The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-15
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.

OF the Court taken MP desired to call the atten-
| ton OF the Court as to what disposition would be
made Of the two witnesses Clara SNYDER and Kate
HiCps ii VINO ran or were spirited away during the
The two girls were brought into Court, and took
seats directly in front Of The Judges desk.
upon hSIsr thsss Dc you serve subpoena
! 4, da !, not; W Mho didl A. suppose Mr.. Barker
hr CIeitzer sworn--Q. Did you serve a subpoena
| uPop either OF these witnessesf A. did. Q Upon
| IT was during the time Champion was beng tried;
IN the Square: Did you see her in attendance
Yes, err. During the time Mcguire was being
tredr A. Yes, SIR; told her that she must attend
70 tnls or there would be trouble, and she stayed
here every oay in TINS court room, until the dIfi
envy aro tS0K page .; who served the subpoena
Ser Sese sSySes S st,o1daIc don't kn9w Dd
mate Glbos was then requested to stand up and
District Attorney Mann-Haye you ANYTHING to
! say to the Court any EXPLANATION to give, or any
account OF your absence to the Court to purge your
Judge Allison You are not bound 10 say anything
at ali that will criminate yourself, but the oath Is
administered to you to give you an opportunity to
exculpate yourself. You can tell any hing You
Know IN extenuation OF yeur conduct, or anything
Ss s hnGw tn hvIn regard TO ANYBODY else We would
with your departure from the Court
Nate Gibbs then sald-I was coming to the Court
Housej III was about ten minutes 3; when some
one spoke to me, and SAID she came to tell nae that
Clara wished to see me; II was gIrl 1 asked her
the street and INTO the Square; when rot there I
found man, who said that CLARA wants to see you
Judge Alhson-What cornerP
Kate Gibbs-Corner of Sixth and South; Clara
US to go away;7 l said what torY' and tne MAJ
turned around, and said, I'VE want you to leave
TINS trial OF haeulre; II you stay here your lives
give will hang Will" 1 said, Il am afraid to go
away; Mr.. Mann has warned me;" he said There
would be no trouble at ALL" We were both
very much frightened at this; they got a carriaqe
and took us to the Baltimore depot; took us from
there to chester; we stayed at Chester all night;
in he morning we wanted to 90 home; we didn't
nke them; when they arose we assed them for
us any; they sa,d If went home we would get
two years; we went to Wilmington, and we're there
about twenty minutes, when Mr.. Porter and Mr..
Questions by District Attorney Mann-o. Who
HeIe the menY A. | didn't know them; / never
Two. Q. Will you describe themr A They were
young men. O. Who was the first one that spoke
hgnt moustache, and was not very tail. Q. Did
thcv call eachsothsr by name? A. He, the man
himself wilham q q Sef DID o~e %eu iSnne SsaF ang ang
other namesI A.. did not they told us at the
Wright and the other as Hays Q. What hotel did
you S stop % ar A. d1n't know the name of it, Q.
people at the hotel seem to know these men? A.
we didn't see any one there; we were taken into the
house O. Did YOU know Whether the IaSdadv Ea tne o
the house knew these men? A. Didu't know them
10 my knowledge. e. You remember me from tune
10 tIme, warning you particularly about this thing?
A. Yes, sir, l do. O. Do you know where these
men hive, and whether they were Philadelphians?
A. Ihey told us when they first net that they
were from Baltimore Q. Did they subsequently,
correct that? A. No sir.
Judge Allision. Q. Did the persons at Wilmington,
at he place to which they took you, know these
menY Did they speak to them, and were they ad-
the people appeared to know them They apOeaped ID
to know the place and the people. We told them
be frightened, that it was all right. We told them
these Te %ene at to tSS home Did you see
you in Wilmington A. No, sir. We didn't Tuaa see
ANYTHING OF them; they had gone out, and Clara and
i had sta started tee to 60 out and find out what time the
Tram leit for fhiladelphia; we asked them TOR the
Ledger, but they wouldn't let us see It, o. Did any
person IN the house to which you were taken say
th're ask you who you were or anything in regard
to Maguire's trial? A. No, sir.
Question by District Attorney Mann-Where did
you get on the tranH A. Near the Arsenal. O DID
you drive out there in carriageS A. We walked
Mr. Barber sworn-Q. Did you serve a subpoena
IN tnls case upon Clara snyder. A. Yes, SIR. q. /.
Did you see her in court in attendance as witness
In this case during the trial of MaguireP A. Yes sir
Clara Snyder was then called.
District Attorney Mann-Do you desire TO make
anv explanation to the COurt2 ! ou can tell the
court now the circumstances connected with your |
gong away.
Clara snyder-when the Court adjourned that
uay went home; after / got there two men
knocked at the door and asked tor me they asked
me II was one of The witnesses in Maeure's case,
you to go away, there will be nothing done to YOU
you are not under bail; and If didn't co. my life
give in our evidence, it will be the means of hang
ING WIN" was frightened and sent for Kate to
meet me at Sixth and SOUTH they told us the same
thlng there's we got into carriage there and went
10 the Bslhmore Depot; they took US from there to
Chester; we said there that night, and made up
nv mind to 20 home the next morning; asked
these two young men for money; they said if YOU
go 70 Philadelphia you will get two years in prison;
SAID didn't care, was going home TO deliver
my self up; they then took us down to w WilmlnRLon
to he Grant House; when we got there they would
not give us anything to eat; asked them to get us
warned us not to dare to move out of that room: I
sa'd to hatel am going out to get something to eat;
We g3t 10 the do9T when we saw the officers of the
Conrt; said TO Kate, am glad they have come II
IS Just what we wanted, now we can give ourselves
III we didn't Try to get away. O. Where did these
were out that night and we staid there on iuesday
%Den they came In they were very drunk, and we
h ugnt lher intentions were to kill both OF us but
.hese, menY A. don't know; i1s never
saw them until Tuesday; the one VINO was with me
10 the other RiveS A. don't know; Kate knows
lat! q. Where did you remain when some ono ,
'Ge @ 70 S1e court TO take away the other girlS A.
nj came to the courtI A. was there few m nutes;
md then went TO Sixth and South. Q Did you !
owards our Did you go because you desired to G
,e out OF the way OF the trialH A. No. sF g. You '
r Q. When you ieit the Court that day, after che
ojournment where did you go tor A. B
went on nOms in h' hHTS Slom waa
louse where did you gos A went TO hunt ;,
late 2. From there where did you Gos A. Invent =
a ments, and then walked up the street and met =
The District ATTORNEY said that he felt it his duty
mention to the court the faithful attendance on
ourt Of Sally GiObs while she was under no q
The court then. expressing regret in imposing a N
upon these Two girls, as 1t was evident