Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1876-03-24


th about candle light; he came one way and
70, another on the porch ] was going out toward
the barn and he came up the other end of tn
porch we came together at the door locke
IN closely at the person l was not much frightei
ed ] WAS not afraid but Ii mnde me feel Qnec
I, when | WAS going to the stable and this man wa
40 pointing gun at me.
TESTIMONY oF GEORGE MowER1.
> am son of Mrs. Billman; ! live with IN
v mother, Ms. Billmar | was at home when I'll
robbery occurred ] was in the summcr-hnusr
" II was dark when the robbers came; We all sc
in the summer house; and Mrs. Hennlnger wen
, out 20 feed the calf and some man drove her in
she came in and after she came in gOt hold q
- the door and pulled il shut then she begged Il
4 20 out but would not let her ont; then Hen
ninger said that he saw a light outside then tn,
man outside told Heunnger TO 20 back into the
= house; then my brother Phil. went to Ibe dOo
| and opened il they shot in the door; then
| went back and they .hot in again; then Hen
" ! ninger began To shoot; when Henninger sh"l
| the last, they Shot three shots up through the
q house; | saw no body there; ! heard them
shoot The silvers h,w against me till they hum
! med after the battle was over and Thought
was safe, went ont did not stay long aftc.
they we're gone then went over to the stone
) house; all doors were open at the stone house
we went up to the chest, that WAS broken open
! had $500 altogether, al! silver and gold about
t540 in silver; balance in gold three $50 gold
20 whole dollars, ana the rest ip Z and Il dol
lars some smaller bits | don't know how
much; my mothers money and brothers we're
IN the chest; my mother lost $525; we do not
know how much my brother lost, but five or six
hundred in gold and silver, and don't know how
many notes; the chest was open and the draw
ers broken, and the lid oil, and papers scattered
over the floor; | found fiie there; nothing
else / did moi see the cap.
No cross examination.
TESTIMONY OF PHILIP MowERr.
live in Cameron tow. ship, this county: am
q son Of Mrs. BilluIau; lived with my muihcr
| at the summer house where the robbery WAS
committed was at home the l2Ili of January
| when the robbery committed /; the rorhers
came there and wanted Ia kcr; in the stone
house ] wanted 10 20 out ana they shot through
the door and slammed the doOr shut and they
! shot again; did not anybody; heard the
| shooting wh-B eyeTy hing was over went out:
! did not much but the dead man :; ! went over
| to the stone house: everything was open ana
| everything empty | saw the clock the clock
! was open saw the chest il was UPSIDE down
| the drawers knocked out: had money in il
! abuut 800 about $50 gold and $3.50 silver ; bal
! ance in notes; il WAS ali gone had the money
! in the drawer of The chest do hot know what
! they o., eurd III chest with; thr file !ail thc:e
/ the drawers looked a. il they were broke open
with hamuler; ] never the Ii Iherc be-
| fore thrre WAS nothing wrong with the lii. but
around the hUc Wtsfe the Key went IN IL LOOKED
a. if il Was done with file; saw the cap there
| the man that WAS shot had black hat on.
| Cross Examned.-I had So gold two so
uirces two $40 pieces and the rest
pieces the silver was half-dollars, quarters,
ten. five and three cent pieces; do not know
how much of each il Was the bank holes wet
three $50 notes the rest were S2O notes but un"
which was a SO piecc; the that was shot
had a black hat ike his That shown witness
IL is not on his head the hat laid two three
feet from the man the cap laid about twenty
five feet dow toward the woods / was tn first
that saw that cap.
TESTIMONY IF CORONER TAYLOR.
live in Shamokin; am coroner; ] aa> AT
Heuninger's at bet wecn II and , "'c.0cN un the
18th oi January; was there I" hold an Inquest
on the body of the man ldAirg between the stone
house and the summer kitchen the distance l. !
"a feet from stone Lnuse to summer kitchen Z
north side of stone hOuse is porch un the south /
side there is full story more IL is not on pub |
lie road the stone building i ap"ut 81 yards !
from the public road this is The road coming |
from Mahanuy Valley the frst hing saw WIS |
fifteen or sixteen men with shot guns, &c. |
took Il lantern and went along 10 whore the dead |
man lay. took the two men that came with |
me from Shamokin and :urnrd the dead mau |
over and asked them If they recognized him ;
they did. and said that j. VAS Phi. Hughes. |
did not see a gun beside him. | srarcheS him ,
X.
cap up il WAS about 5 feet from him the hat I
was on his thigh Il black felt hat the summer
kifchcn was ridied with shot the only door }
going ou. OF thr house was shnt through the /
panel and jam; each load scattered about
inches there were buckshut holes then we're /
holes you could stick your iuger through | did .
not 20 ~ the stone honse that morning ! was /
holding the inquest nj stopped for good reasons /
and went 10 Shamukin before any one Knew II .
in Shamokiu: went Ia Shlmokin and told my .
family | was safe; he defendants live in With .
ington's row on Franklin street: three Ot Ihem /
live in the same house am not positive whether |
any of the defendants boarded with Hughes the /
ouly person know ANYTHING about is Mr.. Ha- /
ley; he is Il miner: ] found Mrs. Haley, Mrs.
Hughes aud GrO Lryrns few minutes before I
or after O'Clock did not sec the clock but .
know by the train which leaves at 20 minutes /
past O'Clock did not Geo. Leycus when !
hrst went in he came into the room dressed in 1
his sLirt sleeves and pants WAS not present 1t .
the arrest of Farrrl. tut AT the Office part oi
the time they sent for me.
Court adjourned uutij nine O'Clock Saturday /
morning.
TESTIMONY or MRS. BILINAS.
| live over at Mahanoy, Cameron twp,
Northd co next harvest will be 81 YEAR, Of |
age | am the widow of David Billman; Mrs. /
" Henn:mger ia my daughter. live with my .
son iu-aw, H.nnisgrr, hut i'll the SANE house |
slway. that is the came house the robbery WAS .
committed the night of the robbery was with .
nv son-in-aw in the summer kitchen. II was ,
iust about getting DARK when the robhrrs came /
/ did not See any of them i heard them shoot
I he robbers shot in through the door; tie rob .
hers shot afterwards when Dir. Hrnnnger shot .
his last shot they shoi 6 or shots; they shot
IN the summeI house. | have not seen any of "
them; / had some money there. had $525 in 1
bank nnIe- /; / do not know what denominations
there were s., los, 20, sos and smaller bills
there more than one $50 bIl! | do not know
how many 10. do not know how many POS
had that money in pocket book in a box in /
the chest Il was in the Chest not III the drawer;
the money was taken that night. | went from
the stone house To the summer house before
night F.: | was the last one left the summer hcHse.
After the rest were gone from the stone house /
hKcd the Gre and wenk up too / lost every
cent that nigh; my Two boys had money besides !
myself thrn names are George aud Philip Now
cry 4; they both had money there; their money
was taken too; thry did not leave any they .
would have taken more IL they could have found b
il the ebert locked before the robbery the
drawers were locked the chest WAS upside .
down the drawers were knocked 10 pieces and |
the papers over the door. The doors all at the
stone house were open they came down aud /
left the doors open they went Ia above on the /
porch and went out there Is a cellar kitchen
under the house ami they went in on the porch |
above and went down in the kitchen from the
from the house there II another door ont of the .
cellar; the door ia the kitchen was not locked /
the doors were latChvd.
Cross Examined.-I was the asl one lett the /
.Ioue house F.; | "tl before tiaIk went over 10 /
my snn-u-law'>: ] had my supper before that 1 .
did not lock the dunI, when left the stone |
house, iatchrd :hem. The chest was up stairs /
ia the stone house the chest was IN the upper /
story ! aud HcuuiHg' 10 rot board at the sam
tah,ef ilruminger has hi table aud me aud my |
hoys have our own; lleuunger got his snPpcr |
at the summer kitchen with his people.
SATURDAY. March IL.
Court called at the usual hour, Judge Rocke |
feller presiding. After a few more question. Of
Cross examination TO Coroner Taylor. the Court |
proceeded to take the
TESTIMONY oF GILBERT REiTZ
| lived, on the 18th of January, in Cameron |
township. about three uIies from Nathan Hen /
uin.rI's am not much acquainted wlth The de- |
PENDANTS; | had met them before the robbery. |
a year ago, january, 1875. | worked at Biz |