The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-01-31

A. HORRIBLE DEATH--A colored man
named John Carey mel with a horrible
death on Saturday morning last. near
Hoovenville, Somerset County. He had
been in the employ of . Mr.. Rodgers. the
owner of a lime-kiln in the peighborhood.
until a few days prior to his death, when
be quarreled with one of his fellow work
men and quit. He then obtained boarding
VI a hotel in Hooversville. but on Friday
night he called at the ticket Office of the
Somerset & Cambria Railroad Company at
that place aud said to the agent. Mr.. George
T. Hoover, that be could not afford to pay
so much for boarding as was charged at the
hotel, and he believed he would go ont
and sleep at the lime-kiln that night,
and the mex day he could nnnt some
cheaper place to put Up. Before leaving
the office he handed Mr.. Hoover a five-dol-
lar bill and requested him TO keep it for
him until he would need it. He then
took his departure and wendell his way to
the kiln.
He was seen about midnight, and it APP
pears that shortly after that tine he laid
down near the pit to sleep. 1t is presumed
that he was overcome by the gas and rolled
over the brink into the pit. for about two
O'Clock some of the workman discovered
him lying on sorne stone in the kiln. aud il
was evident from the odor of burning flesh
arising therefrom that he was roasting in the
flames that surrounded him. He was dead,
of course, when discovered. and his body
was a; once removed from the pit and con-
veyed TO Hooversville, where an inquest
was held. The verdict accorded with the
facts as above stated. The remains were
subsequently inferred in the village grave
yard. Carey first appeared in Hcoversville
about three years ago. and remained in the
vicinity until his death. Previous TO thai
time be had worked at various places. hay
ing spent a few months in Jobns5own just
prior to his location at Hooversyille He
was twenty-six years of age on Thursday
last. Our informant says that he was Il
great ~favorite with all who knew him, and
that he was kind hearted and of II generous
Observation-Disclosures Tribune.
Notwithstanding the bitter cold Seather
the former part of last week. the attendance
at court was unusually large. The an
nouncement of the trial of any criminal
case of moment is always sure TO attract a
large crowd. The cases that excited the
most interest last week were those of the
Commonwealth vs.. DIR. l. VI. Bell, and the
same vs.. George Shaulis. Bell was indict-
ed for the procuring OF an abortion on the
body of Mary f. Shaeffer, a young girl
nineteen years of age, residing in Jefferson
township, IL was the first case of the kind
ever tried in the County, and We hope 1t
will be the last. Several days were consum-
ed in the trial of this case. The Common
wealth was represented by +. J. kooser,
Esq, and District Attorney Scuil. The
defense by two of our most successful GRIM
inal lawyers, Messrs. Coffroth & Ruppei.
The jury were cut from noon till after mlo-
night, when they came To a conclusion and
in the morning returned a verdict OF guilty.
The maximum sentence on the count on
which the verdict was found is three years
imprisonment in the Penitentiary. The
counsel for the defense at once filed a mo-
! ton for a new trial and in arrest of Judge
ment. The motion will be argued before
Judge Baer at the Adjourned Cour Bell Is
still at large, being under heavy bail.
The defendant in the other case, Georie
Shaulis, was indicted for perjury, on infor-
nation of Emanuel Auman. The perjury,
charged. having been committed by Shau-
lis falsely swearing to an information be-
fore LaRue NJ. Hicks. ESQ., in which he
charged the prosecutor, Amman, and sever
al Others, with conspiracy. Messrs. Hay,
Uhl, Kooser and the District Attorney APP
peared for the Commonwealth, and Messrs.
Kooniz and Endsley for the defendant
| The trial consumed the greater part Of two
DAYS. when a verdict of guilty in manner
! and form. a. the defendant stands indicted
was returned by the jury. A motion for q
new trial, which will be heard this week, wa,
filed. Shauiis is in Jail. The maximum
sentence in this case is seven years in the
F, Penetentiary and to be forever disqualified
from being a witness in any manner Whist
soever.