Daily Republican., 1888-05-16
In THE SHADOWS.
Confirmation OF Risdel's Triai-Ths
state Rests ana MT. Ward Opens tor
the Defense.

the Defense.
Court resumed proceedings At
O'Clock yesterday afternoon with All
the Judges present. The trial OF Charles
Henry Riedel wAs again taken up aad
the examination Of witnesses proceeded
with. -,
Gustave Ko.on was sworn, and test.-
a d that he went to the prisoners house
on Saturday morning, September lIth,
Ia company with Oficer Sherry. They
looked in the back window and saw tho
prisoner sitting on the lounge smoking.
rhe officer oAlled TO him, but he merely
locked arouod aud did not speak. Tue
wit lets did NOT feel like running into
any danger, neither did the ofhcef, 90 II
wks decided 70 get oome one 70 40
around TO the front dooE and knock, so
as to attract his attention, while the
oficsr entered the rear door AND 80
oured him.
He made no objection to going with
the officer, but said he wanted 70 get
his noney; there was 62l 20 on the
mantle which WAS handed to him.
Tnsre was . IS note with this money
that was stained with blood. On the
Monday previous to this affair Rtdel
was ia the witness saloon, and AT
telling him about his wife being dis
charged said that II there Is no law In
this country for pooc msn we Will
show them that we oAn get Justice.
Oa croes examination the witness said
that he did not think ktedel looked
dangerous the morning be was arrested.
Oficsr Shorty lev6led his revolver 81
him and the prisoner handed his re-
volSer to the witness. After he was
taken to police station he said TO the
witness that oil no wanted was to De
taken before q court of Justice, and
then he would tell thsm all about u.
% the Monday previous to tie shoot
ink ne said to the witness that there
was no law Tor poor u an.
Oorouer Barnhill wss sworn, and tea
tlfisd thst he went TO RiedePs residence
aud saw the body Of hts vile AID thst
OF lie child. He cid not taink ehht
either moved after they were shot The
1itpess "a " tho prisoner at police sta
tiou after his arrest, and in arHwer to
uuoHtionA by the " itness he said he
had killed bis wife ard boy bsoAuse he
dit not want to die and leave them.
He alto ssid that they we're both good,
or he would not have killed them. The
/ witness took him to New CASTLE jail on
h Sunday morning In b carriage, and he
!. sat nearly all the way with his oSes
. closed.
On cross-ex animation he said thu.
/ when he took Rledel in the jail taeS
1 had to walt for soma tune until the call
wasready. He went 10 the kltohel
"a and ssid that was good enough for him
In answer TO q question by Mr.. Ware
as 10 whether he thought, Riedel aotet
like sans NAV, the witnees repliet
that Il was his impression that he va
putting It on.
a DIR. Springer testified that hs Is AM
81 has been the oorouer's phySintsn TO
L some time Hs examined hrs. Riede'
"a body aud found y pistol bullet hole Il
81 her 10. ehead, about u bs y inches Il
diameser, and fully six Iuches deer
Death might nave been instantaneous
or she might have lived two or thre
re hours. The boy was shot In the side
8: the forehead and tho bullet pAsse
ID through his head TO the other eiee frat
rs turing his skull. There Yves no dout
re bat death In bolh cases was caused b
the wounds.
: Attorney General BIggs ann,unca
=, that he would rest with this witnes
y and Mr.. Ward made his opening ArRV
menI TO the jury, He said that he WI
n, In this case for the defense just as muc
o sworn officer OF the law as the Alto
ney General, who 10 prosecuting Il
Il. case, The prisoner was without meal
lh and the court had assigned him 10 d
ferd him. He then piocesded TO on
liRe his defense, and clstmsd that
would be able 10 show that the prison.
was irsGns ut the time h. committt
the act, after which hs commenced Il
"A e4nmination of witnesses.
% Gottlleb Watcher was called and tes
fed through Mr.. Kuttz, as interprete
A. that he ent to Rieders house on Il
IL. mornirg of the shooting with his vii
and found Eiedel sitting at q windo
with his head on his hand He said
him; Henry, whist have You done
when Riedel replied, "Just what said
would" and Pointing TO the wound
bis head, sad: ~ have put bullet
!. there that one can take out" Ried
looked go wild AID acted SO strange th
the witness becs me afraid aud ran OF
+ RIedel and his wife lived together hap
. and peaeeAble. The witness had knol
the prtoner ever since he has been
this city, and knows that his chsract
for peace and good order has alwa
been excellent. The witness had visit
the prioner In jail, and on one occasi
Riedei asked him where his (Riedel'
wife was, and upon the witness tell
!. him that she was dead, replied that
did not know anything about 1t.
Herman Merkel testified that he I
sides at No. 2l5i North 6ecood ttre
Philadelphia, and has known the prison
about six years He became acquaint
with him while working In the SAT
pla g where he did. Riedel came
Philadelphia o. September 18TH, durl
the constitutional celebration, and sta
at the witness house He told the W
ness that he had secured work in Phi
delphia 10 go to the next Monday MOI
n ing, and that he intended to move I
He also told the witness how he h
been tresied by the bosses at the ArliI
ton Mills, aud when talking about
became very much excited The witni
thought 1t was enough to make m
excited, when the bosses made a ruls u
. caused the hands to live up to 1t a
wolld not live up to 1t themselves. I,
IN remark caused laugh am ing the spt
&1 tators, In which the prisoner Joined. u
lXI seemed to enjoy the testimony "
I'll much. He said that while Riedel was
M his house be acted in u strange mani
and did not seem like himself.
On crN rNs-examinhtion he said Il
Riedel told him that the mil, bosses
kept two weeks of him because he q
without Civ ng notice, but that ho wol
get Il out of them,
Herman Miller testified that he rest
in Philadelphia, aud has known Riei
"A several years. He saw Riedel when
~ was in PHI ladelphia last September, a
-, rented him part oi his house. lie
Ez7 secured wor6 in Philadelphia and U
the witness that he would come 10 W
- minpton and get his goods, so that
1AAI l,n hy Saturday aft