Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-01-20

| It was not cut down then. The tree waa cut in
! September. Perry never told me that he got
! ittleof the honey and all the stings. Perry told
! me he had found bee tree before this was cut
! down by us. The tree VIC cut was on VIM Huit's
! land, Perry afterwards found bees on a BUSH
| away from the tree, SO he said. lie brought the
! bees home aud put them in hive. Perry and
father were on good terms after this for ALI know
| | saw my father next morning after he was killed
! / don't know whether he had coat on or not. l
was not long there / was not there till after the
inquest was held. went home, and then to Sha-
| mukn for my wife. ] seen Perry Haas that
morning. / did not speak to him. / got over to
| Isaac Campbel's just fter they had found father
! [ saw Perry Haas going from the house to the
! barn. don't know what he WAS going to do in
| the barn. He did not sec him come back I did
not him feed the cattle. My father was u
married man. lie had wife living. his second
wife.
Cross-ex. by the Commonwealth left six
children of his own. ] Judge the youngest is
about ten years old My step-mother aud her
three girls, her boy, and my brother were living
! In the family. A(Pnntitr proposes to ask witness
whether he ever heard Perry Haas make threats
| thatlIe, Perry Haas, would shoot or kill sombo-
! dy before he left Isaac Cambcll's if he had to
| hang for it. This offered for the purpose of
! showing animus.) II W., page ., hopkins, .
| Com. Objected to by the defendant. Withdrawn
by the Com. Perry Haas knew who cut down
! the bee tree. Perry brought the swarm home
! that he found. lie fed them with sugar and mo-
! asses. lie said TO the bees, the man who rob-
| bed you will never rob you any more, He knew
who robbed them.
| Crose-cX. by derGndant.-When Perry sad he
would kill somebody, and said that Whoever
! robbed them would not do it again, the
| I'd OF October. Perry brought the swarm home.
! He said he got them in the woods of of bush.
| He said it was not far from the tree. No one
| was by but myself when hG said this to the bees.
| 1t was in the morning. 1t was seven O'Clock
| suppose. lie had brought the bees home before
! that. | came from home that morning. came
! from home about daylight. told Perry Haas
| who rd cut the bee tree. lie said in my pre-
sence, that the man who robbed the bees, would
never rob any more. Perry told me TO 20 along
| aud see the bees. 1t was then, while we stood
there, that he said this to the bees. lie said he
| found these bees on the bush after the tree was
| cut.
Cross-ex. by the Commouwcalth.--It was on
| Monday of tho week my father was killed that
! heard Perry Haas say this about the man who
robbed the bees.
George Kokcr, sworn.-On tie ith of last Oc-
/ tober was at Campbell's. was employed there
at carpenter work. | slept in shanty II piece
from the other house. This was between 80 and
40 feet from the house. The might before the nth
! of October, Perry Haas slept with me. lie did
not sleep with me on the night OF the ith Of Oc-
tohcr. put my carpenter tools in the wagon
| shed that night. put saw ana Il nail ltcg in,
and they leaned over towards the steps The
steps run mp straight. They arc mddlng steep.
! pat the nail kcT between and feet from the
| steps. The nail keg was between the steps and
the wagon house door. l had a saw, Il hat tchet.
and Il square, there. Tllceo all tuc tools l
needed at the time. In the morning when went
TO the wagon house the tools were ust rs put
| them in. The steps are about feet wide. Ny
| son was about = feet from the door. man
could not have passed without drawing it
| around. laid the square on the boards at the
foot of the steps. / took my supper at Isaac
Campbelis the evening of October the 4th.
| saw Martin Obordorf there lie was in the house
when was eating supper. | saw him there at
noon. d!d not hear any conversation. Mar
| tin UbcrGOrf went to the pCtItoe patch. | saw
| Martin again in the evening. lie had with him
double barrelled gun. Perry Hass and he were
| talking together Martin Oberdorf started to 20
| home at about O'Clock, rs near rs | can tell.
| From where wo were he started up towards the
place where he WAS shot. When lie started t'
go | ST God Ht the wagon in front of the house,
He and OberlUrf and Isaac Campbell VCsC
standing at tie wagon. lIctook the direction tC
20 home across the fields. To 20 across The
fields he had to pass by the west crd OF
Isaac Campbeli's house. lie passed by the va,
gon house. There was old lumber lying arOunt
in the yard near the wagon house. | can't tel
| whether it was dark or not that night. | went
to bed At 9l5 o'clock. Perry Haas said he found
u bee tree. lie said this abolt three or ioul
weeks before the shooting of Obcrdorf l saw
the tree. The tree was cut when wo went there
lie said then that lie dill not care. Something
Wakuncd me that night. | heard three or roul
grOans, as II some one was hurt. | lifted up my
head from the pillow and listened, but could moi
hear anything more. l saw Martin Oberdori
next morning. Isaac Campbell came and told
me he believed Perry had shot man. | got VI
and went out to where Obcrlorf laid. lie wat
dead. Perry Haas was aside of MS there. ! did
not hear him say anything that time. After tha
asked him ii he was not sorry it happened tht
way i; dill, ANA he Sad lie was not. Perry Haas
said he used Il State uusket. lie did not SAY
what il was loaded with. Perry said the man
was dead 1t was no use to be sorry, Oberlori
lad no vest on that evening. lie had blouse on
Cross CX. by DeiGndaut-The nail keg
was at the right in going up stairs. s.--Thl
keg laid across the steps, and the saw laid
down. y man could not step over that
keg at night, lie could not jump out
From the last step to the door is about
seven or eight feet. The nail leg was within
two or three feet from the last step | could
step oyer the keg at night if knew it was
there. After pushed the keg in | went
away. In the morning l found the tools
just rs | left them in the evening. They laid
i'll the same place us nearas | can tell. The
mouth Of the keg laid towards the wagons,
and the bottom towards the wall 1t is
not impossible for man to get over 1t.
said lie could not get down without touch
ing it. | am hard of hearing. The night
Martin Oberdorf was killed was away
from where his body laid about three hun
drcd feet. The building was in is down
in hollow. Isaac Campbcll's new house
stands a little to one side of the line to
where Martin laid. could hear the groans.
| don't know how long l was asleep. l
think | heard groans that night. Some
times l heard II little better than at other
times,-I did not get out OF bed that night.
When Perry Haas said he was not sorry
he had shot Martin Oberdorf, we were at
the barn, | walked over towards the barn.
l did not go even there TO talk to Perry
about it. In the morning we walked around
Il little after breakfast until we went to
work. Perry was feeding his horses. lie
said he was not sorry,-that the man was
tdead and it could not be helped, did not
hear him say he did not want to shoot any
body. ! am not related TO Martin Ober-
durf or to any of his children. l did not
see the man that night. Mr.. Campbell
went of to bed when did Martin Ober-
dOrf said he wanted two bushels ofrye and
fifty lbs. Of flour. 1t was about s O'Clock
when he went home. When he started for
home Isaac Campbell went into the house.
Cross-eX by Commonwealth Perry told
at different times that morning that he
shot man. did not examine the body
| of Martin nhar6nrf