The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-02-15

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still for other people. He asked me again
whether she was by herself now at pre-
sent not now, l says she has girl with
her. He sat there while, pretty near
an hour I guess. He talked about all
about Polly Paul-called her widow
Paul l told him she never was married.
He said be must hunt her up any ways.
"He talked German from Germany.
He said show de-do when he come to
the door, iE English was all He
was not very big; a dark colored man.
He had beard. He had mustache, and
some beard on his chin. never seen him
before l think he is in the Court House
now that biggest man. Pointing to Hou-
ser.1 He had tin box in his hand; he
hadn't it open He said his business was
cupping and leeching, and tooth-drawing.
1t was middling large box !; it was
brown it was box pretty much ike
that. Zone found with the prisoners, aud
in court1
He said he must hunt her up any
ways. lie started off in the same direc.
tion he came, towards Summerhill He
asked me which road pointed my hand !;
asked me if he would have to pass that
saw mill"
Cross examined she said {" I am the
wife of Mr.. Isaac Paul. 1 told nv hus-
band when he came home in the evening.
| was not examined when Ream and Rid
die were tried for this crime. / was ex-
amined before the Squire. l told the
Squire what have been telling here. 1t
was after dinner this man was at my house
1t was on Tuesday; [ am certain of that
He had nothing but box as l SEEN
| [ did see him come to the house. He
came from Summerhill. There were
some others there but they we're not close
| to him.
He wasn't SO very big nor the small
est; common sized. l couldn't guess
whether he was as tall man as Mr.
Johnston: it is so loug since: couldn't
tell exactly he looks much like the man.
do believe that this is the man; | think
it is. He is about .he size Isaw him
the 9th of June. About three weeks be-
fore the last court. saw this man in
the Jail went In to see whether l would
know him.
didn't say it was clock pedlar be-
fore the Squire. l didn't say before the
Squire he had 60 beard. | don't mind
whether he had beard up along the side
of his face"
This is the testimony of these two wit
nesses. Was the man seen and described
| by them, as they believe, JOHN B. HoU-
SER? 1t is for you, gentlemen, to decide
The evidence of identity here presented
/ you, is, the expressed impression and be-
lief of the witnesses from recollection the
description given of the man, so far as you
find it describes him; the fact that he
spoke broken German, or rather broken
English; and, what is perhaps more ex-
! pressive than any other corroborating cir
, cumstanco, the fact that he had the box
and held himself out as a cupper and
leecher-a professional character well
known in cities, but rarely ever seen In
remote country localities, like Croyle
township. Was it the prisoner, John B.
Houser? If 1t was, and he is shewn to
have been there, stranger, within 4 OF
mile OF Polly PauPs house, enquiring
about her, her business, property, and
circumstances, in manner that was re-
markable and suspicious, the day before
she was robbed and murdered, and not
found there afterwards, the presumption,
In the absence of some explanation, woaid
be violent that he knew something about
the crime, and had some agency in its
commission. Denial, instead of explana-
ton, would increase the violence of the
presumption. And if his presence there,
at that time, and the conduct ascribed to
him there, be satisfactorily shewn, this
evidence, with other facts, if fould also to
be proven and well established facts in the
case, could not fail to suggest other aud
important inquiries. If it be fact in
the case that the crime was perpetrateG by
too men, and John B. Houser is shewn to
have Deen one, who was THE OTHER p
especially if it be shewn and believed, and
a fact in the case, that he and DANIEL
BUsER, in their previous companiouship,
had purposed and plotted the specific crime
in the Penitentiary,-BUs the more
distinctly involved in the guilty plot and
| purpose ,-and if it be shewn aud believed
also, and also fact in the case. that they
left Allegheny city together, to go sup
the railroad towards the mountain" two
days before the crime was committed, and
returned together, under circumstances
/ calculated to excite suspicion, two days
after its commission Aud, besides, if
t.co men were concerned in the perpetra-
ton OF the crime, is it probable that both
TOGETHER would be acting the part here
ascribed to Houser ?-cr is it, or is it not,
more likely that the other, if not prepa-
ring the clubs, apparently, as it seems to
US, fashioned by the same hand, or doing
some other preparatory work, was in the
back ground, waiting, in concealment, the
time for concerted action? The impor-