The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-10-07


shots as he ran w stairs. One ball
went over my head and lodged in the
clothes press. The ball came from
down stairs; found it afterwards in
one of my dresses that were hanging
up where The shot went through.
Gave ball to Wensell. [shown ball.
Was about same size of this. Harry
English ran past me into Runners
room. Was drawing wiping stick out
of the gun as he ran. Two men rush
ed in hall close behind him. One
burst open door. Warmth had large
pistol. AS door was burst open Eng
lish stepped behind the door. War
NTH shot just as English raised
the gun to his face. They shot Two or
three times. Two or three shots fired
in hall beside those heard at foot of
stairs. One went into the floor.
i3 Heard NO reply uinglish's &c exclama,
not go into azt tEnglish's or my
room. Lounge twNn stairs in the
sitting room. Eer wheeled and went
down stairs. st ped into my room
Went inRum, broom where E.was,
while | was hGnglish said, They
have shot me thgh the leg" Don't
recollect wht 9tsummer said. Mr.:
RUNNER said u 1on't shoot me-" All
went down stairs, RUNNER, English, ,
Mrs. English and myself. English
told his wife to get cloth and tie up
his leg which WAS bleeding badly. He
said, II must get out of this before
they kill me.' | tracked English
from head of stairs behind door where
there was quite pool of blood. En-
glish was in his stocking feet. His
wife got a cloth and tied up the
wound. He put on his shoes opened
back door to run out, when man
shot at him. I think English shot
back. He said the house was sur
rounded and ran in again staying in
the house two hours longer. When
first shut the door l started to get
some wood to build fire. RUNNER
was out talking with the men. l saw
Wurzell on outside yard fence, and
close to fence with gun in hand; he
had his gun raised and was sighting
at the house; saw Burke sitting near
DiNon's shop with back toward shop;
Burke had gun in his hand and was
looking toward our house. | said to
WuZcll and Burke, "You are smart
lot Of men to shoot in q house where
there are women and children. We
might have all have been shot. If
Harry English has done anything to
be punished for, had you given us a
moments warning we would have got
out of the house" TO this they made
no reply. Wurzell went toward
Dateman's and staggered as he
walked. picked up the wood and
went into the house. The children
were then up. Saw large revolver
near steps in door yard; didn't take
particular notice Of it. Lay the re-
volver on back part Of table out of the
way of the children. | built fire
when English said he would take the
revolver along and put it in his
pocket. News came that they would
shoot the house full of bullet holes and
burn it down, this about . hours
after the shooting. The man had
gone away; DOlan said this. Persons
came to the door two or three times, the
neighbors-one my brother, and said
the house would be shot full of holes
or burned down if English didn't go.
English's leg was tied up he kissed
his wife and children good bye, and
run with the gun in his hand, through
the fields. He was shot at several
times. Saw Wurzell shoot ut Englsh
TWICE., lLtOllSI W lFtlt(i anu SllOl bslCh
ut WurZell. WurZell dropped his gun
and ran toward Bateman's. At first
didn't know the man with Warmth;
don't know whether it was Burke
or not Saw when the shot was
fred through the window. There
was shooting from outside at the same
time the shooting was going on VI
stairs.
Cross. examined. Shooting outside
and inside at the same time, Think
it was same time; two shots outside
same time as shots up stairs. English
and the men were up stairs; the shots
were pretty close together | was not
confused; shots outside and up stairs at
the very same time. Word was
brought in presence of English that
the house would be shot full Of holes
and burned down if he did not get out
Of it. Mr. DOlan was one who told us
and my brother was another. Can't
say which was the first one; English
and | were in the kitchen; English
did not say that ii they would let him
kill Burke first he would give himself
up. Two hours after the shooting up
stairs the complaint was made; think
my brother Burton Mann told us,
can't say who else. There were nC
people in the house. Think Levi
Batrman was there after the shooting,
Did not say thai he would or that he
would not go if they would let him
kill Tom Burke. Don't know that
English shot Warmth. AS Warmth
shot, English drew up bis gun. Saw
English draw gun to face. Don,
know whether English shot or not;
Warmth was standing two or three
feet away. Two or three shots were
fired in the hall. Don't know tbs
men. They both shot saw flash o
gun; English pointed his gun into the
hall, and was standing in the door o
Runners room. There were two mel
in the hall. | saw flash of revolver
one Of these two men shot the revolver
and ball went into floor; the shot fired
at English went into ceiling; in corner
toward Bateman's; saw but one bal
hole there; did not measure distance
from ceiling to ball hole; two or three
shots fired at that time; think there
was three; one of these men fired tht
third shot. Did not see English shoot
through the back door. Saw him fire
from back door. The first time hC
started to run, he slipped his shoes on
heard shot at the back door before
English shot from back of house out
side; saw English raise the gun to his
face; don't think shot at back dool
touched English. The shot at bach
door was the first one that Englisl
fired outside to my knowledge. The
door at head of stairs goes shut itself
1T swung to when English went in
Was opened by the man with War
NTH. After the firing was over the mer