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

the hall; there were three or four there /; L
said At tpey would take a walk and come
back evil they could take part in the dance;
they shook hands with me; reeple told Guns
nmgham | was all right, they said they
cuutd behave ss gentlemen, and would do.
sol | told them wnen they came back would
INTRODUCES them to the ladies aud make Them
welcrfne. They started up street. and
did not see them for an hour afterwards
then spoke u the boya end fold them 1 had
talked with Kirker- and that they should
treat Teeple and Cunnin zham righti Gun
and 1 webt down 10 thei rssidence
Of the lady he ,hnd inquired for I; she was
nos sf'home; her iathef told ps where shsi
rnsi went to a neighbors' he saw hef ma
| supPsse he ssk,d hsF TO come 70 the, party;
"both made ourselves useful,"" Left Tseple
1T the hotel whae gone out with 0spning-
ham; got him partner for dance Aiiss
Pyle was his partner; Introduced him.
think there were cny fur eotilliens danced
during the party. / played the fiddle for
tive settsa Cunningham called them of :.
Teepls was in the sitting room I told him
his ;omrade had danced, and l would get
him partner for the next cotillion; said be
could not dance a shottish. While we were
e~hS'h6 thc oSuttttcu SutttU NeuCf came
in add told me they were fighting iE tho
sitting room; l lett my partner and uent
in; the first man / saw was Cunningham
standing about the middle of the sitting
room; rs approached him saw Frederick
Bowder lying on the floor to my left; hol.
lowed TO cunningham to know what this
meapt2 Fred said, Cunningham hi, ma
without q cause;" told Fred to shut up, /
ura nd at i
Cunningham's shup der and said, you
know what tod you r. he said 'he did but
it was top late pow;" / told him 10 come
along with me but crowd g., betwcenus;
was crowded toward the hall door my at
tention was then drawn 10 q screaming on
the stairway, by the girls. saw them
not stopitbe muss and though they might 20
hhead; saw three or four ladies on the stairs;
don't know who they were MS il was dark;
my attention was then called to the north
room; rs passed through the crowd in the
sitting room owaid the north room saw
JOHN Oliver hit some one aud saw Teeple
fall; ! heard the lsk, / had not more than
got into the north roum till / heard, some
one cry out oh" it was IN the sitting
room; | spent some time with Fred. Ire did
nh hIpthE W knoW. Whit He WIS uUfnk
said lie thought he was knocked MI to pie.
ces; left him in care uf some one and tent
hack 10 The sitting room. saw same one ly
ing little tu the lest of the hall door a.
you gr int, the ball; stopped down and raw
bleod runips iF,ln his eur; ihe side, Of bis
head appeared 10 be sinaslird; confd Dot tell
who j, wasi picked hia' up and set him
against the wail, then tn usht il rcsen,bIed
Teeple aud followed, "'reeple, Is IL YOUTH
lie did not reply; he moved, ealled for
water; ion@ed around To ae ii any one was
coming with water; in the meantime, he fell
again; picked him up agal n and Sidney Oh.
iver came and gave bin drink l asked
him if he wanted water, and he n, ded his
head; think he took swallow or tive, turn
ed roatd aHd eaw a man to'the right of tho
hall entry doot; he was sitiirg with his head
kaning forward and his legs srret he'd out:
raised his head and louk' d al hun; suid l
did not think lac was much hurt. The doc.
.r to- k Cunning ham by the haild ami raid
''thi> msn is badly hurt" said wouli
be five or sig bund cd dolLirs there was
man in the room a great deal worse hurt"
thought this man was only stunned l
went into the 'th roell to see Fred, he
was not pacilied yet; be wanred to 20 back
and see the man tha. struck him. lie did
not appear TO understand what said 10 him,
] wanted him to go out and wash the bloot
of him; think lwent to make arrangements
to take the ladies hsme; helped James Glib
S n to hitch npn buggy; helped send the Ia
dies home; came back ppJ enquired Of sey-
eral if they knew wGo had done tli, knif
ing; hgd heard in some way they had been
stabbed, did npt ya know that Tesple
was stabbed. saw cuts in Cunningham wllen
the doctor was examining him. ] think /
asked Arlington if le knew who had done
the knitting, he said he had not the slightest
idea I; | asked several others; their replies
were all abont the same; do not know of
any tine having knife on that evening. It
was out on the side walk in front Of the
house that Arlington tald me he had noidea
who did the cutting; Z IL was a good while
after the fight, but could not say how long;
j Was ont 10 get pitcher Of water; don't
mind what was going on in the house just
previous to my going out, came into the
barroom while before morning; Arlington
was sitiing before the fire; was on the
lounge; Marshall was on the bar snid
this was rough work." he, defendant. snid
'if he was single man he wouldn't care.f
lie told some story Of the Ledger, und !
went to sleep; remember of his speaking
Of somo tragedy; suppose he was addressing
me, but fell asleep on the settec. i was
lying with my eyes closed, and don't know
which way he was facing could not tell
what led To his telling this story. He was
in the barroom when came in; sleptrrob-
ably an hour. Think was next called up
to 20 before the jury. After my examina-
tiou, ] went with KIrker ~ Wurtemberg.-
Think Adlington offered to get horse and
20 yith kirkcI and make it knowL. don't
know Why he did not go. / went in Mr..
Kirker's sleigh. l saw that he wanted some
one tp 60 with him, aud so | volunteered
be said lie would bring me back next day !:
This 1.-The only reason hads ] don't know
The reason why defendant did not go. Ads
lingt n did not say why he wished TO 60
with Kirker :; don't remember of seeing the
defendant but twice that evening once in
in the barroom and once at the pump be-
fore the fght commencsd Esaw him dan
c,ng some time abou. the beginning Of the
dance; think defendant danced before Cum
ningham; might have seen him half
dozen timer afterward>, but don't reniem.
her where; Urish MCllren. George PringIe.
myself were On the floor at the time Weller
tod me they were fghliag; Maggie Newton,
Miss Stoher, ami Miss SinfE.r, were the Ia
dies; was dancing with Miss Nswton; l
believe Krker was piaving there we're oth-
er per ons in the room standing round
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