The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-06-08


the body was found; tracked the two persons
to this clay bank. / did not see Moore that
dav.
Re-examined in chief-I noticed the tracks
particularly because / thought it mi ,ht be
some OF my wife's relatives come from Altoona
Men were working at the fire clay bank
hey had not gone to work yet. Samuel
rage and William Jones were EN- oloyed there:
they went to work about Is or 90 minutes after
got home 1t is wood and where the body
was was iouhd. There is aLother road leading from
Mineral Point TO the fine CLAW bank but these
footprints took the road leading mast INV house
oss>examlned.-l lived mt that time
AT mineral Point on the old Porta ge railroad
saw tracks OF two persons leading past nv
mouse that morning was wa,chman at Min
erai FONT saw mill at that time | noticed
the tracks between and o clock leading ,Ionp
the Central railroad east There was a small
track and a large They led on rigbt
towards the fire clay bank and looked as If
they we're fresh
JOHN SHRIvER recalled 1t was on the first
OF March, in Conemaugh township, Cambria
county. that this body was found
JOHN PENDRY sworn.-I saw The body which
was found near Mineral Point in March last
his was about o'clock in the afternoon
(Ihe testimony of this witness describing the
appearance OF the body and articles found was
substantially the same as that detailed by pre-
vlous wItnesses.) Mr.. Morre and l. on the
I'd OF March. followed tracks from the foot of
the bill on the old Portage railroad to the en-
Dan kment which runs down from the Central
railroad. Whoever had made these tracks had
slipped down there We went eastward alLng
the Central until we came to "A path-went donn
TINS path and saw the same tracks which we
had seen at the foot of the hill. These tracks
led TO within % or 81 feet of Michael Moo-e's
house The snow had blown away ere and we
traced them no further / measured the tracks
by my own boot, which is eleven inches Those
at the hill and along the path were about half
an inch longer than mine We went right
TO the door. Mr.. Morrel raped and little
girl came out a asked for her father or for
Michael Moore-she went in and returned say
ing that he was sick. We left the house and
went TO The river where We ss the same track
--one was going down the river and the other
going un.
LCor! oDoratory evidence here omitted.1
DIR. ). Ri. SWAN SWORN was before the
coroner's inquest III Johnstown and viewed tn.
body of the woman found at Mineral Point
| made a post-moriem examination of the body
on the I'd day of March at the request of-the
coroner. The whole body presented the ap-
pearance of having been exposed to the infu-
ence of fire. The hair of the head was entire
ly destroyed and the scalp burned TO
crisp; the flesh OF the face roasted to such
an extent as to render the features uar ecogni
zable-the mouth was open, wi b the tongue
swollen and blackenod protruding, there were
no teeth in the mouth-the neck had been en-
cucied by ligsture or cord of some thickness
which, judging from the indertaton left in The
skin had been drawn sufficiently tight to have
caused death by strAngulatien. The arms and
hands were shriveled by the action of the fire
the anterior portion of the chest and abdo men
were comparatively slightly i: jured by the are,
but the iutegumen's of the sides and back were
in some places cracked and destroy yed-the
thighs were roasted black and the tissue con
tracted from the effect of the heat-the legs
were burned to a cindcr some parts of which
were in detached pieces and other parts want
ing. Upon Openisg the abdomen the inte-tnes
and the other viscera of the cavity found
uninjured and the womb was the normal size
of an unimpregDated uterus. | made no exam
ination Of the lungs, heart, chest, brain,
The body was that of female. live body
thrown into fire and burned as this body VS.
would result in death.
Cross exl mined - The cord was not on when
L saw the body. l formed my opinion from
the depth of the indentstion. Death would be
produced by stopping the res piraton. / dis
covered no wounds of any kind on the body of
the woman.
BY the Court could not judge from the
appearance Of the body whether any external
violence mad been used.
Court adjourned at 6 0 clock.