Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-11-24

warning; | turned toward my window and
saw Mengel Reed standing on the curb of the
pavement in front of DR.. Hickok' Office door,
looking anxiously in anorth eastern direction;
I had scarcely noticed him until be started
to run very fast in the direction which he
was looking, don't think he ran more than
20 feet he stopped and took UP stone; he
drew back, whatever il was with an apparent
intention to throw; / cast my eyes at the OBJ
ject at which he intended TO throw, and
| heard the report of pistol, and saw J. z.
4 Reed holding one; | did not see the fash Of
the pistol, but saw the smoke and then saw
/ Grouse; Grouse was nearly erect when saw
him; he was about three seconds in sinking
down; as soon as he was down. j. p. Reed
went away; Mengel and j. p. Reed were II
or IA feet apart when Mengel offered tothrow.
j. ?. Reed was about sixteen feet from
! Grouse when saw him Mengel was 10 to 20
feet from Grouse with his hand drawn when
Grouse was sinking; Mengel and J. 2. Reed
were about S5 or 40 feet apart when | first
saw them Mengel Reed started before the
firing of the pistol and ran as far as he did
run; it was in the open street; Grouse got up
on his hands and knees; he was as slow get
ting up as he was going down; some persons
raised him and carried him to the pavement;
he was carried from there to Marbourg's Of
| fee; l was there for an hour afterwards.
| Cross eramined-H was in the neighbor-
hood of o'clock on Saturday afternoon;
about two minutes elapsed from the time of
my first seeing the defendent until he was
/ taken away. The scufle continued not more
than minute and half; saw /. Meugel:
Esq. Nieodemus, Mengel Reed, scheH W.
1 Reed VAL Vondersn1ith, J. p. Reed Sr.
I Grouse remained stationary until J. P. Reed
walked by him to his own door; think one Of
his brothers was with him; Grouse followed
him, about s or 10 feet in the rear of him;
couldn't hear what was said; Grouse wished
be had permission to go into that house, as
neal. as can recollect.
Re-Eaamiaed. Reedsleft after the parties
were parted on Saturday
Isaac Grope slcorn-I didn't see much of
the fracas on Saturday; think Mr.. Grouse
was standing close by Squire Nieodemus; j
P. Reed was standing on Mengel's pavement;
1 saw Isaac Mengel there; on Tuesday Iheard
the report Of a pistol; / was near my hydrant,
and facing south; when heard the report Of
the pistol, Mengel Reed was standing this
way, with a stone, in this position; when
Grouse fell / ran to him; Menge kept the
stone drawn until ran half way to Grouse; /
think was the second one that got to Grouse
when he fell; | took him by his right hand
and raised him up; he was rather on his hands
and knees when ] got to him; as I took him
by the hand | raised him up; 1 said where are
you shot he endeavorcd to speak, and when
he tried to tell me, the blood gushed out of
his mouth; we carried him to Marbourg's Of
fee; Mengel was 20 or Is feet from Grouse; l
saw }. P. Reed on Saturday; l saw Isaac
Meugel stripped, and Schel Reed, J. P.
Reed, sr., ]. P. Reed jr.
Cross -eramined-When I saw j. P. Reed
he was % feetfrom Grouse; there we're a mum
ber present at the fight on Saturday. 4
Rcg. o. O. MeLoin slcorn--I was in Bed
ford on the 10Th day Of July; I was just out
from dinneri suppose it was about one o.
clock; / saw two men near the corner of the
shop the watchmakers) whom l afterwards
recognized as Mr. Grouse and ]. P. Reed, de-
fendant; some words passed that did not
hear; they commenced fighting; l am not Ger
tain which struck FIRST; but my impression
was that Mr.. Reed struck first; the crowd hid
them from my view; after few moments
could again see the men; the one that was
down was Mr.. Grouse; Reed was striking him
on the back of the head with his fist; the next
thing l saw was j. P. Reed brought up to
Mengers house by some person that l don't
know; he appeared to be struggling to get
back; had his coat off and pants torn; recog-
nized no person in the crowd but r. r. Reed
ST., with his coat and hat off; saw Isaac
Mengel on his own pavement; during the
time the fight was going on heard the cry
kill him repeated twice; l reside in Lewis
town; was here two weeks this summer board
ing at the Mengel house.
Cross examined The fight lasted about
or minutes; / did not see from what direc-
ton j p. Reed, sr came; donot know from
whom the cry came Of kill him, Kill him;
did not see J. p. Reed return to his fathers
house.
DR.. c. N. Hickok, affirmed I was mem
Der Of the Coroner $ jury; saw the tallfound.
Was asked to be produced.
Wn. Middleton sporR-I reside in Bed
ford; in July last | worked in Shuck's shops,
directly west of Mengel's; | was not at Sat
urday fracas; on Monday was at work;
heard the report of pistols from Mr.. Reeds
lot; don't know how often heard the report;
about or 4 times ! knew J. P. Reed, de-
fendant, long tinei / saw him on Saturday
evening at Mengel's; heard him say that if
Grouse would not leave him alone that he
would kin him; came from the shop soon
after the killing: this conversation of J. P.
Reeds that | overheard, was before the two
fracases; the distance from Reeds to Shuck
shops is 25o yards.
Henry 4ajson sror7--I was at Shuek
Blacksmith shop on the 8lst july heard pis-
tol firing; thought it was at Reeds lot; heard
or shots Shuck's shop stands west Of
Reeds.
John Williams swUn--I was at George
Shuck's shop at work on the Monday before
the murder; heard pistol firing in direction
of Reeds lot, east Of Shucks shop; heard
from to shots. Shuek 5 shop is on Thomas
street. was not present at either of these diff