Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-25
THE MURDER TRIAL.
TIE UNION STATION TRAGEDY.

THE UNION STATION TRAGEDY.
Moro Testimony for tho Demonstrating
to the Prisoners Previous Good Charac-
ter-Tho Commonwealth In RehrttaI.
Wednesday A.fternoon.- tn VS.. Sam,
uel Fl. Miller. murder. The defense con
tinued to call witnesses. II. L. Hacker
testified that lie lives at Union station and
at present is clerk in the employ OF SAM
uel II. Miller he closed the store at $50
on the night Of October 18th and went to
the barroom Miller, Musselman, Susan
Bedger, Mary Bedger, William Showers,
Hiram Meek, George Hinkle and Eliza
beth Weinhold weIc in the barroom wit
ness was in the barroom when Gensemer
ard Clayton Regar came in Regar asked
Mary Bed z II to play the accordion and said
he would dance jig; Miller said there
was enough noise and Mary Bcdger put
tho instrument away GenSemer walked
to the bar and whispered to Musselman,
after which he walked out :; some min
utcs afterwards the barroom was closed :;
witness remained in tho barroom after it
was closed about an hour afterwards 4
crowd came back and made considerable
noise, rapping at the door and window and
against store boxes he walked back, saw
Miller OH the way to tho front he fired
one shot in the air at the gate Miller
and Weinhold then walked to the cellar
door the crowd made 4 rush for them
and in the scufile another shot was fired :;
Gensemer then said to enc of the party
"Give me that - Miller ut this time was
trying to walk backward, but Gensemer
approached and followed him with his
hand pointed towards Miller Miller then
fired three times in rapid succession :;
when the last shot was fired Miller and
witness went back to the house q; could
not tell who was with GcEsemer when he
approached Miller saw h1ussleman pass
from the gate to the cellar door think
WeinhOld was there WAS standing inside
of the gate when the shooting was going
on.
On cross examinations the witness said
he did not tell Abe Brubakcr that lie was
in the hotel and did not see tho shooting !;
about 4 week afterward did say to him
that he knew nothing about it, thinking
that to be the best answer he could give
don't remember whether he told Edward
Roger that lie was not present at the shoot
ing.
Susan Bedger testified to being 1T Mil
ler's between II and II o'clock on this
night when Genscmer and the others came
outside and made great noise when the
shooting commenced witness ran into the
entry and remained there until it WAS
over others ran out of tho barroOm, as
they werc much frightened.
Mary Bedgcr testified that she played
the accordion On this night. This wit
ness cOrrObOratcd her sister in regard to
the great noise made by the party with
whom GenSemer came OH the outside, and
in regard to their running out of the bar
room when the first shot was fired and to
remaining there until after the shooting.
On crOss-examination the witness said
she did not hear Miller say before the
shooting that he would go out and shoot
Gcnsemer. On the Sunday after the shoot
ing did not call Samuel Bucher and tell
him that Miller said he would shoot Gen
semer witness denied having made Il
similar statement to Mrs. McQuadc.
William Showers, who WAS in the bar
room On this night, testified that he heard
Gensemer and party when they came back
and knocked between II and IL o'clock !;
heard some one say, $50 for him - Hiram
Meek corroboratcd this witness.
Susan Muckle corrobcrated other wit
ucsses for tho defense in regard to the
trouble which Miller and Gensemer had
OH the night the FORMER tiead OH the dog :;
she further testified that about u week
before the shooting she met GcnsCmcr who
asked her where she was going; she said
to Miller's he said, 1t spites mo more
than have hairs on my head that dill not
kill Miller that night there will be fun
this fall and | will lay this Miller cold -
witness told Musselman, Miller's bar
tender, OF these threats.
On crOss-examinatiOn the witness stated
that she never heard Miller say he would
shoot GeDsemer.
Henry Musselman testified that llc told
Miller of the threat which Muckle had told
him Gensemer had made Miller sail! "if
that's so, will have to look out"
Mrs. Lydia Miller, the mother of defend
ant, testified also in regard to the difficulty
between Gcnsenler and Miller, and told
how the former had acted badly.
Daniel IL. D0ster, who was at tie hotel
Oh the 10th Of July, testified that Gensemer
said be would run 4 knife through Miller
witness heard him often threaten to whip
Miller Lie several times offered $50 il he
would come out and he would mash his
head.
Samuel Fritz testified that he knew
VIM. Lutz !; saw him at lteamstown on
the morning after the shooting heard him
say that on this night the party, of which
he and Gensemer were members, went
down to Miller's from Eberly's :; Miller
shot a pistol off to frishten them, and
some of the others said (" Now so for the
son OF a -.'
MoprCe Wilmer testified thai on the
night of the shooting ho was at Eberly's
hotel Gensemcr was there and witness
heard him say he would give Miller and
Musselman $50 if they would fight him.
Henry W. Stubcr heard Gensemer offer
$40 if Miller would fight him.
Wednesday, Eoening-COm'th ". Sam
ual II. Miller, murder. The testimony for
the defense was continued.
J. G. Garman, Gsq., was called. The
map OF the Miller property was shown
witness to have him show by explanatory
testimony that the pavement so frequently
mentioned, and on which Gensemer and
his friends were at tho time Of the shoot
ing, is the private property Of the hotel.
This witness testified THAT if Griffith and
Lutz were on their way home the most
direct way would not be to go on tic walk
in front of Miller's this witness went to
| Mlller's house after the shooting and
found him in high state of excitement !;
| while there Miller fell from chair.
On cross examination the witness said
| that the pavement in front of Miller's has
long been dedicated to tho public and has
been used by them as Il walk witness had
given tho defense assistance in preparing
the case :; he denied having told Martin
Brubaker that he was "milki ing this cow
or that he would work for the man who