C:INTIM:TO FROM FIRST
so anxious, and Mr. Kiehl naked, her,'
Sarah, do youwant a drink r Silo; Said'
she did, and said rshe'rivanted leo, and,
.they bronght,the-im Don't know who..
Oce of the women, and,kwere going to.
give her the ico, and she said whore is
John? I gave the cup the, ice was in
to Mr. Kiehl and he gave her •the ice,
:She said she Wanted Moro, or else fresh
water for 'she was burning. Kiehl gave
bun drink of water: I hold, her , up.
After she had taken the drink-' shearied
to Omit." They held her,, up , and hold a
mug, but she threw up very little. She
then fell into a sleep. Hour long she
slept I can't toll, but when shmawbke
she said "where's John?'.' He said
"more I am; Sarah." She said "J can't
see you, John.", She felt.with her hands
dyer his face and said. "is this you,
John ?" She leaned over and said " Oh!
John I" She-put her arms around his
neck and' - sW "Oh I. John! how I
would like to stay longer if I could !"
'Kiehl wept bitterly over her, and loudly.
Mrs. Donor gave him a push, and I said
"Mrs. Donor ,that is hard." She said
well, he needn't bawl in her face now,
that she was too weak for to hawk
his breath in her face'?—Moaning that
she was trio weak to bear his distress.
She was so exhausted . she then fell
asleep. After she came to she asked for
a drink of water, and I think there
"was some fetched, and the physician said
they should put wine in water for her.
„I Went down in the kitchen, and Mrs.
Donor, her mother,. put the wino in the
~:wate,r, and I went up stairs and took it
along. I gave her the drink. Sho ap
peared as if she was afraid to take it.
She asked what it' was, and was told it
was wine and water. She took a drink
of it, and says she' "it is gond." , Her
mother said she should drink it 101, it,
would not hurt her. Sho says " .Tuba,
'is this of our wine ?"• Mr. Kiehl, " - no,
it is not; it is wino we got for you."
Her lament tlfen was about the salvation
of hor soul. She slept a little while, and
then woke - up and says " where is John."
John leaned over and said, here I am
Sarah, and she says John you won't
leave me. ' Then she complained about
her thrOat. She said I do not knoW.
what ails me, I can't see and I can't.
Wear. Then she said to her sister Mary,
Mary were you that way when you wore
sick, Mary said she wasn't, she .could
-hear and see: From that on it was
not ing but a lament for ice and water,
and for the salvation of her soul. I then
went home and came back on Thursday
evening, between dusk and candlelight.
Then I went up stairs, and when I came
no I found her so anxious looking and so
sick, that I did_ not speak to her
During that time while I was there, that
night she was calling for ice and water,
that she was burning. She prayed
great deal. She said this was done on
Sunday evening, and it was wrong,. Her
mother asked her what was done Sarah
that was wrong. She made no reply,
but only said "Oh l•Lord am I too
late ?" That was all. I was there on
Friday. She died on Friday morning
about 3 o'clock. I was assisting with
baking, &c., on Friday. We asked John
whore we should init the pies and bread
and he said we shquld put them in the
dellar — where we always keep them. We
set them on the ground in the frOnt part
of the collar. After they Were cold we
set them on shelves, the most of them,
part were on the ground. Some of the
women wondered whether it was safe to
leave them on -tho ground. Mr. Kiehl
was,down.in the cellar, and I. asked him
whether it would be safe to leave those
things stand, 03d he said it was, that
there was.dothing there to disturb thorn,
unless the cat ivould get into the cellar.
I know Kate Myers. I saw Kiehl and
her one time taking a buggy ride. They
told me they were going to Frankford.
I heard Kato Myers laughing heartily as
they came round the turn by my house.
I said "why Kato, in the name of sense
aro you going to run oft 1 with Kiehl ?"
and she answered, jokingly, "yes, she
was." Itoldherl would. tell Mrs. Kiehl.
Sho'said I might, she liked John, and
put her arritound him in this way (il
lustrating . b putting her arms around
the reporter for the . 'Vein Weer). I took
it all as a joke., This is all I know. I
did not understand that there was any
suspicion out that Mrs. Kiehl was pois
oned until Friday evening after her
death.
Crva examided.
Kato Myers is a cousin of Mrs.
Kato's father and Mrs. Donor are broth( r
and sister. Kiehl was always kind and
affeetionrite towards Mrs. Kiehl while I
was theie. When she said "John, you
look funny," I was looking at him. I
saw nothing on his cOuntenance or in his
manlier except grief and sorrow. 'I no
' Hoed nothing like fear, nervousness or
excitement about Kiehl at any time while
I was there. Nothing about him seemed
unnatural under the circumstances. He
never hesitated to comply with any re
quest she made while I was there. lie
—was-weephig±the- tears-rolled .from
race after she said this. Mrs. Waltrich
Was there when I came there on Thurs
day evening. The two Misses Cbover
went with me. They were with me nu
'', til 121 o'clock that night (the night she
died). Mrs. Donor pushed Kiehl away
from his wife's hod. Mrs. Kiehl threw
het• arms around Mr. Kiehl's° iin 7 ck and
slid "Oh ! John ! I would likl.to stay
longer," and Kiehl was laying his wife's
- head down when Mrs. Donor came for
ward and pushed "Mr: K iehl away. All
the time I was there that night Mr.
Kiehl was - present and attended to her.
winds kindly—raising her up in bed and
doing•for her what he could to make her
comfortably off ; he fanned her, and
would -ask • her. when she appeared to
-want anything whether she wanted any
thing. She, on the other hand, •was al
ways anxious to have her husband at her
bedside: I.le,would raise her up in bed
and put pillows behind her.
ALutv DoNtht,. sworn,-I' am a sister
of - Alrs. Kiehl, and reside in Penn town
ship. Last Spring, from the fifteenth
of Mareh to the ninth of April I lived
with' Kiehl's. My. brother Samuel came
home with me. lier•. health was uncer
tain. Some days she was well, and oth
ers not. She was about liar work all the
time. When I was there sho did house
work, and feeding at the barn. She
baked, Bombed,. washed, &e. • 'She dug
in the garden, me and her. She fed the
cows and hogs. She fed
.tI4 horses,
tlierowas Only one there sometimes. I
do not know where Kiehl was when site
was doing the feeding: We helped 'John
to carry the harrow out of
. the patch to
barn. She load the horsermipe to plow
the potato patch. John was plowing.
She said, John I can't lead. the borse,
my heart acheS me. Ho said, yes, I
guess your backside hurts you. This
+was when I" IVAN: there, in the Spring.
Sarah and I unhitched the horse. About
thelieitse johtv,was cross sometimes, 1)(1
Was not pleasant with rne, 'He was in
habit of visiting at Henry Myers', Kate's
father:' He often went there in the even-
Caine home sometimes at 9 o'clock.
Sometimes ho was there every other
eveniog. I didn't know that Kate My
.ors. everwili7Mimiled.-,She has ..a .bas
tard child. :John Hjehl would speak
shortly and snappishly to bib wife.' He
invited Sarah•and Ito go along to My;
ers', and we refused, and he said we
thought ourselves too good to go with
him. Sometimes Sarah and I went with
him, not all the time. Ono Sunday lie
asked us to go, we go. He got
cross, and he hitched up in the buggy.
He said ho would leave and not come
back ;Any morn. He wasn't gene very
long until ho came back. I don't re
member whether ho stayed home or not.
Shortly before I left one evening I was
getting supper, Sarah was out milking,
John came in the house and bad an egg
in his hand. pc, asked trio if I hadrgup
per ready, he said if had, I should
look under the hog pen for eggs. 7iyhon
I wenaid I looked back, John get up
and was , sitting on the steps. Ile getup
and,- walked Ahrpugh,trards,,,tbe cup
board. I looked.'44 : ' eggs, was none
there. When I came back be was sit
ting at the table beside Sarah's plate. I
had cream in her cup, and had- the table
drawer °Pm I think he was either
reading or writing, then he' went out.
Sarah came in directly and we sit down li
to eat supper. I poured'hor coffee out,
and it looked black in ' her cup when I
poured it out. She layed a piece of
bread in her aaucer after pouring some
coffee in it. She took the saucer up, she
was going to drink. She only got a _lit
tle in herfisouth. She - said; who put
something in my ceffee, and she got up
and she went out and throwed up. She
said she never tasted anything as bitter
as that was. John was present. John
said, after looliing at me, there must
have a poisoned bug got in. lie said,
throw the coffee out. I told hid 1
. would give the bread to the cat, Ile
said, no don't, it will wit - atelier throw up•
I - - gave it to the cat. The cat oat it.
Sarah, ply sister, throwed lip for about
one hour. It strained her to throw up.
She went up stairs to bed, she said she
felt so bad. She complained of that bit
terish taste for several days. The coffee
in the pot hail no extraordinary taste.
My sleeping place was back room clown
stairs. Theiirs was front up stairs. I
next saw my sister at my home, a few
weeks after I left. I was not, at. ichi's
then until my sister took . I
never saw my sister vomit but that once
whch I was up there. The seventh of
May was the tirst day of her sickness. I
saw her. .I found her up stairs in bed.
she was very bad. This was We(lnes
day. I asked her how She was, she said
she was no beteer . She said,..when she
lifts her head she faints. She said it hurt
her so about the stomach. She said she
was so hot, she would have to smother.
She wanted to be fanned all the time.
She told me me to look down her throat.
Her tongue was swollen. I could not
look in her throat. She said her throat
was raw, and what she throwed up was
green. Black, like coffee grounds in
the .bottom. I was there on Friday'
morning when she died. There, was
conversation between her and John on,
Thursday evening., She said, John if
you had went for the doctor sooner ; I
would liked to live monger. Ho said,
yes, if I.had known it.
Cross examined , --My sista& had pain
in her heart sometimes. There wag no
one that I know of living in the house
with Mehl's. I don't remember how
Mau -cows there were. There was
about 5, I ain't certain. I 'airier heard
her being particular about her cows. I
never knew her to refuse to allow John
to attend the cows. Mrs. Kiehl was an
industrious roman, clean :and good
housekeeper. I don't know that she bad
a strong will of her awn. She was a
dark eyed woman and datk hair. When
they plowed in the potato ground there
was no one else to lead the horse.
John and I never quarreled, he don't
often speak to me. She wanted to lead
the horse and lie said she could not do
it right. She wont to the house crying.
The potato patch contained about an
acre or more. I offered to lead the horse
and he said I should not.- I never. had
anything against bins, the reason he
wanted the horse led was because there
were apple trees. Mr. Myers lived about
of a mile from. Kiehl's, ho is a cripple
and is a very cheerful man, and is about
home all the time is fond of .talking and
is a good companion. John never ob.
jocted to our going along. Mr. Myers
has a son at home. The time lie was
away with the- buggy he-did not stay
long about hunting the eggs, ho told me
a hen had come from under the hog pen.
I did not sec the hen come from oinks
the pen. I shut the door when I wen;
out, the blind on the winaw was not
chiivn, the steps won) John was sitting
are opposite the - door in the corner, tin:,
kitchen window was the only one touive
us light. I was about 10 itteps from tl
lionso_wliou_Ltormo to. look back iq
he house. I ruripul round see,,wh
Kiehl was going to do.
was going to do something - iii3r consvionce
told me. I did not know what it tuns.
never saw an unkind treatment by Kiehl,
except what I have mentioned. l saw
hint -walking to the kitchen: I Feet on
to the hog pen. 1,14? , told me to go back,
and I went. I went off to the hog pen
and looked under it carefully for eggs.
I did not believe he sent one there fin
eggs. Plooked for them. lle sent me.
I wont back to the house.' ; I can't re-.
member how long I was.abseut from the
house. Was,not gone 3 liours—not 3
hours. I can't remember how many t ,
minutes I was gone. There was cream
in Sarah's cup before t went out. I put
it in. I left, it stand. I poured it in no
other cup. No one drank coffee but
Sarah. I (lid not see that the cream
had any different color. Did not ar4i
John at the cream. John• as sit
ting by the table. Ile had -4 leadpenell.
I did not see any thing like papers or
powders about. Did not' taste the cot%
fee. _ •
Re-examined, in chief. •
-
ors glelitoanto down, and I wont to help bee
aha hod nn tinteli to do; oho had not n late fandl.
nobody but lac..Kiehl and herself; I helpod 1
An always foci, thn COW and horse Iviton ho WWI
than; I heard him talking Anut byrnint a kit
Clem examined
Mrs. Mold and I dug ono .gartion Led; I did
am; hlin,diddlng any: Moo. liiohl wne taking M .
dna all the tlwo I Nall there; rho won taking In
nine from Dr. Zltzer ; it trm: drops' and P.M 'arm
don't remember whet kind .of' a liettle the drop
were In; gat more than one bottle; hail nor when
trot there; don't remember the elite of the; bottl-
saw her take tho drops; teok.thom 11111 Pup; don
knew if she ponred•thom or dropped thoin; i tlon't
Toolbar the color of them, ini now mono alio took
at a time; sho'neyor got sick and I brow up wino, •
woe thoro fr ,rn taking this uooliclim; nothh•g 1111116
tier throw up, but the coffee; rhino! Iluffmao's
whim I woo there; don't, rumen:Mee bow often 1
\•baited; vinWd more than three times; never 'stayed
very long; I •woo at Motion's two nights; I,' was qt
Myors soinetitnes; Mr. It hill uover sail she •was so
'oak that rho did net expeCt to live YO.y t' of
not sell me no when olio wee Wanting leitileo; dot. t
remoinber who.were In tho room , n Thuniday ~yo
Ina when J Ito Mehl ta,kod with hie wife; doo't
know 41 (Iron :pner or. 514 Pilgrim were there;
dch•rt know If a crowd was too, t..wee tin thy
roan, long on Wednesday; can't any In what part of
the kitchen ho walked; hustas close_ to the stove,
which stood out In the hitehin about a step; I
CEI=C=M=
nays t , , ok it hereolL
Re-in•chief,
;ere me*o nlndotte, In the /and part of the
Iltrhertt do olt.me In Worrying one egg, end naked
me WO out end set others ; thereat one step front
tho home, to-the porch, and one from the porch to
the, ground
•
Artra Dormn, aworn.7
am a miter of Mrs. Kiehre ; I reside in Peon
township; I fail Miss my Meter, ,before her eiehnese
on the 15th of January; I went to her halite the
Oth 01Januery nod eitiSted until the 15th; I know
Knte niers ; ledge know John Kiehl; sometimes
ho would tire tk to his wire nod sometimes not; eho
did genoral Mork about tho honed. baking, &c.;
Kate Myere was at Met torlto vittanq woe thor
2==l
when.wo returned Kate :dyers and John were at the
house; John woe el ting on the step and Kate was
. _
beside, him on tho rocking chair; she stayed thoro
a whin°, and then went home; I viaitOd yfyera' In
company with John aml *4. Kiehl; Bllse It. ea
Long and brother Emanuel were along; we visited
Myers' on the 1:1111 of January; It wee between
and 9:o clock vah. , . ws - got there; wo °coupled the .
dining room first, to a Jane Myers and mo wanted
to go on tho wo hid to go through the
kitchen ; .I.lore was Kale and John Kiehl in the
kitchen sitting behind the tnble en a bench with
thelr'artuft around each other; we Were out about
twenty minutes when we returned ; they were sit I
sitting thorn; Miss Kona Long stayed in the kitchen
where Kishipind Kite were n li tile while; we
started home between 9 and 10 o'clock.; -when we
etarted home Joh,. Mehl got up and wont along;
John said doe ovsnlng If Kato Myers bad no borne'
ho would 'take her and her daughter n' ni ke.nthenu
I next saw my Meter on Thureday, the' 16th, these
bout 12 o'clork ; ehe was Nary slok ; she said her
hroot burned her no, and her tongue was swollen,
nd she woe burning Inside lust like fire; she rom•
fled aet off which en the to leoked green and below
was like corrao g rounds less present when my
hater was raised ai oattle/111e; I saw Doctor.
K MITA; And Longedorff: • I haw the coffin alter It wee
open, and it was my sister, Sarah Kiehl, that wee
in it,
Cross examined by Mr. Shearer.
Wo occupied the.diuing room firm, when wo went
to 'Mere'; wo had to go through the !cache, to get
Altera; afterwards wo did not occupy any other part
,of tie houso ; tho 'door hetwoou the kitchen cud.
dinin room was open and light in' both rooms;
the o was no one passing backend forward from the
kitchen to the room ; rre could are fiem.the dining
room to the kiloton; I don't remember whelhei
John, Myers was passing back and forth; sometimes
John would speak nintlly to Ills wife and' sometimes
not; one Limo when I on, there she was In trouble
almut religious matters; I don't know "bother John
cent Cr a pr..itcher or..not-;_l_was.-sway visiting;
he cried ancl pral.ed durld. the ; I told Mr..
Vanua toot Sarah was going on ono night; I vis
ited around the country consider Able ; I, di] not say
I left Kich.'s because Sarah wan going ou ; John
was al. I.onie ; hither and Sarah were on bad terms
before she le.t horn• ; they bad a quarrel before she
was married; Rim was distressed, and co.ap'nlued•
alma It to me. I loft at 10 o'clock p. m.
oiirt nal,urneil until 23.5 phi.
ourt mut at 44 o'clock p. m.
mattel Doner, sworn.
ato o brother of rs. I. I last stir my mister
~ .n Ore? of May, berme she took sick; she was mar
rr in 1863, lo the month of. Nos, mber, as near an
I on re,emher; they moved to where .hr di. d In
Sllrlog of 1870; I r sited them 7 or 8 times; the
tlr,t time I HAW Kate Myers was In Fall of 11.70
oiet nor at Ktehla • she was speaklng about going
,me; t to! him I would go along; Klohl n.ld h
would g.. along also, as he oeeded sane tobacco;
we then want :ego her, arid going over I saw no b.
wg nipreeer; on the way coming home be said
tiLLte had a ; VC,' of his to , iceo; he said he wits try-
in to et the tobacco fum hoe; be trod his arms
• .)
t,d liar, nail was reaching down; ho said she
hat It to her p, cket; lie didn't get it as I sow; sba
~ a id lie ILA' enough of tobacco; and wouldn't give
it toLma a ail lii,ttobacco was all; ho wits trying to
get it all the way from Henry nyers Kiet,i's
houve ; after wo got back to Kiehl'. I iilaqs this re
mark to Kiehl I didn't snow that Ka•o Myers was
hale( a girl ne eho le; Ito add. oh I alto learned
:neon some S or 10 Years ago, whoa she had that
hlld and sahl she was a nice girl; the next watt in
the latter p rI of February, 1071 ; I waa at itieliPs
in the nfernit4 ; Kiehi. Kato Myers, Mn, Kl. hl, sled
myself were -in kitchen; Mr. Kiehl and Kate My
ers were sittlut.On the steps; ar Kiehl got up and
got on Kate Myers' lap. sod had his ara4 around her,
and got to smoothing her hair, she afterwmis
couibed his bale; after that Mite went out to th
staid, with slop for a ; Kiehl fo 10W0d heraf er
Ward.; they w •ro out a abort time, and I we. t o
t am-de the barn; I went to tit, horse stab.° do.
the calf wan in that guide; I taltid Kato an t
standing together nea , de the calf; Kate-had Just
down the burket; saw the calf hadn't drank moch
naw uotbltig mole; Kl•hi and 1 got to talking t
gather, and aho went ou feeding calf; I hini, on th t
day a conversation with . 4ialeitt recut - tine° to hie
wlf. 'e health; mid Rid would hardly get
well ; she would bitty" to die,sueld •nly, that folka
• ilk pulpit alto of the heart generally do; he told
mu tide n,a o oe Banter Sunday, In 1li71; I wont
up that time for my sinter itlary ; I next saw my
cr, Sarah, ac.weding to toy rec. Unction on the
:ant 'day of April; nt the time of her elekno•e I
came to Klehl's on Tiara. ay about 334 or 4 o'clock;
~nod her very sick; i went to and asked her how
.be felt, she said, Oh I Som, I meet burn up; -ho
old me the could hordl3 see; She told me to spook
cud to her. she could not, }nor; her to, elle, 'rev
very much swollen, and complained of her throe
wing Bore ; she wanted Ice put on her tonguo an.
mouth, and culled fur arAter, and whthed to. b
fanned ; she was tossing around and throwing up
her a' ma; the color oilier vomit was greenish ; she
did not vomit very much at a qme, and that after
drinking.
Cross examined by'Mr. Miller
be v. mit was greenish, was thin, Os vomited
.1 a time bardly a bait of o cup full ; I was there
~111aftor she died ; I went home at daylight, • n
Friday ; the died about 3 o'cluck ; none of
our Lanny stayed thorn. we all w. nt home; I don'
know who w. re loft there ; I don't remember ho
tunny persons were at the howl when Ave left ; Jeht
Kiehl was In the room when hit wife died, In au ad
.14.n10k;A:41...tu, lin was moat ntl :he !,ate about the.
room doh'', her elekons, a tiling to to anythWehe
Woe soked to, he appeared to * be dietressed; the
thae-1- went Poems and fouud Rate Myers at the
aide, Wes Fete nary 1871, it was cold weather O
h nib I thluk not unusually so; it wee about the
i weld) , ale h 0(0'3 11101.101. it was in the morning
when I went t • the stable about 8 o'clock; Kate watt
hired theta at that lima; 1 Maw no other linpropur
familiarity there than what I stated; there was onl,
uou calf in the table;, it woe about feeding time;
tire Kl hl woe tolerably weihtat that time; she
w undur Dr„Zitzer's cart; at tbet time; she sold
the Do for stud r diem.° wan naluita.lon of the
Wart ; she ;ontplulned f Ler heart hafting her
...Met [mew; Ma - time - John and . I were'' talking of
he; 4111,1 an.,dunly we were In Klehi's.htatse,_end
area was preaent - ;• he said people with that disease
general - Fain-, su.,denly ; it was Ififeht;nt my
platen's Win s had tire,, gore; I don't know whether
ey were then; st.y slater did not usually keep u
11 . 1, Id) when Ann WOO doetoriag . her hands; Sa e
toe, but one locket 1411F11 Ohio went out to feed the
calve. ; attar hate went away he and I watered the'
horAse, I tini• he I ,uhmennued lb a finesses for this
twirl ; I don't know,of my father ever visiting any
sinter Sarah star her marrinme ; it wit, common
kOloil) talk that ratite. scat sow) with John Klub ;
don't remember that I ever raid to any one that
father was angry with Sarah, and would never mu ,t
inp; Moe no recoil, Won of saying this.
-
I was ordt red by %Ir. Sadler to -serve the subpw•
I ~Iwuglit, I
nes ; I never now John chow his-wife Sue het,rktutio 3,
it 1,0 rim KIP, Myers.
Miss ROSA LUNG, morn.
1 utu trot related to rhly or Doner's famiy its
any wily; on fourteenth - of blot January I went to
John hiehl's ulth Ementiel Donor; his sister Emma.
Donetyyna there; wu wont over , io Myers to spend
the evening; Mr. Donor and his deter, Mr. and Mr.•
Kiehl went away ; we went in and' went from the
kitchen into the dining room, sat thee., while; Mr
iti• hi nod bete ass went to the kitchen; Miss
Jbno Myers, luta, Miner and,b,xcnt to,gb out 'on
the porch; thou two went out Ma I went to• the
kitchen.; mew John Kiehl and Kate Myers There
hitting on a bench behind the table; had.their arms
around one another; they were still sitting tit
way when I came to ; I talked a short time to thorn;
IL few minutes, there was some little children In
liyor's I WAS talking to;; the table wall litandlug
the elde of dbor at side of room; I cable in IV
/ eyed awhile...and thou yvbeto ready to go home I
went through the kit - Chen, and tiny. Wine there yet
'lama in salon piece; don't remember of seeing
either. of them lu ro; m while I we. there; when I
'saw Kate at t,. home site said she was e get•ing bet
tor; Mrs. Kh hl dhl not complain about her hearth.
Gem examined by Mr. Shearer.
I am not related to the Donors% Emanuel is my
hew.; hoe b. e., for maim time, and I am glad of It
too; John 11.10.11 curl Kate bunt a newspaper in front
of then there win n temp 00 the table ; they were
it kiffq; d tit't remember whether they were link
leg at one soother tr et paper; I wa. In • kl tch. n
..ever .1 Kunst; they were behind them all the tiete;
don't know whet, or they had tittle turns around'
tech other all the time; don't remember of sPeak..
log to Mrs. Mytrs, remember ok,,harinr en Intro
duction to her; I vow albilm.'hut don't know
Whether It Was in kitcheye: or. 'room'; I think Jane
:Isere told me who the pictures wore In album, we
didn't ell. go out together; when I was sitting at
'love T could due the table; theta Woe ligbt In both
mspdoit't think John Kiehl wee hiolang over
tuyabouldoct how he wasn't, he didn't speak to,
toe ~bete the Ware's..
1111,,• MLLE; sworn.
1 yeuido in douthamptou torrnallth
.
about half a mite from Kiehl's ; I know
Mr. Kiehl ; I know Kate -Myers ; she
lived with us in September, 18704 she
was with us a little over,three weeks ;
Kiehl worked for me' at same time ;',.in
evening after day's work was done.
.Defendant's miiinsel object to this tesz
timpuron tist . grotind that the corpus &-
MU. must first be proven before a motive
can be shown.
Vonnsel for COmmonwealth conseot
to produce the evidence as to cause of
death, and follow this up with evidence
to connect the . prisoner With the cause
of death.
Witness withdrawn.
Bencdxr,. NOpC,ER, morn.
I live in Southampton - township,
Franklin county; I knew Mr. and Mrs.'
Kiehl; I saw herCin'Saturday bef+n•e she
took sick ; saw ho'r at her houSe ; Titie
said she was very well,•[sho didn't wish .
to take any medicine].
Counsel for defendant object to thin .
part in brackets on the ground, that
declarations of decedent, prior to her
last sickness, are nut evidence.
Objection. overruled._ Defendant ex
cepts and' - bill sealed.
•
Witness resumed,.
She said John' wanted her to go to the
doctor the next day ; she told. him she
didn't wad to go as she had work to do;
Mr. Kiehl said "if you want to do any
thing de it now ;" she was doing her own
work ; I next saw her oh Wednesday
when she Was sick ; found her in-bed ;
she said she was burning ; I wasn't there
Ong till two doctors came ; slio vomited
greed matter- -some some -dark green bits in
it ; the doctors questioned her very Much;
asked her if she was taking medicine
before. she took sick ; the doctors asked
herPwhen she to sklc the Inst powders;
Kiehl told them lie couldn't remember
.when ; she said "No, John, you made
me take ono on Sunday evening I was
there until her death ; John did not deny
what Mrs. Kiehl said as I remember;
stayed udtil she was buried; Mrs. Kiehl
looked very sad when she .was sick, and.
was wishing to get well ; she complained
of burning in her throat most; the doc
tor felt about her stomach ; pressed upon
it ; can't remember WhetlidrAt gave her,
Crosiexamined.
The doctors were Nevin and Stewart ;
when Mys. Kiehl was spoaking about go
ing to see the doctor, John said see should
go and do it now ; I was in the room and
saw her vomiting ; can't ihty whether she
vomited while the doctors were there or
not ; can't sny who emptied. the vomit ;
don't think i did.
Mae. 15ARBANi WALTRICK, sworn
I lisg.in Southampton towaship, about
of a mile from where Jonii Kiehl lived;
I knai him and his wife ; I Ravi Mrs.
Kiehl one week before her last sickness ;
I took her doA to her father's. [This
evidence given under former exception.)
She told me she was getting better ; she
said it was the last time 'she thought she,
would go Air medicine ; she was goinit to
her father's ; her brother had taken her
to Carlisle tothe doctor'ti ; she said she
had washes and had dug some garden ;
I did not see her again until they took
her home, on'Monday, from her father's;
I did notice her then again until she
took sick ; I went there on Monday even
ing about dusk ; when I went into the
kitchen Mr. Kiehl was in ; she was'up
stairs in bed ; I asked.bim how she was;
he said she was poorly ; he asked mu to
milk the cows for him ; I went with
Kiehl to the stable and done the
; I then went up stairs ;- I asked her
bow she was ; she said she was very sick
—said her heart hurt , her so ;I told her
I would make her some strong coffee to
stop vomiting; she said I should ; Mr.
Kiehl said it would make her head ache,
she bad better not have it; I said I
would then make her' some mint tea if
there was any there ; I made some mint
tea; it was spear mint; 'She drank it,
but it didn't seem to help her any ; she
first threw it up ; she said if this didn't
stop soon she didn't know what site.
would'do ; Kiehtsaid she wanted bim to
go for the doctor, and he woitld go for
Quo ; she said "Oh I John I if you don't
soon do something for me I can't stand
it ;" I said' I would stay till ho came.
back ; he didn't go, said ho would wait
till morning ; I staid till 10 o'clock and
then went home ; I told him I would
come back and do thO milking in the
morning ; :when I left nobody was in the
house but Mr. and Mrs. Kiehl.; her vomit
that night was green ; sometimes was
bin and sometimes a mouthful was
slimy with chunicri of green stuff in it;
she vomited about every half hour; com
plained of a burning in her throat; and
bloated up in her stomach -; she said her
heart hurt her ;on Tuesday I went
back about 7 'o'clock in the morning ;
she wits lying on the floor alone in the
kitchen ; Kiehl wasn't there ; he was at
Mr. Noaker's planting corn ; she wan
very sick—vomiting and purging ; the
purging was a green oliMe, very offensive;
I stayed with her all day till 4 o'clock p.
m. ; he came home between 8 and 9
o'clock, and she asked him to go for the
ilnbUir ; he tihi her ho would have to go
back to the corn field ; she asked him
!ti hat he would have to pi back for ; he
he said to tell Mr. Npaker be.couldn't
~tay ; I told him Mr. N. wouldn't say
anything if he didn't go ; ho then said,
he would have to go to his coat ;
Kiehl gut the corn,,l parched it and
made liar sonic tea, aud lie started to the
corn field ; he had his working clothes
ou ; she drank some of the tea and it
didn't do her any good ; ho wasn't away
any time ; I still wanted him to go for
the doctor ; he said lie wanted to see first
how the ten •would do ;,L told hint then
if ho , wouldn't go for the doctor I would
go home ; he told me I should go, ho
Wouldn'tgo forth° doctor till dinner time;
I startekthenand went home ; left no
one iu the housO butqliehl and his wife ;
when I came thick 'directly, in about
and hour, ho was at the bain_talking to
Mr. Comer ; it was 'about 10 a. in.; he
said ho would go to town and toll the
doctor ;'I told him to bring the doctor
along ;. - 1. thought ho ought to . know
'what kind of medicine elm had been tak
ing ; ho said he could take the medicine
along and show it to-the-doctor ;: he
• ilhln't - take - tWifiedieine ; ho went,. and
came back without the doctor, and when
he came I said, you've come without the
- doctor; he said yes, the doctor had been
away and just come home, and wouldn't
go way again; be said, ho bad three
powders which he brought along, and, if
they didn't do any good ho was to let
the doctor know; he said, it 'was 'Dr.
Nevin ; ho gave her- a powder directly,
and told me at - 4 e'olOok she should - take
another, and,another at 8 o'clock; Isias
there till little after 4; made her some:
wail and wont home ; Mt Monday noon I
'Wont back, film' was still very sick;
just stayed. h few'minutis and then went
home; she told me• that on Tuesday
morning, whoa I was out ' milking, Mr:
'Kiehl asked her ivhether, she coultltake
medicine ; asked her if she had much
more to take'; she said, Meld said, she
had,2 or ft morn .doses when I was at
home Mr. Wriltrlek said 1,. otioilld*Ot
little of the medicine:whew' went back;
I got a few of tho drops.in the vial, and
I wanted to got the poWders, but . when
I got the box it wwomPty ; when I got
the drops.there was oply one bottle of
her:drops there ; they were a' . kind of, a
red Color, and I did not see any other '
red drops. in the - cupboard; I was at it,
more than once,; the powders were in a
round wooden box, something liko a
,wafer box.; when I went to it it was ..
empty;. on Wednesday - morning I wont
back ; on Tuesday she told him to go
for Jane Myers ; ho went, and said she
refused to' come ; I told him to go • for
one 'of Miss Hoffnuans ; he Said they
were planting corn and wouldn't come,
it wasn't worth while to go ; I didn't
stay any
_time ; WeclnesdaY . .morning
•found there , Catharine Myers and Mrs.
Hiohl ;she was very .poorly ; I asked
John • how she was, and he said very
poorly; Catharine Myeis told me she
told him to go for , her mother ; ho didn't
hear her tell me so ; wont Leek in af
ternoon and remained . about I hours;
sliO was, very sick ; her mother was with
her ; I went back again Thursday morn
ing ; I stayed till 8 or 4 p.m--; r -
r yasn't
up stairs f.abbut-sundown I .' Want back
again and found her still getting weak
er ; she was, vomiting ; it Ives green
but some yellow ; 'she complained of
burning in the throat and failing eye
sight.; I was. there when she 'died ; it
was about 8 o'clOck Friday , morning ;
after', her', death Mr.. Kiehl and I were
sitting at the breakfast table at Kiehl's
I asked him to come and sit down and
take breakfast ; ho said he didn't want
any ho wasn't hungry ; I said, come take
a cup of coffee ; ho silt down ; ho said
Sarah is dead mill gone now, 'God knoWs
whethei he would be there to see her
Put urnilerflin ground; I then left the
breakfast9'after breakfast told mo he
Would go up stake to shave himself; he
wont up; I wearliyi to get some bed
clothq; I was in an adjoining room ; be
came to me and said ho wanted to ask
mo one question ; he wanted- me to tell
him whether lift.- porter was• going to
have him attested et:not ; i told - him I
could not say ; lie said for God's sake
tell me, I will never tell on you ; I told
him I could not tell him for I did 'hot
know ; he asked if I did not hear them
say anything about it ;' I teld•hini I did
not ; I told him it was a Kid' hing for him
spilling them powders; he said God
knows I could not help it ; this last
conversation was on Friday morning ;
stayed until after funeral ; I done up the
work for / him ;. he then took mu home
in a baggy,'; on, the° road going hollie he
said to plejlGod knows who'll take pity
on me to come and keep house for me;
said if peopler.lind held.their tongues, he
would have: : his . housekeeper .in the
neighborhood ; me then
whether Mrs. Kiehl had ever said any
thing to me about Catharine Myers and
him ; I told him she was now dead and
gone, and I would tell him it he wished
to know ; ho asked me then what she
said about him ; 1 told him then she
told me he had been very-liross to her.;
he didn't say anything ; he got out and
opened the gate for me ; the pies wore
put in the cellar on the ground ; they
wore not disturbed ; this conversation
was day of the-funeral.
Crhss examined by Mr. Miller.
Mr. Donor and his family came to
Kiehl's (pa WeduiZsday ; can't tell
whether 10, :rated 'V. Kiehl harshly ;
don't think I heard blur speak to him ;
he went around among neighbors, but
don't snow) that he inquired about his
SUSMieinflr no/Mt'
_tt.: Mrs. Kiehl's
death ; doff' t linckv whether Mr. Doner
naked me about it ; don't remember that
ho expressed his suspicions about Kiehl ;
don't think any of the family asked me ;
I told some of them ho spilled powders
while I was away ; Kiehl told me the
cupboard was so full that he went to
arrange the things, and the box fell
down, and powders wore spilled ; I didn't
notice where tho box was standing ;
don't i•now who I told this to ; I was
not there when Donors' came ; Kiehl
expressed no desire to run off or; hide
himself; be exhibited the usual grief
and sorrow usual under such circum
stances ; expressed no anxiety, exhibited
no nervonsness ; ho did all ho coula for
Mrs. Kiehl, and was attentive and kind
to her; lie said the doctor said she had
palpitattli of heart ; think Kiehl t6'ok
lamp up, tairs before he went with me
to stable ; don't remember that Kiehl
attended to her on Monday eVoning ; I
attended to her; don't think he did;
ho was lying on hod behind her ; no Per
son was present but myself when Kiehl
came back on Thursday ; quite a'aum
ber of persons wore there when she dibd ;
there was nothing said to me about post
mortem examination of the body ; don't
know as I heard it , talked about . ; I was
there when Mrs Donor imbed John away
from the bed ; they never told, me the
reason they hurried home was thht they
might make arrangemehts for 'taking
body up and examining it ; when I went
to cupboard I 'only 'saw ono bottle with
drops in ; I didn't taste them ; the cup
. hoard — was Au - kitclben rnot - locked I - it
was red ; not very high.; no comer cup
hoard ; the kitchen is built against
house ; the ono back of this is wash
house I don't' know, who started the
talk about John poisoning,his wife ; I
had beard about the coffee, and my hus
band said I should, take a few drops to
satisfy both parties;
,wo thought there
might be some trouble ; I ..didn't tell
ahout,', powders until , they asked me
about them ; the drops aro at the hotel
in my, possesSion ;•thoro are about two
spoonfuls loft ; a kind of red color';
didn't show , )t to any , person ; Showed'
it to attorneys 'for commonwealth, at
last court; I have every drop 'of medi
cine taken out of bottle; don't know of
any 'small bottles being taken out ;
haVen't been active against Kiehl; when
Mrs. - Kielil laid on floor she said she
couldn't get up Mahn ; I came there at
7 o'clock ; she lay on floor until between
9 and 10 o'clock ; she was purged every
hour. '
In chief .
There was carpet on floor; didn't &S
-corer-anything on . floor ; I got box out
of cupboard ;.there Was nothing ih
liiohl laid his face on hors ; sho
arms around his neck ; Mrs. Donor first
pushed him bank, and said she was too
weak to bear it"; slid didn't push him
roughly ;'Mrs Pilgrim said it was cruel,
and-Mrs. Donor said she would sniotherg
Crain) examined,.
The pusli'did not corm himpack three
or fotir yarns' ; Just raised 'hid head up ;
I can't roinorabor what - eke said; could
have heard it, but don't remember what
else she said. ,
Tim Attorney General of Florida has
reklered an opinion to the offeo that
theTo in nolaw in that Rate for the,
motion of county taxee. - •
• Tun Roman Catholic Church, at Roch
dale, Mass,, was broken into a far
nights alfice, and the valuable holy yes
sets of the altar were corried away.
80st N oas ha's taintOd• a 'panorailapf
the . Ohioggo fire. • . •
ts4' tavliojit''-i4ivoldil..
VOL. 71:. NO. 46
THE END OF THE. CONSPIRACY.
• During the, Senatorial contest in this
District and the outrageous and revolu
tionary performances which succeeded
it, this journal has been as fires possible
silent, -for reasona which aro obvious.
As it is now closed,, at least so fo'r as the
election, is concerned, we will speak
of it just suille,iently to give the facts in
the case, leaving to the people of this
district and all others, to draw their own
Conclusion therefrom. -
The official returns.of the election for
Senator, indicated the . ' choice 'of the
Republican candidate, by a majority of
803. As the counties of the district had
previously cast Democratic majorities,
the defeated candidate and the yery few.
local loaders of his party, who even pre-
tended to support him, gave out that this
result was brought about by bribe 6 and
corruption, and immediately organized
a conspiracy to give this silly falsehood
a quairbfficial announcement. At the
nwootiug of, the county return judges,
they arranged to choose as Senatorial
return:judge,. the -most bitter and un i ,
scrupulous partizan, as well as the most
ignorant and wrong-headed member' of
their party, that could have -been found
in the county. His work was -mapped
out by the persons who had concocted
this plan, afid a' form of a paper which
he was to sign, was agreed upon in
advance. At the meeting of the judges,
an affidavit was produced from a party,
who is openly accused of:buying votes for
Deiuoeratic candidates, setting out that
he had heard two dollars offered for a vote,
but without stating that even this soli
tary offer was made in the interest of the
Republican candidate, or that the person
so approached had voted at all. On this
"single affidavit, Effrminger urged by the
scoundrels who had this matter in
charge, refused to cast up the returns
which came from the counties,- and
certify an election, and insisted on filing
in the Prothonotary's, a statement that it
appeared that fraud and bribery had
been practiced sufficient to vitiate the
election, or to change the result, when
ignorant as lie was, he couldn't fail to
see that even a single case had not been
proved, or even charged.
The intention of ali this performance,
was apparent on its face, to any one who
knew the situation of the Sennt,. The
organization tftfs in the hands of the
Democracy. So farm; the return judges
could make papers show the result, the
paper which they intended to place be
fore the Senate, was not only an in
formal certificate, but, one which actually
convicted floe poison presenting it, of
fraud and •bribory in advance of any
action of the Senate whatever. These
idiots presumed that common honesty
was so far beyond the conception of
their own Senators, that • they' would
exclude the Senator elect from this dis•
trict, merely because a lot of stupid and
unsertmulons partizans had been guilty of
of revolution, when they found tliermadves
outvoted. Then as Senator Connell
was about sure to,die, and the exclusion
of the Senator from this district would
give them a majority for the time they
would organize, peel( committees, and
finally give the seat to a gentleman
whose only possible claim was that he
was overwhelmingly Beaten. Of course,
no Senator , who .lifts yet been elected in
Pennsylvania, would for a moment .
countenance an outrage of this kind,
but•the parties here, who estimated' thii
honor of others, by their own, concluded
' that there could be no objection, what
ever, to this unprecedented scoundrelism.
In order that, no more trouble should
avian in the future, in such cases, an
application was made to the Supreme
Court for a mandamus to compel Em
minger to do what the law and his oath
of office - required him. It was granted
in the alternative form, and was served
on a member of his family, on Friday,
October 27. On that day Emniinder
left his homctfor the West, telling--his
family that ho was going to escape the
service of the writ from the Supreme
Court. Now Emminger himself,
wouldn't; know a mandamus from an
anaconda, and it may be that ho suppose
it was necessary to keep out of the way
of the writ, in order to save himself
from bodily harm. It is nmeh 10 010
likely, however, that the conspirmurs
were also in this movement, so that tliey
might delay the decision
. until the Court
would rise at Pittsburgh, and as the
nost.sossion did not begin until January,
they'might still have a chance with the
Legislature. As return day came," hood'
over, a slight. shade of prudence
became visible, and they almealed to
the Court for time to allow Emminger
to file his answer. This was granted,
and on last week the answer was Wed,
au , ,_ ziaborate argument made by two
legal gentlemen of Pittsburgh, and a
unanimous decision made by the Court,
that the Republican candidate was en
titled to his certifleateof election, and a
peremptory mandamus gyanted
en
force It flaring to choose between,do-
ing his duty and remaining in prison for
life, Emminger reported hem on
.Tues
day, aml jointly with the, other 'judge
signed returns and certificate setting
forth that James M. Weak.leY was duly
elected Senitor for this District. '
And now alew statements with regard
to the facts connected with the election
in thisiltifilet In order to give some
sort of-faro to this infamous attempt on
the part of beaten Toliticians, to over
turn an election, the answer of Em•
miner, alleged the sending of largo
sums of money into this district, that it
was used for the purpose...of buying votes'
for the Republican candidate, that it
was distributed by him forlhat purpose,
and finally, that the candidate himsqif
bought, votes. This wo deny squarely'
and unequivocally. No money was sent
hero for that purpose. The Republican
candidato'nuthorized no buying of votes,
but distinctly and positively forbade it.
The Charge that ho bought M i es himself
is rtn infamous libel. There were not a
score of Persons in the whole diStrict,
whom ho oven asked to vote for him.
his' nomination was tendered him un
asked and undesired. His elirtion is
simply the indication that a large ma-
jority of the people of the district, pro-
furred him to his competitor. The
Democrats who support us can easily
be found. They are Dolt dr afraid nor
ashamed . of the part ,they took in the
merit elimtion. They' are 'among the
.most prominent and respected Of our
citizens, and the conspirators. dare not
mention their mines in connection,with
any act of dishonor.
Wo Will say something now of the
other side. It would be a fair prosumn
don that gentlemen who will Conspire to
overturn an election, would, not bo
sorupuloue an to the conduct of the cam.'
paign, andln thin Otte° the facts sustain
the urosumption. thorS was Moro Maley
used by 'h peMocretio'party iu thbonnt:,
paign proper in thin thatt:Was used by tit()
Bepublicans. Ineludirie the primary cam!:
paign the difibrence_was more,than five
dollars to one. 'Bribery, fraud, force,
threats, entreaties and denunciations were
the orders of the day continually.' If a
Democrat expressed hispreference openly'
for a Republiiiart candidate-he 'wasfie
nouticed af; a traitor and branded as
having, sold himself foi: money:. - The
leaders of every colored organization in
the county wore approached with propo
sitions to buy:-Weir votes for specific
sums, and Republican" poll committees
were offered.largo sums to diStributo
spurious tickets:- ''' Along , ..the—sotithern.,
side of the county it was promised that
if the Democratic candidate was elected
at least one-quarter of a millien,.ef dol
lars would be talcou from the coffers of
the State and applied to the. building of
a railrOad which it was asserted must
fail unless it obtained this aid. This
direct bribe by. the promise of stolen
funds from the state secured full one
hundred and' fifty Republican votes for
the Democratic candidate, and it was
thd'grand card which / the owls who had
him in.charge expected would save him
from the tide of indignation which swept
over the district at Ks nomination. But
it failed signally, aft, did the crowning
TA,Derrioeratia - Chiel Jen- .
tic& found it I . l4essary to rebuke, lest
"our representative system should . ut
terly-fail of-its purpose Mul'anarchy a: .d
confusion shduld inevitably result."
And now : we leave this subject, knowing
'well that the authors of this outrage
received from all good men'thesondece
nation which they deserve.
DOCTORS WHO DIFFER
At the regular meeting of the Sena
torial 'Return Judges Mr. Charles E.
Maglaughlin submitted to them the fol
lowing legal' opinion as •to their powers
and duties, to which we now call atten
tion :
" Messrs. Eimminger and • Skiles, Return
Judges of Franklin and Comberload
Counties :
_ .
GENTLEMEN—If Mr. Poffer protests
against the awarding of a eertfficate . to
Mr. Weakley, and presents his affidavit
or the affidavits of. other qualified voters
of the district, that the election of Mr. ,
Weak-ley was secured by bribery and
corruption, and that the same can be .
proved, I believe that you would he jos
tilled in refusing a certificate to Mr.
Weakley, and THAT YOU SHOULD DO SO.
CHARLES E. MAnt,AttornaN."
Last Thursday, at Pittsburg, the Dem
ocratM Chief Justice of Pennsylvania,
delivering the opinion of the Supreme
Court on the powers and duties of - these
officers, .m.i ote as follows:
"In this plea the respondent alleges
bribery and fraud in the election as an
excuse for not certifying, as he was re
quired by law to do. We hope this is
not true. But even if it were, he was
not the authority to examine into it or
act upon it. Nor are - we - , upon wilOm
the answer seeks to cast the responsi
bility of investigating it: That we have
distinctly said in Ilffiseman - vs. Timms
truh Wright, p. 39(i), and if it had never
been said we would say - it now. It is
for - the Senate to investigate charges of
this nature. The Constitution expressly
says tvi ; and to that body it is proper,
and the only- place it is proper, legally
to make such charges. If they prove
true, that body will do its duty doubt
less, and expel any memlier from its hall
who is there by such means. The remedy
for all this is by contesting the election
of the party charged. ,The law is ample
for this, and this is' the constitutional
mode of punishing
,and redressing — such
a wrong. The respondent could hardly
have anticipated the consequencesof the
precedent he wo ild set if sustained in
this plea, or we t. Link he would notelaina
it as a protection There would be f w
returns of electi/m of Senators, Con-'
gressmen or Representatives ever made,.
if such a thing w ire' possible to be main
tailed. There ould always be enough,
I regret to bef Ve, to suggest fraud in
the elections, . nd thereby prevent any
certificate of election being given, the
consequences of this would be that our
legislative bodies would never organize.
A few with' certificates might keep all
others out, and„thus prevent any organ
ization sufficient to try the right of those
to whom certificates of election ought to
have betm given, but had been denied.
Let this be the rule and our representa
tive system would utterly fail of its pur
pose, and anarchy and confusion would
inevitably result."
4 Now, no one questions the pre-eminent
legal attainments of the late District
Attorney. His knowledge of the law is
humid doubt accurate and exhaustive.
That ho'is always honest in the expres
sion of his opinion is also certain, for we
have that from his own testimony. The
, only trouble we sae in the matter is th at
the Supreme Court should differ from
him, and that the mere accident of their
position should set aside an opinion
which bears on its face the evidence of
the ability and honesty of its author.
But in the affairs of this life honest
merit is often erMilled by the arbitrary
dictum of poWer. • •
AMONG the 'records of the Court of
Common Pleas of Cumberland county
appears a paper of which the following
is a copy and which explains itself :
" We; the subscribers, being duly ap
pointed the return judges of the election
hold in and for the Nineteenth Senatorial
District of Pennsylvania, composed of
the comities of Cumberland and Frank
lin, on the tenth ult., it being the second
Tuesday of October, A. D. 1871, having
.met together. at the. Court
lisle, Cumberland county, and having
carefully examined the returns of the
- several counties arid added together Alio
voles /herein containeiraccording to law
do certify that the votes for the office of
Senator wort) as follows, vie, :
In Cumberland county J. M. -Aliciakley
had forty-two hundied and sixty-three
votes, 11. IC. PeMr had forty-ono hun
dred mid fourteen vottia.
In Franklin county J. M. Weakley
had forty-six hundred and five votes, 1.1.
IC. Mier had thirty-nine hundred and
fifty-one 'votes ; thOrefore J. M. Weak
ley, having received the highest number
of-votes, is duly elected to the office of
Senator for' the said Nineteenth Sena
tofial District of Pennsylvania.
In testimony whereof we have here
unto set our hails and seals this twen
ty-firk day of November, A. D. 1871.
JOIIN I:NM - NUNN,
H. G. SLIDES,
Senatorial Return Judges.
Attest,:—J. B. FLOYD." • '
THE New York WOrld. give:: the fol
lowing advice to tho next Democratic
National Convention :
" Noo - more greenback heresies 1 no
more denunciations . of negro suffrage
no further'vain attempts to roll .buck the
earth on its axis and put everytiang_
where it stood in' the administration of
President Buehanan I no more :election
of candidates foredoomed to defeat from
the moment of their nomination I no
`more'placing a bull on the track to butt
the coming locomotive I"
This is good enough advice in+ itself,
but is quite superfluous
. at,,this time.
First, there won't be any National Dem
ocratic Convention.. If there', was, it
'wouldn't giie any attention to any such
suggestions. If the Democratic party
had heeded sUch adVieb ten years ago it
.would have controlled every department
of the. Cloveriunont to-dry. But„ it is
quite too.late now_to ,mend ,_ _ llefutma-
Bon at4d I:opolAa,neo 7 don't , amount—to
much' after death.. • „ , ,
report of the Kiehl murder , trial
whioh we give in full, so' fol. as it has
iirogreeeed, hire neceesnrily crowded out
mach of our usual iqiiiety of reading
matter, Tho 04130 Ar(1111rSOB to Coll . oplAo'
"' iiriug the entire week. , • •
ttr •
Tint Supreme Pond of tl4qtate: ren.
dered a decision in the. great' , fax case
of the Credit Mobiliyr, reversing -the
judgment cif 6 the Celia belt*. 'This
decision is, ther'nfore, against the Com
monwealth, find Tby it $600,000 of . taxes
claimeer from" that corporation "mayjie
Jost the State: Tbih case:lies been
twice tried in the lower court, and twice
in the Supreme Court. lh the, court be:
low the_Commonwealth always wins, in
the Supreme Court•the Conipany wins.
Tlas makes it look as if the facts,Were
iii favor of the State, and the law against
Ilowevjr it may end finally for the
State. It is - Pretty sure the lawyers em
ployed will not be the losers.
Tim; Grand Duke Alekis, landed in
New York on Monday. His coming haw
been long heralded and' he Sill doubtless
receive the hollers clue to his rank.
The American people will remember,
also, that during the rebellion, Russia was
our steadfast fripanh whilst ahnost every
other European nation was in direct
sympathy with the rebels. Gratitude
for the friendthip of his nation
doubtless, be the ' motive that will
prompt our people to do spediallionot - to
.
110 BRIDLE TRAGEDY.
One of the most horrible triple mur
ders ever pernetrated'was committed in
Clarke county, Vet) miles east of HO
ryville, ill Indianai , on Saturday night.
The terrible discovery was made at six
o'clock on Sunday morning the 12th
instant, by a neighbor, who, on entering
the premises; found Evelino Park, 16
years of age, standing on the back porch
of the house, with three fearful gashes
in her head, evidently mad ~by an axe.
Sitting hype fire in a rooliron the loft
hand was Helen Piu•k, aged.l4, with two
fearful gashes in her brain, from which
the blood was oozing.
In bed in the same room lay the
ghastly corpses of Cyrus M. and Isabella
ParkTlather and' Wiener of the g,irlS,
weltering in their gore, blood and brains
covering' the heads of both:
Lt an adjoining roots was did' dead
body of John f•ark, aged 10 years, with
two cuts in his head.
The murderers are supposed to have
entered the sleeping room of the fattier
and mother, and, with an axe, kill. d
them. They went into the adjoining
room and killed the boy. While' en
gaged in killing the latter, the girls,
who occupied a bed it the 'same
have raised up, and were instantly
ai( on the head with the axe and le
dead.
El=
_velthe was only able to tell that she
saw some mamin the room with a light
in his hand.' XlOO were ,`stolen froth the
house.
The scene of the mode• to-day beg
gars description. Tie entire,male popu
lation of the neighborhood are out on
horseback, scouring ihe coimtry in all
directions.
Five. negroes have already been ar
reated on supicion of being - implicated
in the horrible affair.
It in the general belief that two white
men committed the deed.
Some time agn ' there was some diffi
culty in the neighborhood, and Cyrus
Park, Tohn M. Kirk and others were
connected with an organization formed
for the purpose_ of preventing the com
mission of ogtrages on peaoeful.citizens.
'Du account of this. tin.anonymmis letter
was sent to Park about five weeks ago,
saying that both he and 'Kirk •‘ would
be fixed." Last. night Kick left the
scene of the murder", going to his home
about half a mile distant. While eating
supper about 6 o'clock he heard the dog
bark, and on going out. was confronted
by men who advanced upon him and
pursued him into the house. He and a
hired man, named Llewellyn, the former
armed with a shovel the latter with a
pistol, stood guard all night inside the
house. During the night the men came
into the porch three times, hitt did not
succeed in their designs.
It is believed that the - saint parties
were concerned in the murder of the
Park fancily; and that the robbery was
merely to cove• up their motives.
The gids 4 were alive up to noon today,
but it is impossible for them to recover.
El=
Squire Taylor, Charles Dixon n'ud
George Johnson, negroes, accused of the
murder of the Park family, were taken
out of the jail at Charleston, Indiana, at
about 2 o'clock this morning by a mob
of about forty persorbs, masked and dis
guised, thirty-three of whom entered the
jail, and the rest stood guard in the
streets. ' The negroes were hanged 'in
the woods about two miles from the
town.
When found, Taylor had been stripped
naked and burned in a number of places
,Nlith brands from afire which the mob
mid kindled probably with the intention,
as exprestipti by them, of roasting them
'alive. •
is: . strongly- intimated „that_ thmme
groes made a confession before death.
Taylor and Johnson were hanged on the
same tree, Davis on another tied Sonic
hundred feet distant. The mob was
made uli of citizen's from the vicinity of
Ilentyville, Otis county and Charleston.
The coroner's inquest rendered a ver
dict that they came -to their death by
violence, having been hanged by parties
. unknown. The negroes had not been
indicted by the grand jury, and the citi
zens feared they would escape punish
ment.-
NO ono attempted to interfere with
the mob, who broke .in two. doom with
sledge-hammers and chisels ; but the
sheiX unlocked the third, seeing he
could not keep them out.
AN exchange tolls us that, "twenty
years ago Leland Sandford arrived in
California with only one shirt to his
back. Since then, by close attention to
business, helms contrived to accumulate
over 510,000,000." What does he .do
with.them all? -
A LarrEn from Puerto Princi pi: of
. a
rrcent dato says " eensi'lueneo * of
the groat number of-troops in this plaeo
tho' mortality is tremendous, typhoid
and other malignant fevers abounding.
tlireo years the troops havo lost
80,000 met, by war, pestilence and fam
ine."-
THE fence is a costly fixture. 'lllinois
is,said to have ten Home as.. much fence
as Germany, the Pilotless county, NeW
York, more than all rriuMe. A narrow
path divides' farms In France, Germany . •
and Holland. In South Carolina the im• • ONa of the oldest and most. Ably con
proved "land is estimated to bo worth duCted monthlies of our day, is • Wood's
$20,000,000; the fences have cost $O6,- HouBohold gagafi'oe, published i 6, S. S
000,000. The annual repair 18 it tenth of Wood & Co., Newburgh, N. :Ip
tI 0. A tecolit calculation ; places .-the numbers among its Able corps writers,
cost of fences in the United States at $l,- (freely, Beeeller,*Parten,,A4 thia, Dr: W.
ocio,Ooofpoo.. Nicholas thirty W. Hall,. Harriet' lieccher Stowe and
years agooiaid,the rennsylvania fences Gail Hamilton,
.while, its 6.1: Ills put it
had cost $100,000,000. ,they arc within the leach 'of . Devotiiii; itself
Put at.slls,ooo,ooo, t aud in Now York to - knowledge, . virtue and temperan ,-
at $144,000,000, Some day fences, will wo bespeak' for it a lihrty wekioin
probablydlsaperti.,..and boundaries wlll. all firesides. Itsagent,.Thos.'c.
be Marked with.frnit',.and shade trees, ett,'of onr own town, Offers ip•
or neat hedge rows.. , • to those who,stthscribe iiots• • ,
THE LATE DR. STANTON.
, •
-.Drs.-311cKenuey and J. E. Jackson, jr.,
address to the . Pittsbuig Gazette the fol
lowing facts in regard to the' death of Dr.
Stanton,_ the Republican, Auditor Gen
oral erect! , • .
" The, lamentable death of our friend,
Dr. Stanton,rhas been so variously ex
plained, that it is duo to his memory that
a...truthful statement of the ease should
be given to the public: About six weeks
ago Jr. Stanton Made" two iitist-mortem
examinations, in doing which ho had to
handle, for over an hour, decomposing
tissue and inhale the impute 'air from
the open bodies. No innnodiate bad re
sult was noticed, but two weeks ago he.
spoke to his professional. friends about
it, and said ho believed his system bad'
been slightly poisoned, as he had not
felt perfectly well since the examination•
Last Friday-a small erysipelas inft
tion appeared im his left cheek, accom
panied by a slight chill - ; odSaturday, at
ii p. m., the erysipelas involved the whole
Of the cheek and one half of the nose,
There was also a slight fevei. The poi
tiOn of the face involved in the ;disease
was exceedingly tender, and - he said the
burning in it ga,ver hiM no rest.' As his
physician was leaving him, hejetnarked
that he had lost so much sleep for several
nights, that lie Beemed to have gOt past
his rest, and-thought it best to take a
tonall injection of morphia to enable him
to pass the night comfortfibly. His
physician offered to give him the , injec
tion, but lie said he would administer it
himself, as he did not wish to takeit
til near. bedtime. At this. Dr: Stanton
was cheerful, but' manifested no excite
mom. He was not confined to bed, and
ho walked about the room with almost
his usual vigor. Dr. Stanton took the
mornhia between 7 and 8 p. m., rpsert=
ing it deeply into the inner part of the
arm near its junction with the shoulder.
The close was about ono grain, For -a
while afterwards he conversed pleasaritly
with his family, and then went to sleep.
About 9.30 p. m., his wife became
alarmedatthe character of his breath
ing, and finding, it impossible to • awake
him sent quickly for neighboring i;bysi
oians. Medical attendance reached him
by 10 p. nr. His breathing was then
stertorous, heart's action feeble and ir
regular, his pupils greatly contracted,.
his extremities cold and his stupor pro
found. Every remedy anti appliance
known to science were Promptlk used
for his relief, but without avail. Lk con
tinned to sink until 1.30 o'clock on Sal -
bath morning, whmilie expired. In the
opinion of those physicians who wit
nessed that lad death scone, Dr. Stan
ton's death was raised by the unusually
prompt and complete absorption of the
morphia prostrating a system already
Struggling with cadaveric poisoning.
Thus perished-ono-if rho brightest orna
ment: of the medical profession ; a vic
tim of his professional devotion and to
the reined) , he hail so often successfully
Used to relieve the sufferings of his fellow
Mon.
IlusnAN n's Limum . rx•- , -" The - preKfilthit - '
opinion that a husband is legally liable ,
for all bills, of whatever nature, 11. at
his wife may contract, was not sustained
by Judge Thayer, in Philadelphia, 010
Wednesday last. In a case ill cOrirt the
Judge decided in favor of a husband:
wlui had been sued by a dry goods firm,.
for a debt contracted. by, his wife. De : .
fense set up 'UNA—defendant furnished.
his Wifoi with an ample supply of neces
saries. 1:1 the course of his charge
Judge Thayer said : " It is a false and
foolish notion fogs tradespeople -to en
tertain that a husband is bound to pay
all bills contracted by his wife. No
iamb monstrous doctrine is allowed in
the law. Tradesmen must ascertain the
facts and the true relation of man and
! wife before allowing the latter to run up
bills which be is to be looked to to pay."
Commenting upon this exposition of
law, which ought to be more familiar
than it is, the Philadelphia Record thinks
that when tradespeople:' come to dis
tinctly understand it, "a very sensible
step will have been accomplished towards'
reform in the wanton extravagance and
ruinous folly which, under the meretri
cious impulse of the stupid despot called;
' &biotic' so ivastes the substance, mars
the manners, deforms the persons, de
grades the morals and wrecks the
happiness of myriad households and,
Individuals, not only in this community,
but throughout thvountry."
lowa, taxes the Bur
MT. PLEASANT
lington and Missouri railroad, $20,000
for municipal purposes.
Tnr, trains on the Farmington branch
'of the Maine Central railroad ran over
and slaughtered eight beeves a few days
Items ~lbout Rome.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1871.
COMPLETED.-7TIIO sewer at the Inter
section of Main and Pitt streets.
THE calithumpianists were out in force
ale w mights,sinco.
FINE CELERY.—AVS. R. A. Bowman,
presoMed us on Wednesday morning
last, with some very fine celery, for
which she will plcasa accept our thanks.
Fnual the large number of "gobblers"'
offered in market, we are. inclined to the ,
opinion that Moro will be a terrible on—
slaught in Turkey'dom during the next
ten days.' ° 7 •
FOR MINCE
Pure New England , Rum. Gemini()
French Brandy, Fine Cooking Wines.
Best;of old Rye 'Whisky. All to be bad
at. the vary lowest pricch for cash only,
•at ¢ JACOB LIVINGSTOII,
'27 North Hanover Street,'
• Carlisle, Pl;.
nol67lGt
ADMITTED TO PitAurtc.—On Friday
morning last, Mr. Theodore Corumatt,
was on motion of Goo. S. •Thnig, osq.,,
admitted to practice•in the.several, courts.:
of Cumberland county. Mt. Comma,
passed a very creditable examination,
and was highly complituentad by the
examining committee . and' the judges
present.
A very pleasant ,oystor s'uppor. •was
partaken of at 'the restu*rant of Mr:
Wetzel at which a number:M*llM lies sonal
friends of Mr. Commit were Mi..sont.
We wish him abundant soccess in his new
vocation.
EMI
Zal