The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-30

teamster's. Father is q laboring man;
he had no whiskey. got no whiskey.
Had no whiskey at Harry English's
house, did not know of any whiskey,
and saw no one offered whiskey.
Redirect. Do not know gilmore than
pint. Vollmer, Warmth and O'Con-
nor did not drink. Maloney took
drink. l3 miles from st. Marys to
Long mile beyond Gale
donia to Gardner's residence. Gard
ner's residence is i'm Elk county.
EolaOdrd Ldrgoy, sworn. Am ac-
quaintcd with Harry English. Met
him on morning before last arrest. e.
said that if the Sheriff or any officer
came it would be all right, but that he
would not be taken by mob like the
one that made the first arrest.
Cross-ex. Said he would go with
proper officer. Believe he said
drunken mob.
E. II. Diron, sworn. Live at Gale
donia, and know Harry English.
Heard him speak of first arrest fire.
quently; heard him say one thing
and another. After first arrest he said
gang of men or mob from st. Nj.
came after him, and they wasn't a
little bit good" That he would not go
with such men. that they were cow
ards, and shot at him while he
attempted to get away. Next time it
would be his turn to shoot. Said that
there were no men it st. Marys who
could take him. At other times said
he would go with officer, but would
not go with Warmth or Burke. Said
that IL that damned Dutch s-b came
after him it would be his turn to shoot
Cross-ex. Did not complain. Said
mob came over and shot at him; said
this at different times. Frequently
said he would not be taken alive.
g. w. DiCOn, sworn. Know Harry
English partially. Heard him say that if
them Dutch s-bs from st. Marys at
tempted to arrest him he would shoot
them. Heard him say this in bar
room short time before; q week or so
before. Cross-ex. Said they shot at
him and it would be his turn next.
Redirect. Am in employ of E. H.
Dixon.
Burke, recalled. To the question
A fter the 10Th of April what was done
with warrant? He replied that con-
stable Warmth had it, and was goi ng
to Jay township with it, also tclc-
gram was expected from Kane by the
constable, which he directed to have
delivered to the witness. Constable
Nollmer said he had Il warrant him.
self and went along. George Kreig
also went along. / requested Dist
Atty to go, also asked Kreig to 60
All consented. Started between lC
and II O'Clock on night of 10Th. My
SELF Wurtzell, constable Vollmer
and Kreig left st. Marys and
drove to Warnith's house al
Spring Run, which is two or three
miles from Caledonia. and ten miles
from St Marys. Dist. Atty woke VI
| Warmth, when he got ready, got in
| the wagon and we drove to Caledonia
drove horses 10 or % rods this side o
/ Dixon's hotel and hitched them of
| the side of the road. About 60 rod:
back. Drove off road before we got
| to hotel. (map show witness) Drove
along to there Indicating the place OF
map.) Except Vollmer and Wurzel
who went to hotel and woke up Dix.
on. The rest of the party stayed a
bend in the road. / heard nothing o
what occurred at the hotel. They were
| gone few minutes, and returned anC
said that hotel was full. Dixon tool
us to haymow where we stayed until
about O'clock. After o'clock when
we came down from haymow and took
stations at house of RUNNER. The
| n M
| privy; Dist. Atty at southwest cor
ner; Geo. Kreig at northwest corner
near cellar door; Warmth stood at on,
front door and | at another. Wur.
zell came around to Kreig's corner
where they consulted together in whis
pers. Dist. Atty said it was ligh
enough to go in we said not. From
door opened and English came out a
door nearest northwest corner. | die
not see him until Wurzell said
"there he is" f. turned arounc
and looked at us. Warmth said, witt
revolver cock ed: Harry, surrender
you are my prisoner when E. rar
in yelling. He commenced yelling
from the first. Warmth followed
+. and followed Warmth.
engineer. Last Friday was at Gale
donia, went to take measures. Made
survey. All buildings are correct,
shown. Scale 30 feet to inch. Mad,
drafts of Runners house, (shOwl
draft, that is front view of house, roo
drawn from estimate. Six holes il
front of house, (shown draft that il
rear of house. Broken glass in rea
of house. Two rooms down stair
1 windows down stairs, window
and door in rear. Stairs go up from
rear of house, S.35 feet from lowe
to upper story, The boot shown OF
steps is No. 7and is correct with tn
scale of one foot to inch.
Cross-Ex. Holes have appearance
of buckshOt holes, are through thu
wall and have the appearance of com
ing from the outside. Saw wher
shots landed inside. Could not tel
the angle at which they we've shot a
the balls scattered.
Burke, again called. E. came out a
north front door, about ten feet frOn
him when lie was called on to surren
der. Warmth spoke loud. f. turne
around and ran in with yell. Wal
and myself followed English IA
around to the rear of the house and u
stairs. Warmth was close after L
and cried, HALT" l was close b.
Warmth when he fell back, and hi
revolver was discharged. Found bal
sticking at head of stairs 3 feet u
from floor. | found ball. Englis
was pretty well uD stairs. Warnit