Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-06-12
ALDERMAN BARR AND HIS JU
Trying. to ImplicaSe shalIcr-Tho District
Attorney Stops Short.

Attorney Stops Short.
The jury to inquire into the cause and
origin OF tho fire at Marckes & Zimmer-
man S shed met again at Alderman Earr's
on Saturday evening and additional teati-
mony was adducCd.
Franklin Blair, a young man who adj
mittcd upon cross examination that he
hal taken six drinks from noon of sSatur-
day until the hearing, testified that one
night, some five or six weeks ago, when
he had lot less than ten and not more
than twelve drinks i'll him he met Schaler
and after scve,a! drinks wit him Schal!cr
proposed that they set fire to WohlScn's
place witness refused and told his mother
about it but never told anybody else until
after Lemons arrest for the Rockland
street fire.
John Shroasl, who upon cross cxaEina-
tion admitted to having served = recent
term in Jail for larceny and 4 longer one,
before that, for assault and battery, testi-
fed that he met Schaller one night some
five or six weeks ago and that out at the
Rockland street school house Schaller pro-
posed to him to set fire to "ths shed,'
and though the Marckes' shed cannot be
seen from there he inferred that Schailer
meant that shed. Witness also swore
positively that he was net chum Of
Lemon and never said he would help him
out, but he would contribute So to his de
fcnSe.
w. o. Butler, cClorcd, testified that one
night Shaller wanted him to so along with
him; that he had a drink with him and
left him and met him later.
Abr. Garber testified that On the night
of the fire as he came up Rockland street
he saw two men at the fence, one was
drunk, the other stopped down as if to lift
him over.
Alderman Alex. Donnelly testified to
finding the knife outside the tobacco shed.
Upon cross-eXaminatiOn Alderman Don
nelly testified that the morning after the
fire District Attorney Davis proposed to
him to convict both Schaller and Leman
and "wc will divide the reward.
T. +. McEliigott testified that he heard
and had published in the Nep Era the
statement made by Schaller before the
mayor and this statement was admitted
as evidence by the alderman, against the
objection of Mr.. IIenscl, counsel for Schal
ler, who said that if his client could shed
any light Ipon " the cause and origin of
| the tire-thc scope of the present inquiry
he was in the room and ought to be
called, and rot his testimony on another
time AMI place be taken second hand.
The district attorney insisted that if the
defendant wanted to testify his counsel
could call him but he could call no other
witness aAd he, himself, (the district at
torncy) had nO moro witnesses to call.
He also gave notice that Mr.. Hensel
would not be allowed to appear for the
prosecution in the case against Lemon.
Mr.. Hensel said that as yet there was
no defendant in this case &; it was not
the hearing Of 4 complaint, but an inquiry
into the "cause and origin Of a fire, and
if it was honestly undertaken and con-
Quoted, therc ought at least to be called
the mayor and chief Of police, to ascertain
whether or not Schaller was a detective
employed by the city, and Schaller him
self to testify as to the facts.
District Attorney Davis said he was sat
isfied to hear them, and the inquest was
continued until o'clock this evening.