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

| hcr testimony he t0lu me yesterday
would have to bring the stick wi h me.
Mrs. Muy Weller, swora Calvin
Weller is my husband ; | was present at
the dance at the house of John Oliver,
on the 24th of December last /; came
there with my husband about 10 P. M
| came from James Marshall's; I was
there before dark and went away came
back at ten saw Mr.. Cunningham in the
dancing room don't know that saw
Teep.e; Cunningham danced with Miss
Pyle; saw him up stairs when ba was
introduced to Miss Pyle; saw him dance
with her did not see him after that till
after the fight was over; was up stairs
itting on the bed; Miss Weimer, NJ Mss
Pyle aad Miss Stoner we're in the room i;
Miss Pyle started iloEn-I followed met
her on the steps, she said they were
lighting went down two or three steps !;
saw Arlington passing hurriedly through
the the hall, with his hand in his breast !;
| said "Oh! John, don't shoot" Mrs
A'lipgton vas standing above me; she
said, sis that my John ?" I said, yes,
he is Ching to shoot" She screamed,
and did not notice where Arlington
went he was going toward the 'rout
door; was about three steps below the
frst platform. first saw Arlington
coming rom the back door of the hall !;
think it was the right hand he Lad in
the position described thought he was
going to draw revolver; he was oppo
site me when | made the remark--not
more than foot from the dining room
door, walking fast toward the front door /;
it was the position Of his hand that lei
me to think he was going to shoot; my
attention was turned toward Mrs. Adliug
top, and | did not see how far he went;
lost sight of him at that time; Mrs
Arlington did not reply t. me he paid
no attention to me; there were not more
THAI one or two ladies' on the stairs at the
time they were passing up and down;
we loo ked over the biuist rj = lookei
down on top Of his head saw Mrs Al-
lIpgton in the roo n up stairs shortly after
first came to the pa iy; don't believe |
heard any moi e when Miss Pyle got up
to 20 down. She was en- the stairs COM
Ing up when | went down She met me
On the platform, and was there when |
saw Addllngton. There were persons in
he hail, but | could not name them, they
were around the pittlns 70 m door lJokpl
in; defendant may have been in the crowd
but did not sec him. lie disappeared
just while spoke those words TO Mrs
Arlington. | heard nois in The sitting
room, but could not heir What they were
saying; heard loud Ia king, but could not
catch any word that | could repeat; |
heard no blows; Miss Pyle told me they
were flhting doG t knoY whether d.
iendant went into the sitting rom OF
not could not name any one around the
duuI saw an old man IN the entry toward
the door he had liekt coat on. is the
reas n | noticed him Lafayette Shaffer
was in the rUom up stairs shortly before
Miss Pyle started out nt the ROOM don't
know why Lafayette Shaffer left the
room Miss Pyle started out very fast /;
this is the reason | followed don't re
member of seeing Lafayette in the hall /;
did not see any one knocked out of the
room door; men were moaning about
that part OF the hall /; [ went down stairs
after the fight was over; saw Cunning
ham in the hall, sitting there | stayed
on the stairs till the fight was over the
way was clear aud thought it was over
vent down alone; went along the entry
saw man lying inside of the sitting
room door to the left; saw man to the
right in the hal sitting with his head
leaning forward on his breast went to
the kitchen through the dining room
saw Mr.. Oliver there there were persons
in the sitting roUm, aud one or two in
the hall, but | cannot name them; don't
Know which way they won't; just CLAN
ced in on my way to the kitchen; Mr.
Pringle came into the front door, aud
asked ".s this George p ] said "no, Mr..
Prinale, it is not George is not hurt"
he then looked into the slit ng room aud
saw Teeple, aud asked the same question;
| told hin George was not hurt; | may
have known those who we're in the bail
aud room, but was confused (she re-
piled that she was acquainted with those
named by counsel with the exception oil
Mr.. Kirker). | saw Defendant Yheh he
brought his wife to the party; saw him
in the dancing room; next saw him iu
the entry; could not say where l next
saw him Oliver was ia the kitchen
there were number there, they had been
wal hing him, Mr.. and Mrs. Arlington.
Mr.. PringIe, Miss Newton, and Others
were there this was the first noticed
Of Mrs. Arlington after she left the
siaifs believe~I went into the kitchen
just after Mr.. Pringle don't know how
Mrs. Arlington got up stairs or down
stairs 20 up from dancing room she
could have passed down that way if
she had passed by me when | said John
was going 10 shoot, should have noticed
her; | found her in the kitchen nc the
time John Oliver was there; it was all
confusion in the sitchen they we're pas.
sing IN and ogt when they STATED up
stairs with Oliver, heard Arlington say
TO his wife "eome along;" that is all Il
heard him saS II sasy my husbapd, Hen
ry Bowder Fred Bowder, Maggie New,
fon, Miss Pyle, Miss Weimer aud others
in the dancing yoom; thiu4E hoard at
that time that they were stabbed, but do
not know who said so; I was trying to
paeify Fred Bowaet whea I looked into
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