The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-06-15
NUMBER 2l.

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: II put IN his safe. a few days afterwards the
District Attorney came down. and we went to
saw it was in the G Grand Jury room. The check
mas been in my possession since it was given me
1 ThOS. II. Nichols scarn.-CTrunk shown Wit
ness 1 have seen this trunk before-saw it at
bears CHECK ahd p@t Sn my initial. upe 1P9nk
meath. Ii bore " hen taken of the cars Tyrone
/ check No. 1853 Took the trunk TO Mr.. Strayers
Office, assisted by Mr.. james. 1 am in the EN-
ploy of the Pa. r. X. Co. as ticket and baggage
Altoona to forward it 10 me.
Nm. r. EtUing sloorH.-I received a dispatch
from the agent at Johustown, Mr.. Nichols. dsl-
Ieu ;, T arcn oth; direStlng me to forward trunk
the mail train going west on the 2gi b of FebrIi-
airy bearing that check. ]. n. Able was bag
Johnstown 9 INST on. the 5th of March. That check
( Stine On tne trunk IS the corresponding one. and
Deleve that is the trunk. kept memoran-
% Iuin 300 ot that piece OF baggage received il on
N MesI. W take the number of the check of at
. DagEage we re ceive, and in forwarding we do
the place the ticket calls for aud Civ ~ mas
senger duplicate check The peTSr a holding
{ In my memorandum L recolect IL was a fair
J trunk which came Ind was sent TO Johnstown n
l L mean light COlOred. After hauling the haO-
Z gage into my office lady me in, and. laying
her hand on the trunk. said il belonged to her,
! but that she did not want ii then. This was on
( the 18th of February. No one came between
that time and the 9TH of March to claim the ba =
, To Johnstown.
/ Cross Erdmined.-I received this trunk per
/ sonally; put private mark on it. The bag
I gage master who brought it is not here. ne
a. an lolii aeS Smt 5I, ar Johlistown shown counsel
Ih1S trunk was checked to Altoona IL vaS
marked TO 260. The laty came there when fba
mail train came up on the evening of Feb. .gth.
Did not see Michael Moore then.
ffc-diIect.--The mail train west stops Is min
utes at Altoona. ESQ is the baggage mark to
Altoona marked il to 80. j believe this is
AFTERNOON SESSION.
one u, ~ icy stooIn:I am haggage agent at Ty-
last checked baggage to Altoona. attaching
check 355S- l am stating this from entry made
IN baggage-book, which hold in my hand. An
assistant has access TO this book Common
wealth 5 counsel offer baggage book, with en-
try made on February 2gth, IS72, in evidence
Entries read under head Checked to- the fin-
ures ESQ and under head Checked from" tfs
hgures 2i6. Objected to and objections susS
tanned. Commonwealth then propose to show
Shipment from Tyrone to Altoona of a trunk
checked and check 1858 affixed thereto. the du-
piicate OF which was given by prisoner to Mr.
Murphy, as testified to- Prisoners counsel OBJ
!ecti because the pook does not show that the
trunk was received at Tyrone and susequentIy
receIyed at Altoona, and that the delivery of a
cntch oN the prisoner to Mr.. Murphy. after this
charge was brought against him, does not show
that thar check ever came from a railroad OH
gited mitted On Feb. 18th, 1872, checked baggage
1858; ink marked on book 200 from TYRONE TO
Altoona The number of Altoona as a railroad
station is go Also have an entry of 1864 same
marks trunk and identiEes item as fsIlinie
been made by him) My checks are arranSad
Every strap check has its duplicate When
checks go out the strap check and dupicate
Of FtssSnnneq by the baggage agent ., The 18th
check of that number. IN which used a
Cross Erdntred.-We are only aIlo,
number of check of the same kind 1 che,Qne
trunk to point where the passengers ticket
calls for, or sometimes to the place they direct
me. am not clear as to whether the ticket was
II. n. Hamilton rccdTed.-The two tickets l
+ sold on the 18th of February were sold to geu-
H. Roberts agirmed.-I saw a trunk like this
one before. Mr Strayer sent me a trunk; 1t
town. Sheriff Bonacker got it. | saw the trunk
opened 1t was opened by fny icy at Burgess
J, Murphy, ID. Mclaughlin, j John Gels. and some,
OF Mr. Strayers family, were present. The
trunk was IN the bark from the time it
brought there until taken away by the Sheriff.
Gross ETGmined-Id do not say this is the trunk
was left at the bank. was not present when
the hank ana watchnan a mig mt. did not
unlock the trunk L had the key which un-
prisoner was not present 1 gave some articles
10 Chief of Police Harris telegram from
the District Attorney.
j. s. StrdBeT TeodlLed.-Ths is the trunk which
was opened as spoken of by Mr.. Roberts.
" b. BOnGclt69 7CcdUed--The trunk is TN my
possession now L received it from Mr.. Rob
erts; got it some time ago; took il from the
bank Mr. Roberts gave me possession of the
trunk, but do not remember whether took 1t
away at once or rot
Cr,,S>- Erdmined.-I took the trunk on the
hack TO the station and had il checked to Eb-
enSburg. did not open the trunk i know
opened the trunk, shortly after l brought it up.
The prisoner was in Jail at the time ] brought
when l brought the trunk. II has been
locked up in a room part OF the time since.
Commonwealth proposes next TO open the
trunk ard sho~ contents to witnesses who were
present at the time 1t was opened in AIr Stravl
er's house. Objected To for the reason that the
trunk is not identified by Mr.. Roberts as the
ore placed in his possession the First Ma
tonal Bank of Johnstown-that other parties
Whine the trunk was being shipped around
could have had access TO it-thaI neither Mr..
hoherts nor Burgess 5 rayer were present at
the delivery to the agent OF the trunk. or press
ent at the time it was taken awHy-th-t the
trunk In its transit from Johnstown To Ebens-
borg Was la the possession ana custody of per~
sons not here witnesses on this tria1-and
that h.le it was in possession of the Sheriff it
was not always kept secluded from other par
ties, and although the Commonwealth NAV b e
allowed TO open the trunk its contents are not
evidence connecting Michael Moore with this
crime (CouTt admits the evidence so far -
admitted in the offer. Trunk opened and cou-
tents examined by MesSrs. Strayer, Murphy
and Roberts
j. S. STRAYER recalled.-The contents of
the trunk the same as when examined t
the morning alter receiving it from Mr.. Nich~
oils.
Gross -Examincd.-I placed mark on one
article: ! marked photograph. think the
other articles the same from their general
appearance.
H. j. RcBERrs recalled Il believe these
articles are the same as those l examiner at
Squire Srayer's Office. l am satisfied they
are.
Cross Examined-On the District Attor-
uey's telegram / sent all the photographs and
cards in the trunk, sealed up, to W IN, d.
Sechler.
j. r. HARMS sworn Il received package
from Mr. Roberts and carried hem TO Cresson,
whore | delivered them to Mr. Sechler
WM a. SEcHLER sworn A package
delivered to me by Mr.. Harris the contents
l Ireturned to the trunk.
Cross Exa Mutation. There was some three
or four Photographs, letters and cards one
photograph was of a lady and three of boys.
l had examined the trunk at the Johns;own
bank some three or four days after the com
INITIAL of the prisoner.
Mas. SALLIE GUrIEL sworG--I I've IN
Osceola, Clear6eld county. saw the prisoner
before. He stayed a nv house some five or
SIX weeks He came the last OF January and
lelt the LAST of FehIuary. a lady was with