American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-03-27

Frederick B0icdcr. sicofH.-I live on Har.
mony ria,i | miles from Poriersville, ia
this county was at the dance at the ilouse
OF John Oliver On the night If the 24tb De-
cembrr last, am acquainted- the De@
fendant; saw hiiR in the iail, on INST I ues-
day or " ednesday; believe it was IN Tues
day Afternoon went dowp about O. clock !;
0bediah Crafty and VIM. Kennedy were
with me was in the grocery aud they i'm
sistei Oh my g,ing with them !, we bal no
talk in reference 10 this difficulty; there was
nothing said in my hearing about II Mrs
Arlington AMI al o,her lady we're present /;
no one had private conversation wi h Ad-
iington, every thing was said in loud
voice ! spoke TO Rfr. Thompson about
whetber 1 had been examined ! went to
the party about in tho evening; but thort
| wouldn't stay had been, digging coal all
day and was tired Oliver was In the door !;
told me TO take his horse went for part>
per and drove back ; uliver took the lady
into the parior; put the beast in the stable;
came back and found Oliver standing in the
hall door !, ssid the party was going on frst
rate, but there had been two fellows there
who were guing to whip him said one OF
them was drunk and said he (0tiverl had
insulted him said they were gone out to
take walk, or had started away; lwsnt
over tb the Post Office; was there . while
: is minutes or more-then went back to
the sitting room at divers; theIe was a
parcel Of boys there passing jokes, Bran
ion. James AL,rsha,l, james Foster, uotlieb
Bradchi, DunWiddie Marshall and james
Mussleman we're in the room; Geo. Pringle
said, lets get the girls and have a dance;
they danced; went up stairs; Geo. Prip-
gle, Henry Bowder, and the Defendant, were
in onesot the setts; it was cotillion there
werd two setts think netendant was not
in my sett; he danced with his wife kir>
ker played the violin then went up stairs;
when came down found Cunningham aud
reeple in the sitting room Oliver war say
ing 10 CuaninghauI, "that's all righi, make
yourselves welcome" lYept out to the
bar rDOm !, spsie one said Teeple bai taken
CunBinpham away 10 walk him around
went up stairs for anoIher partner and had
another dance think Nelson Stoner. Calvin
Weller and "Chitd" Vogle were In the sett
with me (; think the Defendant nor Cum
niDgham were Ia that dance went up
stairs came down and they were waltzine;
punwiddie Matshall made some foolish re.
mark Il was standing BY the sitting room
door when Marshall made the remark ]
made sume reply, and walked TN through
toward the dancing room believe he said,
"huw are you. Tennessee 2" Wehad insl.
ion of saying show ore you, Gunbiati' &c.
l believe mine was can't reply, dnn't re-
member IL; Canning ism jumped ap and
said, sif You want any thing WI h New Cas-
tle show .yonF hundl said ! was not
speaking t. him; he hit me aud knock ed
me back against the North r, ON wall;
parity Strengthened NJ, aud he hit me again;
it stunned me 20 did n It recullect OF any
thing until found myself i" :he middle of
the dancing rom ran't tell WHO tan X mr
out; HenIy BowieI, ID, Marshall and Miss
Newtoa we're with me then don't know a.
| seen any thing after that they tonk me
to the kitchen; brough Oliver there all coy~
cred with bl' cd ; caii't tell what was do
ing; was mad and angry at being hit with
uut cause they took me tn the porch to
he ppmp II wash ms; lleWy Bow der and
ID. Marshall were with me; Arlington pass
ed me ut the pnmp; this was after Oliver
had been taken up stairs believe Kirker
was there ; Arlington was behird me whe,
lie spcke :" a,e he was beiwepn mo and
the wall of the house when he asked me if
l was much hnrt can't tell how Oliver got
to the kitchen he vas there YbeR ! wept
ip was stunned and bleeding, and eaa't
tell how ung stopped in the dancing r, ON;
heard no remark as 10 what d taken place
in the sitting room ulti went up stairs /;
that was after had wa,hed of Oliver was
on the bed Mrs. Arlington, Miss Wymer
and myself were there hearl, while
was there, that some nue was burt in the
fight; heard sume one say that somebody
was hurt down stairs; can't remember who
it was; don't remember whu oil were in the
room; asked Ulner # he was much burt,
he said ne thought not lie asked me the
same question told hun / thought. was
not muou hurt; believe Mr.. Priugle came
up aud said there was man III tho, ,iial
badly hurt dvu't recullect seeing the De-
fcndant there believe Mis-. Adlington war
there when this announcement was made
did not notice any one 90 down; can't tell
why did n. tgo d. wn; believe cuuid have
gone believe would hare bscn able to g,,,
alter left the room went down stairs !;
lieEEy Rowder told me that Teeplo and Cum
ningham yere both stabbed and one Ui them
was about dying the Doctor was there then !;
lie told me they were in the sitting roam ::
said this in the hall jnst ut the fuot of The
stars; pussed on Into The bar-ruom Dun.
widdie Marshall aud james GibsOn were
there; had n special rea, on for NOT going
into the sitting rVom; went up s,airs
again, spoke I" my ludy came d"wn and
went tp the staLle, got my horse, and went
hume; don't know US Leard any one ex
press surprise that such thing tad hap
pened; dun't know Of any one having any
arms; mad Lis,ol in my overcoat picket /,
but did not know il TIL next moruing; hnd
been in the habit Of carrying pistol in
travelling nights on the ruad to Pittsburgh I;
the pistol think fell out OF my overeoat
pocket when they had it under the head Of
Teepe; believe the D"ctor found ii; had no
knife in my hund: saw no one else have a
knife; have no knowledge of how these men
got stabbed. .l
BY the Court.,--l was struck by surprise !;
can't tell when took my false teeth cut,
but am certain it was not until alter ] re-
celved the first stroke
Direct | got drink from d. Marshall.
one from Mussle,nan, aud drunk in the cell
lar; saw Marshall ia . a drink when didi
Carlisle Badger, Mn-sieman and n,yselt
drunk Lafay eltr ohafie., Calyin Weller
and myself t. ok drink in the cellar.
Cross -eEdh iHed. = here Was nothing in
the remark that was made " Gunb6at, 1"
"Tennes ee," &C., intended TO insult Cum
ningham; 1t alluded 10 piuces we had been
in the army showed where Cunningham
struck bled freely; had neck tie. lmind
t,f AIlir ytou haf,,itnU IL IN me don Il mind