American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-04-10
wspNrspAY. March 90 1857

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"WEDNESDAY, March 90, 1867.
Prisoner brought into court by thu
Sheriff. The fury we're called and found
TO be present.
A. T. Carol, s,oorn.--I helped Law
out Sidney b. Cunningham, and place
him it the coffin at Wurtemburgh. fIe
yas buried in the clothes he was murder.
ed ia. ,%
Cross eromined-I was net Mt the
burial. | saw the cuts in his clothes
aud en his body 1 live about twenty
milss from here. came from Canada
West have beea in the United States
rbout two years ! I wus acquainted with
Cunningham ever since | came to the
States. Alr. Teeple asked me to stay at
the counsel table after he left. ! sup.
pose he had been niurderedj / saw the
cuts il hiip meant that he had the
same clothes on that he was hurt in
saw him at FOr;ersville, dead, in the came
clothes. d"
Pan,es Gibson, recalled Il can not
say for sure it comes to me like dream.
Mr.. Mccarthy iniplored the Court,
considering the magnitude OF the case,
not to permit dreams
Fitness Tesamed.-It appears to me
| saw Arlington throw his arm around
some ones neck, and the man said, "hold
on here, you are little too fast" 1t
was Teeplc or Cunningham this occur
red in the sitting room | do not know
about what time Of the fght this occur
red it was about the centre Of the room;
| don't think there was any fghtsug done
before this.
Cross examined. i. cant say when
dreamed this; Mr.. Roberts talked to me
about it; | believe he told me had for.
gotten about throwing his arm around
Cunningham, an d that [ would be called
again. | vas in your (Thom pson's) of.
iice; | could not say that told you that
Roberts wanted me to swear that saw
defenI Iant throw his arm around some
oney | may have said something Of the
kind
Direct. - Marshall told me, believe,
that Thompson wanted to see me. |
recollect the fact Of defendants throw
ing his arm around one of the men as
clear as that | was at Thompson's office.
Re.cross examined. still appears t }
me Ike dream, his throwing his arm
sronni one Of the them it is net clear
that defendant did so.
The Commonwealth had a witness
subpeenaed, but absent. "
Defendant offered no witnesses, and so
the testimony closed on both sides.
The Court said they would make no
restrictions as to the time or number of
the counsel who should address the Jury.
Counsel could arrange among themselves
the manner of argument : So
W Il. II. Riddle, District Attor new.
opened the case. Said he came before
the jury without reflection, and the bur-
den OF the argument would devolye on
his colleagues We had TITLED for near
ly three weekssin the investigation of
this case. Two men had been killed
there had been a social party at tke house
Of John Oliver, in Portersvillc, Butler
county, on the night of the oath of''De,
cember, 1866 The deceased were there,
not at fist to take rart in the fantasies.
They had created a difficulty in the
early part Of the evening, but 1t had
9eeh settled, and they took part in the
lance. A difficulty then sprung up,
Turing which they were killed. The
defendant had been arrested, and you,
gentlemen, are sworn to- try whether he
De guilty of the murder of Cunningham,
is charged. He then recapitulated the |
evidence that defendant was seen with |
| Knife in his hand, and was heard to |
ay, Il warn you," or 81 will warn you"
de was the only man seen with knife
n his hand during the fight. lie des
'anted at length on the evidence, aud
rgued logically that he was the one who
truck the deadly blew. He had been
'ver home but short time before the
Ight, and ii he did rot have the knife
n the early part of the evening, he must
lave obtained it then. He was in close
Iuarters with Mr.. Cunningham at the
lrne the chair was raised, aud the lamp
Fas being passed out Of the sitting room,
nd it must have been at that time that
e struck the fatal blow. Immediately
fter MIR. Cunningham left the sitting
oom, the defendant left, passed through
he north room and kitchen, out on the
orch, for the purpose, no doubt of se>
retlng his knife. Repeated his express
ions up stairs and in the bar,roorl. that
he did not give damn how soon the;y
led" meaning Teeple and Cunning,
am. Such expressions were an evi-
ence of his guilt. His expressions
bout being arrested, &C., it was argued,
vinced guilt. His assistance to the
'ounded, lending his handkerchief, &c,
as only done to ward off suspicion |,
Liza wife's exclamatiops, wheb she called
ut " don't, ,Johp, Oh don't," meant some. Ii
hing. She knew of something which I
as not disclosed here. He descauted
the evidence at considerable length.
'hen defendant went home, be could
OF -leepj he bad TO come back 10 the
'ene ofthe murder, and to repeat the |
ory IN the New York Ledger, entitled
Hanging the wrong man" He. the |
eiendant, no doubt thought some one {
ould be arrested and hung for the mur.
'-, and afterward il wouid be found he g
as innocent. Heswould not labor on the | {
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