The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1883-03-08

hintLlers a,gjtin, that We had been there
SO often and it amounted TO nothing,
and 1t appears that we were not 10
succeed in getting the money
| had nearly dismissed IL from my
mind when ! was shcIiflcd Ivy -
| hated t. se"cvcrN thing had. sold
away from me and my family /
hardly knew what to do, but finally
succeeded In getting endprsors. and
got he money from the Mitlliubury
! Bank. When the note was nearly due.
my father said 20 me that ] should So
Iall means pay that note aud not ma Ne
/ the bail pay il. That they had beef:
| Kind and | should not lot them stick.
/ ! hardly knew what to do, 30 saw
| Israel Erb one day and told him that
| If he knew anybody who wanted to
| buy a cow aud som" shOats, he should
send them To- me. He thru said "it
| YOU would have done az | wanted vou
| tu do, You would have the money and
could keep your things too said
| YOU mean help to Kill old kint1irr
lie said yes then said | would
20 along. He said no more. then
saw Emanuel Ettingcr and we ,nudc
out to 70 there on II Friday evening.
the date OF the mouth don't know
GA the Thursday before, | wont int,
the woods where my brother iona
thlu was splitting woodland told hin
what we were going 10 do. | asked
him to go along He said that h,|
must 80 tu kreb's TO butcher on Fri
day, and at any rat" he dii not want
10 20 along, then went home Th,
u"Nt evening Ettiuscr cnuIr TO nv
house, put a load in nuc of uy rii,.
not II very heavy loau had taken
= lard.can to kin'llrrs several dav,
before io have it mrudpd. ". thcu
went to kiut/i"r's. after we entered
ihr huuS" | asked him III he hai mend
rd that can. He ,id hr hal not. and
WHY ] did not take it to II timer. |
told him know hr wa handy At dc.
iug such things aud thought that hr !
would m"ud II Tor ne. Bu IL il did
not suit Him would wait unt,l hrI
had time tu mend II. hut | wanted Z.
butcher In" next day. He then raid
II will mend it for Won 80 Ncu will not
have To come aadiu aftrrit" lIeth.u
went e. work. While h" was meniiny
the can he stuud within reach ofhi.
gun, | stood along sid,uf him.
Ettjny"r VAS sitting ON the grind
,ton" behind ~, with the gun lNing
across his knees He once pulled at
tl" hammer with his thumb. when
hiut1l"r heard him ami asked him
what ID" was doing rttiugrr said II
Wa lust PLAYING with this hamior
NiulIl"r said, 81 want 10 body 10 food
within SGu iunv house, rGt il down
then sdil 'N"s. Enluuri, put il
down. II" did -. After tn" can
wa m"nd"d ! said, II think IL still,
leaks kiut1l"r said, "uo II don't !
shut all the holes thut were in il"
water into il, and that | would 20 to
IT," spring and put water into il.
When started to the spring hiut7l,r
cam" TO the luor. EttiuGcr strvu,i
oul uf ia" duurh li'tl. tuthr right nud
stood there. ! went To the spring.
3.l"d the can about half flll uf wat,rI
Nud - ] was coming away from the
-prnr ! was holding il NJ aud said.
Il don't thiuk il leaks for all" KIM
lrr then came walking tpWard me
Nh"u H. waS close 10 me | said, II
srIrs. II don't l"ul> f1r ail." Just ~
turned th" can to p"urout the water
Ett,nc"r fired. kiutilrr turned to.
ward the house immediately tttir,r"I
intercepted hi'u ana = severe ftrug
"u-urd. started tu run IN
tn '"ugh ia" lot, cot on th" irur" nI'i
g.. .n"u back inst a. l,ttiu,,rr di~pitch.
"I tn" old man. Iic ,h"u cam" ran
ing up a." iut toVur! Whrrc | wa.
| hrcknurd him with III" uund To puI
back. | meant To Kill ti" uld women.
for | know that She woull tell on ~
II" turned, ran b3rk. nul met the old
la'v riGht iu-il" ~ the door uri
.''U J, h'r one" VitlI ~" gun wh.u
~" .tnk 90 ,h" ,loor. IL" then came
60 Whpre | was. We waited l1n,I
enough for Ht.y ou" IN the u"i .uhur.
hood who mi. lat Esvr iIy,ri il To an
pear on the -rru" When an DANCER
~. rast, We both went harh imoI
the house.
After y" entered hnnrd tGe old II
3y breathe YER, heavily. Wl"u said
to hjji"':"r, My God ,hc old vpmnu
l. not dead Ne then said, Il nn,t
III ,sl, il now y" then tnuk n .iick
uf wood AMI struch her srV-r.,i ti.irs.
We then hunted for money, but not
very iuns, We thought We heard
some on" cOluiuy, whrn Ettiusor
h!rh"d ia" lid oil chest or huN 81
some kind, "" cra.h.d what wns in
II and ran. "" hdd nothing bat
watch crystals ami II few triukrts.
Not cent OF money. rs this time II
was dark. We then went hOmn. |
to my house, Ettiugcr To- my brother
Jonathan's Tor whom he was working
at the time.
The next day Saturday. butcher.
eel. After the hogs We're Killed and
tt" lard was on the fire for rendering.
| tuuh q rair of shoes and went over
to Israel Erb. thought if the thing
was known would find it out Erb
aud | did not speak Of il that after
noon. When ! returned home, Jon
uthan and Itiugrr We're at nv house.
They had finished rendering. She lard
uud pui away the meat | had some
wine IN tn" cellar AT the time, Thry
had drunk uf il pretty freely. We
waited until after dark when We
three started Tor n int1lcr'~, Idont know
what tim" We got there, but would
suppose il To have been about 9
. clock We then got Il light and be-
gan To search for the money. We
hunted high and low i'm every place
"" thought there might hr some, hut
found only seventy five dollars either
n few cents more or few cents less.
jonathan found an old colice-pot in
the west corner, up stairs under an
Gld bed, IL contained something
like iiitytwo dollars, Ettinger found
II paste board box with something
like twenty-three dollars in il. The
largest piece of money found was "A
five dollar bill, which was in the cof-
fee pot, The next largest was a dol
lar in coin. The cOiIce.p pot had
great many pennies in il. Tire paste
board box had all silver coin in il.
After we had hunted several hours
and found no more, we made prepar-
tiOns 10 leave.
gplit kiulinp uhila Inpntbn,, n,,l