Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-01-21

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works when Sammy Hunter died.
unhitched when the whistle blew, and
want directly to the stable and took of
the saddle, and then went to the wat
ering trough, washed my horse, put
him in the stable and went home, as |
was in hurry; | kept my horse in
the next stall TO Sammy's; his mule
was in its stall when | went in, but
did not see Sammy; | didn't see either
McLain or Gisal at the stables; |
lived about half mile down the rail-
road | went home with my brothers,
Hopkins, Hart and Lawler; Hart and
Lawler left us after we had gone a
short distance down.
Cross-examined-The last | saw of
Sammy was at O'Clock, he was at the
foundation of new building which
was being put up; | am twenty-five
years old; didn't see Sammy at the
stable; | went past Sammy's stall in
putting my horse away; his mule was
in the stable
Miller Colgan was next called. Said
| he: I drove a horse for Gisal at the
time of Sammy Hunters death |
quit work about five or ten minutes
before six; | was at the watering
trough when the whistle blew; /
watered and washed my horse and put
him in the stable; | kept him at the
south end of the stable; the stalls
were not boarded up; I saw Herman
Blotzer and Fleck at the stable; don't
remember seeing any others | saw
old Mr. Gisal and Samuel McLain
there / don't know whether / saw
young McLain or not; | did not see
Sammy Hunter about there.
Cross-examined-The stalls are par
TALLY boarded up; this is the case with
the stall in which Sammy kept his
mule some of the stalls are divided
by rails.
Redirect saw McLain under the
overshoot that evening; when | went
in he had hatchet and saw
Herman Blotzer next testified am
driver at the steel works; am eigh-
teen years old | unhitched few min
utes before the whistle blew; | was
just going into the stable after wash
ing and watering my mule when the
whistle blew; my stall was distant
two or three stalls from Sammy's; |
saw McLain's little boy and Hawley's
little boy, but don't remember see
ing any others saw old man Gisal
and McLain at the stable; McLain
was under the ''overshot y | went
home with several of the boys-Fisher,
McDcnough and Colgan.
Cross-examined-I was among the
first at the stable that evening | don't
know what McLain was doing that
day.; Sammy's mule was in when
left | don't know how long it had
been there saw Sammy taking his
mule into the stable; | was cleaning
my mule when he passed me; | went
outside, waited a few minutes, and
then went home | was talking to
Gisal in the stable when | was clean
ing the mule | didn't see Sam Gisal
| left old Mr. Gisal at the stable when
| came out didn't see the little boys
when | came out.
VIM. Jones-I was Superintendent
was at the works the day Sammy
Hunter died / call the men to work
and discharge them by blowing the
whistle; l was there that evening
when the whistle blew and for some
time after; we ran on Pennsylvania
Railroad time, nineteen minutes faster
than Pittsburgh time the whistle was
blown on its regular time on this even
ing; | know the barn spoken of where
Mr. Gisal kept his horses; the barn is
distant about three hundred yards from
the works; there was plan made of
surroundings after Sammy's death by
the engineers of the works A few
more questions as to the distances
were asked, and this witness and his
testimony closed for the present.
p. F. Brendlinger sworn-I am the
Civil Engineer of the Edgar Thompson
Steel Works and was so employed last
March; | made diagram of the sur
roundings after the death of Sammy
Hunter; this map is tracing of
map we have of our premises, with a
few additional locations made by my
self; the distance from the house to
the barn is the only one | measured +;
| have been employed there since
October, 1878 think the map is very
nearly correct; | have examined the
other map quite frequently; everything
within the limits is very accurately
put down on the map; the map is as
correct as can be made without meas
urement.
Cross-examined-I have since made
map bv accurate measurement of all
the surroundings. These maps will be
examined and offered in evidence
Levi Brinton was then sworn-I am
in the livery business at Braddocks |
have lived there three or four years,
and came from Lawrence county; |
was farmer | occupy the end of the
barn where Mr. Gisal's horses are kept !;
| occupy the north end Mr.. Gisal oc-
cupied two apartments and subse-
quently shed that was put up; there
were five doors leading out under the
"overshotn or shed A few more
questions were asked the witness as to
the location of the stables and stalls,
and the distance of the buildings from
the stable. Two plans of the inside of
the stable were shown, both of which
he thought were very good, after which
the testimony closed and Court adj
iourned until one o'clock.
AFTERNOON.
At the reassembling Of the Criminal
Court this afternoon the trial of Sam
uel McLain was continued in the pres
ence of large crowd of spectators.
The first witness examined was Jas.
Sullivan, who testified: | am seven
teen years old; | have been driving
a cart at the steel works | unhitched
when the whistle blew. | was among
, the first boys in the stable. Hart and