The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-10-07
Editor
THURSDAY, OCT. Z, 1880.
HARRY ENGLISH.
CONTINUATION OF THE EVIDENCE IN
THIS CELEBRATED TRIAL.

April II. Burke asked me to go; left
between 10 and II o'clock. Stopped
at Spring Run; Frank Warmth went
from there. Tied horses near Gale
donia, then went to Caledonia; slept
in Dixon's barn. Frank Warmth
and Wurzel went to Dixon's. Woke
up about o'clock. Went down across
the road to Runners house, where
Harry English lived. Did not see H.
e. was at front door first, then
went to the back door. Heard a
racket; heard yells and tramping; had
been no firing before. Heard firing
in about half minute after tramping.
Thought the first shooting was up
stairs. In short time heard rs
many as three shots. Saw Frank
Warmth come out of the front door,
he limped along and fell down.
Heard shooting after that from front
window. Then two more shots some-
time after that. Think there was an
other which came from front window.
Heard no firing from outside. Wur
zell was behind me; do not know that
he shot. Warmth and 1 went up to
DiXon's house. | helped him along.
Doctor sent for. l went for doctor.
Cross-eXamined. 1t was at break of
uay when we went to English's house.
| was standing first at front door of
house, then went around by my right
hand to rear of house. Burke and
Wurzell were standing at right hand
corner. All was silent up to this time.
just going around the house as | heard
the shot; went to my place. Sounded to
me as though the shot was in the house.
Am not certain but that it might have
eeen outside About half minute
before ! heard the shot, from the time
i saw Burke and Wurzel. L was
armed with a shot gun or musket.
Think it was loaded with buckshot.
Don't know what was in it. George
WurZell had revolver. Suppose
there was whskey in jug; there was
whiskey called for, to put in the jug;
took two drinks; don't know as | saw
any one drink but me; was in back
seat; saw jug put in the wagon; got the
whiskey at Windfelder's. Tom Burke
got the whislley, it was two quart
Jug. Took first drink at Spring Run.
All got out of wagon at Spring Run.
carried it into Joe Dill's lobby; took
the jug in and took drink. Eating
lunch in Joe Dills lobby; wanted
Whiskey to wash down lunch. Atty
was eating bread and something else;
set the jug down. Was in town and
took some beer; generally take beer
when in town. Don't know as Burke
and took any before we went. Took
two glasses of beer together in after
noon. Took another out OF Jug at
Dixon's barn. Wanted to have it
there and left it there. Did not know
that whisley was for Burkes old
father.
Redirect. Saw no one drink out of
Jug along the way or at Spring Run,
except myself. Burke was in saloon.
First saw Nollmer at Windfelders, at
about O'Clock. Wurzell and | went
up and woke up Warmth at Spring
Run. Two drinks did not make me
drunk.
Il. d. Retnmer, sworn. Was at
house in Caledonia on the morning of
April II. Defendant is my son-in-law.
DIDN'T see anything it was too, dark.
Il do not know who shot Warmth. |
suppose Harry English fired the shot
was IN same room, no one in room
but English and |. Saw flash; heard
click of Winchester. there was a
Winchester rifle in the house; it be-
longed to me; saw it first at window
was in English's hands. Kept it on
lower floor handy to kitchen hung on
leather straps. arrangement of straps
indicated by witness.) Know that
gun had been taken off straps. Gun
was in straps when went to bed. Next
saw it at the window in the hands of
Harry English; he was pointing it out
the window.
Cross-examined. Was asleep, in
large room at left hand side of stairs.
English was in right hand room up
stairs. was sound asleep and the
first thing | heard was the racket in
the stairway which awakened me.
Heard some one say: Don't shoot!
don't shoot!n Then there was a
clamor in the stairway. There was u
wiper in the gun; always kept wiper
in gun. Found it on floor of room.
Heard one shot coming up stairway;
then heard another shot. Two shots
about the time they got to head of
stairs. Heard click of Winchester be-
hind the door in room. Saw flash in
stairway then two shots simultaneously
all about the same time, not twenty
seconds until all was over. Heard five
shots sure. Said not one word to any
one. Went down stairs and said they
were no gentlemen or they would see
what they Were shooting at, where
there We're women and children, E.'s,
children across the hall, only inch
pine board partition between them
and the parties shooting. Geo. Wur-
Zcll called me and said candy don't
you know me?" | said, mo | do not"
said TO Harry don't shoot" He
said, what am to do?" Pulled up
his pant leg and showed me his
wound, Harry said he would either
have to shoot or be shot. Wound in
calf of leg was bleeding as was also a
wound in the thumb. Harry said
they had shot him twice. tie toid me
this Immediately after the shooting
and then went down stairs. Told
them that Harry was shot, Burke
said, English has shot man too.n
"Harry's wife and three children, and
my wife We're in the house. LEnglish
stepped out in front of the jury at this
juncture and exhibited to the Jury the
wound on right leg below the knee,
and also wound in the thumb
Redirect. Harry said he would
shoot every one of them if he didn't
get away. He said, "I'll kill every
one of them if l don't get away"
This after l had said, Harry, Tor God
sake don't shoot, there has been
enough shooting around here" All
the knowledge / had of his being in
the house was when he came up stairs
he was not there the night before; the
house is mine.
Cross-Ex, Harry English and fam
lily live in the same house with me
and all eat at my table.
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