The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-04-20

| Meadow at time of Smith tntlrdar, WINS a
Justice of the Peace held an inouost ON The
body on the night Of the 9th examined the
wounds, and the cause of death was bullet
penetrating his brain; in 1868 the state of
society was terrible; it was during the war
ana many manifested disposition TO evade
the drafts; the assistance of the military
was sought and that engendered consider
Geo. W. Ulrich recalled-Q. Did you know
James Mcdonnell at the time Smith was
then working at Jeanesville.
Xamined-Think he lived ot loans
yillej there were other McDonnells around
that locality at that time
Re-dlrect-Q. Did You mistake this Mo
Donnell for any other Mcdonnell? A. No.
he-cross- -examined-IIow often did you
see the defendant? A. don't know.
V When was the last time YOU saw him Z?
a. could not tell; the defendant had long
mar and whiskers then; he was known ms
1863. man e'"' III
=, Ihomas Horn sworn: Was clerking in the
yorktown store in 1868 on the afternoon
OF November 5th, number of men came in
and wanted TO buy powder; when Smith
was shot was at home; saw Smith next
day found three bullets in door of house.
W LOOK at Mcdonnell, and see if he COM
PareS with any Of the men that boupht DOW
der? A. There We're three men. One in
particular had dark whskers and Melon
nell Is about the size of him.
George q. Scott sworn: was an emplvee
ol "eo. H. Smith a. Co.. on the night of the
murder, Miss Troy and her sister came to
me NE at NO. breaker, and said Smith and
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assistance; | was in the engine-house 9t the
time; when | reached Smiths house he was
lying on the floor in q comatose state the
house was in disordered condition, and |
found Smith Il Wesson pistol at the hall
door; at the time there was good deal of
feeling on account of the drafts; any one
VINO supported the Government was beaten.
Vross-eXamlned-Any one who expressed
MS feelings in favor of the north was bcaten;
at the tme did not express my opinion in
regard To the war; Smith is the only man
know of who was shot.
David Horn sworn: Lived in the neigh
borhood of Audcmicd in 1868; was lr,mher-
ing Tor the company; was one of the Jury on
the inquest, and was appointed to strip and
wash Smith and lay him out: the coupten-
ance of the prisoner seems familiar, and if
he is the man who was around Audenried
i'll 1868, his beard and hair were not then
so white as they are now; have faint
recollection of the man, but | could not
swear positively to the man.
Cross-eXamined-Th first time saw Me
Donnell was in 1868 think he lived in
Audenricd.
Re-direct-There was family at Tresc-
kow named Curran; l don't know whether
the prisoner boarded there or not.
Stanhnn 1rla
quainted with James Mcdonnell, the pris-
oner knew him or years before Smiths
murder, at Rockport; when knew him at
Rockport he was working about the Buck
Mountain Colliery; | was working for Geo.
K. Smith & Co. in 1868 | was builder;
think met the prisoner at Tresckow few
weeks before the murder in company with
John Flynn and some others; they were in
the bar room at DutchtOwn; when | went
IN the bar room one came up to Inc and said
| must treat; ! said would as it was moth
ing new for Inc to treat; Flynn or Melon
nell jumped up and said we were old friends
and must not treat my wife was in Il car
riage outside and Flynn went out and treat
ed her to a glass of wine; Mcdonnell or
Flynn told me to wait and they would 90
With me as there was hard crowd about
Mrs. Ellen Jones sworn: In November,
1868, at the time George X. Smith was shot,
| was living at Audenried, about two hun
dred yards from Smiths house; on the eve
ning smith was shot | was standing out
side and l saw Smiths door was opened and
soon | heard four more shots; my husband
was two blocks away, and | went and told
him to come home as something was wrong
in Smiths house; there was a bad feeling
up there at that time people were getting
licked and shot.
Cross-eXamined: | saw crowd of men
coming from Smiths house five or six min
utes after heard the shots.
William Canvin sworn In 1868 | lived
in Audenried, short distance from Smiths
house; the day after he was shot saw him
lying in the front room; | observed bullet
marks in the floor | went to Audenried in
1868; in that year meetings were held to
oppose the drafts; it was necessary for the
military to be there.
Evan Jones was called, but his testimony
was unimpOrtant.
Mrs Hess recalled, again said that prison
er's face looked very familiar.
n. ID. Fowler and Cornelius McHugh tes-
tined as to the bitter feeling existing, &c.
Chas. Mulherrin sworn: am acquainted
with the prisoner, James Mcdonnell know
him about five years became acquainted
with him at Tuscarora; he lived there also;
we belonged to the society known as the
" Buckshots !" the last name was the Ancient
Order of Hibernians it was called Mollie
Maguires" also at the time first got ac-
qualnted with him knew he was member
OF the order we worked together; talked
more than once about the Smith murder
the first time l think was in June or July,
1876 we happened TO talk about the murder
because he told me Yellow Jack" told him
about the Powell murder; he asked me if it
was true, and | said it was; he then said
yellow Jack" was good soldier, but that
Long John" Donahue was a better man
than the " Yellow Bird" because he acted
better the night Smith was murdered he
then said John Flynn, " Long John" Dona-
hue, himself, Yellow jack" Stinson and a
man named Durkin were at the Smith mur-
der " Long John" and Flynn went to the
door Of Smiths house the clerk came to the
door, and the dog barked the clerk thought
Flynn was young Welshman named Evan
Jonesj the clerk put the dog away; then both
men went in; the firing inside commenced
when "Long John" said" Well, if | can't
give this letter TO Smith, will give it TO
you, Mrs. smith," The "Hairy Man" said
he had hold of the knob of the door outside;
he said those outside pushed inside, and ali
commenced to fire +; he said the room was
full Of smoke, and that some one fired at
Smith as he was coming down stairs in his