Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1876-03-24
TFroH tts Svr5ray Daily.
Court Proceedings

boa. We. tIaI!Ss hOEii iS-cctlbi uiC WI
intent 10 defraud iusursnce compny. v
guilty, but 70 pay costs.
Com. VS. John Luuge' -LarceEy. Guilty
manner and form as indicted.
Same VS. same--Larceny. Defendant pleat
D guilty and submits.
: Com. VS. Gilbert Reitz. Burglary. Not guilt
After this trial Reitg WIS taken bR.k to iai
, theirs to await trial on fur other couIts.
Com. VS. Hannah EicSneI-Keeping a bawd
house Not guilty nd prosecutor TO pa
costs.
Com. VS. Jesse Henyl and Alouzo Hepsyl-
Selling liquor to dnnkards. Not guilty, an
prosecutor. Samuel frederick, TO pay costs.
Same Us same-seling liquor TO minor,
Same verdict.
Same ys Same.-Selling intoxicating drink o.
| election day SINE verdict.
Same ys Sam-Seling intoxicating drink o,
Sunday. sam verdict.
Com. vs dichsel NATURALIZATION. Cas-
heard and ,endsnt ordered 20 pay costs.
Com. ,s lartin Farrell, Michael Haley, Philip
Delaney sd Georle Leyens. When this cas-,
WAS Gallo up, the attorneys for the defene,
moved { quash the array of grand jurors,
cIaiuIp. that they had been illegally drawn.
Pendiu, th motion the Court adjourned until
Friday morning.
FHIDAY. March Il.
| Thi morning the Audience room WAS crowded,
and .iier Court had been opened by our genial
fried Mr.. Beckley, the prisoners in the Cameron
township robh ~ case were brought in and
stated within the bar.
The motion 10 quash the array o! grand Jurors,
nsds last evening, was over-ruled hy the
Court.
The time Of the Court was occupied until II 50
O'Clock in selecting the jury. Glider; Reitz was
the object of attraction, the gaze of the audience
being turned toward him. He appears pale,
careworu and detected. The fouT other men are
quite young, and appear very calm and ur-
moved by III. inquiring look OF the crowd. The
case lie
Con. VI Michael Haley, Pulip DELANEY, Geo.
Leycns and Martin Farrell. Burglary.
After the jury was s~Urp, Mr.. Kass, District
opened she case on the part Of the
Commonwealth. He reviewed 20 the jury the
facts and circumstances % be proved, the helm
business Of the crime, and the necessity of having
Justice done the Commonwealth IN the case. He
pictured brilliantly the scene IF the robbery on
that memorable night, the .erpus predicameut
Of the parties robbed, aud further argued that if
The ComponWeslsh produced evidence and cir
cumstsnces which wosld prove these parties to
be the implicated ones, then, for the good of So
,ieiy and the protection of the people, they
would ind verdict accordingly.
Court adjourned until Is minutes Of i.".
AFTERNOON sKSsIoN.
John Lunger, convicted yesterday uu two
,hsrges Of larceny, was called up aud sentenced,
or the srst, to II months, and for the second,
o two months confinement in the Eastern Peui.
entixry. The session, until ) O'Clock, WAS oc-
:upied by lros!ous, DC. after y hich the Cameron
o~nshp case wac resumed. The first evidence
lezrd was the
TEsTIMoSY or NATHAN HKSsISGER:
i've in Cameron township on the l2th Of
January was In my own house my house Is
,ne mile from Welkel's hotel we were siItipg In
be house my wife went out TO feed the calf
be WAS coming up from the other house a fel-
ow followed her up TO The door i looked over
o the OF her house aud saw another light At the
window ] went over and tried 10 open the door
rith one hand, and could not then l took both
u nds aud pushed the door open one fellow
oinled a gun 81 me and shut tho door two
hots we're fired in the door ! then went up
tairs and began TO shoot down; / shot down
nd one man fell Mr.. Billuan came up stairs |
nd loaded the doubie-earrcicd gun Then they |
anne OUT and stood around the dead man, and / |
ointed the gun down and shot again thea the, |
,..,a fa1f uRah H..
Loue house I; IL was about six O'Clock II war |
retty dark tney ~eTc there about Ihrec quar-
rrs Of an hour i only raw one nlau's !acu,
lc that stood Oh the lower Corner Ol tu> 1
oards these parties stole money from the |
tone house We lived ia the stOnc house We |
sc the other hOu-e as summer kitchen do 4
oI know the amount Of money that WIS taken |
rom the house after these parties went away
Te went IN the huus, auI luund the clovE open, |
n the lower hoor We ScTi up stare aud found |
be cheat broken open ahd .soncy taken out 4
feut TO see the effect of my firing the dead man |
Ias between the two houses 1 never saw him |
eioTc there we're Two men there before this l
appcned /; ! eau recognize one vi the mru saw; /
him now yeS, that Is the mau pOptiuG 10 /
.eyensl h. came To buy some hay; another
aAu Wa. with him ] believe the man that WAS !
hot was the other man they did not 20 ~ !ovk |
{ my hay told them had none TO sell, but |
bowed them the road to get somI hay these
nen behaved petty good III the house they |
zm do An from the barn to the LOuse they |
ane To- the house aud asked where the m"u OF |
he house vas / showed them the road To the |
thrr house; The! came In the summer kitchen
Uuse 4 followed the IIaii ut Ihure incl they ,
eI,t up ihe road tUwsrds NclEei's tavern / /
as following up their tTaii / could track them /
y the O.ood 1 rouid track them TO the house, /
..Tougn The snow lnry came from the mOun I
ain / did not know them We found Two guns,
Tl... -. 4 h.
Fss left by the robbers THE 10 the other one |
re found this one between the summer house |
nd he ROAD. | found Il filc tLIs is the hie / |
al not hnd anything else / found the rope on !
b" way going away from the housc, nearly one |
niie o1 il WAS down towards The creek they !
Olio~cd Ihc IoHd, aud vent up 10 the WOODS .
ouHd th iie where they broke The chest open
found a cap the man that Was shot had nO /
ap Oh the cay Was beside him ii WAS laying 4
u the grounG this 10 the very cap; the msu
hat was shot had hat on this Was au extra /
sp; gave these goods to Taylor this Was a. |
ark this draft tdrsft shown rItnessl repre-
ents the buildings this is the barn, tn!s the 1
agou house +; TINS 10 the chicken rhed, this the |
um ncr house, this The wash house the track /
amc from the mountain down TO The pubic l
DAD and then through the fclu up To the house.
his was in Northumberland county Dol. Bill |
nan, Jacob Billman, my wife and hNe children, |
;eorge Mowery, Phil. MOwery and Old Mrs. |
;Ilinan were la the housr We were ali in the |
ummer kitchen We had eaten super.
Cross E1anined.-lt 10 ioui miles TO Snamo. !
in the route they look ] 40 not know whether /
onger or not the main read they took was T!
doug the rIountIIn The road they t,Uk va I
srder TO get NJ than the pubic road-hsfdei /,
L the huusr tue road tucy Iook was not very |
iily; Jou have "a crUss the mountain the l
oads weTc frozen they were rough; IL was /
bout dark they remained three quarters OF an |
lOuT dad u't seem them hrL thry hIst raDIr, |
'nly hen opened the door tue ic,"w al the |
ooi l DO not ser nov ] hive TOI seen HIM |
ince, without he 10 iu Po;tsyilir they have one
II jail think th..I /, thr one; there were -four |
II i've persons, am not sure there were ok /
RACKS went away there SAs Two Ia font o. the |
iUusr aud one between the house they went IN |
N the upper side Of the house the door va.
iut locked.
TEsIIAoNI OF MRS. NATHAN uEsHIHGEg |
| am the vile OF Nathan Heuuiuger; live with |
Nathan Ienninger HI the house where the rob |
'ery Was committed We had supper and went
,ut TO feed the calf a mau came up the road |
Ith u double baTIeled gun and poIuteG il to- |
wards me: then got frightened and ram aud he |
an after and came close up To the dcUr; | |
,ressed the door shut and hc took the gun back
lud held the don shut Eimsrii; lie tirn took !
lOld Of the door uob and pulled il open want
q To feed my rsii bciOr dark; my man asked