Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-08-26

house, 1t was near the corner. did moi
see Kearney at tho window. saw Eiscn
hart at the window. Kearney did moi
stand on the side Of Eisenhart between him
and the door. Some one came to the d ool
and said if we did not 60 away he would
use his revolver. Kearney did not 90 to.
wards the door, he was walking away.
When Eisenhart started away, Kearney
did not 90 towards the door. / did not
sec Kearney so towards the door at all. ]
| had no pistol. l did not fire n pistol that
shots were fired from the back part of the
house remember. / don't know where
they were fired from. We did not 90 right
away when VIC were told. 1 don't know
why we did not so away.
| DIR. Q. w. Weaver, sworn.-Shamokin
remember tho night upon which Mat
thew Kearney was shot. | was at home
when it took place. l am a physician in
full practice. l have practiccd over four
years. 1 saw Kearney on the night he
was shot near Sclioch's house. / think it
was about 1 o'clock, Nov. 1, 1870. He
was lying on his back near the house, dead.
The jury was there. went into the house
first, and then canie out to examine the
body. examined the body. l found an
opening in the centre of the back Of the
head. 1t was small hole. | probed the
wound. Tho direction of the wound was
forward and downward. 1t was made
with q bullet, about inches deep. That
wound was the cause of Kearney's death.
The bullet was not extracted. One reason
why did not EXTRACT. the bullet, was be-
cause l did not think it necessary, and be-
cause also, that the Commissioners of Nor
thumberland county do not pay for post
m0rtem examinations.
Cross Ext could out say exactly how
he stood when he was shot. / never made
any experiments in reference to the direc-
tion of this shot. Balls sometimes change
their course after they strike the skull, hut
do not know it to be a rule of medical
science that balls always change their di-
rcction in striking skull. do not know
positively that a bullet caused Kearney's
death. l suppose it did
C. l.. Boyd, sworn.-I live in Shamokin.
L an civil engineer. This is n plan of
the house Of Jacob Schoch made by myself
this plan is Of the house on the photograph.
made the plan on the 2nd of January last.
The front of the house on the south side is
253 feet. There are three windows and
one door on the south side, first floor.
There are two windows east of the door
and one west. The first window from the
second window from the corner, 105 feet.
To the door from the corner it is 15i feet.
The house is % feet and S-10th deep, run
ming back from Reading r. r. the door on
the east side Of the house is 2 feet q inches
from the corner. There are three rooms
on the first floor of the house. There are
three doors in the western room OF Schoch's
house. The back door opens out of back
porch. There are two doors leading into
the eastern room. Tho eastern room is
l6k by 13t feet in the size. 1t is 32 from
the south side of the house to the centre of
the Reading II. r.. track. We have town
clock in Shamokin. / know where the sa-
loon is under Marr's Bank. it is 81 feet
from Hauck's saloon TO the southeast cor
ner of Wcaver's hotel. 1t 10 165 feet from
Weaver's to N. G. r. w. track, along the
west side of Shamokin street. 1t is 750
feet from this point down to Liberty street,
to the place where the bridge crosses the
creek. 1t is sos feet from the bridge to
Schock's house. Schock's house face the
street. 2S2 feet from Schock's the Metho-
dist parsonage, south.
Cross Ex.-I made the plan of Schoch's
house | was in the house. The plan and
plot of the borough of Shamokin offered in
evidence.
Reuben j. Eiscnhart, sworn.-I am the
owner ola revolver have it with me it
has six barrels; the revolver here broduced;)
sold it to Samuel Dampman, last October,
| think; l know this is the revolver, be-
cause the barrel is loose, and by damaged
screw got the revolver back again since
Kearney was shot; l got it ut Francis
Taby's; Samuel Dampman boarded there.
Cartridge offered also. The pistol is one
of Smith &Wesson's make.
Samuel Dampman, swOrn.-I lived in
Shamokin last October boarded at Fran
els Taby's; had n revolver in my posses
sion at that time /; l got it from Reuben
Eisenhart had it OH the 3lst of October,
1870; l was at Jacob SchOch's house that
evening had this pistol with mo it was
loaded all the barrels were loaded except
one this is the pistol; (the pistol shown
witness, and the cartridges j | gave the
pistol to Mrs. Schoch to put away till went
home (; l don't know where she put il the
house was full of people, but don't know
If any one saw me give it to her; this was
about 0 or 10 O'Clock l know this is the
pistol from the number and from the barrel
being loose il is No. 63, ,259; l saw the
revolver again during the evening | saw
it i'll the hands Jacob Of Schoch; he was
shooting he was shooting from the door
towards town; l was in tho room close to
the door he fired two shots then; ! heard
three shots before that; l followed Schoch
and took the revolver out OF his hand l
emptied the cartridges from the revolver,
and put three fresh ones in, and put it in my
pocket again keptit in my pocket till the
inquest came (; then hid the revolver in by
the oven left il there till the next day (;
did not get il for four or five days ailer (;
got il from Mrs. Schoch then took il
home TO Francis Taby's; | put it in the
drawer and told his wife 10 give il 10 Rcu-
ben Eisenhart, ii he came AFTER it at
Schoch's l saw Layina shriyer, Anna
Blair, aud some OF Sehoeh's children
saw Josiah Cable there also they were in
the eastern room the daughter of SehOch
was dancing Josiah Holshoe was play
ing tho fiddle Jacob SchOch was
there all evening there were four musical
instruments there Wm. Haas played the
tambOrine | don't know who played the
bones after we were Ia IA while we all got
10 dancing there where people going out
aud coming in all evening, David Snyder
aud Jo. Dilchheld came ia jacob I'LL was
in also, and man by the name Of lIooyer (;
| did not hear Ia the carly part OF the even,