Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-27

5 suage, ana upon receiving an afflruia.
: i've answer asked if he was on the
f right road to Pittsburg We told hiu
yes, ard he passed on. He was about \
roc OH when he spoke tons. When be
passed on | followed to see which way
be would GO. He was ahead of me ali
the time. kept in view for a while,
{ TIL upon going to the top of hill
which be had passed over | found that
be had disappeared entirely. He was
going IN the direction Of the Tuscarora
mountains. | dad not attempt to ar
rest him because L was afraid of him
1t he had shown pistol at any time,
would have run. ['.SO would | if there
was room" said the coroner
\ little boy, Gus LiddIck. was next
called He told his story in a straight
forward, manly way, which carried cen
vIction TO the minds of all who heard
him tposslbly the coroner aud his Jury
accepredl. lie said =. live with NV
father in Watts township. | know the
Albrights-John, Charles and Sam. |
saw Sam Albright last week think it
vas Thursday. was going over to the
Buffalo lock. 1t was the same day
mamma went to grandmother's to stay
awhile. She went on a Monday aud
came back last Saturday. 1t was last
Monday she left. was walking over
the mountain along the road and through
the woods. l heard noise and stop
ped. | looked to see who it was, and
saw a man come out of the woods. He
looked up and down the road and saw
me. He game up to me and | saw it
was Sam Albright. He said to me,
Don't tell any one you have seen me,
aud the next time see you | will pay
you some money" He then ran into
the woods again. | can hardly tell the
Albrights apart. This might have
been one of the other brothers, but it
was Sam who came up to me and spoke
to me on the road. saw him the Sat
urday before, the day of the pie nic.
When | saw him on the road | knew of
the murder. l knew that be had killed
Miller. 1t was Sam Albright whom [
saw.
These witnesses were all amateurs,
and now following them came two pro-
fessionsls 10 the shape of two disciples
of Esculapius. Much interest is eyinced
IN their evidence, as it was rumorcd
that they would disagree. DR.. Eby
spoke first. ID Conversational tones he
told his story. He had viewed the
body. He believed IT TO have been
that Of a person who bad been dead
about a week or ten DAYS From the
circumstances as deduced BY the evil
dence in the case and what he had |
heard, if Albright had committed sui
eide his body would have been iR the |
condition of the one he viewed. He
discoursed upon decomposition and pu
trefaction, aud explained it so the jury
could understand and comprehend it. /
10 his belief i; was the body of Al |
fright. Dr. Orris followed and gave /
the jury much information and instruc
ton concerning the case. He first /
commenced by telling The jury the pro-
cess of decomposition and the differnt |
causes which lead to a quicker or lat
er commencement of decay. He quot
ed several cases in medical jurispru
dence illustrative of his views of the
case and concluded by stating that it
was not the body of Albright 10 his be-
lief. He stated that at the end of FIVE |
days, admitting that A bright had shot
himself, from the location of the cave,
&c, it would have been absolutely i'm
possible for any one TO have detected
any odor arising from 1t the tendency
of all gasses being to ascend, as they
are much lighter than the air which We
breathe. He also said as another fact
against the suppOsitlon that Albright
had committed suicide, that the hands
of the dead man were open, and the
pistol was lying in the right one. If
the person had committed suicide, the
pistol would have been found some dis
tance from the body. 1t would have
fallen from his hand as he would fall
to the ground, or would have been
grasped tight.
Anothe. fact ALSO, the doctor stated,
was that the hammer rested not upon
the cartridge that had been exploded,
but upon one which contained bali.
All the chambers we're loaded but one
and that contained the empty cartridge
spoken of. After the doctor had finish
the inquest adjourned for the day and
the case was given up to the jury. They
have been deliberating since, but as yet
have arrived at no conclusion. As this
is being written il is rumored that the
Jury wild swear additional evidence this
morning, that man Is willing 10 swear
that he saw Albright yesterday among
the mountains. If this is so it will, as
matter of course, end all queries as TO
wether the dead man is Albright or not
but that question, however, is we'll set
tied in the minds of the people here.
Ali believe it a trick-subteriuge Cd
the part of Albright's friends to throw
the officers of the law off bis track tor
sufficiently long time to enable him to
get out OF tine neighborhood and State
The correspondent further writes;
NEWPORT, August 81, ls19.-The
coroper's jury on the finding OF the de-
composed body of human being In
Girty's cave, have not yet rendered a
verdict. They stand-fve that the body
was not that of Samuel f Albright, and
meeting will be held some time to DAY
at which time it Is expected verdict
will be rendered. There are only
beggarIy few here who believe With
the solitary member Of the jury.
The correspondent further says, un-
der date of Aug. %, 1879 There are
no new developments in the Albright
Miller murder, except a report that the
c.,,ro of a man named McAlister, who