American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-04-10
VOLUME 4.
Il r. Z "A L Q f
JOHN B. ARLINGTON.
FOR THE MURDER OF
Sidney B. Cunningham
COMMONWEALTH !. Indicted
vs. for
J. b. ADLIsoroN, J Homicide.
MONDAY, March 1S, 1867.
AFrERNooN sasGIoN.

AFrERNoog glseIoN.
The prisoner was brought into Court
by the Sheriff. The jury were called
over and answered to their names.
james N, marshall, recoNed.-At the
time Teeple and Cunningham mad gone
out walking, went to Oliver and asked
him where these two men were, or Yhethe,
they had got back defendant said, ''let
them come" l don't know that any
thing else was said /; | walked away then
Oliver and defendant were standing to-
getber heard nothing else il reply.
Cross ezamiaed.-Ths was after had
seen Cunningham and Henry Bowder
talking about their coming back and be-
havin. themselves, and that they could
enjoy the party. | had talk with Mr..
McJunkiE about this part Of my testi-
mony that had omitted when examined
in-chief
Miss Joanna Pyle, sVorn.-I was at
the dance; came to divers between 8
and 9 o'clock in the evening Henry
Bowder took me there and took me home /;
saw Mr.. Cunningham and Teeple there
they came to our house about 81 O'Clock
in the rfternoon they had their horses
put up gent away and were e gone an Eour
or more came back, ana Mr. Cunning
ham said he had been insulted; said Jno.
Oliver had insultea him; there were
PHI menoogists ct our house, Who examined
their heads had pleasant time for a
spell said he had cut up little Ut Oil
vers, and Oliver was going to put him
out next saw him and Teeple siaipy be.
fore the fire in the sitting room tbcte
were others in the room. Cassel thro'
into the dancing room neKt saw him
come up stairs to get me to dance with
him. My father Keeps hotel he intro.
duced me to Cunningham at home; |
danced with him. next saw ljm calling
off a dance dance when he called the
igure believe Mr.. Kufer was on thg
aoor Mr.. Shafer daucel with me-; saw
defendant dance tgie1 ---oEce with his
wife, and once with Maggie Newton; he
danced the fist dance; next saw him
dance after / danced with AIr Cunning
ham. | passed up stairs through the sit
ting room saw Teeple in front Of the
fire as passed through; Cunpinghaw
was Just benin | me asked Gip !? intro
duce him to another lady, and told ssliyn
20 come up stairs and | would do So. |
went up staIrs and stayed there until the
fight was over; Cunningham did not fol
low me did not see him again until he
was laid out in the sitting reom There
,yare persons standing in the sitting room,
as | passed through, but | could not
name AcT /; lafayette SEfafer was with
me when vent up stairs. Henry Bow
der played the violiD when Kirker was
dancing Cunningham stood against the
atsigs calling out the figures there were
eight couple Or the floor dancing c?til
lion don't mind seeing the deieudlnt or
Mrs. Arlington standing in the room
when | left to go up stairs sat on the
bed, up Stairs, when | heafi a noise ; ran
about haiE way down stairs thought they
were fighting Started back again and
went into the room | got quite sick
tainted when came to myself | went
down stairs and saw Cunningham lying
across the hall; that frightened me and
l went back; Joha Oliver came up, all
covered with blood am nervous, and
the noise Of the fighting alarmed me,
heard the sound of blows, but did not
see them this was when | first came
down on the stairs think it was but a
few minutes after | sat upon the bed, be
fore | heard the noise and confusion be-
low, and i'll peaiatoly ran down stairs
then went back end tainted Miss Stoner
was in the room when tainted started
down stairs first time before Sidney Oil.
yer went down met him ss | was going
up. There were Others in the room when
/ tainted, beside Miss Stoner dou't know
how long it was after the fight commeaced
till l saw Cunningham lying across the
hall he was lying kind of coiled uP, |
thought, he was lying perfectly still; he
was lying across by the front door don't
know that any one could have gone out
without stepping over him did not hear
anything in the sitting room at this time.
When / started down the second time |
heard no no noise it was moonlight and
I could see The man across the hall by
the front door thought by the glimpse
of the man at tie time that it was Gun
,ningham; think his head was toward the
,,bar-rooul; think he was lying on hi
side; did not see rs faco. The next |
saw Of the defendant after the dance was
up stairs ; he came up with John Oliver;
his wife cane up also this was five min,
.uies after / had seen Cunpingham lying
across the hall left The room when
they came up heard 1ething said about
their being hurt. Next place I saw Ad
,,lington was in tho diaing room ]; he came
into it from the hall and turned around
1mmediately aud went on; he d d not
come in more than a step before turning !;
George Pringle was in the room when he
stepped in; George Pringle said that
"them men could have licked the crowd"
Adlington said, ''you be damned" The
defendant then passed out at the same
door he came in at. George Pringle, my
self and Others we're in the room, sitting
around the fire, hut cannot name them
all defendant seemed to be in hurry
when he said that did not see him again
sshst night. There was nothing said in