his escape, however, from the fact that thirteen saws were found by Sheriff1' Good in the cells of the doomed boys only three weeks ago. l'ave Nicc'y has proved a conundrum that not even his friends or counsel have been able to solve. He always lived near the old homestead in the l.igonier valley, and ap ears to have worked at nearly everything. He was sustiected by his neighbors ofhav ing committed many petty thefts, and it is stated that on one occasion he was impris oned in a neighbor's hen coop over night. The neighbor 8 wife having won him steal his way into the coop barred the door, and refused to release him until the following morning. Since he has been confined in the Somer set county jail Iavc has kept his tongue well bridled and rarely ever talked without con sulting his brother. He appeared to have been entirely under the influence of Joe and di ndd upon him to do the talking. The watchmen at the jail felt satisfied that he would make a contention after depu ty sheriff VcMidea was shot, and when lie proposed to make a confession none of them were sun-rised. Kut when he destroyed the written proiKwitionr be had made they were (xMivinced that Joe had learned of his intcn- Hon to ooiifcss and H-rsuuded him to aban don it. Dave talked very weilw liei; he talked at all, and ha won the esteem of all the jail otliciaU. He always erjoyed a joke with them aud occasionally repealed a story. One Btory that he was fond of repeating was told liitn by " Kev. " Amoa Sell at the time that unworthy shepherd was an inmate of the jail. Hia " Riverence " vouched for the truth of thenarrativ. which wag as follow! : ' I knew an old farmer who lived in the county of , O. He was very profane and one blight mominp in June was engaged iu hoeing corn. The corn was, not very proni iing, and the old farmer was very much discouraged. Halting near the middle of a rjw he raised his hoe to heaven and cursed the Almighty for not causing the ata'k.a to llourish as hia neighbor's. His blasphemy was internipted by an invisible hand, and the venerable tiller of the soil was pa.-aiyx-d on the spot. He is still to be seen staud ing there in the uncultivated field holding bis hoe aloft., and no power has been able to remove him. I have seen hiru very frequent ly in passing, and he will remain there until the end of time." lTe would laugh immoderately after repeating thia story, and say, " I don't be lieve it. although "reverend" Sell declared it was true. Iavid Nicc'y has suffered all his life from heart disease. Hia lefi side is bulged out at least two inches, and the besting of his heart is noticeable above his clothing. He was very thin and tall and walked as erect as a Sioux chief. His eyes bad always had a far-away expression, while his face was furrowed with line of dis ease. " a mistake has been made in convicting lis of thia crime," lie said to a ne-saier representative a few days a?o, ' and we were kerniined not to antler ifwe could help it." This remark was made in explanation of tlie uUemu made to eca. " 1 proved I waa at borne all the day of the murder, and if I Lad not been rev physical condition should have been sufficient to prove that 1 did not clioib the Laurel Hill mountain twice in one dav. I waa never in Somerset coutuy but uric in my life, and that was several ye,r before the murder, when I helped to bring a traciion engine across the mountain. I never saw Herman l oiberger ; did not know biru, or any one else Somerset county: I did not need his money, and I didn't kill him : 1 shall not commit suicide, because people would say taat it was a con-f.-ssion of guiit ; if Imust be hanged I will walk npun the seafold like a man aud de clare there, as I do now, that I am innocent of the rn.lc.r murder." It has never It-en believe! that Dave Niee Iv fired a shot on the night of the I'mberger murder, and that he was only dragged into it through his bro'.her. A great deal of sym pathy has been fell for hiin by the public, who have always believed Joe to have been the murderer. lioth of the brothers were very hopeful that the justice would return the case fur conspiracy brought by their mother and Joe's wife against Constable Ranch and ic teeiiveCamp, and that (Jovernor Tattison would be compelled to grant them a respite until the suit was disposed of. That the jus tice would dismiss the case never entered their minds, and the news that he had done so was a terrible sho:k U both. Their Ages. JOE AVE HAVE TALK OF THEIR EIKTII AND THEIR DEATH. " How old are you, Joe T asked one of Lift friends this morning, after the trip of inspection. "I was born on the 17th of February, lSIi, and am just a little over 42 years of age," replied Joe. "Not an old man yet,:' said be,as a suspicion of a smile bright ened up bis face. ' And you, Dave?" " I was born on the 1st day of Janua ry, isfU, and am jurt 27 years and three months of age." His lip trembled as the memory of a youth all too short, and the imir ibabilitr of a future struck him harder, iK'rhaps, in that moment than at any time of bis life, and jierbaps the feeling of regret was more poignant than ever la-fore?. Nothing more was said, and no one, again attempted to intrude the privacy of thier thoughts. Faith in Their Boys. Anthony Nicely, the father of the men convicted of the I'mljerper murder, lives three or four miles back of Ligonier. He is a straight, whiVe-ha'.red old gentle man, with a kindly intelligent face. For the past tw o years l.e has walked with his eyes constantly turned towards the ground and bis bead inclines forward as though in deep meditation. His w ife is a delicate, small-featured woman, and ha sull'cred unshakable anguish since her hoys were charged with murder. Until the murder bcth parents ere hap py in the enjoyment of the society of their children and and grandchildren, and were in comfortable circumstances. Mr. Nicely is well known througout Wet lucreland county and is highly esteemed by bis neighbors and friends. Since the conviction of his boys he has not spent much of bis time at home. He hapjlieen going here and there, seek ing for new evidence or for clemency for h,s sous. He has been a frequent visitor in Somerset during the last two years, generally t'riving here from bis home over the mountains. Mr. Nicely thinks his sous should never have been tried iu Sjwerset county. "Every one was against them and the jury was afraid." he said a few weeks ago. " Over in Somerset they say that I have Umber ger's money. lielore this trouble I own ed niy farm clear of debt and I had money in bank. I have spent all I had and judgments for several thousand dol lars have been entered up against me at iret'tislutrg. I am not sure that so much money was stolen from I'mberger. I think it w ill yet be found that the sum was considerably less. It's a very mys terious case, anil I will never rest until I get to the bottom of it. My Ikivs would never commit stu b a crime. They were both industrious. Dave or -old not work at very hard labor, bat be used to help tne and make shoes for the neighbors. Joe worked in sawmills when there was nothing else to do, and then he taught singing school in the evening. " We testitied in court that Joe ate supper with us on the night of the mur der, and they did not believe us because we are his relatives If we bad testified against him they would have believed ns. If we were not telling the truth why did we not say that Dave was here, too. Who is there to testify where Joe was, if not us? Out here in the country it would le hard to find witness for an alibi outride of the family. There are hun dreds and hundreds of night when there is no one here but ourselves. Hut other people saw Joe and Dave and knew that thi-v could not have been at Jennertown. There was a large reward otTered for the conviction of the murderers, and some body had to be found guilty. I have not given up hope yet If we can get an ex tension of time from the Governor I le lieve I can prove the innocence of my eons. It Ls going very bard with the boys wives. Joe's wife is breaking dow n, and so is Dave's wife. Joe has Seven children. His oldest boy, Lorenza, is teaching school this winter. Dave has three little ones. Joe has a good little farm and I had bought one for Dave. He as to take possession of it the month after the murder. Joe belongs to the r.vamrelical church." A MOTHER'S FAITH IS II EK HOYS. "How can they say my Joe committed that murder," said Mrs. Xicely. " Joe never gave me a moments anxiety in bis life, and be never gave his father a saucy word in his life. Joe never disobeyed bis father, and would not to-day. My boys never did that murder. They could not do it David was too sick to walk that far, and Joe was here that night to supper. They say they traced them by their footprints. There was a soft snow on that day why did they not track them home? They brought the pocket book, overcoat, handkerchief, hat and overalls as evidence against them. The poi ketbook brought into court was not the one Pave sent to his wife; the hat had no hole in it when it was taken away, and the handkerchief and over alls are just the same style and pattern that everyone wears around here. There mut le thousands of them in the two counties. F.oth of my boys were indust rious and they had money. They did not need to murder and rob." Old man Nicely has spent a great deal of time looking for John Beach, the self confessed murderer of I'mberger. The alleged confeftsicn never produced much effect in the case and was always regard ed by Commonwealth's attorneys and the public as unimportant, as it was be lieved to have been prepared for the pur pose of causing a doubt in the minds of the Pardon Loard as to the guilt of the Nicely boys. A witness named Burk bolder, residing in Lower Torkeyfoot township, testified that he had known a man named Beach in Kansas and travel ed with him as described in the confes sion ; that he had photograph of Beach at his home, in the vicinity of 'Squire King's, and had frequently shown it to neighbors and told them of Beach's mys terious dasappearaneer No witnessses. excepting 'Squire King, could be found who bad ever seen Beach. Anthony Nicely scrutinized the photograph close- !y and ever aince bus been trying to find the face it portrays. When his bays were first arrested for the murder of farmer Cmberger old mas Nicely was reputed to one of the j wealthiest residents of the Ligonier val ley, lie is said to have impoverished himself in the uefen-eof his b ys. They have required the constant cervices of the best le.l talent obtainable. -V half doten detectives aud ngents have follow ed and ferreted out cut every clue that it was hoped would .'asten tiie murder on other parties. The Fate3 Against Them. CENTRA!. CioTROTII Y A Kit NTS Til K 1 IK'TM- l MSTAN' ES THAT KI1.I0 I" THK M'-liOS I HAN. Jul; I. inc. In summing up his impressions of the Nicely case this morning General Cof froth said : "It is seldom in criminal history that there you find a concurence of so many adverse circumstance and at a time when each one of them was iatal to the scheme that we bad projec ted for the defense oftheNicelys,andall of them by themselves. Look will you? Just the week before we went to the Supreme Court they broke jail and Joe shot Milt McMillen. the deputy sheriff. Then the papers of the county took up their escape and published them as desperadoes and desperate murderers, willing to try tiie issue of a daring escape rather than risk it with their attorneys and the highest court of this State. The impression that this dare devil deed produced was greatly against them. Well, we gathered ourselves together again and were just ready to go to the Pardon I'.oard when the second and more successful effort at escape was made and this magnified, distorted, exaggera tion came to the ears of the members of the T-oard to the detriment of the petion ers, and, I think, destroyed theirchances in this particular. And then right in the teeth of our meeting w ith Governor Hea ver, the saws were found iu the cells of the brothers and our hopes became de- ., T . Irt i spair. I many wnen j m-mmc m- sane ana its. "im others were called to examine him and after examination prouueed him inscne be bad a lucid interval and the very morning of his death and at a time when reason was madness, Sb it not at least an odd combination of circumstances at once damming and provoking. I think if I had followed out my own bent in the matter of conducting the tri al, it would have been better for the Nicelys. I wanted a severance so did General KoonU and Mr. Kupple my partners. The Nicelys themselves, their father and their friends insisted mat they be tried together, against my btttcr judgement, I yielded to this request, and Joe who bad such a splendid alibi was reunited with Dave. I think and still think thev are innocent." Cuarding the Jail. FEAR OF A NN1HT HAII) CAfSES T1IK SIII'RI IF TO .l'AKl THE PRISON. Last night Sheriff Good, placed a strong guard, both inside and outside of the jail in anticipation of anv disturbance or at tempt at rescue. Winchesters and double- barreled shot guns loaded with bucc shot were placed in the hands of the guards, w ho were also furnished w ith a complete system of pass words and signals for their ow n use and those oftnejail officials and guards th? ! might lie called upon to pass from one t f vion of the jail to the other or withi i the court yr.rd. These guards were very vigilant as one or two who strolled into the yard dis covered ho gazedl into the muzzle of the Winchesters aud could hardly regain their breath in time to answer the chal lenge of the guards. Sheriff Good was on the alert for any description of danger last night, as a re sult of a telegram from Ligonier not ify ing him to lie on the lookout for a rescu ing party that had started from that neighborhood early in the afternoon. This telegram was in harmony with in formation that the Sheriff bad received earlier in the day to tiie same effect that a company of 12 or 15 persons, mounted and armed, had been seen crossing the mountain from the direction of Ligonier toward Somerset. The last piece of information was given to the Sheriff by a gentleman in whom be had the most implicit confidence, and more upon his representation than upon other rumors be had heard, he begun to take defensive measures. At midnight none but citizens or belated travelers were ou the street, and at that hour little fear of midnight raid on the county bastile was felt. Their Last Night on Earth. DAVE PAKTAKES OK TIIE I.IIKHS SI TI'Elt, AX1) THE tl.ER.-YM S KEMAINS WITH IIIM VNTIL MIDNIGHT. About half-past seven o'clock last even ing Elder Granger, accompanied by a number of the ellieers and members of the Iisciple church was, admitted to Iave's cell, and spent some time with him iu reading the Scriptures and in prayer. After he had partaken of the Lord's Supiwr all withdrew except tlie minister, who remained alone with the prisoner till midnight. About half-past 10 o'clock Sheriff 'ood, at the request of Elder Granger, withdrew the death watch from their places in front of the cells of the condemned men and left him to talk with them, free from the observation or bearing of any one. About midnight Elder Granger left the jail. He declined to say anything to the reporter who had been waiting in the lower corridor to in terview him before be left the jail. "There will be no trouble here to-night, David has gone to bed, and I think Till sleep. I will return in the rooming. Good night," and the faithful, weary min ister pulled the collar of his overcoat over bis neck, and with a shudder step pet! out into the storm and darkness and started for h.s borne. Both of the condemned men bad gone to their beds before the minister left tiie jail, and both remained quietly ia their cots during the entire night, ap"turjt'y in sound slumber. Dave Nicely said to one of the guards Tnesday night, "this has been the hard est day I have bad yet- The suspense and worry about what is going to be done at Harrisburg is a great strain. It seems to me that if tie Governor is going to grant a respite we ought to hav beard from him by this time, and I am going to prepare myself for the end." His spiritual advisor bad visited bici during the afternoon, and arrangements had been made at that time to have the rites of baptism administered. Nothing had been heard from llarris burg at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, and at that time (ienerid Coffroth visited the jail, doubtless for the purpose of tell- in g Dave that be had abandoned all hope of securing a respite. The crowd in town at the execution to-day afforded a lucrative field for the operations of pickpockets, and we have beard of no lessj than four victims whose aggregate loss was fbOX 11 Km DECLARED IHSASL Preparations for the Hxccu tion Busily Going On. Another Peddler Confesses to the Murder of Farmer Umberger. So many startling rumors base been in circulation the pa' t three week in retard to a co-.i'cinplj.ted Hti.-xk on the jail by friends of the Nicely boys, for the purpose of securing the release of the I'mberger mur derers, that the County Commissioners Wed nesday evening caused a ."iard. composed of James M. Marshall, Tobias Yodcr, Simon IVrkey a:id (itxTe Cole to be placed on the outside of the prison. The guard are armed with Winchester rifles ami are" made cf the stuff " that would make a long fight in esse an attack is made. Standing on guard nights such as we have experienced the past week has been a most unplexsant duty to lerform. s Thursday morning; a neatly-dressed, pro- fcssionaldooking gentleman arrived in town on the 9:10 train, and went directly to the oflice of of Gen. Coffroth. In a few minutes the stranger and the lawyer apiwared oa the streets and were joined by Dr. II. 8. Kim- mel. A ficr the doctor had been introduced to the stranger, he conducted him to the jail. 11 soon became Known on uie streets that the stranger was a physician, and had presumably come to Somerset at tlie instance of t'ue Nicelys for the purpose of examining the mental condition of Joe who is believed to he shamming insanity. The strange physi cian's name is Dr. Orth, and current rumor places him at the head of the State Insane Ajylum at Harrisburg, and a close personal friend of Governor Pattison. The twa physicians spent several hours in the jail Tbuisday morning, noting the per formances of the prisoecr. Dr. Ortli noticed thn.t Joe had marked off a triangle on his cell fhior, and always walked on its lines. For the purpose of testing the prisoner's sanity be entered the cell aud took up his position at one corner of the triangle, while Dr. Kimmel stood at another. Joe continued his triangular waik, and when he would come i ; to either of the physicians he would stop short, look up quickly, and then shake his head and stamp hia feet. Dr. Orth laugh ed heartily at this manifestation of the pris oner's and remarked, " you don't need to d j that, Joe ; really makes no difference it to me how you act." The doctor expressed a desire to see the prisoner eat, and was present when his supper was handed in. Joe loo the plate conlaing his food and a tin tilled with coffee, anil earring it to the side of his ceil set them on the stationary was hat and. He ate several biles of his snp tier and then put the tin to his lips to take a sip of coffee. The coffee proved to be boil ing hot and the prisoner took the tin cup between his hands and carried it around the trianiiie several time? until it became cool, when he completed his meal. Dr. Orth left on the morning train w ithout expressing an opinion as to Joe's sanity or insatity. He iutimated that on his return to Harrisburg he would make a report and submit it to Governor Pattison. A telegram from Harrisburg Saturday night reads : " Governor Pattison to-night said that the visit of Dr. Orth, of this city, to the cell of Joseph Nicely was not by hia direction. The Governor has not taken any action of the application for the respite of tne murderer, and will not iikely interfere wit's the execution of Joseph Nicely 's death warrant. The evidence of the latter'a in sanity is not sufficiently conclusive to justi fy the Jovrrnor in staying the execution and as to the guilt of the Nicely brothers, noth ing has been produced to convince him that they were w rongfully convicted. Gov. Bea ver Fpent several month investigating the case before hia successor was inaugurated, and he is said to be of the opinion, as a re sult of his inquiry, that the Nicelys were guilty of the crime for which they are to be banged next Thursday.' e Alxmt 7 o'clock Friday evening 3heriff Good received the following dispatch. Salisbcey-, March 1'7, SiiF-Kiir Goop : lie on waieu to-night. Parties on way to release the Nicelys. A KaiESD. The 'friend" probably sent the dispatch as a joke, and the sheriff regarded it as such. Leastwise, the attack never materialized. Saturday afternoon an attorney display ed an envelope at different places about town and volunteered the remark, " if the people of this town knew what this letter contain ed the death watch would be taken from the jail and the outside guard dismissed." He declined to reveal the contents of the letter, but it only required a few minutes for tLe story of the lawyer's mysterious letter to gain circulation, and in a half hour a dozen diflerent rumors were current. The sheriffs oitice waa visited by a large number of men later in the evening to inquire if it was true that he had received a mes-age from the Governor telling hiin to relieve the guards from duty, as he had determined to urant the Nicelys a respite inconsequence of Dr Orth's having reported Joe Nicely to be deaf, dumb and blind. The sheriff aasured his visitors that he had received no such communication from the Chief Executive of the state. FlTZSIMMOKa CHARGED WITH UMAKBiiKKS XlKIirB. Fitzsimmons, the murderer of Detective Gilkinson, of Pittsburgh, is charged with nearly all the murders and robberies that have been committed in Western Pennsyl vania for the pat decade. The latest and most atartling of all is that of charging him with the murder of Farmer Fmberer, but as usual with all hut hour canards there is but little stock taken in it. Below we ap pend the letter in which the charge is made, which read and judge for yourself as to the truth or falsity of the statements contained therein. The letter wag written Friday and mailed from Homestead, Pa. : Accrspn or anotkeb came. " I wish to inform the good people of Westmoreland county that they have un justly accused the Nicely boys of the murder of Farmer I'mberger. If they hang those boys for that murder they will commit a eold-blooded murder. How unjust ; ho unkind have those witnesses sworn in order to get the reward offered for their convic tion ! Think of all ! Ftthers. sons and broth ers, place yourselves in the Nicely brothers' position and you will see the injustice of jury law. They were honest toilers of the soil the most honest class of people on earth. They could not have been induced to have left their loved families and commit such an awful crime. No, never ! The acts of the State will leave these chil dren fatherless, and those mothers weep ing. th, how onjustf It is bringing their parents heartbroken to their graves. Gov ernor of Pennsylvania, save the lives of the Nicely boys, for they are not guilty, and Westmoreland county will be free from the blood of two innocent boys. I bad a talk with a man from near the place where the Umberger murder was com mitted. He told roe confidentially that he would have appeared in behalf of the Nicely boya, but waa afraid he mikrhtget into troub le, as those scoundrels who were pushing t;ie case were bent on having the reward. He had met two men near the Umberger homestead on the evening of the murder. They were peddling silk umbrellas, and tried to sell him one. They offered it at less than cost, but be would not buy. One of the men was taller than the other. The shorter man was a good talker. tPKSTIFIED BV XETERS' TRIE PS, I was present at the train on the evening FitzsimmoDs, the murderer of Gilkinson, was taken to Pittsburgh, when suddenly my friend said to me, " That is the man I saw near the Umberger farm on the evening the old farmer was murdered." That what, is led me to writs the above. I hope the publishing of it may shed greater light over the darknesa and restore these boys to freedom and liberty. May God speed the day when civiliziiion will reach a h'gher standard and the execution of hu man beings will cease to be law. Then we wii! look back on this age as a dark age, as we now recall in history the stories of the headman's ax. Life is too short for such a law to exist, Christ said, " take not life, that which you canuot give." I only wish to say, take the ball that killed Umberger, and the one that killed Gilkinson, together with one from Fitriimmnns' revolver. AVeigh each, one and you will have the story of the UmrKer murder in a nutshell. Count the furrows in the revolver and then count the furrows In the halls, and you will have suf ficient proof to convict Fitzsimmons of both crimes. Notice also that the Smith jewelry robbery, the Umberger murder, and the McKcesport robbery were each done near the same hour of the day. Yours truly, Jons Myers. MEYERS SAYS Till LETTER IS A FORGERY. A search waa made in Homstead for John Myers, the writer of the letter connecting Fitzsimmons with the Umberger crime in Somerset county. The only John tv.r. m be found in Homestead is a man who has lived there for six years. He came there from Latrobe. He was formerly a stonemason, but he is now the owner of a high hat, a clever tongue and a suit of black broadcloth. At present he is earning a living and making house wives happy by peddling clothes-wringers and washing machines. About murders be says be knows but little, and in an ititervie last night said : "I did not write the letter. I do not even know who could have written the letter. All I know is that I have seen Fitz-itraraons peddling silk umbrellas in and about Home stead. I never was in Somerset county. I was not acquainted with the man. I did not see Fitzsimmons tasen from the lockup to the station, but I was on Seventh avenue at the time. I remember of talking in crowd about seeing Fitzsimmons peddling umbrellas and someone may have overheard me aud then built up the rest of the story. I expect the next thing will be the identifi cation of Fred Fitzsimmons as Jack the Hipper. I know just as much about Discon nection with that crime as I do about the perjietration of the Umberger murder." U.VS NO DOt UTS OF THEIR OflLT. Charles McThail, of the Gilkinson agency, was talked to ou the matter Saturday he says : "There is no doubt about theguilt of the Nicely boys. Fitzsimmon never com mitted that crime, and even though Fitz Simmons is a bad man, it is not fair to accuse him of murders that he did not commit. I believe the letter was only a clever scheme gotten up by friends for the Nicelys to secure a reprieve. The rides in each pistol may differ slightly, but then it would be impossi ble to tell whether the groves marked by them in the bullets would be the same. The bullets are so flattened that it would he im possible to tell what the marks were. Of courseallthe 33 caliber bullets of the same make will have exactly the same weight even if they were fired from a thousands different pistols." Dr. H. L. Or'h, of Harrisburg, has submit ted his report to the Governor. He says he came to Somerset at the request of General Coffroth and A. A. Nicely. He then gcxs on to describe the patient and the jail in which he is confined. The doctor then says: "He (Joe Nicely) moved in a seem- imrlv methodical manner around the rear half of the cell, starting from the washstand, which he would seize hold of, shake and pound, then to the smooth wall, passing his right hand along the surface until it met the projecting rib, which he would fumble a short time, then to the comer of the room, where he would pass his fingers over the rivit beads and up and down the angle iron, then pass on to the side and along the wall to another projecting rib, go through the same maneuvers wlOi the same hand. Then, with hia left hand and arm continually mov ing up and down in an ai nless way, he would cross the room and repeat his walk, as if seeking some starting point to work his way through the walla. He never approach ed the cell bars. Noise in the corridors did not apparently in any way attract him. "Inquiring of the deputy sheriff and death watch I learned that this manner of walking was almost constant until dinner time. Af ter dinner he would lie down and sleep for some time, then rouse up and pursue his ainilesi walk ; that he was a light eater, hut only ate when he was led to the table on which food and drink are placed ; that Le was cieanly in personal habits, performing the usual calls of nature without suggestion, went to bed of his own volition, and did not require to be often roused ; got np when he awoke, but would not wash unless urged by gentle force ; that he slept well at night, and did not toss and turn in bed, or moan or utter any cries. His color was sallow, his appearance unkempt, not having been shay el for several days ; countenance heavy, laggard, indifferent ; skin of forehead wrinkled by a constant frown ; eyelids half closed and under lips constantly we: kin ; his face devoid of any indications of intelli gence. He was indifferent and stolid in manner. His attention could not be aroused and maintained except by taking bold of him aud retaining him in the position you desired. This attention was not mental. He was tractable to any guiding physical force, but he would not talk. His silence was persislent and obstinate neither prom ises nor threats seemed to arouse him from his apathetic condition. His eyes were ex pressionless, sensitive (the pGpils dilating and contracting in darkness and light), con stantly in motion, could not be fixed. Tbe tongue slightly coated and reddened at edges. The pulse small end rapid ; about 120 beats per minute. Temperature not taken. The skin appeared cool ; lungs in a normal condition ; heart bypertrophied with impairment of artic valves. Rerlsxes nor mal. Nothing could be learned as to the sensitiveness of the skin. " Interference with him in his usual walk. obstructing his access to hia accustomed points, caused him much annoyance which he expressed by frowning, compressing h' lips, shrugging hia shoulders and stamping on the floor, and then again starting on his rounds with a repetition of his anger when he failed to find bis well-known pro jections, which seemed to engross his whole attention. Twice during my frequent visits to him I awakened him from sleep, but fail ed to detect any gleams of intelligence in his manner or facial expression. " The medical officer in charge of the jail tells me that about four months ago the prisoner escaped, remaining in the woods three or four days, then gave himself up to the authorities ; that he was in a half-starred and nearly frozen condition, and during fid after his rejxivcry he had frequent fits of depression wbicii gradually increased in frequency until shout iXint weeks ago, when failure to have his case reheard by the Pardon Jioaid seemed to totaily depress hia and bis present imbecility followed, and he has not, as far as can be discovered, spoken one word since that date. "After every effort to secure a reversal of the verdict or a pardon had proved abortive the motive to simulate disease was so great, the carrying out of the details of this simu lation was so easy, even under tbe eye of a keen ohverver. in tbe time and place that could be secured for this investigation, that I approached the examination with great hesitancy, bat tbe history of the prisoner (as learned from Dr. Kimmel and the jail at tendants) bis appearance, bis physical con dition, his manner of action all combined to sweep away my prejudices, and convinced me of the present mental and moral irre sponsibility of tbe prisoner, and I undoubt edly believe him to be insane and. a proper person to be committed to the care of an in sane hospital." The report was handed to Gov. Pattison by Lyman D. Gilbert and S. J. McCarrel, counsel for the prisoner, but the Governor did Dot indicate what action be would take. General Coffroth and Anhtotiy A. N rely visited the Sheriff's offl;-e Tuesday inonrng and gave notice that the would demand four tiatetsof admission to the execution. Mr. Nicely also visited his boys In the jail. Joe refused to speak to his father, but before he left shook hands with him. The watch men in the jail think they observe a vast improvement iu Joe's condition since Dr. Orth's visit. Old Mr. Nicely has been seen on tbe streets frequently to day, wearing a fur cap pulled down over his forehead and his pants in his boots. His face is the very picture of dis tress, and calls for the generous sympathy that is bestowed upon him by all who have seen him. V Postmaster Keller receive the followirjg letter on the 9:10 train Tuesday morning: Ri-ssei. Lvn.i.g,, Tenn., March 1S!)1. Sheriff at Somerset, Pa. Dave and Joe Nicely did not kill Uraber ber no more than you did. It was Fiizim mons and myself, and I hope you will not hang them men for they are innocent. I would lar rather come back and be hung than them to bang. If I get tired of. lite I will come and surrender. lama peddler, so was Fitz? and I don't know 'here he is, but somewhere near Pittsburgh I left him. I am going away to try and forget it. Peudlib. This makes the third man who bas con fessed to tbe murder of farmer Umberger. Anthony A. Nicely asked the clerk at the Somerset House, where he has always stopped when in Somerset, if he wou'd not do him the favor of witnessing ti e execution of his boys in event they were not granted a respite. The clerk agreed to do so when the old father said he wanted two men from Somerset to be present so that they could tell hiin about everything that was done and every word that his sons might say, if they said anything. He said he would send two men over from Ligonier who would dothesameand would take charge of the remains after the execution. He does not want any one excepting those in the jail to see the remains and the men sent here by him from Ligonier will take them to their homes across the mountain immediately. What Their Lawyers Say. Lawyers Coffroth and Koontz, the leading counsel for the Nicelys, have al ways insisted in their firm belief in the innocence of their clients. General Cof froth is reported to have gone to Dave one day recently for the purpose of test ing bis innocence. He told the prisoner that there was but little hope for he and his brother. The Governor might inter fere, but that was only a bare possibility. " Now, Dave, " said the General, "there is but one thing we can do. We might carry the case up to the United States Supreme Court on constitutional grounds, but before we make a move it will cost 100. Your father has exhausted his money in fighting the case, which, as you know, bas cost several thousand dollars for actual expenses. Can you raise $100?" " No, I cannot," replied David. " Can't yon get it from some of your friends?" " They have spent all they had, and Joe and I have but 1 between m. It is utterly impossible for me to raise the money. " HAD NONE OK rilllEliCKIj's MONEY. "Now, Dave, " said the General, " you must be frank with me as your counsel. The time for your execution is drawing too close for you to hesitate to confide in me without reserve. Is there no place where you could get this money, or your friends could find it for you? Don't an swer too quickly ; remember it is a case of life or death with you and your broth er.." "No," replied David, firmly, "I know of no place in the world where I or my friends could find a dollar. If $100 would save our live?, we shall be execu ted." Since that interview General Coffroth is ready to swear that his clients are in nocent. The County Jail. The Somerset jail is new, only having been completed last October, and if it were not for the iron gratings over the windows, could easily be mis taken for a private dwelling. The Sher iffs residence is immediately in front of the prison and is cut off from itbya, solid brick wall. Entrance to the jail is gained from a neat veranda on which a door from the Sheriff's office opens. A door in the east wall of the oftice opens into a guard's corridor and in this corri dor a set of iron steps leads to a similar corridor above. The two floors of the jail are exact counterparts. In the upper guard's corridor a solid iron door opens into a barred cage three feet square and in it are two levers operating the locks in the doors of the side corridors. A very narrow door opens into the exercise cor ridor where tbe execution took place. This corridor is 1-1 x40 feet running patt and west. Six feet from the east wall are two steel traps in tbe floor, secured by bolts and operated by a lever. When the lever is drawn the traps are received by springs and held firmly in place. In the ceiling ten feet above the floor and immediately over the traps are two heavy iron rings to which the ropes were secured. Two grated doors lead into side c irri dors east and west and three feet wide, into which fourcells open. Grated fronts expose the interior of all the cells. The Nicely boys occupied i-ells on the east side but were removed to others on the opposite side this morning and had to walk pnly about ten steps to the place of execution. The coffins for the reception of the law's victims were placed in the lower corridor immediate ly under the traps, and when Joseph and David Nicely were pronounced dead the ropes were gently slackened until they had been lowered into them. The lids of the coffins were closed immediately by an undertaker in compliance with a request from the father of the victims, that no one lie permitted to view the re mains. Two men sent by old Mr. Nicely from Ligonier tcok charge of the re mains. THE HAUNTED FARM. V U AVI K BKAI, ESTATE PEPKECIATED PHOST. The Umberger homestead has passed into the bands of strangers. After the tragedy, Mrs. Umberger and her grand children went to live with her son-in-law, Reuben Horner, two or three milesaway. Ella Stern, tbe other witness to to the murder, hired out to another family sev eral miles from Jennertown. For a time the farm was rented to a man named Humbert, who came from Berlin. He did not stay long, and when he went away he said the house was haunted. The story as told by the neighbors as they sit around the fireside in the long winter evenings, is that when the dusk begins to fall, and familiar ob jects become indistinct and assume fan tastic forms, the old alarm bell on the roof will toll dismally two or three times. Then three shadowy forms are seen to issue from the bock door leading out of the kitchen where Farmer Umberger fell del 1 at his w if-'s feet two years "g. First come two men, one tall and one short, both with their faces concealed. In hot pursuit follows the gaunt form ol old Farmer Umburger, with thj pallor of death upon bis face and blood flowing from his breast. I'HASTiiMi l'l'.l'El EV A I'HAS'ToM. On press the two men in ad vance, and closely follows the ghost of the old far mer. On they glide through dewy grass witjg bonding a blade, over uoft pIowTuTl without leaving a track, melting thro-igh fences like a mist. Over the fields and d wn the hollow flee pur sued and pursuer, until they are finally lost in the wood where the murderers rested before they attacked their victim. The story of the ghost depreciated the value of tbe farm. It contains 125 acres of the best hind in S iruerset county, with large and substantial farm buildings. The homestead is comfortable, but old, and not of great value. Finally the ad ministrators of the estate found a man named Schafer who was willing to buy tbe farm, apparition and all, at a reisona ble figure. He balievel that it was easier to lift a ghost than a mortgage. He got the place for f 4,000 cash. When the farm was visited by the writer Mrs. Schaefcr was exercis ing evil spirits by hard work, and had succeeded in putting a polish ou the stove which was bound, by its bright ness, to put to flight a legion of ghosts. ONLY A MEMORY OF THE TRAGEDY REM A INS. Few signs of tbe tragedy linger around the bouse iow. There are still a couple of bullet holes in the wall, showing that the assassin twice miacd his victim, but the stains of blood h?ve been effaced, and the old bell, with its rope coming through the ceiling into the kitchen, has been removed. The work of plowing, sowing and reaping goes on just the same as ever through the varying seasons, for nature never changss her habits though a thousand men be killed. The property will not long be known as the Umberger farm, but will soon take the name of its new owner, and the ghost of Fanner Umberger will be but a shadowy memorybrotight up occasion ally by the matrons of Jennertown to keep their children indoors o'nights. This fanciful tale is taken from tbe Pittsburgh DinjKUrh which recently pub lished " The Narrative of a Crime " from the defendants, point of view. "Tne Haunted Farm " yam contains a few threads of truth. Joe Nicely's Song. The following poem was composed by Joe Nicely a few months ago. It's title is " A Trison Song," and is evidence of his early religious training. When my mind wanders back To my happy childhood days The days that are now forever pat Where my brothers and sisters played Around the dear old cottage house These are thoughts staimied on memory to last. Chorus If your heart was ever sad, Then these thoughts would make you glad: When you think. of the morning you'll be free ; For then you'll cross the prison floor And go out the prison door : For there're many happy days you yet may see. Put as days or months pass by : Ah, the years ! how swift they riy ! P.ut our future, there is no one who can tell, For this is left within the hands Of the One that ever stands And says: "Trust in Me and all things will be well." In the dark and gloomy cell There is no one wbo can tell How anxiously we wait the news to hear That our freedom we have gained And no longer will lie chained. And tire laws of Somerset no longer fear. Ob, the sadness in my heart ! When I think that 1 must part From the friend of life wbo is dear to me; That I never more may be Hoaming o'er this land as free. As the birds that sing upon the leafy tree. But these thoughts may not be so, And from prison we may go If a trial fair by jury we may see. Then with friends we may rejoice. And, with one united voice, Traise the Cod whose hand did surely set us free. Other Somerset County Mur ders. DIFFERENT Mt'RDER CASES TRIE) SINCE THE EltlXTIOS OK THE Cot'NTY IX 1705 ONLY TWO IIANCISdS. Somerset county was taken from Bed ford county by Act of Assembly of Gth April, 1705. The year the new county was erected, but before the Act of Assembly creating it Had gone into effect, a murder was committed in the town of Berlin. A German Reformed preacher. Von Span genbergcr by name, was brought before the church council on a charge of im proper conduct in connection with one of his female parishoners. At the hearing, which was held in the church, one Gless ner, an officer of the church, was giving in his evidence, which was of a very damaging nature, when the preacher jerked out a large butcher knife and made a savag lunge at tlie witness, strik ing him in the region of the heart and killing him instantly. Von Spangenber ger was arrested and taken to Bedford, where he was tried and executed. Til E FRENCH MAN. The first murder case tried in Somer set county was at the February term of court in tlieyear 1S07, when Noel Huguel or Hugues was tried and convicted for the murder of one Pollock. The murder was committed on the Allegheny Moun tain, in tbe neighborhood of where 'Sijnire William Keel now lives, in Shade township. Pollock was a drover, and was supposed to have a large sum of money on his person when he was way btidand shot by two Frencbrren, broth ers. In trying to evade arrest one of the brothers was shot and killed; the other being arrested and brought to Somerset and placed in jail. At the time of the trial of Noel Hugues tbe Oyer and Terminer Court was bold en before John Young, President Judge, and Robert Philson, John Kimmell and William G. Elder, Associate Judges. The following is an extract taken from the brief record of the trial of the pase, The record is a small book, about the size of a pocket diary, which in that day was sufficient to contain the crimiral records of the county courts ; "Commonwealth vs Noel Huguel, al v;February Term, 1807 Noel Ungues j Murder. Jury Henry Wey, Henry Bowsinger, Michael Trover, Emanuel Smith, Patrick Nelson, Conrad Shuitz, Jacob Meyers, William Ong, Peter Augustine, William Morgan, Henry Weimer, Jacob Swank. Who upon their oaths and alfirmations aforesaid respectively Do Bay that the prisoner is Guilty in manner and form as he stands ind ieted of murder in the first degree. Whereupon the prisoner being brought before the Court en the .'7th of February ISti? to receive his sen tence, the Court thereupon adjudge and direct that he be taken back tb the Jail from whence be came and from thencj to the place of execution and there to be hanged by the neck until he is dead. " Tiie record contains no certificate tr mention of the fact of the dread sen tence of the Court being carried into ef fect, but it as, nevertheless, and Noel Huguel, or II gr.es. was hanged. The execution took place on tho hill where the Lutheran cemetery is now located, and the remainsoftliecriniin.il were in terred at the side of the ''public road, within a few feet of the'spot .where the execution took place. .IF.oRiiE ANI) SU Hoi. AS (ilFLKR. At the September term of Court, K'4, George and Nicholas Gibler were tried for murder, charged w if h ".killing their brother, in Larimer township. The members of the jury that triil this cate were Jacob King, Thomas Ilanns, Henry Mowry, George Meese, Bernard Connelly John Spangler, Jacob Lambert, Peter Copp, David Simpson, Samuel M.CIure, Daniel Berkey, David Crossan. Nicholas was acquitted and George was found guilty of murder in the second de gree. The record of thecase contains the fol lowing entry : " 8th September, 1-'M. The Conrt sen tence the deft George iibler to undergo imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for the Western District of Pennsylvania in the county of Allegheny for a period of e!een years and six calendar months there to'tie kept at labor and in sepa rate or solitary confinement during the said tieriod and to be fed and clothed and treated as is provided by the Act of Assembly m such cases inaife ana provided that he pav the costs of pros ecution and stand committed until this sentence is carried into effect, WIU.1AM MILLER. The next murdpr ca.se to Le tried was at April term, 1S:;0, and the" Defendant was one William Miller, charged with killing his young son in tiieniahoning township. The jury in this case was composed of William Harden, John Hei pie, (of John,) Solomon Brtickcr, Jonas Peck, Daniel Martz, Gillian Koontz, Kmanuel Cover, Isaac Husband, John Creamer, John Horner, Jesse Berkebiie, Peter Augustine and their finding was as follows: " Tbe iurv find tiiat the prisoner, Will iatn Miller, is not guilty in manner and forui as he stands indicted, and that h was insane at the time of tiie commission of the olfense charged against him and that he is acquitted hy the jury on the ground of insanity. CHARLES IIoYI.E. In 1S14, at the January Session of Court, Charles Hoyle was tried for kill ing a boy, in Stonycreek township. The jury who tried the case were Sam uel Rhoads, David Philippi, icf C.) Mi chael Chorpening. Michael Mowry, Ab salom Case beer, Jof-eph Justice, Jacob Carver, Henry L. Holbrook, Benjamin HershbergeT, David Hinebaugh; David Husband and John Bowlin. Their verdict was " not guilty. " HENRY UAldllMAN. Henry Baughman was tried for the murder of bis son Henry, at September term, 1S10. It was charged that be kill e his son, in the woods, and burned the body. From the record of the case we take the following: Sept. Sess. l.Sl'.t. Commonwealth vs. Henry Bangliman, Clerk Stewart, Att'y Gen'l Ktiie, Sh'U' Grilhth. 5th Sept., 1S40. A true Bill. George 1. Walker, Foreman. And now to wit, 0th Sept., l$ at a Court of Oyer and Terminer held at Somerset, in and for the County of Som erset, Lefore the Hon. Jeremiah S. Black, President Judge of the said Court, and George Chorpeuning, one of the Associ ate Judges, tiie primmer beinif present in Court and beinir arraigned and the bill of indictment being read to him, pleads not guilty rt lc in-t; etc., Att'y Gen"! timilikr ft Luiis. Whereupon a jury of the County being called, selected and empaneled, namely : John Countryman, Michael Mowry, Jonathan Barn worth, Hirarn Morrison, Joseph Cochenonr, Ja cob Shaffer, Jonas Horner, Daniel Glot felty, John Hollinan, Mark Ross, John Il.inna and Henry K. Holbrook, were sworn severally and respectively, the Court pioceede-J with the trial of the prisoner. Court adjourned till to-morrow at Si o'clock. 7th Spt., ISp.l Court met pursuant to adjournment, and the pris oner being preuent the trial proceeded during the day, when the jury retired to deliberate. Court adjourned until no tice from the jury that they were pre pared to render their verdict, which no tice being given, the Court met at 11 o'clock, p. m. of Saturday, Sth Sept, 1S4!, w hen, the prisoner being present, the jury rendered 3 verdict of "Guilty in manner and form as he stands indicted, of murder in the second degree, htu September, 1S40 F. M. Kimmel moves for a new trial for reasons filed. Court adjourned until Monday morning at 10 o'clock, 10th September, lis'.). Court met pursuant to adjournment, and the pris oner being brouaht in wag remanded un til to-morrow morning. Court adjourned to meet 11th September, 1S4!, at 101 o'clock. 11th Septeiulier, 1S40, court met". His Honor Jeremiah S. Black, President Judge, and George Chorpening, Associ ate Judg?, being present, prisoner was brought in. Motion for a new trial refused and tbe Court sentenced the Defendant, Henry Baughman, to pay the costs of prosecu tion, to undergo an imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for the Western Dis trict of Pennsylvania, in Allegheny Coun ty, there to be kept in solitary confine ment and ai labor, for the period of elev en years and nine calendar months, and to be in custody until this sentence ia complied with ; and that he be convey ed from the jail of Somerset county to said penitentiary for the purpose of car rying this sentence into etl'ect. It. S. Stewart, Clerk. l!Hh Sept. 18:10, Receipt of the Warden of the Western Penitentiary for the body of the above defendant tiled. R. S. Stewart, Clerk. DANIEL I.R'HTY. In March, 1S52, Daniel Lichty was tried for the unlawful killing of Michael Ferner. Messrs. Lichty and Ferner were both farmers living in Somerset town ship. Ferner attempted to chastise a young son of Mr. Lichty 's when the child's father struck him a severe blow on the head, with the handle of a heavy whip, inflicting injuries from which it was alleged Ferner died. 1.1 inVlt'K BAfctl. In Auguest, 1S54, Ludwick Buer was tried for the murder ol an Irish laborer who was er.gaircd on tbe Sand Patch tun nel. It was alleged that Baer got into a fight with a number of Irishmen at the tunnel and afterwards meeting one of the number in the W001I9 clipped him over the bead with a billet of wood and killed him. The record in this case is very concise and contains nothing but the finding of the jury, which was "not guilty." . HENRY l'RITTS. The most famous murder trial ever had in the Somerset courts w at February Term, Iat-0, when Henry Pritts was tried for the killing of FJias Weimer. Judge F. M. Kimmel! waa on the bench, and counsel tor the Defendant were Win. U. Fortieth waite ami John I. Kdie, The jurors who tried this cage were: Conrad Fair, John Wigle, Jacob P, Speicher, Thomas Swank. Jacob Berke pile, F.lias Caton, William Troutiuan, Jacob Frank, Peter Long. The following is an extract from the record of the case : "The jury retired at 121 o'clock in charge of constables S. p. Snvder and Isaac Wendle, and at 2 o'clock 'returned a verdict, 'that the prisoner Henry PritU is guilty of the felony of murder, whereof be stands indicted in tbe first degree 'now to wit' in February IStit), the pris oner was brousiht into court by the Sher iif, all the Judges beinaon the Bench Mr. Meyers, the District Attorney, moves the Court for Judgement upon Henry J ntts, the prisoner at the Bar. Where upon : he Court asked the prisoner wheth- erhe hd ou'it to .-y wi,( t: of the I should ij,.,t I e , upon him, for the murir f mer. The prisoner be ins; fiii ted, replied, that he hud n,t! i.:s iV, ".-enteiice was 1'ieii pr-i .m . i him 11 follows : '1 ' 'The j'ltigiiii i.t ...f the !; w is. j;,. , be taken fro 1:1 this to i ...:"; V'" the I'outtty f S t:n I' -o r--. i and from lilt 111 e to the p a.? f '' tion, within the Jail yard .,f tjie "h, prison, and on a day to he appoint,-,! 1 ' '. be there hanged, by the n.-ck, tmj;; ' a ue ueau an 1 may i ion lave n,e yo'ir soul.' " ''' r!l "Warrant from W. I'. Pi ker.i vr of the ( '.)'u:iionw.';i!;ii. t . sher.if V. er, for tbe execution of H-nry l'r;"' me mi iuv i-i juiic, i! ,tw,. e 1 . . .i.i.. . . 11 tt.e Hours 01 jo o 1 1111 a. 111. a m. of said dav. dated 7th it 0 av ,,f 1 ' I ;), and extiibtted I l'h. April, '"' ' Certifiente of Perry Wa.ker. k ; .1 SherilF, of S ':ier-et v'o-in: y, ..i,,,t , n", 1 Pritts was executed by hiu'i, walls of the jail of se.id IVuiitv. "u't,."' tlie hours of 10 o'clock a. 1,1. ai,, ;; .y,.!,!' p. 111. on the 22n I, day of June Imj)' accordance w ith the warrant of the i;,.',!5 ernor of the ('otiinn.nv illii. i;.,! 0" the 2i!rd, day of Jane lsr.i.' J 1 11 u:i.ks M M i 1.1 Was tried for the murder ofM;c),' Roach at September sessions i -r;lf Defendant was a contractor on tlie p ;. burgh and Connellsville 1 tail road. l;.w,.. who was in his employ, one niht ! ' one of his horse from the stable. started tog.) to the town of I'rmna a short distance away. Maiiffull was i. ormed of Roach's departure, an ! .,ir. ing in pursuit of him, overtook l.i when an altercation ensuinir, Maf-'i drew a revolver, ami sunt R .a.-lj .ii Tiie murder created intense f,...' throughout the southern end. ft'ie ( ,.- . ty, and tbe trial was a most iiiti rt;-, and exciting one. 3 The Jury w as coin posed of T!,oi1;u, Gallagher, Casper Wahl, Charles A. ter, Samuel M. Fike, Joi as J. 1'ikp. -,. gusttis Rosenburger, Gcor?e McKin? David K. Wilson. .. P. llaer, i;e,,r Spangler, Charles Rhoads and !r Hetiley. Th.'y brought their verdict in;,, f v,-; shortly after midnight. The Cum ho w was densely packed, ard upon th an nouncement of the verdict of "nil! tr::i. t," the imir.cn-e audi-we btirit f,,r;i into applause, much to the displeasn. , the late Judge King, who was then m the bench. " !t.t ; M ?!f FKEH. At May Term, 1-S71, William Shar was placed on trial for his life, chtsril with the unlawful killing of 1 ieorge Mar shall. Shaffer was a l.id of 1". vears of ag", while Marshall was two years his senior. The trial resulted in a verdict of "n .t guilty." .loirx .1. .i:e.'e. On the 10th day of Apri', ls7ii, John J. Seese, a farmer living in Paint town ship, struck one Jacob Rose on the l.fa'. with piece of slab, inflicting iinnlri from which it is alleged Rose died. tLe following day. Seese was arraigned on an indictment for murder, at August S.s sion, s7''. The Jury was composed of: Jacob Kimruc!!, Alexander J. Rhoads, David Swank, Samuel Mct.der, Washington M-gahan, John Hocking, Jr., Chancer F.Dickey, Joseph J Miller, Joseph H. Miller, Abraham Lenhart, A brum Ijimiis and G. M. Fey. Their verdict was guikv of murder in the second degree. Su m- was sentenced to the penitentiary !'..,r seven years. wo.n. m. rni'fj.iv. The last nnrdf r caso tried in the Som erset count v courts was that of VTolt'-inir Huffman, at August Session, lssu. H, ;!' man was charged w.th killing his w:f F.liabeth, in June, lso, by str;k:ng her on the bead with ah miner. John Smith, Cornelius Tressler. Robert Guthrie. Gabriel G 00 1, Elijah Holid iv. William L. Hoover, J.ieob Rittner, Kiifiis Hay, John Ravencraf4, John Blake, J.hc Mowry and Edward Rhoids composed the jury. The verdut was "md guilty." The Umbemer Traced A Complete History of the Umber gar-Nicety Caseto be issued in Book Form. All the fatts and -ie ails of tbi.-. in niar.r resitu the niot rein;.rkal!e criminal ''a-' in tiie history of l eiin ylvania. are n-w ! ing prepared in hook 'urm. In th: n t..r and cin i:mlnnti:ii a.'tiitin?. then- will t given many incidents t:iat have never yrf been published, among which will be tl.e otlicial notes of the detectives nnplmV :a working up tbe case. TLo notes of fiiikinson are peculiarly interesiin' int:e delineation of circtim nances oci'iirinr i" early staeesof the case preceding the srroi of tlie Nicely brothers by t'on?ta'..ie rUu.ii. l'receedinjrs of all the preliminary hur ings are given ; also many reiua'kabV oc currences of the most, thrilling c!iarartert tending tiie arm-t of Hamilton a::J tl' Nicelys. The detection and i.t-overy of:!- pocket-book of Herman I'DiVr.'T-s- work of Chief t'iik!mun ivt-n in ii latter own uinjuu.;e and Kirius j.roix!"? the moul inleres'ilnsf chapter in t!:e wh"-' book. The trial of Jixieph and l-ivM with its many stirring scenes and incii.ut is given unusual prominence; a'l the :rJ portai.t evidence on both sides is rei'f r.:rl in full from the report of the OrFIOIAL COCKT STENOOR ' .:'!!l of the Court, besides the full eloir;.' ;" Court, the refusal of a new trial, the"' ence of the Court, the appeal to the s : rw Court of Penn'a., etc., with full tutu-15" ciaion of Supreme Court. tLHTSATtnV-i The book will t-.-.yuin a nei portrait of Herman 1'iutcrjer, : graved for this look and r.c.'.r u'i. lished. S;:e-.:iuliy enj-raved piet'irea of J'" seph and David Nicely. Specially rrcta""' ensrovir.a of ."unstable John u. Ka'iea'- i " of K'pnty Sheriff McMillen. who !raV ? resisted the a.ssiii!t of tiie Nicely' J '' occasion of their fut escape Irons Hie s- '" erset jail. A sj.leidid engravo: of Jj-'' Xaney l'ml;er::or, widow of Herman ' 'T' berger, and a very life-like enraviru Nannie Horier, 'he bright !: "T"" against the Nicely Ai.- portra..3 prominent attorneys in the ca-e. An edition of 'hree tb 1 ''f" " now in pss, over buifof whivh a"; sold. I! ok will bt issued iU.t !'"" ter execution and promptly u- n ed tu-t- scribers. Eoo'; will be sent pot paid to-"' addressee receipt of Vi cents, r'" for iiou. Address all orders to . H- !'" ner, Somerset, Pa Go to FlsMr Book Stora. Fine stationery, blank books, I Binn'i I..li.e Miae'Lineu.i bj'i ta3" fountain pena, ink, pen?, pen Wcttiw. uieture frames. zos"-l Lyn a! :.- eran. Disciples and KvangeiicaJ fcy'"n Sunday school cards, tkkrW ar.J chn,c" bibles, trstaiuenta. marriage eert:r!,.."- g.uines, povels, rjewspnjers. .n.'T - 1 1 novelties, hal.7 hi "jie, phot. Vjie. phot.Vk'rar-'." 11 w Nicely -I'niherirr K'1' " 1 numherof Ht,",I:"' and Dave Nicely, bollads, Kxecutiou niifwr t.tv Iw.lrH Mit music, ar and in ' anvthini? n.l .vtrvlhinif usually fut"J ' first elaM R.ifc News and Stati""1'0'; -to" ( has. H. Kl-H Painless Extraction Vf"' is safely afforded only by tins u r Oiidegas. Don't be d'jJ lrj',r thing else. Adm;a'4!jed tai ly ty 3. J.M. MiU--Somerset, 1: 1
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