The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-12-23

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Lewis Minimum, Henry Brown,
Y. M. Bilger, ID. Stahneckcr.
Tho evidence in this cause did not
differ in the material points from the
evidence brought out in the trial of
Emanuel Ettinger until Detective, w.
Y. Lyon was called.
The testimony of Mr.. Lyoa wa sub.
stantially as follows;
On the 2lst of January last went TO
the Kintzler ruins with Tsiah Bowersox
and Israel Erb, the prisoner, Erb point
ed ont to Bowersox the details of the
murder I; fire, and the premises &c.
faskcd Erb who killed the kintzlers
10 which he replied believe Eman-
uel Ettinger and Uriah Moyer killed
them, aud being asked by detective
Lyon now he knew they killed them,
he replied Twas by when they done
it. At subsequent day-at Ulsh's
salc-Erb again said To Mr. Lyon that
he was there when the murder was
committed.
The trial was conducted with deco
rum and every step contested with zeal
and ability.
The charge ofthe Court wa, remark
able. not only for its impartiality but
for its legal learning; its conciseness
and chastity of language.
The jury retired about $50 a. nj.
Friday. aud returned verdict of gull
ty of murder iu the first degree ut 2:3O
r. IN.
Friday afternoon and Saturday was
occupied in impaneliny u Jury to try
Jonathan Meyer indicted for the MUIR
der Of Gretchen Kintzler. In this, n.
in the trial of Erb, tho regular panel
WAS exhausted and q tales awarded.
The following named gentlemen COM
pose the jury.
Azariah Kreeger. Jacob G. Strawser
Edward ID. Moycr, George j. Schoch,
Benjamin Uirick, Samuel Bailey,
irwin Graybill, Robert Kcelcr,
Jacob Ronsli, augustus Arnold,
Charles Miller. John 5. Hassinger.
At this writing the cause is drawing
lis length along, still attracting con-
siderable interest and quite crowd
The greatest interest ia this case is
centred "a the tce,imony ofMiss '5,siiie
Bingaman and-W. Y. Lyon.
J. G. Meyers testimony
Three weeks befJre tho murder.
Jonathan Meyer and'a number Of per-
sois were in my store. | WAS waiting
IN u customer who asked for notions
went to tho uotions goods side and
while WAS getting the goods | over
heard \ conversation he had with the
others and he said the times are hard
and money scarce, but if he had the
money the Kintzlers had he would
fare better, and he did not think if the
Kintzlers were killed, anybody would
make any noise about IL. din't know
10 whom this was addressed, paid no
attention who were in, don't know To
whom he addressed this. There were
one or two other persons in the store,
but don't know who they were. |
Thought 1t was very strange that he
should talk SO. don't know who l
sold the notions to. Tho cross exam
inatlOn WAS rigid
Testimony of Sallie NJ. Bingaman
know jonathan Mover 10 OF Is
years. Met him at shawver's latter
part of January 1873. when he aske
me to go west with him. Had con-
versation with him at Krehbs' in tho
Spring Of 1879. In the morning when
he was going to his work he asked me
IL / WAS ready to go west with him,
I answered, yes was, he would tell
me If he was along with the kintzler
murderers and he said will tell you At
another tine-then ne said ut that
time, we wouldn't have done 1t, if It
hadn't been for the women, / met him
again and he asked me again If / WAS
nearly ready, and said I was ready
at any time II he would tell me il he
was along then he said he thought he
had told me plain enough. One even
ing, at the orchard, when he was going
home / said, now Jonathan, must
leave my place, Kate and Mary Krebbs
are coming home and Krebbs will not
need me-then he said he was ready
and I said he should tell me what time
he would he ready and he said any
| tiiicj uut ouiu you uuSCuOt toiu tiiht,
that / asked you then sold, now
Jonathan was 1t you and Emanuel
Ettinger, Uriah Meyer, Ell Meyer
Mary Hartly and Old Erb that killed
the Kintzlers : And he said yes,
think I asked him If Ell was there and
he said she was not far away. asked
him If Jim Etinger and Joe Meyer
were there and he said they were not
far away, and I asked him II Lucy was
there and he said she was not far
away and he said they wouldn't have
done II If it hadn't been for the wo-
men-cant think of anything more
was said ut that time.
Jonthan came home in the after-
noon Of Election day 1879 and stopped
at Krebbs' and he ask me IL the girls
had come home or would soon come
and we talked about going west-then
/ asked him how much money he had;
and he said we would go out TO Geo.
Bingaman's in Ilaho and his wife
conld not come after,and he said he
had about 800. After that Lyon and
1 made out that Jonathan was TO come
there to Krebbs' Jonathan and
\ wrote letters to each other. iona.
than came there on Tuesday morning,
but Lyon did not come the roads
were too bad, and he sent mo word
THAT should get Jonathan to come on
Monday. wrote and Jonathan canie
lon Monday Before Lyon oame, John
Zeohmen and : Picture man came but
jonathan did not want them 20 see
hIm--J Jonathan Eanted p 50 and ]