The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-06-08
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
OPENING FOR COMMONWEALTH.

Court adJssrned at O'Clock, p. IN.
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
OPENING FOR COMMONWEALTH.
Court convened at o'clock. W II -Sech>
Ter, Esq, opened the case on the part of the
Cummonw ealth. He stated to the Jury that
the Indictment charged Michael Moore with
the murder of Ann f. Boyle. The accused
had resided i'll the vicinity of SummeIhiil as
long ago 1883 or perhaps 1850. In the
month of October 1853 he married Ann Z
Boyle. but within year two afterwards she
wss compelled to leave him on account of the
ill-treatment she experienced a: his 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 Catharine Council. The District u,
tornsy went on to state the chain of evidence
by which the Cenmonw ealth proposed to prove
that the body which was Disco cred near Min>
eral Point, on the morning OF the first day of
March, OF this year. was that of Anu K Moore
the lawful wife Of the accused, and that she
was then cruelty murdered by her husband.
Michael Moore, tte prisoner at the bar.
AS the District Attorney ably and lucidly
summed up the evidence which would be ad-
duced in tho of the trial there WAS a
painful anxiety manifested by the prisoner, for
a chain of circumstances would be forged in
the event of all these statements being proven,
which would seem to establish 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
| ty. On the first day of March, 1872, about o.
! clock in the morning, / went to the stable and
! father. Hauled two loads; went for the third
| ard my dog came along and run ahead of me.
! when / was loading the wood. Hauled that
! load home, unloaded it and put the horses in
! lived, got my gun, took another small dog with
me and started after the big dog. The dog led
| the hill the dog was down over the hill where
! the blood was; heard him barking down there.
stopped three or four hundred yards from
where the blood was. The little dog started on
on the trail of a fox. l was going in the direc
! tion.which the big dog had taken, when little
! dog got on mans tracks and followed them
! to where the blood was He barked twice
| three times; called him, but he would not
mans tracks, which l followed till came to
! the blood. Looked at it and stirred it around
| hair with two hair pins in it. This was covered
with wet leaves Looked around and saw
| pair of spectaces, full set of artificial teeth
and three or four pieces OF comb for the hair.
wSe5 sbG ana nd Gn
log saw pile of wood there After | saw
drew to go along with me. He and Mr. ReigE-
ards son came along. We then went to Min
eral Point and got six more men and we all re-
| turned to the place where the blood was When
| within five or six hundred yards we saw smoke.
| We then went on to where the body was on fire;
the fire was on the body of a woman. This was
at the same place had seen the pile of wood
| when a survey of the ground was made. We
| looked areund then and picked up the articles
/ mentioned as having first seen myself, and
also piece of scarf or comforter and a stock
/ ing garter. IA5oye named articles shown to
| Ine "iIness:J 1 thlnk the piece aFound her
er; it was woolen- The body was all bruised
| black and the legs were burned off from the
| knees down. L hands and
out the fire. l could tell it was a woman; the
was lying on her face; the face was burned
black the head drawn up and her tongue stick
the face was too much burned. There was
little piece or clothing left on her breast We
| examined her mouth and found she had no
teeth. left then for the coroner. The tracks
! l saw there led down towards Mineral Point;
to where little road came in. There were the
tracks ira OF a man an and woman ma going in a1o the
east: measured the mans track it was NJ
cross ErGmedf Was a6out rM93gr ha sn9e; ten
when went the first time. could not identify
Moore then. The dog was part hound l got
him from Gates at South Fork; he got dim from
Croyle. Tom Moore sold him to me first. He
got the loan of him from Mr. Gates He claim
ed him, but MIR. Gates owned him. The blood
who has kept possession of the articles found
there since then. / only picked up the pieces
Re,erGnfned nine ia" in Chief.@I h fn Identify the comb
from the teeth broken out, the spectaces from
es being out The articles found were taken
possession of by the coroner.
Re-CT0Ss. Erdmtned.-It was between five and
O'Clock In the evening: 1t was between II
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 a boot or shoe.
j. Il. Harold slCOrn.-l Articles found shown
to witness, who Identifies the teeth, spectacles
and the piece of wooden comforter which was
around the neck of the woman when he arrived
on the ground.1 / cut the comforter from her
neck: The comb hair pins and comforter, with
needle work and garter, believe to be the ones
saw at the same place. These articles were
all lying on log when got there: 1 measured
the distance from where the body was found
to where the blood was which was sixteen feet.
remnants of burned clothing and some white
hair shown witness.l These remnants found
where it was tied around her neck 1 gave
these articles the Sheriff, first putting pri-
Vate mark on the Teeth and spectacles- took
them into my custody when 1 first went on the
ground. 1 am Coroner of Cambria county:
Gross Erdmiaed.-Ia arrived on the ground be-
tween and O'Clock, p. m, of March lst. 9th
ers had been there before 1 arrived. knew
some or them recognize one set OF the teeth
by three parallel strokes 1 made with my pen
knife, and the other set by large and small
mark put on them. A month or six weeks
after they came into my possession delivered
them to the Sheriff: In the meantime 1 kept
two indentations. The body was burned past
recognition, Did not see Michael Moore then
l showed the teeth to DIR. Wakefield he had
them for about five minutes; / was present
and took them away with me.
". Is. bCnocfer sio0fn..l am Sheriff OF Cam
ness, who Identifies them as the ones he go
from Mr.. Harrold.l All these articles have
been out of my possession; brought them tC
Mr.. John Scanlan and had them put in his iror
safe, as had no safe place to keep them. go
them from him on Tuesday last believe then
r to be the same got from the Coroner. M,
, deputy brought them to the jail and lockeS
them up in closet. Mr.. Secher asked me thu
privilege of taking the teeth from the package
q and told Mr.. Scaulan to give them to him i
he wished.
, Cross -ETdmincd.-Id do not remember the tim
] got these articles from the Coroner. 1t wa
between one and two weeks after they wer
found.
John f. Scdnldn saUOrn.-The same bundl
n given me by the Sheriff was returned to hin
g except the teeth, which were given to Mr.. Zahn
IN the presence of Mr.. Sechler. They were pu
] in Mr Iohnstnn,s sal fe q rrias Sc