The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-10-10
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THE VERDICT OF TWELVE GOOD
MEN AND TRUE
In the Case of Edmund Cum
Minis and |. N. Kemp,
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seaIi ssIsaings, o. the sight # say 10, isss.
MOTION FOR A NEW TRIALoS THE GROUND
or AFTER-DIscovERED EVIDENCE "
THE GLADE HoCsE CASE.
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THE GLADE HoEsE CASH.
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she Somerset courts since the wolfeaEg
Hoffman murder trial, some ten years
since, have excited tie same degree Of inter
est IN this community or in the county at
large, ~ the two eases tried IN the Oyer and
Terininer Court at the term just closed. in
which Edmuad Cummins and Isaac Newton
Kemp were Indicted Tor setting tire 10 the
Glade House on the night Of May :. ISIS,
aud with starting the fire which destroyed
the odd Fellows and CoiTroih-Scuil block
just ten days later.
Full particulars Of both fires were pub
ished IN the HkRaLD at the time they occur
rel as we'll as the fact Of tie arrest Of Cum-
Minis and Kemp and the fnil proceedings at
the hearing held BY Judge Baer when the
defendants were brought before bis Honor
on a writ Of aabeas corpus.
A synopsis Of the testimony adduoed On
the trial Of the irss case. on a charss Of ar
son in setting FIRE 10 the Glade House. and
the verdict Of the jury. ~ac4aitiing Kemp and
eouyieting Cummins, appeared in our issue
of last week.
These trials have been the one theme Of
discussion for weeks past, on the corners. in
offices, stores and shops. wherever men do
congregate, TO the exclusion Of almost every
other topic. Politics were entirely escEewed
for tie time being, and the tariff that sener-
able chestnut tina has done daiy on 80 many
occasions, that one subject that no Somerset
man MAS ever known 10 be too tired OF too
busy 10 argue, Sas quietly laid on the shelf
within reaching distance. and the question
Of the enilt or Innocence OF the squire
aud Kemp was f1eeiy and earnestly and at
Times ezcitedly discussed by all hands and AZ
al times. The sessions Of the court were
closely attends by almos, The enhre male
population and quite a number Of Ladies,
too. we're interested listeners to tie whole Of
he trial
Public opinion was strongly on the side Of
the prisoners. scarcely anyone being willing
10 believe that two young men, born and
reared in the pure, Tree air OF Somerset coau-
ty could be guilty Of a deed 50 dastardly. Of
a crime 20 heinous as that laid al the door of
the defendants. Public opinion Is not often
wrong OF course, there were those Who
thought and still think, the defendants
guilty.. aus they are not at ali backward in
expressing their opinion, but they are large
" in the minority.
The work of ~impGnneling . jury on Tie
second case was taken W Saturday afternoon
aud the full panel Of forty-eieht names had
been exhausted and sixteen talesmeu sum
moned before twelve men acceptable 10 both
prosecution and defense could be secured
TnEIUEr.
Following are the nam Is o. twelve good
men and true who were sworn 10 well aud
.truly try the issue jointed between the Com
monwealth Of Pennsylvania plaintiff. and
Edmund Cummins and |. \. Kemp. defend
ants. ard a true verdict render according 10
the evidence =
John o. Hay. Irwin ". sullivan, Wesley
Miller. Peter Weimer. W. 4. Arkley, John
A Morrison, Ephraim Livengood. Lorenzo
Geisler, Henry wolfsope, Daniel Keefer,
Daniel Trent and samnel Coleman.
After the jury had been sworn the court
dismissed them till Monday morning first
having admenishei them to speak to no one
or to allow no one to speak TO them or in
their presence Of any matter relating to the
ease which they had just been sworn to try
Court commenced at halfrast ten o'clock
Monday morning and rs soon as a few mo
lions had been disposed Of by the The
trial Of tbs ease was begun
At the Commonwealth table "a; Districi
Attorney Bieseckef. A. Il. Cof!7oth, " H.
Ruppel, A c. Holberi, F. J. Kooser and
Val. Hay E~qs., while at the table at which
SAT the defendants. were W. II. Kooniz, John
Z. Scott and g. c.. Lowry Esas.
In reply 10 the question by the court.
who opens for the Commonwealth w.
IL Rnppel Esq, aiose and in a calm and de-
Hbera,e manner proceeded to explain TO the
Jury tie nature 9fthe ease which they were
about to Try. lie read the acts Of assembly
under which the Indictment vas drawn and
stated in a clear and 0reibie way the testi-
mony which the Commonwealth proposed
to produce to establish the guilt Of the pris-
oners. He sand that the Commonwealth was
not there asking for the conviction Of inno-
cent men tina; il, after hearing all the evi-
dence produced. their remained in the minds
/ Of the jury a reasonable doubt as 10 the guilt
Of the defendants, It was their duty 10 aeqait.
THE EvIDsyoE.
W. II. Ruppel was the frst witness called
on The part Of the Commonwealth. He de-
scribed the location Of the burnt buildings
and produced a draft Of the CofFroth build
ing giving a complete description of the Of
fce and outbuildinE came to the Office the
evening ofthe FIRE, aoolt Q O'Clock looked
in and saw that everything was all right
had been a little wood FIRE in the furnace in
fore part Of the day bat hal been allowed to
die out. lis key to the Office had been lost
somefime previous to fire: had a new key
made. Heard tie alarm Of Gre about 1890
O'Clock at night, ran to Office, was unable TO
open the door, opened the window, reached
INSIDE ard founla key in the door, which
fell on the naor a. he tried 10 take It out.
He then Shovel a key which had been f0nad
in the cellar Of the building shortly after the
IRE aad which be thought was his lost key,
ard was the one that was IN the door the
right Of the fire. He Thought that the build
ing had been oiled from the fact the fire
burned more rapidly after water was thrown
on than before.
Harry saylor said that he was 4 painter,
that he was early At the IRE ami that the in
SIDE osiee burned as though il had been