The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-06-15
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
OPENING FOR COMMONWEALTH.


Court convened at O'Clock. w H -Sech>
Ter. Esq, opened the on the part of the
Comm monw ealth. He stated to the jury that
the Indictment charged Michael Moore with
the murder of Ann E. BOYLE. The accused
had resided il the vicinity of Summerhiil as
long ago 1853 or perhaps 1850. In the
month of October 1853 he married Ann
Boyle, but within year or two afterwards she
was compelled to leave him on account of the
ill-tTeatment she experienced az bis hands.
From that time he knew nothing further about
her until the fall of 1871 or in January 1872
In the year 1864 Moore married, in Johns
town. TO Catharne Connell. The District A:>
torpey went on to state the chain of evidence
by which the Commonwealth proposed to prove
that the body which was discov cred near Minis
eral Point, on the morning of the first day of
March, OF this year, was that of Ann + Moore,
the lawful wife of the accused, ard that she
then cruelty murdered by her husband
Michael Moore, tie prisoner at the bar.
AS The District Attorney ably ard lucidly
summed up the evidence which would be ad-
duced in the course of the trial there was n
painful anxiety manifested by the prisoner, for
chain of circumstances would be forged, in
the event of all these statements g being proven
which would seem to es tablish his guilt beyond
the possibility of doubt. District Attorney
Sechler occupied some twenty minutes in open
ing the case.
TESTIMONY FOR THE PROSECUTION.
John ShriUer slrOTn.-I resided at the time of
TINS AFFAIR IN Conemaugh township this coun-
ty. On the first day of March, 1877, about o.
clock in the morning, went TO the stable and
harneSSed up my horses to haul wood for my
father. Hauled two loads; went for the third
ard my dog came along and run ahead of me.
He commenced to bark down over the hill
when L was loading the wood. Hauled that
load home, unloaded it and put the horses in
the stable. L then went to the house where L
lived, got mygun, took another small dog with
me and started after the big dog. The dog led
me toward Mr.. Clicks. When | got on top of
the hill the dog was down over the hill where
the blood was; heard him barking down there.
Started down, and when got to the bottom
stopped three or four hundred yards from
where the blood was. The little dog started on
ahead of me. Walked some distance and got
on the trail of a fox. 1 was going in the direc-
tion. which the big dog had taken, when little
dog got on man tracks and followed them
70 TO where the blood was He barked twice or
come away; went towards him az and got to on noa
mans tracks, which followed till / came to
! the blood. Looked at il and stirred it around
/ with my foot; found in it a switch of woman's
! hair with two hair pins in it. This was covered
pair of spectaces, full set of artificial teeth
and three or four pieces of comb for the hair
became frightened and started off right away;
walked about sixteen feet and looking across
a log saw pile of wood there After saw
drew to go along with me. He and Mr.. Reign
ards son came along. We then went to Min
turned to the place where the blood was. When
within five or six hundred yards we saw smoke.
the fire was on the body of II woman This was
at the same place had seen the pile of wood
before brought those men. l was not present
when survey of the ground was made. We
looked around then and picked up the articles
L mentioned as having first seen myself, and
also piece of scarf or comforter and a stock
ing garter. lAboVe named articles shown to
the witness.l think the piece around her
er; it was wooden. The body was all bruised
black and the legs were burned off from the
out the fire. L could tell it was woman the
only spot not burned was the breast. She
was lying on her face; the face was burned
black. the head drawn up and her tongue stick
ing out. Could not distinguish her features
little piece of clothing left on her breast. We
examined her mouth and found she had no
teeth. left then for the coroner. The tracks
1 saw there led down towards Mineral Point; 1
followed the tracks about two hundred yards
TO where a little road came in. There were the
tracks of man and woman going in and the
san coming out; they led first north and then
east L measured the mans track: il was IL
inches long. The woman a rubber shoe.
Cross ErdmiHed.-lt was about half-Past ten
when went the brst time. Icould not identify
the body of the woman. did not see Michael
Moore then. The dog was part hound; got
CroyIe. Tom Moore sold him to me first He
got the loan of him from Mr.. Gates. He claim
was sixteen feet from the body. 1 can't % tell
who has kept possession of the articles found
there since then only picked up the pieces
of comb, but saw all the rest.
Re-erdmiled in Chief.-I identify the comb
from the teeth broken out, the spectacies from
the way they are bent and by one of the glass
es being out The articles found were taken
possession of by the coroner.
Re-CrOSS- -ECGmiftCd.-lt was between five and
6 o'clock in the evening. 1t was between Il
and O'Clock when saw the body first. There
was considerable blood there. L was frighten-
ed the first time. knew that the tracks were
those of boot or shoe.
j. a. Harold slCOrn-l Articles found shown
to witness, who Identifies the teeth, spectacies
and the piece of wooIen- comforter which was
around the neck of the woman when he arrived
on the ground.l I cut the comforter from her
neck. The comb hair pins and comforter, with
needle work and garter, Ebelieve to be the ones
/ saw at the same place. These articles were
all lying on a log when got there. measured