The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1865-12-21

"heu pota were present; on Sunday, our
next door neighbor, Mr.. Barnes, got his
hand cut; they dressed his hand; Buser
said if they didn't go away on Monday;
they would dress it again he went in
early Monday morning ard dressed it;
he then borrowed dollar from me: said
ne wanted to go to the drug store to get
some medicine; said he had little money
but they wanted TO go away; wanted to
buy tickets to go to the country; HoEse-
was there at the time Monday afternoon
about two or three O'Clock, they left; they
took carpet-sa:k and box with theu,
when they left; il was a dark tin box:
(box shown ) it was such looking box
as this; doa't know if it Is the same;
never had it in my hand they had .
black oil cloth carpet-sack they camo
back the:next Saturday afternoon How
ser's feet were very sore; they were 50
sore he had to stay in the house for abou:
week afterwards; Buser was about back
and forward (; Howser cupped his own
feet; they followed cupping, bleeding and
leeching; neither told me where they
were going when they left; they had no
money but few dollats before they left
when they came back, Buser said thew
had money now, but it wouldn't do to get
at 1t yet; heard a conversation between
prisoners; [ was sick and was living in a
| room on lounge; they were In same loom:
RETURN AND QUARREL ABOUT THE sPoILs
they had few words together, and got to
quarreling; Howser told Buser he wanted
him to get that money they had-he
wanted his share he said he wanted to
go home to his father; HoWser is the
larger of the two; (pointing him out;)
Buser put his finger up to his eye and
said: "Doyou see anything green there 7''
he said it wouldn't do to get that money
yet, fox it might get them into trouble;
! didn't hear anything further at that time
Howser appeared to me like man dis
! tressed In mind when he came back:
thought so because he would gomoving
| about from room to room, and wasen't
| jolly and jokey as he had been before.
Cross-examIned !: Was married on 10Th
! of July; my husband is at home; was
single woman at the time of the CONVEX
sation spoken of; there were no other
5oarders there but these two men and
myself; was sick at the time; before I
got sick, worked around, sewed, &C.; was
sewing at time get sick, for Mrs. Hin
kle; was living with Mrs. Johnson; had
money when came from Blair county:
belong TO Blair county; my name was
Eller before | was married [ mad been
married to a man named Kuhn, and that
was my name then Kuhn was dead about
four years; Buser and am not on very
intimate terms never saw him before
the 2Sth May; when he came to board at
the same house with ME; he did not fur
| nish me with funds sometimes was not
away frcm the house often at night about
this time, except at the next neighbors'
wrote home and got money; that was the
way [ was able to lend the dollar to Bu-
ser; don't remember the time [ wrote,
but guess Mr.. Johnston docs-he saw me
write the letter; addressed my letter to
my father, Daniel Eller, at Sarah Fur
mace; Ga letter shown;) this is my hand
writing it was about week till got
letter from my father in reply, and it con-
tained $1,000; did not owe it all at the
time; had Lo physician attending me,
after these men left; they had been at
tending me from the Sd Of June, which
was the Gay they cupped me; paid them
one dollar for cupping me | lent them
dollar besides this one remember seeirg
a white dog which was poisoned come into
yard it was The next day after prisoners
came back it was on q Sunday shat Mr..
Barnes got his hand cut; know Buser and
Howser dressed it on Monday morning;
Barnes is a married man, and his wife is
here as a witness F; she was ut home ut the
time these men did not attend to Barnes
hand regularly or till Wednesday; pris-
oners got a bucket of coal from Mrs.
Barnes; it was on the day they dressed
the hanf / wrote to Buser after he was
put in Jail on this charge, and said could
be witness for him, but when [ studied
over matters, found l was wrong; [ tried
to find out witnesses for him his wife
told nc to write to him something that
would encourage him his wife cannot
write English she can write German !;
do not know If he can read German :;
Mr.. Hague subpenaed me; we talked a
| little over what he wanted me to tea.ify
to here, at home in Allegheny city; l was
| lying on the lounge when these men lad
| the conversation [ alluded to /; they sat in
| the same room, with their backs against
the wall; Howser is German; cant tell
where his father lives; he is married
man; don't know where his family is :;
they had a pistol at the time of this con-
versation, and were talking about getting
another; don't know that thsy had been
in Beaver, nor that they said they were
going there didn't. hear them saying
they were going to any tolrn they said
they were going to the country don's
know where they got the carpet sack !;
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