Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-28
HILDEBRAND'S TRIAL


rno Uomn. nwcsl,h Cio.e.-ruo ur~,i.S
iur toe u,trn-c-uuw thc Jufy spent
the sabbath.
| la the court Of quarter sessions on Sat.
urday afternoon Edwin Sprecher and
/ fututcat,uu aud bIstaTdy wGro sentenced
! as usual.
Winfield and George Smith, of Colum.
! hla. who are charged with the murder Ut
/ youns Struck, wrro brought into court
/ AND their case was continued TO the next
/ REGULAR term.
Tae only cav heard bofore Judge
! Livingston. was that ut desrrtiou against
J samuel Lockmd, Of Columbia. The
! defendant offered ~ provide u place for
. his wife It shc would live with him and
I tho court continued the case to February.
WIN. Booth pleaded guilty To ombsz2lo
mgut Of some money belonging to Dauhl
, Nrir, and was sentenced to two and
| half months imprisonment
judge Patterson heard the llldebfaud
E,hlrmau homicide case until y O'Clock
aud then ali1ulusd court until o a. IN
Monday. Tur jG,y II this case have to
bo kept tnsrthcr until It's conclusion In
charge Ot twl up.tRyoS cOussnutly they
are ca,srt. uUi a. the Leopard h0uas.
whcro they cat aui sleep aud hold no
outside Communication. Yesterday thoy
we're taken ou- To, walk.
No ltcgusr applications to the January
term have as -. becn heard og disposed
Of.
Ur,tirnony IN The Bili,br,ud Case
.>r"lrdIy ifgrrooR =. Miller
testified tuaJ no saw the body of EsLlo
man on the day aUor this occurrence
witness uudlcsscd II - prepare for burial;
there was q Qu@n'i'y Oi blood about his
nose aut lis lIgO was baiiy dishIurCi :;
whoa his clothing was taken Uff mark,
res. mblug the hsnI OI y boot or shnN, WAS
found on hiS breast IL was moro 70 the
right Of the heart than the left. Samuel
G'ass who ASSISTED Miller, was called To-
cJrr1bvrAtC him.
Michael Gl0if testified that he has known
th, prisoner for 10 or L. years, and heard
him make threats against Eshlcman bs
tween live and SIX years ago; he sad no
wuuL sutt'G -. - sumO day.
Ga cross examination the witness said
the gDuvavsati took place at the Stras.
burg depot; lll.ia5-and WAS passing aud
wtac,s Was on ,ho porch FROM the
conversation ui uidgbraud witness
thouy yht Lo aud E5hlenan had some diff
Guilty; witness had conversation with
tho father Of the prisoner as 10 what he
kLtw ABOUT thus, but could not remember
wha: 10 told Lin the prisoner had said
dld MT tel him tuo whole Of 10 had never
said tlIt u.hou persons were pygseut when
ghls lIgyL. Wa 'uNie a; wi ugss asked .ioln
ElLyr aud Suuuel Auncut whether thcy
hasgd tho t.r,et; witness might haye been
mistaken ~ The ,tatgmout made 10 the
prisoner father he did not want 10 tell
hun all Tic ga en.It; what no says now
Is lIue.
Rynary F1ruy.n -Naltiu Croft, being
rrcll.l, testified uu cross examination
th .t he bal not tpi squire uIiebraud
thlJ when Fillmore m ldc this threat he
ha = gun on his SHOULDER don't Iemcm
ber If Le ever said TO Amos Hull or any
body else that NIliebraud said he would
'yu. square" With Eshleman or that i,
w4s uino or ten years ago; don't remomht.
whom Le told about Il since the homicide.
Mrs Emma E-hlemau, widow oi deceas
ed testified that her husband was \ mau
in good health, twenty seven years of age
t4Oy had tive children; Henry loft home
10 good health % the morning Of tus da :
that he came home and died.
Commonwealth here rested.
Opening for the Defense.
Flo Ge!cnsc here mado proposal il
wgi..ug tia. as the commonwealth haC
ohrwa Isaac NuIiigau 10 be- present at th,
time Of the orCGrTgucs the commonwealth
be directed 20 put him on the stand.
The C0uJg dcChuCd 20 make the order.
Mr., BrOslus then opened the case for thl
defense. he said they would show tht
other side Of the case divcstiug il Of the
ghastly features in which the common
wealth had exhibited it that Eshlemar
, and H,ItebTaId had been intimate friends
for ears and their families sustained lik,
relations that this relation continued L
Sept. IS that Hildebrand went to Brua't
saloon on business oTrand the CONVEX
satiOn about the dog was all friendly ; ESh
!emap, having been drinking freely, DO
, came offensive aud tOTmented Hildebrand
, who tried to avoid trouble, while Eshle
man rGuawed IL lIi!debrand, exssperated
slapped his face, but not to hurt Eshlemar
/ advanced thrcatGniugly toward Hide
brand and was taken away HlldsbranC
avoided him and ia their last moetinG
EshGmau met him full half way bott
, clncbed and went ont the door ; Eshlemar
fell back over the steps uildebrand II
, trying to save imself fell upon him anC
struck his foot upon his breast A; be theI
, went back 10 the saloon, threw out Eshle
mans hat, and nobody suspected thai
! the man was seriously hurt nor did de
iendant have any reason 20 believe unit
. next morning that he was in danger.
5 The First Witness.
5 Isaac Mul!isau, being sworn, test,lc,
that he is a brjcklaycr, lives in Strasburg
knew Eshleman for five years knew
3 lildebrand; vas at Brua's saloon Sept -
after S;l5 p. m. saw Eshlemau +; Hide
I brand came in latcr Eshlemau asked M
. what | thought of his dog | sad di'
4 not know much about him we talket
l. about him Hldebrand came in Eshle
man called him and talked about the dog
invited Hildebrand to come out in hunt
ing season and help to break him Wa
Miller offered him 81 for the dog E5hle
r man said he'd rath r shoot him than TAX
that Hildebrand offered him 90 cents
j Eshleman asked 81; Eshleman bega1
pulling my hat down, aud demonstrated
# aud walked away Hldebrand an
p | talked of going away 500
We went into the lunch room
4 aud had cold pudding and beer, serve
by Brua, who told us the man with tn
1 dog had gone when wo came back to th
bar room Eshleman was there, and as Hill
n dGbrand passed him he knocked off Hide
brands hat, aud when he stopped to pic
L itup Eshleman kicked it away Hildebran
then struck him with his hat and slappa