The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-04-20
MIDDLEBURG ~sNY 'DERSC0s PA. .APRLL. 20. aSs

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the witness. Ths hsisrlNe,fnoi Tia
'be was a dealer ia, rss.lssMsle clio th
"a. cat NwcottA and osio -'of TIC fr0
NJ Wyc & pqa.aasA = That. on ihi
day te.triied ,tv ps sRe tiay-nt. the rob.
,btysts bob he anH his pnr,n,r wer,
81 their sioro at Norcott, and there
was au unusual call for goods. Joe
slIicr was then io town they knew
him, well, bad often employed him t,
Sorksili.their store Ga this parIicr
lar day thcy had sent for him he
came impeJiaIely aud he remained
~ the st6re, waiting. on customers
from two O'Clock to eight, without
once leaving it. Mr., Peasants was ia
court, aud no could testify to the
same facts
Tho first QUESTION Of the District
Attorney made the fellow start aud
SILVER
Are you in disguise, STRIP
"Wh-whai ? slommerod the man.
Have you silver gray wig over
Your dark hlirY'
Tho man looked amazed AMI then
frightened, but said nothing and be-.
fore he could recover his self posses
sion, the District Attorney bad s,cp-
ped forward aud romoycl the wiz
revealing a smoothly brushed head
OF dark brown hair
"What does THIS mean % he asked
stcrnly.
"Only fancy was the sulky an
Swcr "l'yc worn that wiz for years"
."IIave you indeed ? Did You wear
it all day yesterday ~
"Ycssir' was the conf lent res
pouso
"Whcrc -
AT Norcott. to be sure"
"A!l day Z"
"Corrain'y. was there the whole
day.
When did you arrive hero a,
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"At T.2O this morning
The District Attorney gave me a
u iumphant wink ; aud when he sta
cd to the court that he desired this
witness to be detained ill the close of
he trial, the sheriff was directed to
axe charge of him. Mr.. Caleb Wye
'ume down from the stand with his
wig IN his hand and took a seat by the
Sheriff, looking decidedly moro bill
Gus than | had yet seen him appear
Mr.. Peasants was now loudly cali
d for by the defense but no one
anne forward, Tho uncxpeckd re.
'eptou which the last witness had
net probably chilled the ardor Of his
confederate. and he wisely choose 10
,cep himself in the backprouud-
This was all of the d,fcps1 and my
vidcncc ut once blew it to the
Winds. l looked directly at Mr. Wye
so called while wds telling the u-
y, when, whcrcand under what cir
had Seen him the provi-
us day, aud saw him trcmblc like
n aspen leaf. The jury conyictcd
b, prisoner without leaving 'theiy
eats, and was locked up for further
onsiderarion.
| left Caalislc the next morning, and
Icard nothing more Of the agair for
everal weeks Then letter from
he District Attorney, thanking ma for
he assistAGee / hud rendered him,
onvOyed more details.
"The witness Wye" he wrote,
whose real nams is Nicholas Bray,
as inditcd ion perjury. A very
ight investigation showed me that
c could prove that he had no right to
le name Wye that neither ho nor
ny man by the name OF Peasants
nd ever kept store in Norcott, and |
lat neither ofthem was krogn their
all. This with thoir evidence,
'ould have been sufficient TO convict
i'm, and understanding it as well as
'ybody, he concluded to save trou-
10 and plead guilty. So he and Sill
r are both In the Peniientisry and
III keep lhare for erm Of years.
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