Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-08-25
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Sum"rous v ttucss,s tSNnincd.
o. the reaGscmbNug Uf court Ou Sl'ur.
day Afternoon the trial of Thomas Bchuy
tor tho luurGuv ul BgtAayA Short was rc.
tuWJd
Constable Sioux was recalled by the
cnuumnu stt,,h, aud testified that ho saw
shorts sleigh tie day after the murder
rhy slugh Wa not broken aud tlo!c was
t'n.d ou tho h'rk part Of It,
H.. Wru'Z c'rrDOura'ed the cOustab.u's |
'..riwvnr rs tD thc sleigh.
Ms. Elizabeth Short, widow Ol tho |
murdered muu, testified that her husband |
,ats hnmCto Cliyo to his city b,tNcuu !
and O'Clock on trc morning OF January |
81 IN the s'gilh referred a. 10y Coustablo !
Shonk and Dr.. WCu'S.
lao comm'nw'AlJh an&uu-ocd that 'art. |
SIDE ut the case vas closed
Lhe defense called James Clark, jr., for
inrther Gross eXamu alon Ia icteterc" t.
the confession wad' uy Benny 70 wLiuN'S
~ lhe county }I.S'h 'hAt he hab kU'oi
Barney NNor- IhuN "u'cW1r"d % -hbw
! that CiA'k haA s"'d 80 number OF per
| SONS tuAt "h'' ne SHm ao u n'hnS c'n
tesSiou WAS ''' "u'the witness reiterated
hls ioTme: "ftemeuJ GS to i.s truthful
moss
Inc G"ieosr, as outlined hy L. -, lhkcr,
was that snort was n"t murdered, out was
a2l.u'NIhi'y hl.I'd ny k'ok OF MS horse,
/ aud he pJintCu 10 t"e TACT that SHORTS hat
! was iouud my yatds itom the BODY aud
/ tIctt vas 10 hIund on II, "a a Troo' uI
! irai Theory, winch is that Naog,'s Lat hI.T
! OIL Il ~ Io9"luG BACK for iIhe was kicked
! o5 ms "oT.N. lhe "'i'Hsa luI' h'! "ou.a
/ PROVE sal" VIZ, Baker, that Hchuy was ai
! meme mltu GIN family on the evening Short
was hIACG was not seen 10 th' vicinity ul
I where Snort 4 BODY tJnuI ard
! qlcuty was not guihty OF the offence
chafEed, 10 aeono'4si"n no said the defense
"oa u SHOW That thomas Behny had a
So"H chht.o,er' aui thAt the a. eyed con-
iessi9H OF Adam Bsnoy vas e&torted from
E'm ey threats or promises.
"itoeises Tor tie ir;ru.o.
The first witness called by the defense
was Constable Cramrr Di NlvtiC tOwu,h'p
aud Lc testified that be saw tho dead body
ut Nhor. early IN the morning after he was
Kidd witness did not see any tracks Ia
Ia, gnal leading from whrr5 the bgtv w,s
luu.d
Nlul.n E,Nwar. = Nlrtic .Iyy,,L.u
j farmer, lss.ued tha, carly on the noroiry 2
an February I. .s no WAS driving tor,ris
Rt- ..sviIe he saw th!er hoys running
ac..ss .hec,IJu IA ugar : l.rr,loru's harm
gyI ,,I.u Lr ..,fy,d Nlcre ,rcv VOC
The, Ni him ~ 70 back as barney Sho,f
haE u,,,. A.i,.l yitnpss .ben drnvr IN
vn,rn t., J.lT vas and saw some blood IN
the field urar 800 ro,d ho 20. up on tho
fence alq ruAc.l in the fold 10Y tracks bur
. snr, mona
Nsus Roc s.y The prisoner A G,y ,r
{ Two before Short Was killed Le came Ia
E yrffuc.s' placr for bones ard WIN, ,b,r,
. rq, ofT the lcgs Of a dead COW WIKI An axe
wh.cu be had with him
D John CaarIcs testified that BCbuy kart
= his bone wagon in witue,s' barn he iden
{ r.hcd tho axe found in B.hny's wagon, A,
\ tho vrcrsrty Of H.sry
c CGar,ys Wilson cg'0rrd. testified that h,
8 lived IN Iarti, township and early on tho
ev,.irs Of January n he stoppcf
at Beluy's house, bat Brhry va,
not a. home: Ms. Behpy t.ld witncs,
?. that her huSb.gi was i0 the woods a,
10 work tL.s vas about 4 o'clock. ard h,
+ waited at Bebnys house until Thomas an,
Adam Behuy came homo from tho woods
" Witness remained at BChny's house talk
= ing with Eehoy until after dark.
q Ga crO,s-,xamiuatiOn witness was DOS!
tive that is was on the afternoon o
Q JanuEry 81 tEa! "a was at Dehuy's house
witness !et. Bshuy's house jls
= before tho family s.5 DIVA - supper
g beard OF shorts death between six anc
e seven o'clock tho next mOru.us; ss-cra
, days a!iCr the murder witness sdW Con
u stable SAenk, but did not rccoIlect telling
him that the last time no saw Bshny OF
tho DIST OF January was at ! O'CiocE II
tho afternoon.
solomon BcLuy, son OF the prisoner
J., testified thai 0u tho night Short wa
Il Killed MS father and brother Adam wcr
ut home Adam slept 10 tho saUs room
with w',uc's, ,aui they went TO bed betwce
A-l clock IL tue evening wines
: returned from scECO! a. O'Clock on IN
q afternoon OF JIuuary 81, aud Ee did 10
F return 10 school again.
Ei~in Behuy ttsuti:d - Substautjlil
u tho same facts as hi: brother in refcrcnc
to his father and Adam being st home o.
d tho evening aud night OF ofJsuuary 81.
y Ellen behny, wife Of Adam Behry, tls
Z t'hed that she lived stJno. Carries on tn
d night that Short was killed she BaV
u lhOmas Brhny and her husband, Adam, =
"orH eating wood III Caar!e.' woods a.
10 between and o'clock Oh the after
noon OF January 81.
= d. stauner, underEetper az th
X prison, testified that James Clark, jr, Eat
repeatedly asked witness to be remove,
from tho Gel! occupied by him 10 the Gel
10 which his cousin was aI inmate. Tb,
testimony coutrad,cted Clark. who sTor
y that he had only asked S."niter once T.
remove him,
. Solomon Morris, Columbia COl2re,