The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-07-18
John S. Everhart Discharged.

The hearing Of John S. Everhart
for completely in the murder Of his
wife and mother.in.law was held be.
fore Esquire T. j. Payne, of Paint
twp, Clarion county, on Monday of
this week. After all the witnesses
had been examined, and the lawyers
concluded their arguments Squire
Payne rendered his decision discharg.
ing Mr.. Everhart, and from the eVi.
dence elected it is difficult to under
stand how he could do otherwise. 1t
seems foolish for a set of detectives to
cause the arrest of man against
whom they cannot find sufficient testi
mony to even hold for trial, much less
convict. Following is the testimony
as reported by the Derrick:
George Fullmer was the first witness
sworn. He came TO John Everhart's
April l3, 1885, and left his house Decem-
Der Is, 1885. During this period 1 stayed
there all the time. am II years old next
October. John Everhart and his wife
quarreled frequently about giving Dan a
deed for his land. They often quarreled
and Mrs Everhart said she would go and
| live with her daughter who was going to
school at EdinbOro. Some times they
would not speak for three or four days.
These quarrels would occur about once a
month, and made the woman, Gilfillan,
childish and John threatened to take her
to the Asylum at North Warren. I left
John Everhart's Dec. 18th, and took some
of my clothes with me, and on Feb. 10Th
came back and got some more but did not
get all. On the lst day of March 1 went
back to get them but John Everhart told
me to come back on the Sth of March, as
the women would wash them up and have
them ready for me. told him as he was
coming up to Fryburg on that day he
might put them III his buggy and leave
them at Moran's store, which was on his
way, but his excuse was that he wanted to
start early and that they would not be dry.
The ecross-eXamination elected nothing
new.
D. Byers sworn-I was at Everhart's
in the spring house laying in the drain.
She was dead, with her throat cut. Had
| two large cuts extending from ear to ear
and two small ones lower down. There
were blood marks ON the door. l knew
her for eight years. was at home on the
day of the murder. Ed. Owens preceded
me to the spring house. The old lady was
found first in the house, with her throat
cut.
| Daniel Byers was called to the stand
again and said that after Mr.. Everhart
looked at the woman ho said that he went
to the house and found that $500 had been
taken. At first he said there was no mon
ey taken. John Everhart asked me be-
| fore the hearing at East Brady to state
| that had seen a red-headed man with a
| broad-brimmed hat at the window in the
| Everhart house about o'clock the day of
the murder. told him that never seen
| sach man in his house on that day. l
saw some person through the window as
passed by the Everhart house that day,
! between II and O'Clock; could not dis
tinguish who it was heard Mrs. Ever
hart's voice.
| John Seigler, a German, sworn.-Have
been in Amorica 40 years; am GO years
old; live near Fryburg; heard of the
murder on Tuesday. Saw Everhart on
Tuesday, the day of the murder. Ever
hart asked Hargenrader if Fulmer was at
! home. Did not hear him say anything
! further of Fulmer. Witness failed to tell
all that the attorney wanted though he
knew, and said he would get it all at the
| general term.
j. p. Faller, ESD, sworn-Live in Fry
burgi was at home in my office; l heard
Everhart say that Fullmer was very
abusive man and he might kill tho boy
that had adopted.
Richard Lyman worn-I was in Fry
burg the Sth of March, 'S6 had a talk
with j. S. Everhart; Everhart asked me
if l ever had any trouble; said l had,
was stuck as bail he said he was stuck
| also by man by the name of Myers; he
refused to bail him, but his wife said he
was cruel man; then bailed him and
had to pay it, which was 1920; once gave
my wife $50 in gold asked her for it
some time afterwards, but she only gave
me Sl5; she swore up and down that that
was all she ever got from me.
VIM. Frazier sworn-I recollect the date
of the murders l got there at a. m. next
day, being met by Dan in the yard. We
went to hunt the track of the men they
suspected of being tho murdersrs. Found
them near a coal bank followed them