The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-06-15
FRIDAYS PROCEEDJN GS.
FORENOON SESSION.

FRIDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
FORENOON SESSION.
s. p. lOTreU SjrOTH.-I went 70 the place where
this body found about , o'clock on that
day. CThe testimony of this witness was in the
maln corrODoratlVe of John Pendry's eVidence)
l'Che rule by which the tracks were measured
was was , ,produced hywitness and offered in evidence
by The pmonNvealths counsel.l The Central
railroad and the old Portage railroad, opposite
Moore house, run parallel and are only sepa-
rated by an embankment.
Samuel Itbbott slCOTH.-I was upon the ground
the day the body was found and roticed the
articles picked up there. The spectacles / be-
lleVe to be the same, as they suit the eyes of a
person of my age, and tried them on that day
L am 52 years of age.
Elijah ". EiSeHhiSe SIrOTn.-Iam conductor on
the Mail train east and west had charge of the
Mail train on the 2gth of February last from
Altoona to Pittsburgh. Two passengers got Off
Our time there is g11; we may have been a few
minutes late. They were on the train when [
took charge of it at Altoona. The defendant
Moore, handed me ticket for Johnst own; 1
went on to the next passenger, when the pris-
oner stopped me and asked if we stopped at
Mineral Point; turned and looked at him and
told him we did Passed on into the second car
did not see her fGHt, but she got Off at Mineral
Point did not notice her partIc IlaFly, she had
mere was IN the rear part of it; | saw them
after they stepped off-the prisoner and the Ia
dy who was in the second car They got of
on the south track, opposite the station house;
they started east. The lady was on the ground
and | was standing on the platform from which
she chad had {1,slat Just stte2ped, te Jg
town coroH9aF %aF eKRmjt1fa t do not re-
collect of saying then that could not identify
the prisoner as the man. L urSt observed the
man and woman when lifting tickets between
Altoona and kittanning Point. | knew IT vas
this man who got off there by his oVercoat and
by the fact that he was not in the car when We
left there. Both of them having tickets to
Johnstownand both getting of there made me
notice this matter particularly. l; remember
the upper part of the mans face. They got off
the train 18th Feb; that was thenight went
west. | recolIect about them getting off. He
had his hat on did not notice his beard; his
east side by SIDE. He had on a kind of a brown
overcoat. [Coat produced.l The coat looked
like that one
Francis ffnhe s1cOr7,.-I am bra keman on P.
r. r.; on Mr.. Eisenbise's train on the night
gers, a man and woman get or the train at
Mineral Point that night got off on south track
woman in the car-s6e was closely yelled only
observed the man getting off the step-couldn't
Ge0lgc Parks siCorr-Was on the Mail train
west on the night of Feb. 29th, IS72; remember
train; cannot swear positively il was that
night. After the train started saw lady and
gentleman walking up the south track-the
gentleman one or two ties ahead of the lady
was IN the second car; don't know whether they
II. II. Hamilton slCorH.-I am ticket agent at
Tyrone, Blair county, ON Pa. II. Il, eOn the 10Th
Johnstown, for the Mail west. l testify from
my recollection-maden no memorandum. / sell
are all numbered and make report of the
numbers L made report of those tickets to
agent at that time. keep no duplicate of that
report; nothing of record remained in my Of
ton was caeS To te ss Ff9F ts TsS n Y d aI5Gm
two or three days afterwards. L noticed an ac-
count of the murder in the newspapers; it was
three or four days after they were sold. ] re-
member of having sold two tickets that day.
lCommOnwealth's counsel propose to ask wit
ness what tickets, if any, he sold to passengers
Tor Mail train west on the 18th OF February last
If so, how many and To what pointsI Counsel
for prisoner object for the reason that the re-
cord OF the whole number of tickets sold, and
of their respective numbers, made by the OH
GERS of the railroad company in the ordinary
course of their business, is the best evidence of
the fact proposed to be proved, and that no
other evidence can be received until the alb
sence of that record is accounted for. Obiec-
tion overruled and bill of exceptions aIIowed.1
| remember distinctly of selling two tickets to-
man who bought the tickets asked for them he
was in the ladies room at the station. / told
him the gentlemcn's IS room was at the lower end
of the building. L do not recollect distinctly
the party with whom bad tnat conversation.
The tickets are destroyed within three or four
days after their receipt in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Ann Jones S1Coln.-I reside i'm J Johnstown;
was on the Mail train west on the 18th of Feb
ruary last saw lady get off at Mineral Point;
was in the second car; she had on dark clothes.
was apparently about 45 80 years of age
Have not seen the man since to whom she spoke
to knowihim She was sitting in the third seat
in front of me.
roSs-Eramjned.-- fix the date because we
town looked at the almanac.
John ! Nurphy stCo1l.-I am acquainted with
Moore sent for me while he was in the lookup
at Johnstown. j went to see him, and he gave
me baggage check of the Pa. r. Il. Check
shown) This is the number of the check, 1858,
and resembles the one he gave me; it reads,
pennsylvania Railroad-from Tyrone" Com
monweaith proposed to prove what the prison.
er said to Mr. Murphy while in the lock-up, at
the time he received the check from him, and
concerning 1T. Prisoners counsel object, for
the reason that the prisoner was then under
rest and in durance, and any statements he may
then have made would not be evidence. EX-
ceptions allowed) Moore asked me if would
be going TO Altoona sOon-that he had trunk
there. i told him thought not, but that could
get some person to attend to it for him. He
handed me the check then and told me TO get
the trunk and keep it for him. Igave the check
TO Burgess StIayer
Cross -Erdm iHed.-I am a merchant in Johns
town. Knew Michl Moore before the trouble
This conversation was in the lock-up- on tne
4th OF March got this check; kept it tProoaDiy
q day.
J. s. Strdper slcor1i-GCheck shown "lTneeS,t l.t
This is the check Mr.. Murphy gave me Went
to the station aud the agent sent Tor n trunk
called for by the check 1t came that ni9ht ana
was brought to my Office. This was the same
day Mr. Murphy gave me the check put the
trunk in my private room the agent aud Mr..
Jomes had brought it over. The next morning
Messrs Roberts, Murphy, Gels and Mclaughlin.
came to my office and brought it down and