Daily Republican., 1886-05-28
NEARING THE END.
,xrH DAYS PRooEEniNas
TIE snip pprrnsoN-ErNA CASE.
,,n. qestimony-A Hard Fought
Coz A Night session-A small
Rows Evidence.

court resumed st2 o'clock on
Wnen oS,erroon George W. Pierson
ISa'u'"aiI and shown o paper WHICH,
~ s.' Al eyed, had been brought 70 MIN
hs'S w oerta!n questions written, Una. no
Wv ,sscouested to answer. Aiter care.
vs. leqoirinp the paper he said that 10
faly e., tbe one, and that be had never
..so @ this paper before .~orn and
..lassd iu that he is a carpenter anu
testliaeu in tlis city, and had been In
on.en's oal.se, mace eouently. He was In
hs.s re." some time In July or August,
,us5' ,uso 0hout a month before the hre. ne
iSos, .ht 1v the stock on hand at that time
nOusu sssO,th from q, 600 to $S,Ge0. About
wac Ns"k baforo the fire he saw goods
ene el,,1 ~Iu baulcd away from Persons.
peias a, H. Aaron resides at present IN
,sSHodelnhia, but formerly resided In
ll, 11l ",,v and carried on business as o
lu,, in.s"isr s"y and builder. He had bought
VaipVy ~ilI work from William Fl. Pierson,
snd and vas in his place the day before the
s.s s.u and did not think the stock on
s, s.H5 that day was worth more than
SOSO There we're very few goods In
TTI ~ Iot and when he went In several
mSn mS ware employed in hauling goods
away. ., :. hro,,ht
ant hat after the witness gave up
Susipess as carpenter and contractor
4 !" tbts city he was connected with .
r rgsSry &, Christy testified that he Is n
rntraetor aud builder, and had bought
sods Of William II. Pierson previous
4 tSe fire. He was in Persons place
,hont week before the fire, and
,honObt that at the very highest the
,lock wasn1t worth over 81 900.
Icwis r. Springer was atfi rmed, and
ttised that he is engaged in the manu-.
hcare of mill work and is connected
With the Springer, Morley & Cause Com
mny, He Is familiar with the dimen
lions Of mill work, aud the space that
vouid be occupied by quantity OF it.
he was shown n plan, which he identi'
| fed as one that he made fer Mr.. Bird ut
hsrsouest. Mr.. Nields objected to his
testimony being received, but he was
urerrrled by the court,
The witness then took the plan, which
was the same dimensions OF Pierson's Is
/ building, aud said that careful oalcu-
4 hiOn shOWed that without allowing
any space for offices or stables, 1t would
4 BE- bempossible TO store more than ", 300
worth Of goods in it. IL would not be
II recessary for firm, doing the same
mOuntof business as is admitted by
William H. PIerson, to have more than
i 5000 worth Of stock on hand.
a James Mitchell was affirmed, and tes-
tftd that he resides in this city, and Ia
contractor and builder. In his bust
neY be has bought considerable mill
work, and has been in Persons build.
hg before the fire several times for eati
mates. He thought their stock wou Id
average about $4,000, and he did not zee
how they could get 81, 900 worth In tho
place.
About II o'clock of the day before the
tts be passed the Huntsberger building
and raw a large stock OF mill work; II
looked to him as though Pierson was
making a general move.
Henry s. Ghristy was recalled, and
Siitel thai his estimates of the value oil
heRoods in Persons place were based
lthe selling and not the cost price.
Waiter Wright, small boy, wal
sVota, and testified that be is IL year,
aaGA When Persons factory WAt
BURIED he lived at No Az East FROM
etst nest to Persons. He know
DueolH Sutton and saw him hauling
goods during the entire week, previous
Nthe ire, from Persons factory. He
aaaitd the goods TO the Huntsberge 1
uuldlng, aud the witness rode on tn,
Hagon with him.
Ile most OF the goods were taken up
sans he rode on the wagon with
Slaoa every day that week, excep,
tuslay and Friday, and was pre-
wlNa gelng those days on account Of
Ma' euiton was hauling every day,
aaAe witness also saw Matthews han
ha'so0ds, but be did not haul every
,.l ,Rlnla Wright was sworn, and
% a'liTl 'hal she is the mother of the
t E''lOaa witness, and in 1882 she re
iuN nl next door to Persons factory
ps ..os sutton was hauling goods from
vaa' ,'t'ol factory every day during the
hs,,1 hsA previous to the fire. She remem-
Saoa ~'oa aoolt her little hoy riding on the
"asoa With sutton; he was with him
S'S S'e'! uay except Tuesday and Friday,
Mbs Aept MIN at home those days
''ue I'n WAS not we'll, and it rained.
tba aluts Hl Wright testified that she Ii
As,IaIs ASSaus shter Of the previous witness.
vii, ,'1 lime OF the fire she was on a
Cb,'.n" " her aunt. Sallis Lyman, o,
Vsst s.is'isas is oa the Wednesday OF tha,
win bar aup came to this city on visi,
tbs 1 ps ael aunt, aud saw her brother a,
psss mnu9,tberger ni building. The wit.
,bsa, "Ha u wagon going up Marke,
NJ, W aho he called to her
sbs s',s, ,s.i9h oirah Il. Lyman testified that
wiz 0f 9 W.! " oarlstiAna, and is the
hte, n;n,H F." mann Lyman. Laura Wright
AN Sa,,a 1eoe ana was visiting her auu,
Iva p.emn mr. She was confident thai
hGnuo ol Wednesday when she came
@Sa Saturdays. NO quo never came
s19ia sSg91aaan Wright WAS sworn and
livga Civ tha! III 1882 he resided nt No
Dr.. 0,G. Front street. He aIso AZ v' y
&sqsp' p'ae!oh ha! hauling goods duripa
htoN ansIai1ore ueiore the fire. The witness
glyssi"a i""rhinR at Chestnut Hill. Penn.
d Nr s. lnu came here at the req neat
pen,ss nn,onkley, who paid His az
Sapes vana "nu promised to see that hi.
bot bs,' "ete paid, otherwise he a,onld
Hunoayv os come He was at home o .hs
abc5, 81 81 the fire and In the attarnoon p ene
eistsoDD su anS o clock, he saw William n
ips Bs AND @l his son Harry In the Ia hnila "a
SS,e mo- nave been mistaken tsaf a. ~ ne could
Ghsy sas sasn fifteen feet from or "4s tba@ no'
On gross ro standing in the Off 90 door
AcknoS e5e.AT sss witness letter, wbich Mie'Ss Ss
iloSS Saloa ,s as offered ID taS to ham handwriting
Would @ 'esiiiying against st etsI.d eesp his wife
an savsIae. s.ge him slOO. He a wax ,ho bl NE ne
sn' s 'Isl had BEEN GaSn sent It tt WAS Wa claimed
SAID that ~ Ss had never seen S befoTa ~itnes, IS,
III. which sst he dlhssI,sd the s'l.. The envelope
Jaw nit Il h. his andwritins is1 and ou.
Ut Cana ~ uol0re. Bpsoi1 .is ou He