The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-27

that care for him; do not know where he went TO
cfer h. eit the Almshouse; rotarned him the
ttvJj ne stayed eierv0rds at my nouse about efgnt
Gays, and saio he Arnted to 90 70 Germany; ne
came to my house with some members of his own
company; IT Is about six months since he came with
the men TO my houoe; on Sunday, Apri s he had
the lme cio,hcS on he has got now; guess he mad
room, and some police ofcss came and searched;
Probst U0t h's bat up and snd he did not feel well
he had 81 Ver watcn wh'le at my house; he left my
houe Tor tSe last time on Thursday aboutsi O'Clock
IN the eve ing.
Urosr examiuod-I have lived two and n halfy years
IN New b"~ket street, 6,st saw Probst about three
months ago he care 10 my house and took glass
OF b. ar rud rer emE ored f's faces no person asked
for the p soner at nv house except the police who
ne 10 ,rch Protlt did not visit my house mucn
i pl I'd IL pet-baR PrObst left with me behind
the count'r It .oTclnOd here two or three daysj
tim ieit tle boy er'1d the counter, but person
could get at he y'vpet'bag IN the kitchen after
took It 1m behind the Der; about the middle OF the
week Prob5t asked for the orrpe,-bag and let him
have 1t, be, ne he paid me what he owed me- he
some Of the Ten Prost talked with when at my
house, but he rlways went out by himself; small
man ne and a1kcd for Probst on FRIDAY night; it
w"s rot henry Bluer. John Pross ives here cal ed
up rud recoprIzed IS ;he man who called ior Probst
ON Faday nIyht
Char kOrs I en- b1Ikeeper tor Mr.. I ,kfeldt;
know le p isoDcr; saw him on he SUNDAY he
cane to Mr. Lcckfeldts; saw the black Sag opened,
end NV he big revolver, that powder-6 (. (Artclcj
srown.J / Jaw some money, bu5 do not ow wnat
it Tl vas; 71w watches IN his poss lsiOn; two OF
them; one was gold and the Othc~ silver; ne gold
.tcl had q cn" II. (Watch rccogp''ed No chain
on the sveI wa III, and the hand OF 1t w,s broken
o1; r o63t always came Plonei he let for tae lest
De on Ihur,day A. D.1oon about O'Clock.
CIO HX0mInc i-ProLst III st Cane on sunday 1
rev him once before that at Mr. Il 1kte dGs. The
big pistol wcs IN he rpet-b1g and the little one
carp ,tbag and showed 1t TO me. He pulled out tie
wG'' and show 1t 10 me- Both t,hCJ were in
his yC p 1ktts, and he showed me both of them.
He had not much mooey. 1 law there wcs not muc h
money ~ lis pocket t. ok when he ID Ior ser A
man cane in and asked for Bauer or Probst. don't
know Whlch,
SO,Ap srith swor1-I reside at No Is Willow
str ct. l saw + o!"t on SUNDAY night April 9Th,
about Grsk. l saw I'm Rave S6 aUout h.m. He
lat IS the note he gave me; tno'o sho wn) eaw
next saw Eim on Monday ).yecn 10 ana IL o'cio K
IN the 'no- plr2; l cav hlm at Ar. J. cllfe DIT 3
on Monday; l returned the noO - IN; it was
coun reitj he Ord me a silver wat3h INST I'd of
the noto, 10 red -om it uni he gave good
mSS7sy ISe @g tdS t1 bS S 55S 9S of the
watch, -or car be mSht -ay stole it tom him anG
put me IN difficulty.
Gre cc-eXam N al never saw the pri+oner before
that day; l took him o my hCuse rom ,'r Leck.
teldt s; re cd moi st0Y IN my house to ri1u' IS
gave the no Q to washwonar, and she brg ,Pht it
ba"k right away the n1-e was on the Fe-r-c Q s. end
McchaDlCl' B uk of CroCnv-ue 1 kept he noto
until lhu-5day, wheH 1 gave 1T to Mr.. Sh-w, my
lndod aHd he took 1t 20 the corner and gave II to
Cnaries AIgeier sworn-I sm a " ltchw"lcr end
jewel er; my pie OF brsiuccs Is No AS N Third
.trcet; s1w Aatore Pro u at my place aOort two
W oks LIST WeG' ;IdcY. before bis arrest; he had q
waS6 waS6 e3G cn m aE re ID e Is DG1STt Se the
ard C1a'l watch shOwll; peI'ler W ..ch or cha n
ere gold; -obst aid the watch c)It him Fl dol
lars end h word I'll 1t for five doila-s; this was
about tSl o'coc in the morning.; not I'd the n, an
had lost the thumb OF his .-ght hand when gave
Gross 5xamned-.irobst was not in my ore lor = /;
never saw hlm beforaj II e wat5h w"s VOL III when
new about SO co.; Frob-t ws d,o,se1 abouJ cs he is
now; l know he prisoner by his faco, and his
thumb being of. IA. 81. ~ ..
Hen .ck Bau-r sworl-I slw Probst last Wedne
HaWTf fNun IL e. l.
Probst at lie st eight ECU months Eothlrg was I'D
10 me Cn the subject of lol Pros t"a'od d ,
wi'had to borrow a, -,vover. l SID no. c1k
PIobyt for Leventy-fve ceI1 to remove my clothes
with he said he WIS gong le.Ve for Germany
the rext NOR ng, at Ealf-paJt seven. He did not
lend me the morey. -
Cro7 I.e nm ncd-I first saw Prob1t in the Hospi
t. at West Phiade phiI, ard acsrwar61 when he
LelurDed from the crmy. He w71 IN Company l.,
9th Peursylvacia C2Valry. He wcs onc.yceTs
va-ds saw hlm At ok ,ldts, IN New Market street
Did not B. Q Lm ato that, except AZ tn, Coroner's
inquo,t (lh-s wiinc cannot spe-t Er:lish end
his eyct1ce was Interpreted by Mr. E5en, the Court
Officer James Dorsey sworn-I am a police officer
OF the Sixth DIVISION was on duty on Thursday fol-
lowing the ma-Gcr; wa, duty on the banks of the
SchuylEill; saw the prisoner fiI3t at Twentythird
and mcrket streetl between and o'c ocx at night
WIS wa king along the str, 1t towards Market street
bIidRe ,; no had nothing with him; / went alter him
all ne; overlook him about three yards this side
of the bridge; spoke to him; tapped him on the
aye do said, " you are Dutchmanp
he said no; me q Frenchpan; 1 sad where are you
goinP; he rsphed, over th9 bridge; / SAID you are,
you he SAID vase; l Psked him when he shaved
off his goatee; he SAID last Monday; asked him to
walk vita nae down the street, and took him three
doors from twenty. third end Market, when over
took Officers Weldon and Atki1son; took him to
the Sixth District Station HouSe; the other officers
went with me; handed the prisoner over TO Lieu.
teuant Patton; ives present when Lieutenant Pat
ton searched the priJoner
Lieutenant Patton swoIn-I am Lieutenant of the
Sixth Division, Ninth and Tenth Wards; met the
Cthcers with prisoner, between Sixteenth and Sew
Cnteenth st:csta; went with them to the St1tion
House; sea- chcd the p.soner; found two small
purses and pipe (purse re3oRnlzed); 1t eOnlaIned
some postage Stamps; 1 also found snuff box ire
Cogni7cd); he had hls kr fe in his pocket (Enife
shown); ne had on that necktie (nccktis shoWn.)
Officer Grer sworn-l took the carpet bag got ~
IeckfedtS TO the Mort PenrsylVania depot; l went
to the 6r- proof and got It, and M Franklin and
my elf broke it open.
Mr. Clark sworn-I received a black travelling.
bag from ON or Green plac 1t OF the floor near
the 1reproOf in my private Oce and restored il to
Mr.. Cir; en- IL WIS in the same condition ceWed
II "s wi / parted with 1t.
Gross examined-I went out and l11t the carpet.
bag ly ,ng there's the Off )r wcs gore two or Ghr-e
hours; wcs not away from the ofii,s more tran
hflt n hour, ard leiS my click in charge.
Confined an our neat Edition.
A Horrible Case Of SUieilc.