Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-26
QUARTER SESSIONS.
rur .ru,,ruRs noMiUrDE case.
meet ~ 81 now nenry Eshlem ~ act
bis uratn Told IN tourt-ncport
u ths GRAND Jury.

| lutublmd, murder.
Ftauklm B.ua was recalled, Nud his
| Clpss examination WAS continued Tor some
| time. \ draft, showing the bar room,
alley, &, which whs mhio by this wit
| uCsS ard Squire Book was offered aud
| admitted ia r,td nee and explained to the
jury.
Conrad Kccsy, who was bartender for
| Nr Brul on the i.ht of this occurrence,
was the ucN; witness. llc testified that
| NO knew both the deceased and the pris
| ,ucr vu tins evening, Mr.. Eshlemau
| olwr iu slmo time between : aud 10
| o'clock, hriugiug \ hunting dog with him;
| Nll1,hraut was 'herC AMI wanted To buy
| Ih,dry, aud utdc an oilcr EShleman did
n1t want ~ sell, aud asked witness to put
| tho dog behind the bar, as the other par
| .rs wvro trying tO slip him away this he
| rcu,ri - do EShlcmhn pulled the hat
| u llNdchAud over his (uildcbrand's)
| face and, lllllCbraud, taking his (Eshle
mau's), struck bin IN the face,
| uIldrbraud then struck him with
| his fist In thc face l' hc was rising from
| picking up his hat witness jumped over
| the bar and opened the door, telling Hill
| debraui t. ~ out, also told Eshlemau ho
| had hnt'Cr 20 some ono shut the door
and all was quiet witness went behind
| the bar again aud IN few minutes Hide
! brand clnchrd EshlImlu, putting him
| out uf the door backwards aud going with
| him when EshlemlE Was being put out
! ne struck against the jam of the door !;
| Nr. BluB closed the door after the men
wee oI' In reply tNa question put by
! the court tbs witness stated that to the
best NJ his knowledge he has always stated
! that Ut.iebrAnt had struck sh'emiu but
once before they c'inchcd. Witness said
ne r1ll un. remember what Eshlemau
said whom NI'ivbyand struck him, but In
rnp'y 20 q question OF counsel said that
| E,hlGmAu dli say " Oh, FIJI, don't do
,aat :" wHen s'ruck, L hleu an staggered
,eans. chair when Iltdebraud came
back into the bIrroom ho said. Here's
h,s hB, - he picked The hat up aud throw
lt uul II deOraui thea walked up to the
bar and witness saw blood on his hands
a,d shoes no said, " We settled him ;"
On crOss.vxamluatinn witness stated that
| Eshlrmau pulsi ii dcbraui'S hat over
his eyes several times he also Knocked
| thai Of Isaac Mu'uEau'S of did not see
| Esalemau trying to take his coat Ut {,
witness caught hold Of man named
| Miller, who wanted him - remain behind
the bar did not hear Hildcbrand say TO
| EsAloman 60 away, Hen, | don't want
! any moro fuss WItuesS did not re-
btiApeI " At ltl te SlAlCu ~ llc nearing
that both men C.inChcd when Hildebraud
came into the 5arroDm after the fracas he
! did not say that witness was the cause OF
II no accused witness OF trying to put
him out and be called Elm (uiIdebraud) a
liar. .
John +. luETam was sworn. This wit
ness testified that he vas IN BruA's saloon
| on the nl., ht Of this occurrence he entered
| as Eshlt man aud HlIienraud were "a liking;
he first saw E'hlemau pull the hat OF the
companion over his face and it fell on the
door, when he kicked il Hildebrand
then struck Eshlrman with his hat several
times aud afterwards once with his open
hand and again With his fist Eshlemau
staggered Brua and keesy then ordered
| HiIdebrand out aud Eshlemau sat
on the window he left that
| position, however finally HIiebrand
went TO tho door, which was open, aud
| asked E,h.rman to 60 out, which he did
not Do Hliicbraud then said "Ill put
the sou - - out" aud caught Eshle-
man, puluug him out backwards, his back
striking against the Jam of the door
after E,aieman had ben struck first, he
vas IN good AUuor when Iii.debraud
| eame back IL the bar room after the Oc-
| cusreuCe, witue,s understood him tO say,
| Il settled him witness then left tie
saloon, going out the front entrance he
saw Esh!emau lying IN the alley be was
alone there, although John Kees aud
others were on the Iront pavement il
was nor more than five minutes from the
time HildebgNud first struck Eshleman
unit! he throw him out when the latter
was beiUg put out he had his hands on
Hl.dcOrand somewhere, and tried 10 pre-
vent himself from belrg thrown out ; the
prisoner was CGeEttnE all the force towards
the door.
Frid'y ErsH,Eg. Elias Work, sworn
! Witness WAS ia the alley between Massa =
soft hall and the Washington house be-
tween . and 10 O'Clock on the night of the
occurrence while standing there he saw
man thrown or pushed out of the side
door OF the saloon into tho alley by
another man, who was at first erect, but
jumped on the other mao, who began to
groan while lying on the ground the
other man struck him several times. The
man who did the striking was the prisoner
and the other, who was under, was Henry
EShIeman, with both of whom witness was
acquainted witness was about six feet
from the men.
On cross examination said, he did not
go 70 SEQ If either of them was hurt, but
went out IN front Of the Washington
uOtel, remaining there ten minutes, alter
which he went home while witness was
in the alley no saw q man unhitching a
horse In the rear Of the Washington house,
also saw men standing at the end OF the
main street recognized the men as they
came out of the door by the light.
). B. PiOutz, sworn Witness heard q
noise in this alley, as he passed, and
stopped saw man pushed out OF tho door
by another, who jumped upon him and
then began striking him in the face wit
ness heard gurgliug noise from the man
underneath, who was Eshleman; the man
who jumped upon aud struck him was the
prisoner, who went into the barroOm after
striking tho other four or five times when
found Eshleman was lying on his face aud
Frank Book turned him over he was very
bloody and his face had the appearance OF
being badly bruised; witness was able tC
recognize the men by the light of the
moon; Edward Pfoutz and Charles Herr
corrubOrated this witness in every par
tiCular.
Saturddy Morning. -Com'th vs. MilIard
+. HIldebrand, murder.
| w. B. Miller, sworn. This witness was
in the saloon ON the night of this occur
renee, and he cOrrobOrated tho other wit
nesses in regard TO what happened, except
that no did not SEQ HIldebrand throw
Esheman OUT, ,as his attention was attract
cd in another direction. George Ulrioh
also testified 10 what happened ia the