The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-06-07

went up Inc leuStn ol he'duMdy S'oAej
and heard a great noise in Browns shan
ty. seen men around the shanty, and
I stopped where 1 was, and I saw three
men advancing from the shanty. l cross
ed the street, and went over and John
Kahoe was there, and his brother Pat
rick Kahoe; one of the men along with
me, asked him what was up with him and
be said he was beat by the Browns. l
saw blood on him, but couldn't see no
mark at the same time. Patrick wanted
Jno. to 20 home with him, and Jno. advan-
ced away from me at the time. Iwent up
the street to opposite where Phil. Cogan
lived at that time. l saw some women
standing inside the fence, The first thing
| heard was Phil. Cogan's wife crying
Phil was murdered. l asked her where
and she said in Browns shanty. Iwent
down to the shanty, and saw John Con
ly breaking in the shanty, and John Co.
gan, Thomas Sheridan, james McCor-
mick and James Rogers, they were break
ing in the shanty. John Kahoe's broth
er came up to me where | was. | went
in search of John Kahoe, went down the
length of Patrick Cogan's shanty in search
of John Kahoe looked in the window
and saw light inside-saw no person
inside. Then l retired from the shanty,
and on my return I saw these men run
ming on opposite side of street, and [ ran
after them to see ifany one of them was
John, that was in search of. They ran
quick, and thought couldn't come up
to them, and retired back, and heard
noise, above Pat. Browns shanty. And
the first thing l heard was Peter Brown
crying out that his brother was killed
| saw three men carrying Pat. Brown
Could know none of them only Pat. Cogan.
Saw them carry Pat. Brown into his own
shanty. 1 retired then and went home;
1 saw four of these men, (pointing them
out, James Rogers, Mccormick, John Co.
gan and Sheridan. l only saw those
breaking in the shanty. There was a
great noise inside the shanty before this;
a great noise outside. I saw DO others
there breaking in the shanty. went a.
way from there in search of John Kahoe.
C'. Ea-Farl Rooch's shanty was on
far side of the creek. Robert Hagan,
James Lanen, Patrick Kahoe and my
self were the four coming up. 1t wasn't t
very dark. 1t was pretty clear when
it wasn't raining. 1t was clear at that
time when | came over: wasn't very dark,
and l saw no moon light; was st. Patrick s
day. drank little that day, drank two
glasses of beer at Farl Roach's, and drank
one glass of liquor on the way coming from
the Little Tunnel, in Jersey. That is all
drank. l can't say all that would make
one drunk. | didn't see that Lannen was
in liquor: it wasn't very dark. [ was by
myself at Leyanaways store-cant say
where the others were. Robert Hagan
came before NE, and 1 didn't see him a.
gain till I saw him at the shaDty, where l
stopped that night. That was at Farl
Roaeh's. I saw Lannen again when l
was up opposite Phil. Cogan's, and left
him there and didn't see him again till |
saw him afterwards in Farl Roach's shan
ty. After l had seen them carry Brown
in the shanty. Ihad no business whatso-
ever, that took me opposite Phil. Cogan's.
l happened to 60. l stopped at Levana-
ways store, to the best of my opinion, 3
minutes. From the store | went to Browns
shanty, was there about ten minutes to the
best of my opinion, from there l went up to
opposite Phil Cogan's. Remained oppo-
site Phil. Cogan's about minute to the
best Of my opinion. Then l kept along
the side walk till opposite Browns, and
crossed the street, walked down. / went
down on the same side Phil. Cogan's house
was on. Stood there better than ten min
utes, from there | went down to Pat. Co.
gan's shanty, looked in the window, and
made no delay, and retired from the shan
ty, and saw these two men run down the
street. l run after the two men about 80
yards. Didn't 60 as far down as the grave
yard. Then retired back again up the
the street to above Pat. Browns shanty,
to the best of my opinion about 80 yards
above the shanty. 1t took me about ~
or ID minutes to 60 from Browns shanty
to Cogan's and back agan.
| didn't speak to these men that were
breaking into the shanty. l saw John
Gonly breaking in the window fthe shan
ty, the first man l saw. heard noise
inside when they were trying to break in.
Thos. Sheridan was breaking in the shan
ty between the window and door. John
Cogan was trying to butt in the door
Rogers was striking wood agasnst the
shanty, front side, between the window and
the door. Mccormick was at the door
Didn't see any of them breakin through
while 1 was there. Gonly broke the win
dow in while l was there. Don't know
whether there was a light in the shanty
or not. Didn't hear them say any thing
they just kept pounding away. 1 was
about 5 yards from James Rogers-fur-
ther from Mccormick than Rogers-about
same distance from John Cogan-not
much over 5 yards from Gonly.
When 1 went from the store over to the
shanty, saw others there then. John
kahoe, Pat Kahoe, John Kaine, Pat.
Brady and some others. Doing nothing
at the time. Saw plenty along the street
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