Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-12-01

draw the pistol; was looking at Grouse; /
didn' see the pistol until the instant.it was
discharged: when Cronse threE the first
stone Mengel ran down; Grouse was the only
person who threw a stone; am sure Grouse
had stone in each hand; Reed was retreat
ing not approaching Grouse; the stones we're
longer than my fist; Reed had his back to
me.
Cross Eramiaed Reed had his back to
me when he warned off Grouse, and kept his
face toward him; Grouse was about Is feet
from the post when he fell; Reed was ten or
twelve feet from Grouse when he fell; |
could see his mouth move as if speaking to
Reed; couldn't hear a word; didn't hear a
word pass between them; / saw Smiths
carriage there; his horses heads may have
been or 10 feet from Reed when he fired;
| the horses were facing toward the Springs.
In retreating Reed would have passed Is,
20 or 25 feet beyond the horses heads; l
| thought the hind end of the carriage was
/ Standing on the crossing; n was directly
West of the horses heads; the horses
were right in front of me; to see
| Reed when first saw him / would look di-
| agonally across the horses backs; was set
ting when first saw, but rose up as / ex-
pected to see a fight; when first saw Grouse
he was Immediately opposite Reeds house
at Nicodemus' office; Reed was about step
ping on the crossing when | first saw him;
if Grouse had passed he would have passed
between Reed and the house; his back or his
/ side was to Grouse until he turned; Reed
| did not turn until Grouse accosted him;after
he accosted Reed he took off his coat; he was
walking toward the post taking it off; he
commenced taking off his coat after Reed
turned; after hanging his coat upon the post
he stopped down and picked up the stones;
the post stands out side of the tree to pro-
tect it; l suppose Grouse was walking in an
ordinary manner as if going about usual
business; saw nothing in his hands until
saw the stones in them; Grouse was about
6 or s feet from Reed when he turned; when
the shot was fred he was about or feet
from the curb of the opposite side Of the
street where Grouse first accosted him.
Re Ecanaiaed Il was sitting on the low
er steps when | first saw them; | then got
up and went up on the upper step when
they met; | didn't change my position un-
til after it was over; have distinct recol-
lection of the events as they occurred; |
suppose the whole transpired in one minute.
James Lyon sacorn-I live in Bedford;
; was sitting on Reamer ssteps on the first OF
August with Hickok, the gentleman who
has Just been examined; Mr.. Hickok said to
me there goes Grouse with black eye; said
yes there he goes with black eye yet; he
| was coming down from towards Marbourg's
: Office; when saw him he was between Mic
odemus Office and Keagy's; set theret two
minutes, perhaps, when Hickok said there
they 60 at it again; saw Reed crossing first
between Oster's and Harris corner; / then
run to the tree in front of Sehaffer's $, few
steps from where we were settingi when L
| got there, Grouse had his coat off; it was
hanging on the post; | saw him pick up
! two stones; Reed was coming this way; he
kept his eye on Grouse as near as he could;
: | saw Grouse follow him up and throw the
first stone hitting him in the left side; Reed
threw UP his hands and made very ugly
face; Grouse was in the position when Reed
shot him that he was when hethrew thetirst
stone; saw nothing in Reeds hands; saw
: Grouse fall; 1 did not see Reed approach him
, at any time; Grouse followed Reed about s
or 10 feet before he threw the first stone;
Reed kept retreating; Crouse's manner was
very violent; his teeth clasped, the stone he
hit him with was about this large (giving
: size); the stone that was thrown was not as
: large as the one exhibited here the other day
: but thicker.
Cross Examined IL never saw the stone
after Grouse threw it; / was about ten feet
I from Grouse; was still on the west side of
= the street, or feet from the curb and just
out side of the hind wheel of the hack, the
= wheel that was the furthest into the street;
i was west ofCrouse and north of Reed. Reed s
side was as much to me as it was to Grouse;
u after saw Reed crossing at Osters | did
u not see him until saw Grouse pick up the
stones; Reed and Grouse could not see each
T other until they met.
. Re Examined Reed was coming along
: in an ordinary quiet way; there was nothing
y y to hinder me from seeing what did see.
= Henry Holman s,oo,a.--I will be IA in
! December; | live on the corner Of Richard
and Thomas streets; was sitting at Hut
7 toms steps; Mr. Asnew | think was with
:. me. / think it was between and 10 clock;
: I saw Grouse going down street North;
! ! Reed was going toward the west; both met
! at the corner and kind of looked at each
] other: then Grouse pulled his coat off and
:" went into kind of gutter and picked up
y two large stones, one in each hand Reed
was kind of retreating backward; Grouse
! followed him up to the crossing; he then
threw one stone hitting him in the left side;
7 Reed threw up his hands open, Grouse was
7 then in o STOPPING position in the act of
: throwing the other stone when / heard the
! report of pistol Grouse kind of sank to
" his knees and Reed went toward his father s
| house; didn't see any body else throw any
stone; the stone was about as large as two
; fists; when Reed raised his hands there was
!, nothing i'm them. did not see Reed ap-
nraaah 9,rouse.. Reed didn / threaten Grouse