Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-10-03
NEW SERIES-VOL. mo -.
Trial for Murder.

with killing his wife. took place in the
Quarter Sessions of Clearfeld county last
week.
r. J. Wallace, Test and McEnally, for
Commonwealth.
w. A. Wallace, Swoope, and M'Cul'
Tough, for defence.
The case was called up Wednesday Sept.
Goth. and after very many challenges, the
following Jury was selected.
G. w. Long, Levi Draucaer, Daniel
Goodlander, David Horn, Philip Nef, Da-
vid Haines, Joab Ogden, Adam Spackman,
G. B. Caldwell, Jno. Rorabaugh, Isaac
Goss, Geo. Morgan.
The Jury being sworn, the prisoner ar
raigned, and the case opened to the Court
on the part of the Commonwealth by Dis.
trict Attorney RI. Wallace Esq, the
following witnesses wore called.
7hoS. B. Templeton, who said, word came
to my house that Mrs. Kethcart was shot,
the latter part of July about o'clock in
the afternoon, ran oeer, John Kethcart
was setting on the bed, ! said my God
John what is this, to which he replied,
just got home half an hour ago, and took
my gun down to go TO deer lick, and was
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for business and it went Off and when It
went it went oti it blowed all to the devil,
the but OF gun laid on the floor, and the
balance stood by the door The gun was
broken of behind .he breach, ask ed him
if physician had been sent for he said
brother Thomas had gone 7 of IN hour ago.
John was lamenting ove er her--she said,
90 away John and don't be crying here
you did shoot me, She then looked him
fair in the face and said, John little did
think that you ever would shoot me.
then left for Dr. Fetzer, Elizabeth Ray
and Lydia Ray were in the room during
this conversation. Before | went she said
John, want you TO live better life and
raise my two poor children, for will die.
He said can't. She died about two hours
after came with the doctor. John was
not there when returned, nor when she
died. Thomus returned without doctor,
She died near midnight, live short hall
mile from Johns.
On cross examination witness stated
that he had heard the report of gun
and from that time until he reached the
house was not over 20 minutes. and was
in the house about 20 minutes before star
ting for the doctor
DR.. D. A. Fetzer sworn.-On saturday
the 4th of August last, between 9anl lU
o'clock p. NJ, | arrived at John Kath =.
carts, found Mrs X. apparently blanched
dark circle round the eyes, in Hrcfuse per-
spiration, eXtremities cool verging to cold.
ness, pulls, not pcrcel tiblc, and blindness
complained of. | examined the wound,
TNn,1 la l,r. c;ln hnl.,r 81, all,
nearly triangular in form, the :wo sides OF
wound was an inch and a half to two in.
chcs in length, within the opening was
something floating that | thought was
fragments of the lungs, the blood was is.
suing from wound, the inside of wound
was filled with pieces Of bone. The light
went oat. Candles were sent for. When
they came, | made examination with for.
ceps and with the aid of my finger, succee-
ded in extracting a bullet with a portion
of cloth, the ball is just as extracted il
(ball produced.) The ball was between
four aud five inches from the opening, il
had passed around .oward the back, came
first in contact with the rib, the rib was
blown to pieces the length of the wound,
think the ball destroyed the 9th rib
.hink the wound was mortal and caused
her death-had passed through a potion
of the lung. She died while was there
seemed like a stout healthy women, APP
art from the wound, She died an houi
and half or two hours after | arrived
John vas in the room when | arrived
did not say how it occurred, did say that
if he bad not cane home il would moi
have been done, did not say where he hat
been, said he wished he had not cam,
home. She told me she thought sh,
would die, John was present. she tolC
him a: one time that he need not make sC
much fuss about it that it was done. IL,
appeared 10 be lamenting about it. 3
Nothing OF importance was elected Oh
cross examination.
lydia Ray sworn. Old Mrs. Kethcar
came over and told me Martha was shot
and | went over she was lying on the bed
This was between and q o'clock in tn,
afternoon. John was standing over he
crying, and she said to him. John
never thought you would shoot me-
"John, you need not cry now, want yot
TO live ard rase my two children" ant
he said 81 can't"
Cross examination. When ! got there
Nancy Kethcart, Isaac Ray and Thor ~
Templeton were there, and also the Ole
man Kathcart. The furniture vas no
disarranged
Rc.eramHation. My daughter E.1abe
went with me, but went home shortly. -.
Nancy Kathcart Is Thomas Kath cart
wife.
Samuel Ray, S,oorH.--I came past John
kathcarts after the woman was SLOT.
John put his head out of the window and
told me to come up, which did. john
was standing by the bed, and said Sam.
uel, it appears that | have ali the bad luck
in the world. He then showed me tho
bullet hole and asked me i'll didn't think
it was glarcng stroke. | told him
did not. lie then showed me how the
gun had gone of, said lie was walking
backwards with the gun lying across hi.
arm, said he went to cock the gun and
the cock slipped from under his thumb
and the gun went off. He then showed
me the gun, it was broke of at the breech
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