Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-10-03


bone then went for DR.. Rhule, went 10
Nerd nan She was not there. Went ag-
ain fer Caldwell 10 Glen Hope--.hought
al going for Mrs Miles, but was afraid
Martha might suffer if had to go TO
Lumber City. | then came home and
Martha WIS dead.
Ccoss er- Cap snapped twice and guE
did not 60 off lie took no caps with
him, gun stood at foot Of the bed was
on, TO tho left Of the door as you 60 in
was sitting directly opposite door,
Shot pouch hung opposite the door also.
J was on the foot Of bed when the gun.
mapped and could not see John. When
it went oil he was just stepping in the
door, and gun was lying across his rig'
arm. The children were lying on the
aoor placed Samuel Ray in the exact
position She stood when gun went Off
NV shirt was aske tor at inquest, | told
no Juror it was tOtn and the ball passed
along the skin without touching il. No
one asked me for it there. Nett her john
or refused to send for Mrs. Miles. About
10 miles to Glen lIooe. My shirt where
ball passed, was torn or chafed The new
tear was crosswse. Never told any one
there was a geneinl fight. Don't know
distance to Glen Hope between the way Of
Jacksons or Mrs Miles. Did not tell
John Witherow that the shooting did not
amount 10 much, as many a one was shot
down in war and nobody thought any
thing oft.
After the gun fired, John threw it behind
him, either across the cradle or against
the stove it hat been broken before John
got it, ! did not say before l1quest that
he broke it by striking it on the floor
| did not say that Martha and we're
standing on floor when gun went off. Was
not asked at Inquest to bring the shirt,
but did tell them that the back vas torn
out.
Told Dan paulhamus ana Jim Haines
that night that was shot also Dr. Fe:ser
and showed him the wound. Heard gun
snap twice.
Mrs. Nancy Ka,hcart sworn vas at
middle fence between Johns and us,
when shooting happened About two min
utes there when gun went off, | SAID
God o.ess me what is that?" and run
down to Johns, John was holding his
hand on the wound. asked how it hap.
pened, and said that unfortunate gun"
Martha said, John dear, I'll never get
over this, aud he answered, Martha don't
talk that way" She said the pig dung
smarted her, and took it off and nut wet
cloth on wound / asked her how it hap
pened and she told me John hail picked
up the gun and went to the front door
ana snapped it twice, then came from
front door to room door, and as he reach
cd by her for the shot pouch the gun
ven. off, npon which she said her chis
dren were shot, but John said, mo Mar.
,ha it is YOU that is shot,
ThOs. Templeton then came in. He
said better send for DR., Fetzer, John said
he had no one to send, and asked Tenn
pleton TO 60 as Tom had gone Tor Cald-
well, Templeton go; Rea's horse, after
wards came back and said he found Fetz-
or at Millport.
went there about five o'clock and she
died obout H..
She put up her two hands and prayed
for God to spare her life to raise her two
children.
Cross examined
Could see the house from the hill. No
one in house when | got there. Pig~dirt
was or the wound, and john was holding
his hand on it. met Thomas going out
of the door for the doctor. He did not
come in after, ran to the house as soor
as heard the gun. Old Mrs. Cathcart
came up after me from her own house We
yere beth outside the house when thC
Thos. passed lis. She went up TO the bed
SOW the wound, and ran out of tn,
house. understood the old woman wa
hurt going for Mrs. Ray, she was not in
jureo when she started. The gun vas
bro ken, one part lying on Kitchen foo
and the other standing against the wall
Martha was at my house twice that day
said before the inquest that Thos wen
there to haul grain, ! also said he hat
went for shingle timber rhos Cathcart
Saw DR.. Rhule at Glen Hope. | di,
not tel, him that john vent out to shoe
nighthawk and snapped the gun twice
go, mad at H. came into the house aut
broke it over door cheek and in so doinj
the gun went of AMI shot Martha.
did not stop to get liquor on road 70
doctor. was not drunk when ! got t
Glen Hope nor when went home, 90
one drink at Jim IIaines' on my way home
this was all drank. / was not out {
house from time | put dung on woun
until went fDr the doctor. As soon as
bTOuguL ~ NcHJ IOT MN.
Lanson Root sworn.
Saw John Katheart on day of shootin
about A. NJ. He was going home frol
S. llegaity's where he had been moving
He came into my house with scythe an
srath. lie had a little bundle which
said Mrs Hegarty had sent to his lit
girl, cant say that this was on this da
but think it was. ! did not hear any col
versaticn between him and Luther at au
time.
was on Inquest, and heard testimor
of Thos '"empleton, we asked him if
thought Kathcast guilty, and he said |
thought he was an innocent man. Ten
pleton did not shy anything about Marll
looking John in the face and saying va
have shot me. He did not say anythir
about John saying that the gun was blow
TO the devil.
Thos. Templetons reputation for trut
and yerdc,ty not good
joseph MNeal sworn,