Daily Republican., 1888-05-15
bad intended ouyine .hs pistol In Pbila-

bad intended buy ing ths pistol In PbilA.
delphis, but the stores were 10 crowded
that he could not do 30.
Etby p Davis testified that he lived
next door TO the prisoner. The witness
did not know OF hts own knowledge
that Rledels wers away from home dur
ing the week preceding the 10 purder.
he MAS sitting ct home on the Friday
evening before the murder and heaid
the Ksidels IN their house. The wit
nesa' bedroom adjoins that vi hich was
occupied by tho Riedsls. md is only
asrarated from IT by tour Inch brick
wall About LOO on Saturday morning
he was awakened by q noise, aud
thought some one bad fallen ont Of bed.
II after wards heard GONE one crying
or mosDinP, and hJ ally made out that
it was In II ed .ls Hts wif5 got up
a1d y alked acre o, the fiSor toward the
window, when he heard Apo;her Sound,
and his wife said she saw fash and
believed it wss pistol IN Rledtl' He
hestd the woman moaning, "oh, Williel
oh, Willitl" and this was continued
until fully 4 O'Clock. After the last
shot was Cred hs besrd the prisoner
grOanlDR, nUd also heard him say THAT
Is all right"
Mrs. Amanda Davis testified that she
Is the wife OF the previous witne's She
missed The Riedels trCm the Tuesday
preceding the murder until the follow.
ihg Friday, when she hears them In the
house. Ga Saturday Dorning she was
woke up at l. 30 o'c Uck by two shots OF
q pistol. She afterwards hssrd IA wo.
man moaning in Il e'els', Aud remark
ed to her husband that she must be
siok. The wi'nesa tat with her ear
ezainst the wall, and beard Mrs. R,edel
moan, "0b. Williel" "Oh, Will, T.
She didn't know ho W loog she go ,ned.
ID she could not bear 10 listen to her
and went down stAus. 5he heard heI
the last tirue At 3 80 O'Clock and gOs IN
bed and coversh Der head mp. About II
minutes after the fret shots she heard
smother, and saw flash, after " ieh
she heard Riedsi grOaUinz She WEs n
R eie e 10 the mOtttug ani skW Mre
Rietel and the child lying dead in III,
b-d
OGicsr Apdrev j. Sherry testi flet
that he heard Uf the muEneF shout
o'c uck on Saturday morning, and wen
20 thA prisoners house. The front doc
was fastened, and the witn6SS junpee
, over the next fence i1iO R.ed,l'a yard
! He looked In the back WiadoH and SOW
ths pr soafr sitting on lounge enOk
; ing. Hs cal ed 20 him, hut the p,isnne
, on,y turn, his head and oid not spsst
: The witness thea sent Mr.. Ko,ck 20 th
front door 10 knock and attract his at
| taDtl1n, Sno as the prisoner started Il
. 20 10 thB door the Ni.nes1 entered Hnt
! tod b III la wanted him
3 he replied 'tERt 10 all right" 90,
8 the Witness to)k him to pohcs station
, The witness tnen returned to III hour
8 and W, mt up in tins bed ootn, where b
1 saw the dend todies lying 10 Ihs ned
p The woman WAS lying on her bsc ok al
the boy on his side, but ihsss wa
4 nothing 10 HhoR t6ag ihnfe had bst
n any struggle There wSs "a pool I
= blood on the floor and the pillows uadt
K their heads were shtutwted.
;, On orose-a1amiI aJion bs said tha
IA whsn ht looked ia the GHcS wiuio
= R!eds he hSh wild and excited a
d ia his eyes. He did not maze any z
distance when he toid him that /
= wanted bim.
IN At1o'slook Ooait took r,o,ss uat
B. 3 o'clock.