The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-09-25
THE wARTHoRsT TRIAL.
CONTINUED FROM ruH SECOND pAoK,

shut; he said, "she is a school teacher
and lives In Indlana;" think he said she
went 10 Mansfield; he said that on, the
night the murder occurred Miss MalOney
went on TO tell that she identified the
man, and that policeman shut her
mouth up by telling her she was crazy,
ana didn't know what she was talking
about; he did not mention the police
mans name; the day sent the note
said to him, Frank, give me the Opera
glass and ring" he said, "Im In
trouble en0ugh. that was af-
ter he asked me II there
were detectives In the house; he said
there was side porch and a pOrtico on
the kirkland house, and that the man
was on the portic0 roof that shot Mrs.
, kirkland through the window; he said
his wife told him that Mrs. Kirkland
was going of to funeral the morning
of the 81 of July; he did not say that
his wife told him where to; II was to
the funeral OF some relative and that
she had to get up and 90 off on the
early train; he said his revolver used
the same cartridge as the one that shot
Mrs. Kirkland; the third time talked
with him no said II Mr.. Swihart had been
smart no could have seen the
man that shot Mrs. Kirkland, no said he
threw the revolver down In the water
closet before shutting all hi8 clothes;
think he told me that his revolver could
be found, because tho water closet was
shallow.
Cross. examined-H Have no settled
home at present; am married to Mr..
Monroe; married him In Canton on
Monday evening OF this week; left Mas.
sill0n IN November OF last year; boarded
IN Greenyille at tho same house with
Mr.. Monroe; lived In Stirling; went TO
Wooster alIer leaving MassillOn; lived
In Akron before being married 10 ClO-
man; was never married to 0'Brlen, nor
never lived with him In Canton or any
other place; kept saloon In Mas9illOn;
was Inmate Of house Of lll-fame kept
by my husband; there was q saloon In
The front part, can't tell the size Of the
sAl00n M lde statement 10 Mayor Cole
about my conversation with WRrthOrst
on the evening Of the ith Of July; made
IL long after the FIRST examination Of
Warth0rst at MassillOn; told Mayor Cole
that WarthOrst told mo in the converse.
ton on the evening Of July 4th that
himself aud Charley StutZ went from
my place on tho night Of the ID Of July
TO Bammerlin's saloon and drank beer
there; was not at WarthOTat's hearing In
Massill0n; my statement was written
out IN room nj the 81. Cloud Hotel in
Canton by Mayor Cole, but | dii not
sign T.; did not get pay for travelling
about hunting the tramps; was an In
mate Of ClOmans house because could
not help myself; ClOman used my money
TO NJ up the house and said II was no.
h0dy's business II no rented rooms 70
girls; he made money by itand that was
all he cared for; WAS not guilty Of any
immortality In the house aud defy any
one 10 say that was; my maiden name
was Wolf; my father formerly lived at
Navarro and now lives at Stirling, in
Wayne county; for months we had
no male visitors at the house; | came
TO Canton from Indiana at the request
Of Cole and Burnett; did not talk with
Tom Mellon, porter at the Park Hotel,
after returning from Indiana.
MRS, ELIZABETH A. MILLER,
Live In MassllloG; am wife Of Daniel
A. Miller, lived there In July, 1883; live
on Oak street, dlagonally opposite to
kirkland's; remember time OF murder;
went over TO kirkland'a Just after the
shot was fired; was the FIRST Of the
nelghbOrs to arrive and went into the
room whore Mrs. Kirkland was lying
dead on the floor; was there about lliteen
minutes later when she was placed upon
the bed saw light NJ up stairs window
at WalthOrst's after | went home;
II was not yet daybreab; | was sitting
upon porch NJ our house, did not notice
whether light was moving or stationary;
the rapplng NJ WarthOrat'a occurred
while | was eltting on the porch and
after ] saw the light saw WarthOrst
come out OF his yard after daylight ana
saw him standing alone In Kirkland's
yard,
CrOsGexaminatIon- Heard Emma
Swihart cry out, She's dead, she's
dead" not positive whether | saw light
or heard rapping frat NJ Warlhorsts;
heard mems voices, ~ II passing along
the street, before heard ahot; saw man
run toward McLlain's after shot; no
ran down Wolman street; thought
he jumped over fence at Kirkland's cor.
ner; no was In his shirt sleeves; did not
recognize the man; upstairs shutters ut
Warth0rsts were closed after daylight;
windows down stairs were closed,
DANIEL A, MILLER,
Went to KlrklOnd's tho night Of the
murder u few minutes after my wife;
remlined In house about llfteen min
utes; half u dozen or more men had ar.
rived when went out; saw Landon,
Yoat, ShQpley aud policemen Pepper and
nllangeleiseni some OF the men went to