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

two and one half miles from Mineral Point.
was in the house when the GIL train passed
west that night. Michael Moore lives about
half mile from my house: have known Michael
Moore about 16 years; do not pretend to say
that the tracks / were his tracks The
old Portage railroad is not marked on the
draft. 1t was from g to 10 feet from where
L saw blood on the bushes to the place where
the body was found. When | found the teeth
the sets were separated about two feet and lay
about twenty feet from where the body was
found. The pieces of comb were found about
ten feet from where the teeth were, and near
the pool of blood. l can't say that there was
any evidence that this woman was cut or struck
Saw no matches, shavings. or light kindling
of any kind. Samuel Reighard's house is
nearer this place than MOores. There are
other houses around ere as near and some
nearer than his. The tracks / saw near the
station were there before the body WIS dis
cerned. L saw them about clock. 1t WAS
about that hour that men employed on the
tracks 90 to work.
Re-exa mined in chef.-I saw what took
to be ashes where the fire was. The ground
was rocky there; her breast lay on the rock
and there were holes betw cen them here ashes
might escape. The stones were heated when
l came there There was not enough of wood
on the body to consume it; no fire was burning
on the head or face then. Reighard's house is
west Of this place. Clicks is southwest.
EDWARD PAGE sworn.-I was present on
body was found. / picked up piece of scarf
about 10 feet from where the body Law
Sworn and identified / handed the piece of
cart to John Ford. j observed a small track
and large ore going in towards this place
| observed one track leading away from where
the body was found. 1T was a large track and
led to the main road out along the road about
10 rods, from there through a thicket which
couldn't get through, | went ont the main
road until came to the fire clay bank; got on
the track then which led me down to the old
Portage railroad and on down to the Central:
from there went home. Ii about IS or
~ rods from the place | lett it to Moore's
hou~e. l observed no tracks going into the
fre~clay bank, This was not the wav usually
Travelled coming from or going to the fre-c!ay
bank, | saw the body, it was all burned
Cross Examined.-WhenIs SAID the body was
all burned L mean the legs were burned off and
one of the hands; | am not sure about the
other; got there about ii O'Clock. The clay
bank IL about quarter of mile from where
the body was found; l tracked the two persons
to this clay bank. l did not see Moore that
dav.
Re-examined in chief.-I noticed the tracks
particularly because / thought it mi. hit be
some of my wife's relatives come from Altoona
Men were working at the fire clay bark
Ihey had not gone to woIS yet. Samuel
rage and William Jones we're en- ploved there:
they went to work about Is or 90 minutes after
got home. 1t is woodland where the BODY
was found. There is another road leading from
Mineral Point to the fine clay bank but these
footprints took the road lsading past my house.
Re-cross,e1 a mined,-I lived at that time
at Mineral Point on the old Portage railroad
| saw tracks of two persons leading past nv
house that morning. was watchman at Min
eral Point saw mill at that time. l noticed
the tracks between and o'clock leading along
the Central railroad east here Il small
track and large one. They led on right
towards the fire clay bank and looked il
they were fresh.
JOHN SHRivER recalled 1t was on the first
of March, i'll 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!
This was about 2 O'Clock in the afternoon.
(The testimony of this witness describing the
appearance of the body and articles found was
Substantially the same that detailed by pre-
vious wItnesses.) MIR. MOrrell and l. the
I'd OF March. followed ira ks from the foot of
the hill on The old Portage railroad to the en-
bar rkment which runs down from the Central
railroad. Whoever had made these tracks had
slipped down there. We went eastward along
the Central until we came to a path-went do - n
this path and saw the same tracks which
had seen at the foot of the hill. These tracks
led TO Within 25 or 81 feet of Michael Noore's
house The snow had blown away ere and we
traced them no further | measured the tracks
at the hill and along the path were about half
an inch longer than mine. We went right
to the door. Mr.. Morrell raped and a little
Michael MOore-she went in aud returned sa W.
ing that he was sick. We lett the house and
went TO The river where the same track
--one was going down the river and the other
going IN.
JOHN CHE;sTANZ sworn.-I saw the body,
found rear NJ neral Point, on the first day of
hot { md n Hn'o in : no.
GEoRGE PAGr sworn.-I got to the place
where this body was found about half-past one
O'Clock on the afternoon OF March lst. The
body was all scorched, her tongue out, her legs
bnrned off at the knees, one nipple OF her breast
burned off and the other not burned; her nose
partially burned and scorched. We started off
to follow the tracks coming east from Reigh~
ards We followed these tracks to the place
where the murder was committed. The tracks
were close together, ii she had hold of his
arm. L noticed the stme tracks leaGing into
the drlit; they CO ME from the direction of Minis
eral Point. L started from the main road to
the fire-clay bank, and from there to the scene
of the murder. Saw white handk erchief
hanging on a bush at the side of the road. The
old Portage runs parallel with the Central.
). A. HAROLD recalled.-(The evidence of
Coroner Harold touching the direction and
measurement of the tracks found in the vicinity
of the place where the body was found is sub
stantialiy that dctaile1 bv other witnesses }
Commonvealths counsel proposed to prove
by this witness that the measurement of boots
worn by prisoner at the time of his hearing cor
responded with the measurement OF the tracks
found in the locality OF the supposed murder.
Exceptions were taken by prisoner couns Ell
for the reason that the Coroner had no legal
right, the prisoner being under arrest, to seize
and measure his boot or touch his person-that
it it be so that the Coroner's measurement of
the prisoners boot corresponds with that of the
tracks on the ground where the body was
found, that in itself would not be evidence of
the prisoners guilt. The bill of exceptions
was allowed.
Examination resumed John Christanz and
myself measured the boot of Michael Moore
the 4th day of March last; it was eleven and
one-half inches long.
Question by prisoners counsel-YoG have
already passed on prisoner guilt. Mr. Harold,
have you not2 Answer-l nave.
CToss-Examined The boots were on the