It -far d tuatsAMk
Mill
the
wife
llttse? in answer to oaa received by lis
nUd fil bef rer(rp?t ) suppose be wanted
Ip gst me R9 ft witppflj j fo didn't just iav
bo wanted mo 68 & witness, (We omit
cpcea.-e s oml nation Irrelevant to case.)
Mr, Martha Damca called: Saw the
rplresnm when they cams to Mrs, Mil
ler's ) it vr.n In May or June last ; think
' U vrai the 5th or 3rd of June Ilowsser tmd
' But?r cupped Mrs, Graham ; paw them
that day ; the next day my has'baud get
h&nd cut, and 13 user dressed it that
, CYCRlng by candle light; Monday, the
nest day, he dressed it again in the morn
ing; be bad that very same tin box (box
Plfown)'with him at the time; didn't pay
' much attention to where they said they
were" going ; they said they, were going
away or they could attend to the cut bet
tcr; Ilowser wa8 there too; think they
came back in a week or so; Mr?,
moved on Saturday ; Buser bought
furniture to co to house-keeping; his
paid she gave him the money, and she
cried afterwords about tho money ; think
' it was tho same week they dressed Dames'
hand j Mrs. Graham was cupped cn Sa
turday, and Mrs, Miller moved the
next Saturday; Mrs. Graham got mar.'
Tied when Mr. 0 rah am came back from
tho army.
Cross-examined: The bos Buser had
looked like this one ; Buser moved into
Mrs. Miller's house on Saturday ; suppose
the furniture would be bought a day or
two previous ; Mrs. Buser siidaftervvards
she was sorry she gave Buser the money,
und was crying about it; she had a child,
which died; Buser only dressed my hus
band's hand on Sunday evening and Mon
day morning; think he was -about there
lor a few days after that; remember of
31 ag lless getting him to dress a cut in
her head a few days after that; don't
mind if it was Thursday ; Mrs. Miller was
living there when this happened, and it
was between Monday nnd Saturday of the
week my husband got his hand cut ; re
member the poisoned dog ; these prison
ers were there then ; (box shown ;) can't
make any difference between this box and
the one they had; Howser's feet were sore
the time ot the dog occurrence; when
Jlowser and Buser came back they at
tended my husband's hand again think
it was a week alterwards; Buser said they
had to go away ; didn't intend to eay
' they staid away a week; the hand was
" sore a week any way, when it was dressed
again ; Mae Hess lived at Mrs. Miller's.
IN CAMBRIA COUNTY. '
Mrs. Susan Preall, sworn : Live in
Summerhill now, but at time of the mur
der lived half a mile from there; know
where Polly Paul lived ; didn't know
then'; my residence was between Polly
Paul's and Summerhill, on the road lead
ing by Polly Paul's; tho day previous to
the murder, on Tuesday, a man came to
my house with a tin box in his hand: only
one man came ; he asked me if .-Movers
lived there ; told him there had been a
family named Myers lived there before
I came there to live; he said he had
. been around there about ten years before;
then asked me about the property I lived
on and who owned it ; told him ; he then
said ho was out for buying property, and
ihat he thought this would suit him ; he
talked about my husband, aud asked if he
would sood be home from the army ; ask
ed me who were my next neighbors; told
him Mr. Warnet-Jfived on one road and
Mr. Paul on the other ; referring to the
latter, he asked, "is she nianicd ?" told
him I said Mr. Paul, not Mrs. Paul ; then
he asked me if I had any cupping, bleed-
ing, leecning or looiu-urawing 10 uo; ioiu
weaving for other people ; ho asked me
again if.ehe was by herself now; "not
now," I replied ; ha eat. there nearly an
hour, talking all sorts of foullshnoss, and
hen asked Rgain about widow Paul ; told
bim eIiq was nq widow; he said he must
hunt herTup any way j ho spoko German ;
ho was not a very large man ; was dark
complexified, and had a beard on, his
chin, and mustache j never saw him be
fore; think the man is in Court room now;
IICnySEP. AGAIN IDENTIFIED,
(points to Howser;) that's him ho had a
tin b&x with him at the time ; hadn't it
open J told me his business was. cupping,
leeching, &o. J (box shown ;) it wag a box
pretty much like this ; he. started off to
wards Summerhill, saying ho "must hunt
her up;" started off in the direction he
came; there was pome talk between us
about thedirectian to Xolly Paul's ; poin
ted out the road to him, but didn't toll
him. how far distant it wa.
Court adjourned at 12.20 o'clock.
Afternoon. Court met. at 23 minutes
past two o'clock.
Mrs. Sarah Paul cross-examined : Am
the wife of Isaac Paul; I told this to my
husband when.be came home in the eve
ning; was not examined at the lleam and
lliddle trials; was examined before the
Justice; told the Squire what I have told
here; it was alter dinner-time this man
was at my house, on Tuesday; am certain
of that ; lie had nothing with him but a
box, that I saw; saw him coming to the
house . ali?hg the road frcmSummsrhill;
there weio other persons at my house that
day, but they uidn'f see him close: they
were cot clo:-e to him ; he was not so very
bir, but was none of the smallest of men ;
he looks verv much like the man, (point
ing to Ilowser) ; I do believe, on my oath,
he is the man: ('Ilowser is told to stand
up ;) he has the face, and is about the
size cf the man ; I saw this man (Ilowser)
since that time once, about three weeks
before last Court; he was in jail, aud J
went in to see if I'd know him by look
ing at him; did not say at the Squire's
that the man who was at my house was a
clock pedler; didn t say he had no beard,
but a mustache ; he had hair on his chin:
don't mind it lie had any up tne siaes oi
his face.
- John S. Johnston called: I live in Al
legheny city, Penr.a. ; am not much ac
quainted with the prisoners, but have seen
him I had not, when he left; had never
before seen the man; that large, dark
compl&xioced man (pointing to Horsier)
looks very much like him;
HOWSER IDENTIFIED.
he is the same man has the same bight,
the same complexion, and is in every way
very much like tho man who came to my
house; he had on a black coat, black
pants, a black Kossuth hat, and a white
hirt; his language was broken English ;
this was between twelve and one o'clock ;
he came into the yard by the back W3y;
I met him at the door; when lie went
away, he started towards Warner's, and
then turned around aud asked me if that
was the way to Paul's; I said it was not,
when he turned and walked in the direc
tion of Isaac Paul's; ho had nothing but
n tin box in his hand ; (box shown ;) it
looked like this one; he did not open it ;
when he was talking, I was wondering if
ke wasn't a jewelry peddler.
Cross-examined : Live on road leading
towards Poll? Paul's, a half mile from
Summerhill; the man wore nearly
thv
same beard now worn by Ilaw&cr; 1 was
not examined about this case before; told
this to Mr. Cooper that evening at Sum
merhill, before 1 had heard of the murder;
was 'examined before the Justice ; the man
talked some ten or fifteen minutes with
me; at the time 1 was examined before
tho Justice, had not seen anybody that
looked like this mac ; lliddle did not look
like him ; it i3 a half mile from my house
to Polly Paul's.
ON THE DEATH TRAIL.
Mrs. Sarah Paul calftd : Live about a
mile- and a half from Summerhill, and
abiut three-fourths ct a mile from where
Polly Paul lived ; i-he was my sistcr-io-law
there was a man at our house the
day before the murder, about cue or two
o'clock as near as I can recollect; he com
menced talking, and asked about the
widow Paul ; told him I knew nothing of
a widow Paul ; he raid somebody had told
him there was a widow Paul living in that
iJirection some place, who did her own
farming; told him she was not a widow ;
he then asked about her property, and
said somebody had told him she was going
to fell out told him she was not going
to sell; he asked if she lived by hertelf;
laid him she was net living by herselt
hnri n P-iri wun uer: uu
II4HL AltO '
taid, "Arc there no men about the house '
told him there was only the gnl ihcrc;
toll him the girl took iu weaving, and did
them
Hnwser in the estern 1'eni-
saw
tentiary in 1SG2; have seen them both ;
these are the men ; saw them one morn
ing in May, in Mrs. Miller's house; both
these men (prisoners') came into the house:
didn't knjw Buser at first; he had a'arge
mustache; asked me if I knew him, and
he told me some little things which made
me recollect him ; saw Ilowser in the yard
of the penitentiary ; may be mistaken a3
to the year ; knew them at the house ot
Mrs. Miller when they were there ; they
went under the character of cuppers and
leechers or country traveling; doctors,
I suppose you might call them; recollect
that they cupped Mrs. Graham on Satur
day, 3d June, 1865 : they left her house
on Monday about dinner time; couldn't
say if it was before or after dinner time,
but saw them about eleven o'clock in the
morning ; thoy returned again the Friday
following, which would be the 8th ; (wit
ness was here corrected as to date ;) any
how it was on Friday ;
PRISONERS HAD NO MONEY ON 5m JUNE,
they had no money before they left
there, only a little scrip j it wouldn't
amount to a dollar, all I saw; they m'rgV.t
have had more; don't know anything
about their circumstances after trny re
turned ; I wanted to get a house of mine
emptied of its tenants, and they wanted to
stay there till spring ;
RETURN FROM EXPEDITION, AND EUSER
HAS FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
Buser asked me what I'd take for the
house, and I told him S1G0O in green
backs ; says Buser, "that s more than my
pile would . reach Pll give you
down and the balance in a year;'
not eay how long this was after they re
turned ; two weeks, or less, perhaps;
llowscr's feet were swollen, and he was
not able to walk ; they cupped them be
tween thern and put iodine on them,
which-turned them a kind of yellow;
could not tell what they had with them
when they left, as I did not see them start
ing. Cross examined . Saw them tho Friday
they came back, in the fore part of the
diy; they cama down the alley to Mrs.
Mii'.er's house; saw them on Wednesday
on the street, funun&t the mouth of the
alloy ; I wanted to get the tenants out of
my house when I wanted tosell .it; did
not know IJuser had no money, uut saw
no money with him only the amouut of a
dollar iu serin ; this
' ...
: i u rw ' nn:o won har. nr. Mr
Answer No, they were stopping there.
Question What is the difference be
tween slopping and hoarding?
Answer" The distinction is, that a man
boarding pata for his meals, while the
other don t
Witness continues : Mrs. Miller bor
rowed monev from me to buy the victuals ;
was. marnea to ner on me uuiy, ut
ter these men had been arrested ; Mrs.
Miller had no boarders the time we were
married; she moved on the 17th July;
the ball came off before she moved; Bu
ser and I moved the things for her ; "was
preseut when Ilowser got his feet cupped ;
am nDt a cupper myself, and so don't
know what kind of cups they used ; there
was blood in the cups when they came off ;
this was before Mrs. .Miller moved j knew
Barnes got his hand cut, but I wasfpot in
the fight; couldn t say if tho cupping
was before or after the fight; think it was
after prisoners had returned; can't fix the
day ; had no conversation with prisoners
about Cambria county ; did understand in
conversation with Buser that he and How
scr were going up the railroad
TOWARDS THE MOUNTAIN ;
asked him what he was going o do for a
living ; he said, 4I know where I can
make a pretty thing of it -a cool $40,000
and it is easy to be got;", this was du
ring the same conversation in which he
talked of the mountain ; did not see them
starting away; this talk was on First St.,
Allegheny city ; asked Buser what ho in
tended doing for a living because both
prisoners were living off Mrs. Miller, and
I wanted them to go away and give, her a
-chance to pay me back the money I lent
her ; this conversation wa3 on the Mon
day following; the day Barnes got his hand
cut was oa tho 4th June, about 11 o'clock ;
know it was the 4th June because there
was a tenant in one of my houses, a law
yer by the by, who was too poor to pay
the rent I told him if he didn't "come
to time" he'd have to leave ; by pome
means or other he scraped up the money
aud paid me on Saturday, and I looked at
the almanac above my desk and saw it
was the 3rd June; he don't praci ice law ;
Question by counsel IIow then do you
know he is a lawyer ?
Answer I only have hi3 word for it,
and tJewordof a lawyer is not always
very reliable; ho didn't do anything while
in my house ; he has left Allegheny now ;
don't kuow where lie went to.
TWO MEN WITII A BLACK CARPET-BAG.
James It. Cooper re-called : Reside at
Summerhill Croyle township; on tho af
ternoon of 7fh June last, went up the hill
along the Jacksou road; when comiug
back, met two men going up ; they were
both walking in the middle of the road ;
I was on the : outside of the wagon-ruts
wheu they passed me; both had dark clo
thing on ; the taller one was next to me,
and was perhaps five feet eight inches
higli the other. was half a head shorter f
spoke to them 3aid "good evening;"
this between six and seven o'clock; they
muttered something in reply, but did not
turn their heads ; the one nearest hae was
a dark complexioned man; looked at them
to see if I could recognize them, but could
Dot ; the one next me walked very erect,
and had a large blaok valise in bis hand;
the other one had a stooping, slouchy
walk ; the one having the earpet-sack
carried it off from him as though he did
not want it to touch his person ; (clubs
shown to witness ;) believe clubs of that
size would go into the sack, though it did
not appear to me as if there was anything
in it both men looked dark in the face;
couldn't say they I'M beards : they didn't
turn their head3 around, oC that 1 might
get a good view of them ; they were
know how far I was from home at the
time ; 4ho. men I saw had hats on ; Jold
my mother about this as 60on as I got
home ; told my father before" I ate my
supper ; went over to Polly Paul's next
day ; saw something was wrong, . as there
was no smoke coming from tho chimney,
the cows were in the orchard, and the
calf bawling in the stable; my mother
went back: with mo to Polly Paul's, but
did not go into house or barn; came back
and told my" father ; it was near dinner
time. Jacob Weiosickle called : (Witness is
a German and unable to speak English;
M. John. D. Thomas officiates as inter
preter ;) Stibolisky came to my house and
said there was something wrong at. Polly
Paul's ; wanted a couple of men to go
with him to see what was the matter ; I
went with him and found everything up
sido down at house of deceased ; Schrift
was also along; we hunted all around and
through; the beds; found a club ; then
the three among us talked that this look
ed like a murder; can't tell which one
said it; we then went tothe spring house
and found nothing : it was open : I went
up to .the barn, and as soon as I opened
the door, saw Polly Paul lying there,
dead; there were a cow and a calf in the
stable only ; Polly Paul lay behind the
cow, near tho trough ; we talked the mat
ter over, and concluded we would have to
send for the Squire ; Stibolisky went for
him.
Cross-examined : WJas at home the day
before the murder; it is a-good mile from
my house to Polly Paul's; Jacob Shrift
came there to live before I did ; I lived
there eight years ; did not know Cassie
Munday; never taw her till I saw her
dead ; Schrift and I were hunting in the
apple garden when Paul found Cassie
Munday.
Jacob Schrift called : (Witness is a
German, and Mr. John D. Thomas sworn
to interpret his testimony;) Had just
hitched up to sow buckwheat when Stib
olisky and Veinsickle came for me to go
to Paul's ; they said that something was
wrong. (We omit the balance of this tes
timony, it being merely corroborative
of last witness )
BUSER AND HOWSER ARRESTED.
Officer Robert Hague called : Am one
of the Independent Police of Pittsburg:
in company with Mr. M'Kelvy, arrested
these prisoners in Allegheny city, at Bu
ser'fc own house; his wife handed me this
box (box shown) from the head of the
8500
could
conversation about
scliin' me iioue us uu uv win
ter's ; was not boarding there, -but was
there a good deal ; was there souielimes at
night, courting the widow; married her
since; was at balls close by at different
times ; was at a ball in house owned by
Ilinckle; no one cut my hair before I
went to that ball; one of these men did
cut my hair, but not at that time; don't
think I wai at a ball there in June ; don't
think there were acy balls therein June;
they had some in July ; saw Ilowser in
the penitentiary' out in the yard when they
were building the cells, but couldn't say
what he was doing; ther were a great
many prisoners there ; -spoke with him
one time, and gave him some tobacco;
it is eay to know a prisoner there from
other workmen, as you are not allowed to
speak to them; think it was 1861 cr 18G2
I saw him; saw Mrs. Miller at a ball at
"blind H inkle's;" was there when there
was a fight, when lager,.got too high ;
couldn't recollect the timeor.month, but
think it was in 1865; think it was iu
July ; both prisoners were there ; they
were stopping at -Mrs. Miller's then:
"BOARDING- STOITINO."-
Question by counsel Were they not
bearding there ?
GOING TOWARD POLLY PAUL S ;
the walk and eize of the prisoners corres
pond with walk and size of men I saw.
Cross-examined : Was examined in the
case of Ream, but not in that of Riddle;
did not testify that Ream 'and Riddle
looked like the men I saw; did say Ream
walked with a shuffling gait, like one of
the men I saw; they-were about one
third of - a mile from Summerhill; the
time of the Erie Express train at that
station was 5.52 p. m. ; didn't see any box
like this, (box shown) with them; the
train 6topped that evening, but cannot
reoollect it any person got off ; it got dark
at that time about . 7 or 8 o'clock;, p. m. ;
it is a couple of miles from Summerhill
to Miss Paul's.
THE MURDERERS SEEN ALMOST IN THE
ACT.
Mary Stibolisky called : Am a daughter
of Michael Stibolisky; siiw two men run
ning towards Pally Paul's barn the eve
ning she wa3 killed ; tho sun was down ;
those men bad black clothes on was
hunting the cows when I saw them; be
fore 1 came to where I saw the men, T
heard a noise : first thought it was the.
hog3 that made the noise, but after listen
ing a little while, thought it was the voice
of
hallooing as though in dis-
slairs : L marked it ; ( here the witness
examined the box at the request of coun
sel, and found cups, tooth-pulling instru
ments, two bottles of medicine, Sec. ;) the
way I came to arrest these men, Mr. Xoon
came to me and told me they were sus
pected of being the persons who commit
ted the murder in Cambria covnty ; I
then informed Mr. M'Kelvy, and asked
him to assist me in arresting them; after
we got them located, told him to watch
them, and then wrote to Mr. Noon;
shortly after he and the Sheriff came down
with a warrant, and with M'Kelvy then
went and arrested them and brought them
here; saw them tried in our Court house
some two years ago ; know nothing of
them since that time till this transaction
took place.
Cross-examined: Mr. Noon told me
there would be about 500 reward ; told
M'Kelvy to keep a watch on prisoners,
and that if they proved the right parties,
I would divide the reward with hirn ; the
Independent Police to which 1 belong are
first elected by the wards of the city, and
are then appointed by the Court, and
have to give in bonds; don't belong to the
Mayor's police.
William M'Creery recalled : Never re
sided in Cambria county ; wlulo in the
penitentiary, after I heard of this murder,
wrote a note cut to Dr. Campbell stating
that I could put him on the track of the
persons who committed this thing in Cam
bria county; he came in and talked to
me, and thea weut away, coming bick
again in six or eight days with a gentle
man whom I ascertained to be Mr. Noon,
District Attorney of this county; I then
stated to these two men the principal
I knew concerning this
ten necessary to have from four to eight
men at one time, which men are usually J
taken from different parts ot the prison ;
when Ray came back from the beaming
cell, he told me there had been a murder
committed in Cambria county, and that
two men named Miller had been arrested
charged with the crime; that same day,
I sent the note to the Warden requesting
an interview; at the interview, told him
the substance of the statements I have
here made.
NO INDUCEMENT HELD OUT TO WTTNESS
TO TESTIFY IN CASE.
Question by Mr. Johnston Was there
any promise of pardon or other induce
ment held out to you to prevail upon you
to testify in this case V
(Objected to by prisoners' counsel, that
it would not be legal evidence; that such
evidence cannot be given in chief, as it
tends to corroborate testimony of witness
when no attempt has been made to im
peach it; and if not offered for that pur
pose, it is entirely irrelevant ; and lur
ther, that it compels witness to discredit
himself, or commit perjury, if such prom
ise had been held out or implied, or the
understanding existed at the time that he
would be pardoned. The Court decided
that it was such a question 33' the Judge
might put, and one he tcoidd have felt it
his duty to put had the counsel on both
sides neglected to ask it. Objection over
ruled, and bill of exceptions sealed.)
Witness answers: No, sir; there was
no inducement held out to me to make
the statement.
Court adjourned at G o'clock, p. m.
WEDNESDAY- FOURTH DAY.
Court met at 9 o'clock.
Mrs. Elizabeth Graham re-called : Mrs.
Miller, now Mrs. Johnston, moved from
the house where I boarded on the 17th
July; Ilowser had a large mustache and
beard on his chin.
Cross-examined: Cannot tell what' day
of week it was when she moved ; the way
I fix day of month is, I took the receipt
in my hand, written by Mr. J.ohnston, lor
the balance of the month's rent; we took
the house off Mrs. Miller's hands; my
husband was riot at home when I got re
ceipt ; I paid 3 rent for balauce of
month ; Buser did not rent house ; he was
to come and live with as, and his wife to do
the housework, till they could get another
house.
John S. Johnston re-called : Ileard
part of testimony of Mrs. Graham; the
receipt spoken of was written on the 17th
July, lcoo ; it was written in the name
of Mr; Graham ; I wrote it; the prison
ers were away from Mrs. Miller's two or
three different times after the time they
first came there ; they said ihey had been
out in the practice oi their profession as
traveling doctors ; at one time, they came
home and Eaid to Mrs. Miller that it was
"A FAILURE ;" .
i
arrange-
tress; was on the hill above the house at
the time; ran and hid behind a -stump
when I saw the men : staid there till the
men got into barn ; then went home ; I
said when I not home, "I saw some men
by Polly Paul's, and think they are not
the right kind of persons;' f prisoners H
counsel hero object to witness proving
what her parent3 or any of the family
said ; Court overrules objection and seals
a bill ;) my father and mother thought it
was the butcher man from Johnstown ;
my father was at home when I first got
there ; Polly Paul had cattle ana calves ;
it was dark when I got home ; next morn
ing, I went to the clearing, my father,
mother and sister with me ; did not go in
sight of Polly Paul's house that day
again ;. Thursday was tho next day I was
at tho house ; went out at dinner-time to
her house ; my father then Bent me up to
Isaac Paul's, to get him to help hunt the
bodies.
Cross-examined : Went after two cows
that evening; did not get the cows; was
not vrry close to Polly Paul's house ; don't
things
ment between Buser and Fulgart ; did not
know of my pardon till on my way to Eb
ensburg, and never. saw it till I got here ;
made the same communication to others ;
(prisoners' counsel object to witness an
swering question as to " whether be made
the same statement to other parties in the
penitentiary besides Messrs. Noon and
CampDcll objected to, first, that the wit
ness may not in this way corroborate him
self, and if not offered for the purpose of
corroboration, it is no evidence at all; and
in particular, when these declarations were
ma JeToTtTiiru' party ,'and then proven by
the party who made them, they cannot be
evidence in anv point of view. The Court
supported objections, and ruled out testi
tnony offered.) .
AN INSIDE VIEW OF THE WESTERN PENI-H
. TENTIARY.
Witness continued : Iu my cell in the
penitentiary, showed Messrs. Noou and R.
L. Johnston, by practical experiment, how
I was able to lea-rn the iacts I had com
municated ; called the prisoner who occu
nioi? the cell -adioinintr mine, and asked
1 j ,
him to pass me through what we calle
the 'telegraph" two long pieces of stiff
pasteboard, which, lolded together, could
readily "be slipped through from cell to
4fill over the steam-mno and under tne
metal cap immediately' above and in the
presence of Messrs. Noon and Johnston,
and either Hamilton Stewart or Deputy
Warden Robert Cassidy. received from
adjoining coll a copy of the Presbyterian
JSaimer enclosed in this "teiegrapn ;
heard of the Paul-Munday murder between
the 15th and 2bth June ; don't remember
the exact day; the prisoner in adjoining
cell. Noah Ray, with whom I had been
talking, about these prisoners going to
Cambria county, was taken out to work in
what is called the "beaming cell, where
carpet chain is woven, and whero it i3 of
the conversation was at her table ; Mrs.
Graham was there ; they talked about
some money being in the bank, and not
where they expected it to be.
Cross-examined : -Have now said all I
recollect; when I came on witness stand
yesterday, thought I had only to answer
such questions as were asked me; think
it was on Friday that the $3 were paid to
Mrs. Miller : I was officiating clerk and
wrote receipt; Mrs. Graham rented the
house fiom Mrs. Miller.
Question. IIow were the prisoners
dressed ? Answer. Tbey were dressed
In clothes ; they had on coat and pants
think they were dark; they were not
white; Buser had- on a pair of soldier
pants.
AFTER TnE MURDER.
Mrs. Caroline Harrison oalled : Know
when Polly Paul was killed ; live in vi
cinity of her residence; on Wednesday
night two men stopped at my house, in
quiring the load; the clock struck two
just after they left, (midnight;) thy
asked me the road to town, (Johnstown ;)
told them to keep straight on, thinking
they had come from Lbonsburg; they
started, and crossed tne .Jonnstown roau,
Ca road going from Polly Paul's to Gough-
nour s crosses tne jouusiu .u "c..
nht angles, and the men followed the
former, as though they had come lrom
Polly Paul's ;) called them back when 1
saw them start in wrong direction, ana
asked them it they wanted to go to Johns
town ; they said they did that they had
come from Ebensburg; one asked mo how
far they were from Ebensburg; told them
ten miles ; one ot them turned to tue
other and said, "Jolii, we will get to
Johnstown before morning we are ten
miles from Ebensburg."
Cross-examined : One of the men was
in his shirt sleeves; it was a" nice moon
HghVnight ; did not see two men pass my
pKce that day coming from Ebensburg
answering the same description.
A MAN RESEMBLING HOWSER SEEN AT
JOHN REAM'S ABOUT 25tii MAY.
Agnes Diamond called : Live in Taylor
this p.nnntv. about two miles
frnm Conemauirh station, between the
Johnstown " road and the railroad, and
about one mile in a direct line from the
railroad : mv Vesidenco is in the direction
of Summerhill, or east of Conemaugh ;
live in rart of same house with John
Ream : there was a man came there about
the last of Mav or first of June; he came
up the road as if from the railroad; it was
thp 25th of Mav to the best of my knowl-
nhnut planting corn, and
some of mv neighbors were going to church
that day, as it was Ascension Thursday ;
this man came to the entry door ana saia,
lar ; set him some bread and butter.
table; then he began toaskra f til
una mm x man 1 ; ne aia not mt.
any particular name, but when he
body he had before this asked tli
all day; then told him to go, and UV.1
oread and leave the place, that T
want men around me to talk that,!
was D?tween eleven ana twelve 0'
when he left ; he asked for a half;
of eggs, and said he'd pay me2oV
for tlrem ; gave him the eggs
wanted chestnuts ; gave him eo
said he'd come back in the evenia
pay me; told him to never coieJ
that he need not pay mo; hecjj
the entry, and looked into ReamV-J
tl.n - .3 1 1 ' , t'
mo uuujc, uuu iucu came lnioii!
.T.i t- ,
hi; viiu iiuw asi ior anyooay ; dociV
his size; never saw him before;
of a very dark complexion, had dark
T tit?.. 1. J 1. ' J. I.
j- uiiuk) uji jv. ejes; aoa t seei
person in the har just as dark-skW
he was ; c.ouldn't be positive whetlt
(Ilowser) is the same man or not.
might have ehanged since then ; Hoi
is the most like him, only his lei
larger now; he had, I think, a slis
longer face ; (prisoner told to stand;
he is about the height and size andi
of the man that called at my house.
Cross-examined : Don't eay on tot
una is me man, nor wia A. Eay ne
the man ; lleam had a woman tl
said was his wife; his mother au!
staid with him before that, but
that time; Jane Riddle and 3fan
Lee were there before that time ; tL
ter was Ream's niece ; these girls t
lictle loose in their character; there
been fellows there before that to see t:
but not for some months; the man sw.
rc go as I told him, and then turned
the way he came towards Conema
SEEN AGAIN IN THE SAME YICB:
. Mrs. Mary Ann Ilildebrand, ti
Live about a quarter of. a mile frois
Dimond's residence; a man came t
house about the latter end of Majc
first week of June; it was a Thi
didn't see him till he was in the I
wheu he came in, he said he was
and hungry, and wanted somethi:
eat; it was between one and twoo'c
he asked for a half dozen of egs;
him four for his dinner thoaht
was enough for him; he didn't saji
he was going, but asked the 13
Conemaugh; showed him road, nil
it was abouc a mile and a quarter to I
maugh ; before he sat down to the ti
I went to the cornfield; he came e
field and asked me if I could give
a job of work that would keep I
couple of days ; told him I could
he stood there for about five mk:
and then asked me if I knerri
Charley Wilson lived ; told him kM
at the old tunnel ; asked mehowmu
to where he lived; told himitwasi
and a-half, over the hill; then sxl
" can't I go a nearer way T" told if ten
the road, it would be two miles ands i
then he said it was the Uhariey N usot
was killed on the railroad a year ortif
that he wanted to see: said my
in-law, " that man
drunk :" then the
does the widow Wilson live r"toli
she lived on the Johnstown road tl
would have to go back to our hou
take a differentwoad to get there : lit
back to house and asked my sister-
sel for prisoners here object to w.
stating what the man said to hersiirei
less the conversation was held iaherr
ence he turned and went back aloe:
road leading lrom Uonemaugn : ne u
,r(A-pn English : could notice he tj-'
man : he was a middle-sized
four feet six or seven inches, cVi c
plexion, black eyes, mustache, vA
black hair: he had on blue pants
1 irl- rnnt. : he said he was a solai
thnt he was lame: said there were
bullets through one of his legs : he
think that man is in court-r
thi Jc JToicscr is the man, though he djt
look so dark complexioned as then, &
hair is longer : to the best of my knew,
that (Howser) is the man.
Cross-examined : Live between
mohd's and Conemaugh: a path I
down to the railroad from our p ace; 1
. 1 r 1 . inmmei
is a road irom our piav; tu
about as direct as the railroad; fj
is about four miles to Harmoas,
there about five miles to Summeibm
SEEN AGAIN.
Wm. A. Stewart called : Live
u-.ir fr.m residence of Joua li:
uaii . - ... 4
live not ouite half a mile from 3l.
a
d
oe
last week of May or the first wees y
it was on Thursday, between
o'clock : he came through tne w
thf nn tch where I was working.
said mv trc
must- be a foe
man asked, "
xr.V.. T. 10 .' li .-11-r arna nn norsnn
in the part of house where Ream lived ;
ho then came into the room where I was,
and said, "Mother, I'm lost ;" said I,
"there is no mother here;" he asked me
the road to the turnpike ; told him how
to 20 till ho would come to the Johnstown
road ; then he said he was a poor wounded
soldier, and asked me for something to
eat; told him I would give him some
thing, and he told m not to be particu-
1VC BO'j (juiir j
lebrand's ; have seed that man b- J
efore; his hair, eyes and everythtfi
esnond with those of a man I j
farm, and asked me where wwow
c tne won
three times) widow W nsonmc.
cd him the road: he then asked in
to the station : said he must go y
road, but must go to Wilson .
nVed nbout the trains : "down tue
;3 n,fl.t . ho bi?i1 when he wasstartHV
that he was pretty nearly done ou ,1
he had got his loot Hurt, aau
out traveling around : he went up
bank, stood awhile,' and then went '
ard Mr. Giffin's : didn't goevtbe'
roads I naa airecieu mm, - . .
IOC TUW3 . uuuu c p jCji
1 ,1 . nn ormncr tj
j it - n I, rn,d : tDO ' f
crosscu mo v;uucjiugu v -jifV1
live on goes to the station -: wi ,
lives a mile from Giffin's, on V
road.
AND SEEN STILL ACrAl-
Live a Il
rsdr
fi'rst week of W
that man
that's tictna'h"
.Taenri Giffin called :
(nm Vrr SfAornr's : On ThUl
last week of Mayor
a rnan at my place
Court room now
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