The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-12-09

Tho TfiDI
Court met Mt the appointed hour. Tho pris'
nners nm Jurors are I'm their respective places,
tut II is sUine ttmo before business Ia called
tt Inst iiOi. Ailen Craig rises and, on benalf OF
the Commonwealth, opens the caso TO the jury
relating tho circumstances OF the assassipau0n
ID Morgan Powell ana fOreshadowing wnat the
prosecution proposed TO prove 10 which both
the Jury ANA the prisoners ut the bar pay the
closet attention. MIR. CTaig's opening occupied
about tneo.quatters Uf an hour, and was II com
plete review Of the case rs established against
John aims Jack Donohue, alias yellow jack
aud althoueh people are naturally growing tired
~ Molly Mcguire trials. the audience felt ev1
IDENTITY greatly interested In Mr.. C's opening.
CAPT Williamson, the first witness called, a.
gam relates how that MORGAN Powell hR0 neon
II ius store, In summit lluL on he evening oi
the 2nd Dec, 1874. 1t WINS dark wnen l,ft NY
store between G and o'clock; noticed four uen
standing nea the COmpanyf stable ON my re
turn nniced the men In front OF my stOre-win-
dow. Powell rcmnlnei INSIDE FOR several MN.
utes after my returu-he traded with mo and
was m the habit Of coming tn my store evenings.
| lte wac inside suuenntendnnt OF the b' G.. auu
Nav, Cos mines lie wasn't gone long When |
| heard hot tired / and Sam'l Allen ard others
weu, out 10 see what II meant; we found hat
| Powell had been shot, and when we aSkod MN
| VINO shot him he said " don't knOw-thPre
| they 60" lie was paraysed in hIs lover limos.
| We earned him into the store, ,laid hun upon the
| counter. aud went Tor Dr. Thompson. lio died
| Crosse eNaminatiOn Tho three men 1 saw
| standing In front OF window ON my return we're
| about uf the $40 that mad noticed near the
| cumpauY's stab es on my way nome. lhey were
| well sized men. Have knswn Fisher 10 or 70
| years McHenua about or 10 years Did not
| recognize any OF the men, either going or com
| ing. He rd but one shot tred' Allen, InyseG
| aud -Ome others were IN mt the ume; Alien was
| the first to 20 out Heard the party pointed
| out by Powell retrenting towards the rigging
| stand Powell lived mt Ashton at Tie tilnei Nc.
mn "a q
| not. Powell was n regular customer OF mine,
but couldn't say how frequently he ustu to come
| to my store.
redirect 1t was so dark that though thev
| might have been my acqualntn Ces could not
have recognized them tine party above alluded
| tOl at distance. Puweli, ms far as | KNOW, al
| ways came up the pike when he came 10 sum.
nit mn. Knew Fisher before he went 70 Au-
| denried ana after his return to summit Hill.
| OseeYaminatOn.-lheY 1.-THE or 4 mem
were not as tall as am; When went up they
! answered me rs bid them good evening"
did not recognize any of their voices,
| Re dlreCt-Tbe tail man was facing west the
| others east. think IL WIS only one that ans
X. NJ. Smith. civil engineer, then explains to
COui AMI jury draft Of the locality OF the muir
| der drawn by him. giving distances, &C.
mis-. kote Hoffman, OF summit hill: Lived at
| Summit II III on night Morgan Powell was shot.
| / and my sister ( irs. Boons) were going down
| town on the night in question, we met Mr. Pow
| ell and several men with hIm, they were stand
| ing between the railroad and the bridge one
| man was talking to him; they were standing IN
! crOwd-there might have been four or five Of
| them. Was OF the south side Of the bridge when
We nedrd the shot fired. only heard one shot;
| the shot fired We started to run towards our
| cunts
| Cross.exammatiop.- men were stand
| ing in the neiWhbOrhoOd OF WilamsOn's sore at
| the time passed them. Am not positive as to
| their numbers cant tell how many there were;
| they stood IN the light in front OF the store
| Wasn't acquainted with Thongs j. Fisher at
| that time We were on tine bridge at the time
| the shOt was fred didn't see the men after we
| had pissed them.
Mrs Ellen koons fully cosroboTates tho last
| witness. Heard somebody cal out "Oh y after
Samuel Allen, of Summit uill This witness
| COrIObOrate5 the evidence OF Williamson as TO
hearing the shot and tle tnqing OF Morgan. u
was long after the shooting when Dr. Thomp-
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Dr DeYoung :-Practised medicine about "A
years Was called to attend Morgan Powell on
| counter OF Capt. WIlliamsons store, parayzed,
in his lower llmbs and snf nlng from gun
| shot wound Assisted at the post mortem sub
| sequgntly held nc the house OF Morgan Price
The Q witness described the nature OF tho
| wound etc) A wound OF that kind must have
| produced Genth. We found the outlet. 1t was
| considerably flnttened. DR.. Thompson was
present at the rost morton examination.
AMI before he died. Found hi n SINKING with
| uu.shOt wOunl In his breast There was no
possibility OF hls recovery. It's 81 years since
Ghas. Powell, jr. Am n son OF Morgan Pow.
| ell Was with iHtheT OF the night he was shot,
| Met HIM III front OF Kents saloon between
| and O'Clock in The evening. From there we
| went to WllLnmsnn's store. Remember Mr..
A len Ond Chas Kelley as present when we
got there When father left the store he was
| gong TO the Cos office. was to stay until he
| should return. Heard shot after father had
| stepped out. When [ went out with the rest,
| heard Sam Allen say that it was father who
| had been shOt.
| Crosu,ex animation LEFT home at about
| O'Clock that afternoon. Don't know where
| father came from when he came to Kent's sa.
| loon, From Keut's we went to WilllamsOn's
| the store OF 10 minutes before father went out
Don't reCOlleCt that Harry Williamson was in
Passed Patterson's house as went down there
| from Kents IL was dark the store was
lighted up. Clothes produced and identified as
the clothes worn by deceased on the fatal night.
Father usually went to tho Co s office on Sstur
day evenings
Michael Myers was general stable noss Of
l. G. and Nav. Co. OF summit Hill. Was at the
office whom the shot was fired Was at William
sons store before the shot was hred. ON gong
up street noticed four men standing at Pat
tersOn's corner. Three were standing with
their backs toward the fence one man wore
something that looked to me ike soldiers
oVercOaU; think he was rather taller than the
what took to be the same men standing near
the stable gate. Am not positive whether WI.
Hanson was in the store at the time | entered
or came in shortly after, When 1 left the store
two men approached me they were whisper.
Ing together one looked into my face, and
turning to the other said, that's not hum"
walked towards the stable Heard the shot
about minute and half afterwards.
Harry williamson, recalled, gives descrip:
ton of the size Of hIs store house, the size OF
\ the windows, etc. Tho track on which Morgan
Powell was shot, was elevated some three or
Rev, A. ], Morton WAS at Summit Hill at
about O'clock on night that Powell was shot.
Came from Ashland nv way of No, plane. We
yyare near the iTtIe ahantV OCcNDled OV one of