The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-06-15

as iuteI prefer 1he prisoner went to Work |
at Schuyikhi. The woman said her name
was Moore. The prisoner said she was his |
wife. They had big trunk with them l !
saw the trunk aud what was IN it. This |
trunk looks like the one.
Cross Examined. have known this ir>
terpreter for couple Of days; am French |
and he is French. This trunk looks like the |
enc was at my house. The man who stayed
at nv house brought the trunk. The pris-
oner was the man. He came last January (
doul know what date. have not seen him
since he left my house. He called himself
Michael Mooney, but his wife told me his
name was Michael Moore. keep an eating
house The man who brought the trunk
took it away. | did not mark the trunk.
Re.drect.-[ Contents of trunk examined
by witness, who recognizes delaine dress
ruffled in the waist, the RI fits having been
made.in her house; coffee>pot in which she
boiled medicine while there black silk
everskirt; a wrapper; a bed quilt. some of
the patches of which had been got from wit
ness = white worked skirt, gingham SUM
bonnet. small piece of green calico, figured
calico skirt, large pair of shears, q photo
graph of Mrs. Moore, pictures Of two beys,
four or five white chemises q night gown,
blacx calico every day dress, a small apron
worn every day, piece of bagging worn as
u
pair Of small scissors. q plain white skirt. a
white worked bib worn first day she came.
Cross Examined Il did not pack these
clothes in the trunk she showed them to
me; put no private mark on them saw
them before At my house did not see them
since. All these clothes were hanging up iu
their room did not see her put them in the
trunk. This is the same man whV boarded
with me have not seen the woman since she
was at my house. She was dressed in black
alpaca dress, straw hat with blue veil upon
II, snd q large black blanket shawl. They
left my house in the morning-About Z or
O'Clock.
Re-direct.-She was long the fret time
this mao came. She never said her name
was Moore in bis presence. They occupied
the same room. He called her his wife
Cannot remember the day they left be went
little while before her with the trunk. She
wore false teeth she was 40 or 45 years of
age she wore sPectacles; when she started
from my house she had q white wooen scarf
on her neck. / saw her teeth-they were on
. red base. (Teeth shown witness These
look like them. (Spectacles. one glass being
out, shown witness) She had spectacles
like those, aud every time she went to put
them one of the glasses would fall out
This piece of white scarf is exactly like the
one she wore when she left my house this
hair pin is the same as three or four she gave
me before she stnrted. Her hair was gray,
or black and white mixed this looks like
her hair She dressed her hair With little
comb like the Que shown. She wore CATERS
with gum shoes over thom when she left my
place the gum shoes had o little strap
across the top and were nearly new. She
had money IN her possession-more than 800
when she came. but can't tell how much.
l saw the trunk in the jury room since
came. Itsa~ it yesterday in the Court room.
Cross- Examined. man who was at
my house did not work in Osceols at ALL
He said he going TO ScbuylkiH. He
started from my house. | saw her money
know from the $40, $40 and S. bills that
she had more than 500. They paid their
bills when they left Sh. told me she came
from rbhadelphis dou't know whether he
was prexent or ~. l. -~--. .~Ia ..-. how
"a .Ps -. These were the only false teeth
- saw with any person.
Common wealth next proposes TO ask W.T.
ness what the conduct of this man WAS to-
wards his wife while at the house Of witness
OBJECTED to that the inquiry aL 10 a fact
prior to the time OF tho killing does not es>
tablish that these parties who were at his
house were the prisoner and the deceased
woman; nor could the witCess fx standard
OF tina kind of treatment by husband to wife
or wife to husband. Evidence not aiowe
to be admitted under toe offer.
lOhsck received from prisoner by Mr..
Murphy. humber 1868. offered in evidences.
Objected TO for the reason that it was exfort-
el and extracted from her under Guress and
that 1t is not the check testified to by the
baggage master at Altoona from his record ,
1t being 1858 and not 1858.
Check admitted in evidence.
Joachim Goepa stcorn.-I reside at Osce>
ola saw defendant at my house ir the lat
ter part of January last. He was at nv
house between 8 and weeks; a lady be
cs'ied his vile was with him, aud Mr.. Moore
wanted tp rent room from me. He ask ed
my charge. ] told him SIS month in ad-
vance | furnished him with bed, table and
whatever be needed in room he brought bis
wife. They boarded themselves and cooked
en- my stove. He told me he could not stay,
As he must GO back to his work in Schuylkili
county, to where he was at work and get his
tools He stopped two or three days and left
on Monday morning; came back in about
two weeks did not bring his tools, as he
SAID Stayed few days aud went back
again. lie would 60 aud come the last
time he came on the 25ih of February.
he said he would take his wife back again !;
went to my work on Monday and came back
on SATURDAY night following. he was gone.
Did DOT him since till came to this
place. The woman had gone also. They
had a trunk with them when they cams. I
saw the outside of it. the same as do now,
hut never put my hand on ii. The woman
had been sick iu bsd for over q week before
she left. He went towards Tyrone when he
would GO away.
Cross examined He told me at first bis
name was Michael Mooney. did not see
him since the 25th of Feb. until came here
this week. He boarded at another place be-
fore he came to my place. ! would know
Michael Moore by his appearance just as we'll
as if be was my father. have not seen
that woman since.
Re>direct.-The party boarding with me
wore pretty long hair and his bsard WAS the
same as IL is now. left my home on Mon-
day. 26th of February.
Patrick Dunn stoorn.-I reside at Osceola
Mills (IIeatf fatd c,uptu I na.i.3.I