VOL. XXL LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Egtate ot John Cwoper. Dw'd. lATEor wmrinn twr., BCTi*m CO.. PA., Letters testau-entary on the above ear at* bavin? been granted to ibe und»-r. figoed, *ll perron* knowing themselves in debted to said estate will pl«ase make lir medi ate payment and any bavin* claims against said estate will present tbeu. duly authenticated for settlement. ROBERT COOPF.R. Executor. Decry P. 0., Butler county, Fa. EKtafe ol Win. Park, Sr. f ITT or jnt>DL«B«X TOWUBHIP. W KASED. Letter* teetimentsrv In the eftat* of Wm. FarV, dee d . late of township. Butler coontv, Pa., ha vug been granted to tbe under signed all person* knowing themeelven indebted to eaid estate wli ples®e make immediate pay ment, aud an j having clsinte uaid »-tate will yrteeiit them duly authentic*ted for eet.le flMOt. HAXXAH PA«k, I WILLI i* Pabk, Jr. a KITS. jAltea t'ARX I Baksrstown P. 0., Allegheny Co., Pa, Estate at Mmuel Yonnf, LATB or wASHiseTo* m.. DEC'd. Letters ot administration on tbe estate ol gamael Young, dec'd, late ot Washington tw;. Butler couaiy, Pa.. having been granted to the undersigned, all per-onh knowing their.,, res indebted to said e*tate will please m ke imme diate payment ana any having claims Against said estate will present tDem duly aatbenti cated for settlement, 8. C. Administrator. North Hoye P.Butler county. Pa. Eh I ale of Jo tin O 1 nil. Uec'd. I LATE OF WAMJJfOTON TWF ) Letters of aduiinlst ration on the estate of John Conn, dec'd, late of ashinglon township, Butler county. Pa., having been granted to the under signed. all person* knowing themselves Indebted to said estate will please make immediate pay ment and all having claims against said estate will present them duly authenticated for settle ment S. C. HUTCHISON, Adiu r. Notth Hope. I'. 0., Butler Co., Fa. Nov. 10,18*3. Executors' Male. By "Virtue ol the provision# of tbe will of »'ll liara Thompson, dee'd, lat» ol Middlesex twu., fuller county, Fa., the undersigned, bis Kiecu lors, ofler for sale part of the farm ol' ►aid Wil liam Ihompson, located in Middleeex twp. fuller conuty, P.i, one mile west of tbe Butler •tid Pittsburgh Plank Koad, aud four miles east Of th* F,.\ W Kail road,containing FIFTY KINE AND ONE-HALF (59>f) A'jßEa, one hall cleared and in good cultivation, the balance veil timbered and ail u der fence, is conveuieat to schools and churches, sad U well wateieo. For further information Inquire of on the farm or address, W. 8. Thompboii, I W. ». Iho*l-.O*,[ Electors. Olade Mill P. 0., Butler, Co., Pa. norl4-Bin. Ktlale at Marah Mi Her. (UtT* or CLAT twr„ BUTLER CO., t>KC'») Letters of aduilnUtratlon on the above Bamed eatate baring been granted to the un dersigned, ail persou* kuowitg themselves in debted to aaid estate will please make imme dtate payment and any having claims against •aid estate will present them duly smhentToated for settlement. HENKT MILLER, Administrator, Coultenvllle P. 0,, Butler Co , Pa. 8. F. Bowsxr, Au y. Admiat»trator' , i» Sollee. Whereas letters of adminislration de bonus son In tbe estate of D. Moore, dee'd, bare been Issued to me by tbe Register ot the probate of wills for Butler county. This is to give notice to sllpartles indebted to said estate to call and settle, and all persons having claims against tbe sstne will present them duly prolmted for pay ment. 8. F BOWBER. Arttu'r of 1> Moore, dec'J, Butler, Pa. Estate af Ebeneirr Chrlaly, (LATK or washisoto* TWP.. bctlzk 00., PA.) Letters of administration h«ving been grant ed to the undenufaed on the estate ef Kljenezer Chriety, late of Washington twp., Bntler ooun ty, Pa., notiee is hereby given lo all parties knowing themselvee indebted to said estate to make immediate payment and any baring claims against said estate will present tbem dnly authenticated for pavmeut Mas. Jasc CHRISTY, I O. W. Ohumtt. f Adm "• North Hop*, Bailer county. Pa Hotter. The lime fixed by tbe fViort for bearing other basiness than trial by Jniy: such as applica tions for license to sell Liquors, and objections thereto by evidence, petition, remountranoe or Counsel, will be heard Friday. March 7tb, ISH4 Objectors desiring subpoena for witnenres must file exceptions. Bottler*'license must be applied for as in other cases to the Court. Uv THE COCBT. Butucb Coitbtt m: Certified from the Re cord this 11th dav of Juitiary, 1894. W. t DODDS, Clerk. FARM FOR SALE. The 'indersigned ofler* for sale his fine f.irm situate in Franklin towinlilp, Hutler eoiintv. Fa., about two miles east of tlie borough of l'ro*|>ert, and containing NFVKM V-UVK 4CKKS. more or less, of good tilluble ground, having erected Ihereon two frame dwellings, and all necessary out buildings. two springs of never falling water, two orchards, farm In g<>od repair, etc. Convenient to schools, churches, postofllce, etc. WILLIAM MrOKF.W, lio*7-tC Prospect, Hutler Pa. FOR SALE. If Acres of land, with large two-story brick boose and large barn thereon erected. Oood orchard; situated in Butler twp , Butler county, P»., adjoining Butler borough on the sontb, will be sold cheap and on ca«y terms. For particu lars luqnire of Lev MrQuUtion. Esq.. Butler, Pa. FOR StLEI . 35 acres of hod in of Prospect. HOUSE and BARN, flood orchard, hp mg and well. 11 not sold by first of February will be lor lent. 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I would desire lo call the attention of the public to the Union Woolen Mill, Butler, Pa., where I have new and improved machinery for th* manufacture of Barred and Oray Flannels, Knitting ard Weaving Yarnn, and I ean recommend them as being very dura- Ma, an they are manufactured of pure lJutlei oounty wool. They are beautiful m color, su perior ui texture, and will bo sold at very lo* pnoen. For sample* and prices, address. 11. JfOLLEKTON. jolM. 7<t-ly Butler. Pa THE TRIAL OF JAS. NUTT. THE DEFENCE BEGINS. ' The Question of Emotional Insan ity Discussed at Great Length —The Killing of Dukes Justi fied by Nutt's Counsel. PITTSBURGH, Jan. 15, 1884.—Court opened promptly at 9:30 o'clock. The jury wa- called, and each member re sponded promptly, tbe effects of the trial being not yet observable in the countenances or deportment of the twelve. Mr. Plavford, fur the defense, open ed proceedings bv addressing the jury as follows : I "It has been truly said that prosper ity is the test of friends and bad fur tune is the furnace in which they are tried Ou the altar of friend-hip I cast my offering this morning, and I am here to defend that boy whose father was my friend before he was killed This is a remark able case, and it has been conducted in a remarkable way. We do not dispute or deny tbe killing. Has it occurred to the jury that it would be singular if we should try to show that there is nothing singular in the tact that a citi zen was shot down in tbe quiet of the evening without a warning cause? Does it not, gentlemen, show that there was an unnatural cause, an xnzan ity ? Tbe Commonwealth, had they co minded, could have shown you that. This case has had a fearful beginning. Tbe Commonwealth could have shown you that v>ith the terrible disgrace, and the scenes that had preceded, young Nutt kuew not at the moment what he was doing. And that we shall prove to you. We shall show you by evi dence, that at the time be did the deed, the past wrongs and outrages upon bis family had made him unable to control his will. Tnat be was pressed into tbe commission of that act by a controlling influence and overpowering, is the de fense in this case. An inflence that he could not resist, is our declaration of his part in the deed performed. .We will show you in tbe course of our investigation tbe circumstances that preceded this shooting. We will show yon his affectionate nature, bis love of home, his devotion to his father and his mother aud sisters. We will show what an interest he took in the farm and his father's and the family affairs. The deep interest and love be bad for all home projects. Then we will show you bow that boy was changed by tbe murder of his father. How he became lonely, melancholy and sad. His entire life's current seem ed changed. Hut up to the trial of Lvman Dukes for killing Mr. •Nutt, young James knew nothing about tho terrible letters that Dukes had written, casting horrible aspersions upon bis sister, bankrupting the family's honor, as well as destroying its head. When the boy heard those terrible letters, the most damnably horrible that human hand has ever penned or human thoughts devised, letters which will be read here in evidence to show you, when be beard those letters ruining his sister, aud forever casting a stigma up on all his little sisters, his mind gave way. That we will show you. He walked the floor nights long, spent in weeping. His appetite forsook him. Reason was overthrown. All this we willlhow you. Gentlemen of tbe jury, I say that nut in fifty years has a man been convicted for slaying the man who bad seduced his wife or sisteh Not in fifty years, even in cases where strong men did the deed. Even Daniel K. Sickles, whose wife had been debauch ed, a man strong in mentality, was ac quitted. But there is no case paral el to this present one in the annals of our country, Not only did this man Dukes seduce this boy's sister, as has been ad mitted, but he also added to hi* damn able deed by killing that sister's fat her. Years ago a man numed Carter, who had seduced tbe wife of a man ijained Smith, previoua to Smith's marriage to her, was shot by Smith That case was tried by Judge Allison, and Alli son allowed evidence to be produced that Washington Smith's mind bad been so affected by discovering his wife's seduction that h« was not re sponsible and accordingly acquitted him. Now if a Judge could adiuitevi deuca in a case like that to prove men tal derangement, bow more rapidly should it be admitted in a case like this wben tbe sister was seduced and the father murdered. No man who committed such a crime as Dukes should go unpunished Dukes kuew that He knew there was the hand of fate awaiting hirn. We shall show you by the best medical authority that there is insanity pro duced by grief and outrage, and that those causes can dethrone reason and render the sufferer irresponsible. No twelve Indians would hang a boy for taking in his hands a justice that be longed to him. And you, gentlemen, of the jury, will not add to a sister's destruction and a father's murder, the murder of a brother and an orphaned son. The test of right and wrong does not pre vad in a case of this kind We do not claim that James Null did not know what he was doing; but we do claim that his disordered mind no longer had a control upon his actions. The test of right and wrong is not to be taken into consideration in this in stance " liy Patterson—"We admit that." Mr. Plavford continuing, "We will call Dr. Fuller the physician of the Nutt family, who has attended the boy from his birth, and will testify that he was always delicate aud of a nervous temperament We will show that af ter the shooting of his father the liabil ity to mental disturbances that is he reditary in James Nutt's family, and which has afflicted his uncles and his aunt, took strong hold upon him, and affected his reason so lhat he did not poswHH a control of biniHelf up to the hour 1 • nbot I>uk«H. Meeting I)uk»-K day nfi«T day, after Dukt-H' Htrangu ac quittal, neeing him Hiieer in bin lace, ltcliug Lis tttuuta, drove Liu distracted. BUTLER, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 18S4 ! I gay, gentlemen of the jury, the shoot ing of Dukes wss the hand of fate It was society's redress fur the great wrong it had suffered, and those bul lets, which sped so accurately, uatil a single band could cover the spat of their destiny, were directed by some other than human agency. We will show you that the pistol practice with his uncles, that has been cited by the Commonwealth, was done with an old horse pistol, and has no connection or importance in this case. The pistol with which Nutt took away-Dukes' life has a history. That pistol was the pistol that Captain Nutt carried while he was cashier of the Stale Treasury, and was the same pistol found on his porson after he had been murdered by Dukes. We will show to you all this and prove to you that there can be but one verdict in thi3 case, aud that will lie one ot acquittal. And so I submit tbe case to you." Dr. Smith Fuller, the family physi cian of the Nutts, was the first witness called by tbe defense. By Mr. Brown—Where do you re side, Dr. Fuller ? Dr. Fuller—At Uniontown. I have attended tbe Nutt family for seventeen years. Have known the defendant, James Nutt, for that time. I have treated him when sick several times, and my acquaintance with him reaches to tbe present time. Mr. Brown} —State whether you think James Nutt mentally deficient? Objected to by the prosecution. The Court overruled the objection and decided that a family physician can give testimony as to the mental capac ity and characteristics of tbe family members treated by him. Mr Brown—What is your opinion of James Nutt's mental capacity ? Doctor—l have always believed him to be mentally deficient and without sound mental attributes. Brown—Would he be inclined to harbor feelings of enmity for a long time ? Doctor—He would. Brown vv ould it increase ? Doctor—lt would. Brown—Would he become a mono maniac on the subject of avenging his father's death ? Doctor—He would probably become a monomaniac. Brown—Are weak minded people predisposed to monomania? Doctor—They are, sir. Tbe doctor further stated that in a person of James Nutt's mentality tbe brooding upon his father'sdeath would unsettle his mind and so incapacitate him for a mental control over himself Cross-examined—For what have you treated James Nutt? Doctor—For a broken limb, heart disease and other things Prosecution—What reason have you to think him imbecile ? Doctor—tie was a slow thinker, not logical in bis thoughts. His thoughts were disconnected He made replies slowly. 11 is general nature and phys iognomy made me think so. He was difficult to engage in conversation, and gave evidence of a lack of mental ca pacity. He was weak minded. It was not idiocy. I believe there are two classes—imbeciles and idiots. I would class him as an imbecile, bnt not as au idiot. The admittance of this testimony by the Court destroyed tbe prosecution's attempt to rule out this line of defense of emotional insanity, and gavo the field clear to the defense. Doctor—His father told me that he hoped to get James into some garden ing or something of that sort, as he felt that James was not capacitated for ordinary business. Mrs. Nutt was next callled and sworn. By counsel for the defense—"Mrs. Nutt, please raise your veil." The re quest was complied with. "Who was your husband?" Mrs Nutt—Adam C. Nutt. At the mention of the name by his mother James Nutt commenced cryiug and bit his fingers nervously. Mrs. Nutt—under question by coun sel—stated that her husband hail died suddenly at the Jennings Hotel, IJnion town. Defense—How many children have you? Mrs. N.—Nine. The youngest is four years of age; the second a boy ot six; the third a girl of eight; the fourth a girl ol ten; the next a boy of twelve: then a boy of sixteen, then James, twenty-one years, and then Lizzie, who is the oldest. Defense—Where was James at the time of bis father's death? Mrs. N —At Rochester, N. Y., at tending school. He immediately came home at the time of his father's death. Mrs. Nutt testified that her husband previous to the war taught school, and that after he returned from the army they removed to Uniontown, where be engaged in the law business, antl was also employed in a bank. That the family lived in Uniontown about fif teen years, and then removed to South Union, where they now reside. Defense—Was James a good boy? Mrs N.—Yes, sir; lit; was U good boy. Ho was greatly uttuched to his father. There wan more than ordinary ft flection between James and myself He was a very quiet boy, and not at all talkative. When home he attend ed to the garden and worked around the house. We have about eleven aeres in the place. He took ><reat pride in the garden and wot king around the yard. lie did not go to school much. He was not an apt scholar and did not make much progress. Defense—Was .lames mentally strong or the reverse? Answer—The reverse. Defense—Was that noticed and commented upon before lus father's death? Answer—lt was. Before his father's death he told me he would have to leave Jaines more when he died than the other children, as Jumea was not as able to take care of himself as the others. Dufeusfa here usked Mra. Nutt to state the general mental condition of her son. The prosecution objected and cited cases, supporting the objection, from the Supreme Court. Judge Stowe ruled that as the cita tion referred to a mental condition su perinduced by drunkenness, it was not pertinent to tbe present case. That the present instance was to show the jury the mental condition of young Nutt both previous to and at the com mission of the deed, and overruled the objection, by so doing admitting all testimony on James Nutt's mentality. Defense—What I want to know, Mrs. Nutt, was James of such mental capacity that excitement would affect him much? Answer—lt would greatly affect him. Defense—Did you notice this long? Answer—All through his life. Defense—Was James accustomed to the use of the pistol? Answer—Yes, sir. He had a fancy for a pistol when quite a small boy. His father bought him his first pistol, and he had one when be was quite a small boy aud often used it shooting at marks. All the children shoot at marks. James was a good shot. He carried his pistol with him all the time. Defense—Did be buy a pistol after the killing of his father? Answer—He spoke to me after the trial of Dukes, and asked for his father's pistol, and 1 consented that be should have it. Defense—How did James appear when he first came back from Roches ter? Answer—l waß sick in bed and I can remember him standing over me aud begging me to get well My health was poor, but my husband's (fcath prostrated me and I was confin ed to bed several weeks. Defense—Was James at bis father'i funeral? Answer—Yes, sir. I was unable to go to the funeral Defense—State how James was be fore the trial of Dukes? Answer—He was very quiet and listless tnd did not tak*» auy interest iu anything as he did before. Defense—Did anything occur that excited him? Auswer—Yes, sir. The acquittal of Dukes. James attended the entire trial. James did not know anything about the Dukes letters before Dukes' trial. He there heard the letters for the first time, and they made an im pression on him. He grew very moody, and sat around and cried and grieved over his troubles. I would often find him off by himself, sitting and crying. He would not talk, and he never appeared 10 want to tell his troubles. At night he was very wretched and restless, and I would often go in his room at all hours of the night antl ask him if be was not sick Defense —Did you hear him make any noise ? Answer—l often heard him moaning and sometimes I heard him scream 'murder . It would wake up all in tbe bouse. He would wake in his sleep and cry 'murder!' That was a week before he shot Dukes. Ho had no ap petite after his father's death and would eat but little. Defense—Do you remember seeing him do anything peculiar at meal times? Answer—He would often leave the table and walk around for awhile, and then come back and sit down. He did that very often. Defense—Did the little children make any communications to James when they came home in afternoons? Answer—They would aften tell him when they came home that they had seen Dukes. They took their dinner with thom and ate it in the bank. When they came home they would be distressed. The bank is directly op posite the Jennings House, where 1 Mikes boarded. Defense—Did you ever talk to your son about Dukes ? A nswer—Yes, sir. Defense—What caused you to do so? Answer—l told niy son James wben Dukes came back to Uniontown I thought it meant harm to him. I was anxious about .lames, for I kuew Dukes learcd him and was trying to aggravate him. I bail beard that Dukes was fol lowing my daughter Lizzie. I had heard that Dukes had said James was the only one lie feared. I told James these things. Defense—Mrs Nutt, were these mat ters talked of in the family ? Answer—No, sir. My mother, Mrs. Anna Wells, was living with us. I think she talked to James on the sub ject. Tbe effect upon James was notice able. Defense—Did James read the news papers after the acquittal of Dukes? Answer—Yes; after it be seemed to be anxious to read tbe accounts of the trouble He also read letters that 1 and my daughter reeeived from all parts of the United States. These let ters referred to tbe killing of my hus band James read these letters and tbe papers and seemed to ponder on them. Il« used to preserve the let ters arid papers in bis trunk. Defense —Did you get many letters? Answer—Yes, sir. The letters were written by both men and women. They often contained slips cut from newspapers commenting on the killing of Mr. Nutt. I always saw a change in James when be fame bark from Uniontown if he had met Dukes. He went there to the Postoffice twice a day. lie ami bis brother Joe usually went for the letters. After a trip in which be bail men Dukes lie would be very much agitated though he would say nothing about it. lit! eame home antl walked the floor, so I was alarmed, and I asked hirn what was the cause, antl he said : Objected to by prosecution. A Ufiwer—About a week before the killing 1 followed him out of tbe room and a»ked what was the matter, and be saitl, "Mother that villain—" Objected to by tlm prosecution The defense claimed that, the jury hud a right to hear all that Jtuueti fcutt said previous to the killing, and also his acts That it bad been intimated ihdt he had simulated insanity, ai.d to controvert that aspersion, the whole life, acts and moods of the subject should be heard. Prosecution claimed that tbe evidence of w T hat he said as prompted by Dukes was not admissible. The court ruled that all such evidence taken cumulatively as affecting James Nutt's reasou, was admissible. Defense—What did James say ? Answer—Mother, don't you think that villain Dukes had the impudence to look at me aud laugh ! Defense—llow did he look ? Answer—Very much excited. Defense—How often did this occur ? Anwer —Several times Defense—Was his excitement from meeting Dukes? Answer—Yes, sir. He did not tell me at other times that he had met Dukes, but be was so excited I would ask him. Defense—Upon the day Dukes was shot where was Joe ? Answer —He was not at home. Defense—Who went to the Post office that evening ? Answer—James. Defense—Who had been with him that afternoon ? Answer—His uncle. Defend?— Did he remain with him ? Answer—No, sir; they left. James went after the mail that evening at tbe usual time. It was a lock box. James aud Joe both had keys. I saw noth ing unusual about him that evening. He brought nie up tbe cows, and I was out milking when he started for the Poßtoffice. I did not see him again that evening I did not know of the shooting of Dukes until a late hour. Two letters were shown Mrs. Nutt and identified by her as letters that h.-td been shown her by her husband. Tbev v\cre the two letters that Dukes sent NuU, which were read at the Dukes trial. Recess. THE DIKES LETT It R IN EVIDENCE. The trial was resumed with Mrs. Nutt on the stand. Senator Yoorhees arose and stated that the defense would put in two let ters addressed to Captain Nutt by Dukes, and one addressed to Dukes by Nutt, in evidence. The letters would not be read at present, but it was agreed that counsel eould make remarks upon them previous to their being given to the jury. By Mr. Brown—Mrs. Nutt, I sup pose you have recollection of newspa per matter published right after the Dukes trial, and your son had act-ess to them too Did yoor son read the account of the indignation meeting and the hanging of Dukes in effigy? Mrs. Nutt—Yes, sir. Where did your son keep these pa pers ? In his trunk, in his room upstairs. Did he spend much time in his room? Yes, sir. After Dukes' trial did he attend to his work around the farm as usual? No, sir. Did you speak to him? Yes, I told him he ought to take more interest in the work, and he said: 'mother, I have no heart to do any thing ' llow did he spend his time? He sat around arid brooded over his troubles. By the prosecution—Mrs. Nutt, was the paper spoken of one illustrated with drawings? Yes, sir Could you identify the paper? Yes, sir. (The paper, the I'nion town Standard, with the cuts in, was handed to Mrs. Nutt and identified ) ■ hat was the one he had in his trunk. He was preseut during Dukes' trial? Yes, sir; lit; was. After the acquittal of Dtikes was Dukes in town lor some time? Not for a short time. How long I cannot say. I can't say when first I heard he had returned. It was report ed to me that lie was following Lizzie about Did he follow her out of town? No, sir; it was when she was iu town. 1 made no investigation of tbe truth of the report. She did not go to town often. Mrs. Anna Wiplls, Mrs. Nutt's moth er, a lady 75 years of age. was next called by the defeuse. She stated that she frequently stopped with her daugh ter, and lived with Mr. Nutt the win ter previous to bis death, Did James ever live at your house? He has visited me. Did you ever notice any thing pe culiar about James Nutt? He always appeared very sail. Mrs. Wells testified that Mrs Nutt was always a delicate woman, and that the shooting of her husband pros trated her, and it was a question among members of the family whether she could recover. What sort of a boy was James? He was a quiet, but peculiar boy always. He liked to be by himself, antl did not mingle much with other children He was always very fond of his mother, but was not fond of going to school. When he grew up he work ed on the farm, aud when on a visit to my home be would work out floors with his grandpa. Was he excitable? Yes, sir, he was always excitable ami nervous. Ditl you notice anything particular about him after the death of his father? Yes, ho could not eat, ami he often walked the floor at midnight moaning. Ditl anything occur after bis father's death and before lit; shot 1 Mikes to ex cite him? He was very sad and did not take interest in things like he did before. I remember we sent him to town one time to buy nails to nail up the fence, ami when he came buck he was very gloomv, and he came into the room and sat right down on the floor with his hands on his knees and commenced rocking himself and moaning. And presently he rolled over on the floor and I said: "Jimmy, what is the mat ter? Are you hick?" aud bo Bald: ' No, I am aot sick?" Said I,"You have seen Pukes to-day?" and be said: "Yes, grandma, I have, and he looked right in my face and grinned at me." And then James shut bis mouth and show ed me the kind of face Dukes had made at him. What else did you notice? His mother would tell him to do things and he would*forget it, and sometimes be said he no longer had heart to do anything." Did you ever hear him make any outcry in the night? Yes, sir. I heard him cry "murder!" one night. He cried it so loud every one in the bouse heard it and woke up. Was it talked of in the family in the presence of James about Dukes meet ing and following his sister? I don't remember. I often told James not to go to town any more than he could help. I heard it said that Dnkes had said he was "afraid of that crazy Jim Xutt." What occured between j*ou and James before he started for town the evening of the shooting of Dukes. He had been workiug around, and came into the house after he had btought the cows up for his mother to milk- He asked his mother first if he could bring them up, because it was a little early. She said yes. Ho come in and sat down to change his shoes and looked to me aud said, '(irandma, I m going down to get the mail.' He seemed to be quiet and calm, and 1 noticed nothing peculiar about him. He did not come back that night ? No, sir. I never saw him after that until I saw him here to-dav. Cross-examined—Do ycu know of James being sent to town on any er rand after Joe went off on a visit and previous to the killing? He was sent to town on an errand on the forenoon of the day of the killing I thing he was not with his uncle that day. He did not tell me that forenoon where he was going. On the evening he told me he was going to the town (or the mail. He told me so when he was changing his shoes. He did not change any other clothes. Awful Railroad Disaster in Mc- Kean County. One of those disasters peculiar to the oil country occurred about three miles from Bradford last Tuesday week, resulting in the entire destruction by fire of a passenger train on the Brad ford. Bordell and Kinzua Railroad. A tank of oil on the Anchor Oil Com pany's lease, ou the Buchanan farm, while being steamed, burst, its con teuts coursing down the steep hillside and running iuto the roadbed of the railroad. At that point the grade is very steep, and the vagrant oil ran down the track for fully half a mile. The morning train from VVellsville, due here at 10 A. M , consisted ot an ex press car and a passeuger coach. Every seat in the car was taken. The ex press car was also partly filled with passengers. When the train entered the river of oil, the engineer, who was uucouseious of daugcr, was startled by a loud and deafening explosion, and an instant afterwards the entire train seemed enveloped in a mass of flames. The gas in tbe oil had come in contact with the furnace of the engine, tiring the oil. Engineer Patrick Sexton im mediately applied the air brakes and reversed his engine. For a brief in stant the traiu came to a halt. The engineer said that he was surrounded by seas of flames, and noticed with dread that the waves of burning oil surged ahead of him on the track for a long distance. To remain in the midst of the burning fluid meant certain death. He opened wide the throttle aud the engine thundereJ ou at a terrible rate of speed. A sharp curve was ahead. The engineer reversed his machine, and with his fireman, Michael Walsh, jumped into the deep snow bank which lined both sides of the road. After running a mile the train was finally de railed and fell in a heap in ad tcb.when the work of destruction was completed. IN A TEIIHIBf.K PLIOIfT. The passengers, at the sight of the destruction, were terror-stricken, and the scene that followed beggars de scription. Locked in and helpless in a furnace of fire, traveling at the rate of fifteen miles an hour, their anguish knew no bounds. Men of nerve lost their heads. Women fell to tl e floor in a swoon, and the cries arid lamenta tions of little children pierced through the hearts of iron. There was a da.sli for the door and windows through tho sweeping flames which cooked the flesh and singed the hair on the faces and beads of the imprisoned passengers within. It was everybody for himself, and men 'U their desperation jumped from the speeding train and fell pros trate to the ground, burned and mangled to pieces So fierce was tho heat of the flames that the wiudows were almost instantly cracked, allowing tongues of fire to lick the interior of the coach. v\ onderful to relate only three lives were lost. There were many miraculous escapes. The victims were all women. Mrs L. C. Fair, of Aiken, was burned to death. When taken from the ruins the body was found burned almost beyond recognition. The ghastly corpse lay in the snow with both hands extended. Her hus band, who was in the baggage car, started to go back to rescue his wife. At the door he was met by a wall of flames, the passage of which was cer tain death. He was forced to jump from the side door and escape with slight bruises (Jeorge McCartney, the news bov, who is badly burned about the face, head ami hands, will recover. McCartney could have escaped without injury. He was nearly out of the car when he heard the cries of Mrs. Fair, lie attempted to help the woman out, hut at the critical moment she lost her presence of mind and fainted. In order to save himself when he recovered the } ouiig man jumped through the window and landed in a pool of oil. The death of Miss Katie Morgan, of Allen, N. V , a small station near Aiken, was peculiarly Had. She wan a young woman. Her body, which was uliuotft buruvd to a crisp, wa» found hanging onto the frame-work of the'if Both bands were closed with a vice like grip upon the window* sash. The clothes were entirely burned off. It is evident t h at death was caused by in haling the flames. The young lady had managed to crawl out of the win dow, and while on the very threshold of escape from death fell back a victim to the terrible flames. The third victim was Mrs Libias Jones, of Reed City. Fa She was burned to ft crisp Mrs. Connelly, of Reed City, who was re ported dead, escaped with slight injuries and was able to go home this ufternoon. The ten-year-old daugtter of W. E. Proctor, of Tarport, was on the train. She had the presence of mind to boldly jump through a window. Her injuries are slight. Mrs Thomas Parker, of Bordell, Pennsylvania, threw her four year-old child out of the window, and jumped out. Both escaped with slight burns and bruises. John Burke, of the Bingham House, Dunkirk, N. Y., with his sister Mary, was on the ill-fated train. They occupied seats near the center of the car. They escaped with out injury. Mr. Burke said : "The train was runuing at the rate of 15 miles an hour. Suddenly the car became dark. Jets and tongues of flame leaped up on tho sides and through the ventilators of tho car. The glass cracked with a snap and the heat became unendurable. I knew at once that we were passing through an oil fire. I recognized the peculiar hissing of the burning oil. Turning to my sister Mary I said: 'We are passiug through an oil fire; be quiet, it will soon be over ' People be gun to jump through the windows. On all sides was heard the crashiug of the glass and the deafening roar of the sea of flames. The car was a regular hell in less than three minutes after it caught fire. It seemed as it we were all doomed to burn to death. The situ ation was terrible. The car was filled with the cries of women and children and the groans of strong men. Women aud children were picked up by strong bands and bodily fired through the cracking windows. Those whojumped out of the windows fared better than the few who dashed through the doom into the ocean of llame, which surged to and fro like huge waves upon the bed ol the road. Those who jumped from the windows landed in huge drifts of snow. Those who went through the doors had their hands, faces and clothing badly burued and singed, and some were so badly burned that they will die. I started down tho aisle, but tho heat was so awful that it made my head swim. It was impossible to move. The car swayed to and fro like a ship in a heavy sea The windows offered the only means of escape. I said to Mary: 'We must jump through the window.' I arranged a cloak about her head. The heat had already crack ed the glass. I picked hr up bodily aud mustering all my strength dashed „ her head loremoet through the window. I then picked up a little girl who was orving aud throw her out of the same window, and then I made the jump of my life, landing in a snow drift. My moustache and my hair were only slightly singed. My sister roiled down the bank,and escaped without aacraich. It was the most eventful experience of n.y life. There is nothing so fierce as an oil Gre, and the ouly wonder to me is that any of the passengers escaped with their lives. It seemed as if the coach was all iu flames in less than two minutes after it was engulfed in the fiery sea of oil. The boat was so fierce that in less time than it takes for me to teil it the car windows were cracked and tongues of flame were licking the heads aud faces of the affrighted passen gers." ANO IIKK VIOTIM S KTOUY. J. P. Fletcher, of Bolivar, N. Y. t was burued about the face and head. His left hand was bandaged up He was noar the door. He said : "It seemed but an instant ere the coach was enveloped in flames. (Quicker than a Manh the heat cracked the 'vindowa aud the flames licked the interior wood work. I forced open tho door. The platform ami end of the car were on lire. A dense black smoke ascended heavenward. Tongues of flames leaped out like bolts of lightning, destroying everything in their path I closod tuy eves and jumped. I lauded in the ditch and threw myself into the snow and rolled down a long bill. It was tho hottest fire that I ever saw. How I escaped with such slight burns Is a mystery. When I jumped I commend ed my soul to God, as I never expected to look upon this world again." An eye witness of the disaster says : "It was the grandest and yet the most awlul. scene that human eyes over witnessed. For a distance of nearly half a mile tho roadbed was covered with oil At poiuts it was over the rails. The moment the gas came in contact with tho fire box it exploded, firing the oil. In less than one minute the cugioe aud carß were enveloped in flames, (jroat black pillars ol smoke ascended heavenward. Tho driviug wheels of the engine, which was dash ing along at the rate of fifteen miles an hour, scattered the oil over everything. With a rush aud roar which m/gbt have been heard for a mile the flames leaped fully 5150 feet ahead of the loco motive which was thus compelled to run through a veritable sea of lire, such us is seldom the fortune ol man to wit ness. It was a terrible race and the onlv parallel 1 can remember is tho oil train which burned up near Brocton, N. Y., n few venrs ago. How the en gineer, train hands, and the men, wo men and children escaped is something that only Providence can explain. It was a sight to make the strongest heart shudder. I never want to see its like again." This is tho first accident in the history of the Bradford, Bordell and Kinzua. No blame is attached to the officials, as the accident was clearly uo forseen. Coroner Bannon has impan nelled a jury, and It Is expected that tho inquest will coutinne through sev eral days, as there are a largo number of witnesses to be exouuued NO. 10
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