The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-12-16

shod, wont detain you any longer, Mr.. Den
ison can take me to Mr.. Bonds" He SHOOK
| hands with me and got out. l turned and
drove back to blacksmith shop and had my
horse shod, and after making some purchases
went home. never saw Miller afterwards.
did not see nor have any communication
with Denison until the Saturday week follow
ing, and then Denison came to my house. II
was on Monday that I took Miller to West
minister. l have known Denison for seven OF
eight years He has been in Westminster for
about two years and during that time has Wis
| tied my house every two, three or four weeks;
for about four years prior to his coming to
Westminster he visited my house about twice
year. He told me that he then lived in
Elizabethtown, Lancaster county, Pa. He
was understood by my family to be visiting
one of my daughters as sutton. He came to
my house and asked me what man that was l
brought over to Westminster. told him that
l supposed he was a rascal as he had hum
| plugged me, getting me to take him to West
minister. He then told me that he had paid
Miller $4,000. asked him how, and he said
that Miller asked him if he would not buy
some railroad stock, and then said that he had
sold some railroad stock and had to take notes
| for it and asked him (Denison) to discount the
notes, as the railroad needed the money and
that he bought them from Miller. asked
whose paper it was and he said Peter Get
tier s, Reuben Schaeffer' s, Philip. Yost s and
| Phanuel WANTS., and that Miller offered him
Ferdinand Peterman's, but he would not take
it as he was told that Peterman could not
write his name I said that there must be
something wrong, and Denison sand that they
were all right for they were witnessed by John
Greider, and he knew Greider's handwriting
told him that did not know about the rest, but
l was sure that my brother PhanuePs was not
right. We then drove up to Phanuel's to see
about it and Denison asked him If he had
signed any paper to Samuel ID. Miller. Phan-
| uel said that he had sold Miller walnut logs
and had signed an agreement. Denison then
told him that he had his note, and Phanuel
said he had not signed note, only an agree
ment, and asked the amount of it, and DEM
son told him $1,000. Phanuel asked Denison
| if he paid Miller and he said that he did, that
he looked on the record and by my. bringing
him over he thought there was nothing wrong
and they were all genuine.
FRIDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
| Court was called at $50 clock, but took a
recess until 1O.45 o'clock, on account of the
absence of Mr.. Cornelius Wantz. At 1914
| o'clock Mr.. Wantz, having arrived, took the
stand, and testified as follows:
''The reason | told Denison that Miller was
rascal was because l had found out that
Boyer had not sent him to me; thought ne
just wanted to go to Westminster, and got me
to take him over; it was after supper; after D
o'clock; we w.nt to brother PhanuePs; we
went in my buggy; l don't know how Denison
came to my house; we stayed at Phanuel
only Is or 20 minutes; did not get out OF the
buggy; we met Phanuel right before his house;
the first thing Denison asked Phanuel was, if
he knew man named Samuel Miller; Phan-
uel said yes; Denison asked him if he had
had any dealings with him; Phanuel said he
bought some walnut trees and he, Phanuel,
signed an agreement; when Phanuel told him
he had not signed any note, Denison said he
bought a note from Miller; Phanuel said
stwell, did not sign it, don't know what
Denison replied; don't know whether he had
out any papers, can't say positively whether
he took them out and showed them or not ;
he showed me the notes either before or after
we went to Phanuel S; don't know whether
it was the same evening; to my recollection he
did not show me the notes that day; saw
them afterwards; from PhanuePs we went to
Manchester; had some business; generally
90 to Manchester on Saturday; don't know
where stopped that evening, nor whether
stopped at Greider's tavern that evening; we
remained in Manchester about an hour and a
half; Denison went home with me and stayed
at my house until Monday morning; in that
neighborhood before that don't know wheth-
er he had any business or not; he was life
insurance agent; never heard companies called
graveyard companies; it was Pennsylvania
company; Lancaster company; don't remem-
Der the name, and only know this from hear
say; don't know whether he had been follow
ing that business before he moved to West,
minister; he had been selling machinery
through that neighborhood at times for sew
eral years; meat cutters and things of thai
kind; I suppose that Denison knew before
that where Phanuel lived; about II miles from
my house; the men, Schaeffer and others,
lived in the same neighborhood; don't know
whether he had been through the immediate
neighborhood of these men; he had been fire.
quently in my neighborhood.