The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-09-25

direction OF the street; did not 80 owe
10 Warthorst'a house that mornings dll
not 20 over there until after Warthorst'
arrest; did not sec defendant about ther
that morning; heard considerable pound
ing on the door OF defendants hous
about half an hour after my wife wa
shot; defendant's house 10 the nearea
one TO mine In the neighb0rho0d
Mr.. Gates and HIS wife came over 10 m.
house that morning; Mrs. Mclean 80
there 20 or 80 minutea after tho shoot
ing; my wife was 40 years old; thI
pounding on Warth0rts's door SOUNDED
as II II was done with the aet; hearl
voices over there, and went 10 tho win
dow on the west side Of my house look
ing towards Warth0rst's; saw no ligh
there.
CrOss.examinatiOn-Mr. Swihart ant
HIS family came 10 my house at 8 0'clOcl
In the evening; went out after supper
with my wife; went as far as Mill stree
together, where we separated; got bach
home after my wife; bought tickets fol
Crealline; ordinarily myself and wife
occupied the back room; the front room
was a spare one; my wife slept In There
for the first time that night; Miss MalO
ney had been occupying tho front room
before this; WarthOrst and his family
had been living In their house n little
over u year; when ! returned home that
found my wife and the rest In
the sitting room; stayed three about an
hour before going TO bed; found the
lamp In the morning turned up q little
more than II waa when went TO bed
the night was atarllghti have worked at
Russel'a shop 22 years, and been fore
man there for the last year; was away q
year and half; am 30 years old,
CHARLES NJ, WHITMAN
testified. Live at Canal Dover; formerly
lived at MasslllOn; am clothing mer'
chant; lived In MasslllOn on July 3rd,
1888. ut % East street; went TO Kirk
land's house with my wife on the morn
Ing of July Ord, 1883, about 5;l5; after,
wards went 10 Warthorspa house about
o'clock, aud from thence returned TO
house; Mayor l.. G, Cole and
several others went with me; asked Mrs,
Warlhorst II we could enter her house,
and abe said yes; Mr., and Mrs. Warth0rst
aud Mayor Cole went with me into the
Darlor Of WarthOrst's house; saw the
front window on the north side OF the
house open; tho lower sash was up with
Inc piece OF the limb Of tree holding
Il M; saw two or three burnt matches
IN the floor, 10 which Mis-. WarthOTat
,alled my attention; she said they had
)een used by burglars and that the
burglars had got IN through
,he front window; went from the
Darlor 10 the dining'roOm, and from
here TO the buttery with Mr.. and Mrs
Narthortt; Mrs. WarthOrst opened the
lrawers Of u bureau here and showed
mo where an opera glass and a ring had
leen taken from by the burglars; think
,he case Of the opera glass was there;
ilrs, WarthOrst showed me u scarf with
! pin In on q table and said the burglars
must have been experts, because they
lid not take the pin, knowing IL was no
rood; saw q pair OF pants on u table In
,he 6uttery with the pockets turned In
Iide out; Mrs. Warth0rst said they were
and that burglars had done
/; saw four or i've burnt matches lying
N the buttery floor aud box OF matches
N q table; Mrs. Warthorst said the burnt
matches were taken out OF the box; |
that II was strange that pro-
essional burglars should use those
inds OF matches as they made
great deal of noise when lighed; no
eply was made TO this by MIR, or Mrs,
yaTthorst, but Mayor Cole said that
made no difference; Mrs. Warthorst said
! was strange the burglars did not go
D the cupboard ~ there was money aud
Ilyerware In there; the burnt matches
,ere parlor matches aud the same kind
3 those In the box; (matches shown but
OF the kind he sawD Warthorst FIRST
allied my attention to one Of the
Iats In the shutters of the east windOw
n the north side being cut; noticed the
lat was evidently cut with o sharp
nife; could recognize the shutter II
own II; (shutter brought In and iden'
fed; saw II from the outside, defend.
nj was with me; no was In the yard
hen | went In aud took me to the win.
Dw; no called my attention TO the slat,
nd said the burglars had evidently
led TO get into the house by cutting II;
made an examination OF the sash III the |
orthern windows, and noticed q pane
glass broken nj the latch, with frag.
Ients OF glass lying on the ground out
dc right below the window; noticed
nger.marks on the outer edge OF the |
'wer sash, which looked AZ II q person
nd opened the window from The In.
do by putting their hands under II; |
rmerly owned tho house; sold II 10
'arthorst; the llnger.marRs appeared
esh.
CrOss.examination the house TO |
'arthOrst In January, 1882; word was |
ought TO my house about Mrs. Kirk
nd's murder; examined the front por.
90 Of the Kirkland house; saw foot
'lnts and ilnger.marks on ~ saw heel |
arks distinct was at the Kirkland
,use about half an hour before going |
Warthorst's.
This concluded Mr., Whitman's testi- |
ony, and court adjourned until o |
clock this morning,
Court convened THE morning nj . |
clock, and the examination OF wit. |
'sses was proceeded with.
JOHN Q. PEPPER
stiled: Live at Massillon; have lived
ero 10 years; hyed there In July, 1888;
AZ u policeman nj the time; was at |
avid kirkland's house on July 81
Iortly after the shooting Of Mrs. Kirk |
nd; did not 70 into tho hOuse; found
enry andon, Mr. Mclean, sDaniol
illorand several Otpeis there; remained |
ere about fifteen or twenty minutes
ID then went for DR.. Royer; was gone
,0ut half an hour and then went back |
ere; from Klrkland's went over to |
arthersPs house; saw no one stirring |
,out Warthorst's, nor any light down |
alrs; called aud raped NJ Warthorst's;
cked nc the door aud hammered with |
y club; made 0 very loud nolse got q |
sponse after about ten minutes; called |
Frank" several times In u loud tone of |
ice; Mrs. Warthorst finally put her |
md out of the window and anawered, |