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

!
! where it was tied around her neck. / gave
these articles 10 the Sheriff, first putting pr-
them into my custody when first went on the
/ ground am Coroner of Cambria county:
tween and o'clock p. m, of March Ist 9th
ers had been there before l arrived. knew
by three parallel strokes made with my pen
knife, and the other set by large and small
after they came into my possession delivered
them to the Sheriff. In the meantime / kept
two indentations. The body was burned past
! RECOGNITION. Did not see Michael Moore then:
| showed the teeth to Dr. Wakefield; he had
them for about five minutes; L was present
" B. Bana e eeT a~y sisoTnnf w1tn m9 Sheriff of Cam
6ria county. lArticles found shown TO wit
from Mr these hs sne afees ne haTe
! been out of my possession I brought them TO
! safe, as L had no safe place to keep them 1 got
them from him on Tuesday last. believe them
to be the same got from the Coroner. My
! deputy brought them to the Jail and locked
! Them up in a closet. Mr.. Secher asked me the
! privilege OF taking the teeth from the package
ana told Mr.. Seaman to give them to him if
! Cross Examined do not remember the time
! l got these articles from the Coroner. 1t was
between one and two weeks after they were
! John e. ScdnLdn slCOrn.-The same bundle
| given me by the Sheriff was returned to him
/ except the teeth, which were given to Mr.. Zahm
/ in the presence of Mr.. Secher. They were put
| ih 5r. Johnston's safe. He carries one set of
] keys OF this safe and carry the other L put
! u. e Il: ZdtuH Stcofn--lTceth shown to wit
| ness.l Those teeth were in my possession
! received them from Mr.. Seaman in Mr.. Sech-
| lers presence and returned them again in his
| Cross EramiHed.-I am not an officer of this
! Court. Mr.. Sechler found that l was going to
| Philadelphia and he asked me to take the teeth
win me. put no private mark on them. In
Philadelphia L went to George Smith, a detec-
| tive; went with him to different dental estab-
! lishmcnts, occupying some four or FIVE hours,
/ to see If any of them could identify them. L
! had letter from Mr.. Sechler to this man. who
was called detective. The teeth were not out
| of my sight during visits to these dentists.
! We saw some four or hve- brought them
| back with me.
| Scanlan; did not know that this package
in my safe; do not know of any person having
my key kept my pair OF keys in drawer in
B. McDernit srorn.-[Packsge containing
ceived it from the Foreman of the Grand Ju-
ry.l put it in the desk in the Sheriff's Office,
fpG in the eys1qg gGT GarFsd It over to the jail
CgoSS- -Erdmined.-I don't know anything of
the contents of the package. / brought it into
Court this morning the same as put it away.
The articles above named were next offered
in evidence. Counsel for defence take excep~
tions to permitting them to go in evidence for
the reason that there is evidence that these
articles are the same found in the neig hborhoOd
of the dead body; and if they we're Sufficiently
identified it would not still be evidence to af-
feet the prisoner. Evidence admitted by the
Court.
Epbrdim U-isSinger Slrc3n.-1 reside a Miner
went with seven others, when called on by Mr..
Shriyer. to the place W here we.saw smoke aud
body as soon as got thest ana nd before the & fire
was eXtinguished. me snow IN some
two persons-One l supposed a woman,s, the
other man's-leading to the blood. Followed
the tracks $40 feet to old road which led
from an old fire-clay bank to Mr.. Reighards
fence. l noticed that the large track led away
from the place where the blood waS-the small
one did not. | afterwards traced the track
which believed to be the same from there to
~ rail ~ in 10 ffar
of the same day, The starting point led south
about $40 feet, then nearly cast from the place
where the body was found; then 1t came out
into the road which is used for hauling tire-clay
from the bank TO Mineral Point. Lost the track
here, but short distance further found it lead
ing nearly north in the direction of the rail
led directiy,np the hill from the railroad and
then on down the hill to the railroad, nearly
half mile east of Mineral Point. Crossing the
road, found the track leading of towards
house known as Michael Moores house-the
ther tbsn the raiIroadi The honse is almost i8
rods from the road; it is on low ground, some
emaugh creek. / was with the surveyor when
he passed this ground. Frank D. Storm
above deScrihad The rnnnin@ of lines was
done in presence OF. .Mr.i issinger and others)
fied that he believed it to be nearly correct
plot of the ground Travelled over that day, and
vey made.l ;Commonwealth's counsel Of
fer the draft in evidence, which is admitted by
the Court. Counsel for defense object for the
reason that witness does not testify positively
to its eorrectness. Exception allowed and bill
Commonwealth permitted the surveyor to erase
Objectionable notes on draft before it would
be permitted to go before the juryo lfhe ar
ticleS found next shown witness, who
identified the teeth by peculiar marks which he
noticed the vuIcanized plate, and believed
that he recognized the other articles as the ones
he had seen on the ground that day. (O9jec-
tionable notes in draft having been erased, the
witness explained TO the jury the localities
the road measured with stick and itwas the
same size the track near the body. mea-
sured the track when ii led off from the rail
road to Moore's house, close to the road, 1t
measured the same as the track had followed.
was IL inches long. Mr. Parsons, VIXEN last
heard from him, was in Minnesota, The body
eral Point, that evening. 1 took charge of it
then, brought it to Johnstown and gave it into
noon of March I'd, next saw at Squire STRAY
er's Office. 1t was the body of a female. The
as tight as to indent the flesh, leaving II nearly
even with the string. The knot was tied behind
twenty. feet of the railroad. Passengers get
out and in on both sides. There had oeen fail
observed tracks leading from the south side
that mOrning-one a small track took TO be
ed up about $50 feet along the road to where
they turned off-thiS was eastward from the
the fire cIay road / know the train stopped
thesnight of the 29th of February. 1t was
showing at o'clock in the evening but it was
not at 8 O'Clock The mail train due at 9:l1,
stopped there that evening. 1t may have been
2 or minutes behind time. The ,i next preceding
passenger train going west would be at 339 p.
m.-the Way Passenger train Ihe mail train,
train west after the mail would be at 1851. The
next train to stop after the 9:ll train at night
would be the Accommodation train at 600 next
morning going east, There was freezing on
the night of the 29th of February. A track
made the night before would be frozen. The
tracks leading out appeared fresh. The snow
had melted away some W here the pool of blood
Law: there was some blood on a little bush
Just at this place it was all tramped around
when got there.
At u o'clock, H., Court adjourned until
O'Clock, P. M.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
I Testimony OF Mr.. Wissinger resumed.