The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-06-08
AFTERNOON SESSION.
T Testimony of Mr.. Wissinger resumed.

Testimony of Mr.. " issnger resumed.
Cross -E1amined.-I was about half past one
O'Clock. p. m, when / saw the body; part of
the burning wood / took to be pieces of hewn
timber and some of it stave timber which was
split They were old pieces. not cut recently;
some Of it i think was picked up the fire.
The body of the woman face downwards
and think there was no fire under her. Her
face Was burned black. The pieces of timber
were lying against the woman; 1 took off three
and there was one piece left. This was about
three fourths of a mile north east of Moore's
house. Thomas Moore lives at South Fork
two and one half miles from Mineral Point.
| was in the house when the Oil train passed
west that night. Michael Moore lives about
half mile from my house have known Michael
Moore about 6 years; do not pretend to say
that the tracks l saw were his tracks The
old Portage railroad is not marked on the
draft. 1t was from l6 to lS feet from where
/ 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 Ii Y
about twenty feet from where the body
found. The pieces of comb were found about
ten feet from where the teeth were, and near
the pool of blood. | can't say that there was
any evidence that this woman was cut or str uck :.
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 tn ere as near aud some
station were there before the body was dis
cerned. l saw them about o'clock. 1t was
about that hour that men employed on the
tracks go to work
Re xamined in Chief-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 between them where ashes
might escape. The stones we're heated when
/ came there There was not enough of wood
on the body to consume it; no fire was burning
on the head OF face then. Reighards house is
west OF this place Clicks is southwest.
EDwARp PACE swoRK-I was present on
the lst OF March with seven others when the
body was found. pickle up piece of scarf
about l6 feet from where the body lay
(Sworn and identified } / handed the piece oi
&C arr to John Ford. observed small track
and large ore going in towards this place
I observed one track leading away from where
the body was found. 1t was large track and
led to the main road out along the road about
10 rods, from there through thicket which
couldn't get through, ! went out the maiI
road until came to the fire clay bank; got or
the track then which led me down to the ole
| Portage railroad and on down to the Central
| from there l went home. 1t was about / 8 o.
/ 30 rods from the place lett it to Moore
| house. / observed no tracks going into tn
! fre>clay bank. This was not the way usual,
travelled coming from or going to the fire. cla
| bank, / saw the body, it was all burned.
Cross Examined w hen l sand the bodv wa
| all burned / mean the legs were burned off an,
one of the hands; l am not sure about tn
other; got there about Ii O'Clock. The ella
/ bank il about quarter Of mile from wher