The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-02-16
lidn't steal it the warden gave 1t to me and


and boots, socks and shirt, did they give you
pair of kid glovesY A. No; they thought
was refined enough without them, sup
pose.
@ Did man named Helms tell you in
that prison one day that you were the MUIR
derer OF Alexander Rea? A. No, sir.
| Q. Didn't he tell you that he hid in the
bush that day and saw the whole affair, and
tha' he saw you walk up to the buggy and
pull Rea out of the wagon and shoot him?
A. M, aud he would have been foolish TO
say that as he wasn't there.
@. Didn't you tell Ben. Thomas in Jail
| that Hester WAS innocent of the murder OF
Rea? A. No.
@. Didn't you TIL him that you would
swear to any thing to get out of Jail, and
that you didn't care damn for an oath A.
| never held such discourse in my life; l
never told Dan. Higgins that | would swear
fifty mems lives away to get out, but him
and me had some trouble and struck him,
and he said he would be reyenged | never
went to John Cannon to try to get him to
| u
wrong man, for he is too much of man to
swear to a lie the mayor of Wilkes Barre
never arrested me for robbing a crippled sol
dier.
At this point court adjourned until nine
q. m. on Saturday morning.
On Saturday morning Mr.. Ryon began the
cross-examination Of X ely as follows:
O. When you we're in Pottsville didn't you
attempt to rob Mr.. SOL Foster, jr., of sixty
dollars, which was paid to him in the rooms
of the democratic standing committee, of
which he was chairman? A. l don't know
the man at all.
Q. Didn't you stand over him with knife
and tell him that you must have money. A.
No, sir; not that remember
Q. Didn't you rob Dalton of his pistol? A..
No, sir but Hester and me stole three bar
rels of whisky from Halls stable.
@. You stole a watch from Jack Smith
once? A. No, sir; and l didn't know that
he had one.
Q. You know James Dorsey? A. Yes,
sir.
@. You stole his watch. A. No, sir.
Q. Where did you board at Locust Gap ?
A. boarded bit with Charlie Boyle, and
| stopped with Charlie and Johnny Cannon.
Q. How much week did you pay Boyle
for board ? A. Twenty dollars month I
guess.
| @. Did you board with him month A.
don't think did.
@. Then out of year and half you only
boarded less than a month";? A. | didn't
live for year and half at Locust Gap;
was there off and on; went to Germantown
and Dark Corner and back again went to
the Corner in the spring Of 1868; was cleo
tioncering around there
@. When did you go electioneering? In
1868 or 1869 anyway it was when Kase wa:
running against Fiske in Shamokin (he means
Northumberland county,; went around with
Hester, as was tavorite Of his; l elec'
tioneered for Kase.
@. Who did you call on? A. Oh, on all
the boys in the society.
Q. How long did you take to canvass Io
Gust Gap? A. Oh, don't know,
Q. You Travelled on pass given you by
Fiske, didn't you? A. Yes, sir.
Q. You said that you were for Kase? A
Oh, was little for both Sides uIaughter.)
@. That's why it took you so long you
were clectioneering for both sides A. Well
; | was eectioneerng for money more than
} anything else. More laughter.l
20 You received a pass from Fiske for
whole party once and then charged them fo1
their ride, didn't you? A. got the pas
and then Graham and Calaghan and mysel
3 charged it to the democratic party; Callag
han drew the money and the three of u
o.. shared it.
Q. After politics gave out what did you do
b, A. went from place to place; some Of tn
"Mollies' Of the region would want me t
help do job, and | was always well take
care of, and so it continued until / got sic
6 and tired of hearing of robberies Kelly &C
I sick of it himself and at last said to Mr.. Ryor
"I'll own up to all that have done but def
n any man to prove that | ever stole until
" joined the "Molie Maguires" and after
I joined the society would do anything ii
II first robbery that l ever committed was
,t Wilkesbarre and was egged on to it by ma
a named PEBBLES, who kept saloon and WI
<. used to drug his customers that might re
,e them and divide with him.
Your plan was to knock man down al
no then pick his pocket, wasn't it," asked NJ
Ryon.
no" was the answer, lit wasn't l us
;. y. to get my man drunk first, if possible al
- then when he had lain down, go throu
~ him."
y Q. When did you go to Shamokin aft
" Rea was killed? think it was on the Su
: day after the Sunday after Rea was kille
no l rode down with doctor who came to !.
Oh Gust Gap on sick call can't rememt
Oh his name now, but he was smallish m
with chin whisker and fair hair.
ne @. Where were you on Thursday nig
er before Rea was killed? A. | think was in !
Gust Gap, but I'm not positive.
la' Q. When did you go to Barney Dolan
#" A. In the forenoon on Friday from Ashlan
NJ from Barney Toner'S, the tailor.
Q. Who went with you. A. No one
'o' @. When you went to Toner'S where {
rus you come from? A. Locust Gap.
Q. What was your business? A. None.
a. q, Whom did you meet on the road go
to Dolan's? A. | don't know; ! passed no
o' marks
'o Q. Who was in Dolans? A, Barney h
self and one or two more, but | don't recol
III who they were; they were strangers to mi
''s' @. How long did you stay at Dolan's?
'o' Until the afternoon; we left there betw
half past two or three o'clock.
'"s Q. Where did you eat your dinner t
day? A. believe | got it at Ashland.