Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-22
A BLOODY TALE.
aow uAu,ry suonr WAS K,..sp.

HOw uAuNrY SHORT WAS K,LLEU.
UonI'asion ot uno OF tnc Murdersrs En-.
| Nironed Win JircupStantiaI E,i-
| doncc-iho Nounget Han.
oy's story.
When tho dead body Of BERNARD Short,
! OF MartiO township, was first found ia the
road near RawliusyiIlc, on tho morning of
| February Tho deceased having mani.
tcstiy met his death tho night bcforo--the
| occurrence was attributed to accident, but
very saun circumstances wore noticed
which pointed tn darker tragedy aud ir-
| rcSistibly forced tho conclusion u( culd
bloodcd murder. This theory strengthen.
ed in the nciehborhoud, aud before tho
| corp.o was buried there wcro whispers of
| certain names In connection with tho
crime. The first thing to suggest this
| VAS motive which was known to have
! inspired feelings Of revenge against the
| victim aud the expression Of threats to
| crafty u bitter grudIe that had existed.
\ previous attack upon Short, similar
10 that which had resulted in his death,
was found 70 have been made tracks were
! discovered leading To a big trOo near tho
| scene Of his death, whore tho assassins
| weru supposed to have lain in wait for
| him two mCu had baou soon lettering in
| tho vicinity tho evening of tho murder.
| All these things formed a chain of circum
stautial evidence upon which Thomas
Banoy, aud his son Adam, were complained
| against, arrested, lodged in jail aud
yesterday were takon before JOS. Eugcl,
| Justice OF the peace in Martic township,
with his Office in the village OF Mt. Nebo.
| Tho developments of this hearing seem to
clear up the mystery in which the death
| Of Short has bcen involved.
| TAkpn - tno t'nuntry
| Tho prisoners wore taken handcuflcd
| from this city by Constable Shenk, OF
| MartiC, ON the $50 "A. IN. train to York
| Furnace, from which station they walked
with the officer TO Nj. Ncbo The other
! persons who went frOm tho city by rail
| were District Attorney Ebsrly, Coroner
| Shilier and Thomas Whitsou, esq. James
| NJ Walker, esq, joined the party ut Mt.
! NebO, and ho assisted McSsrs. Eberly aud
| WhitSon in conducting the case for the
| commonwealth. Four representatives OF
newspapers of the city press were also
! present. The hearing drew very large
| crowd Of people from all over the county
| aud great interest was felt in the result.
| Soon after the constable arrived it was
whispered that the younger Bauey had
made a confession in which ho charged
the old man with being the party who
| killed Short.
The hearing was conducted in small
room in Squire Eugcls house, and no Que
was admitted except the prisoners, coun.
sci, officers aud reporters. The witnesses
were examined separately. The prisoners
were without counsel aud they occupied
| chairs near the stove. The old man paid
the closest attention 20 every word that
fell from the lips Of The witnesses, but his
cOuntenauce scarcely changed during the
hearing. The boy at times seemed to be
| greatly worried, and when not crying ne
took more interest in watching one OF the
reporters writo than ia listening 10
the testimony. the prisoners were in
| formed before the evidences began that
they had the privilege OF asking the
witnesses any questions they desired.
The Testimony.
| The first witness called was Elmer
| Brcneman, who testified that he was IN
| Rawlinsviie on tho night of the murder,
Between : and o'clock he saw Barney
Short driving through the village on his
way towards home. II was about 4 milo
and half from this point where witness
last saw him to his home. Witness saw
the body the morning after the murder it
| had then been turned over on its back
| After tie witness had concluded the
prisoners wcye asked if they had any
questions to ask. The old man replied
that no had uoue, as 10 did not even know
whore the place vas.
Miss Ollie Robinson, tho school teacher
who found the body, testified that when
she was on hor way to school Oa tho
| morning OF February lst, she discovered
the body lying IN tLe righ; hand track Of
| the road the face was downward, while
the head was towards Rawlnsvlle and the
f.#rf Ton 4
| mans head was crushed, and the blood
and brain were scattered about on the
| snow she afterwards gave tho alarm and
called samuel Martin aud several others
TO the place.
| Dr. l.. II. BvsOa, oue OF tho physicians
who examined the deceased, testified "a
| the nature Of the wounds, az has be GU
published before he thought they b ad
been caused by . blunt instrument in the
| hands OF some ono who had struck the
victim from the left side the wound
could not possibly have been made by the
kick OF q horse.
Jefferson Armstrong, deputy coroner,
who held the inquest, testified that the
body was found about ll3 feet from the
large chestnut tree, which is near the
road witness examined tho wounds also ;
inside the fence, some steps away, pieces
OF the brain were found.
Clinton Miller testified that hs lives two
miles below Rawlinsvillo on the evening
OF the murder hc passed the place where
the body was afterwards found about half
past seven o clock witness aud his brother
were driving in sleigh - or 30 yards
below the chestnut troo they overlook two
men in the road both were white aud
about the size Of the prisoners
witness said good evening" to them,
but neither replied witness then said,
people are getting independent )" the
men stepped to the right hand side of the
road and after tho sleigh passed they
stepped into the road track witness could
give no description of the men, as he did
not take particular notice of them.
Benz. ID. Miller, brother of the last
witness, who was with him at the time
cOrroborated him he could not tell who
the men were either, but in size they were
similar to the prisoners.
Daniel Good testified that on the Satur.
day night previous to tho murder he was
passing the point where it occurred, when
he was Obliged to stop, as horse was tied
to the fence and blocked the road witness
waited short time aud tho man in charge
of tho team drove away he could not tel
who he was and only knew that the horse
was Of dark color.
John Charles testified that no lives