Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-05-30

Ee ecro---,xaHs-us,l- There was warrant
sworn out for Charles ! Lewis snj Others
didn't have the warrant
Dr. Fichtuer.-l 1--we in Confidence and
was along when Tins arrest was ut.,.le.
/ [Witncsscs details Of the arrest about the
same as the last one.
Edsar Kyle. recalled When arrested
Tasker he said. l wish We bad fought til
We had died = De said That's wht we hai
intended 10 Do. but the women persuaded
rs TO surrender that remark was made
when ] ordered him 10 be hand cGlied la
Hill.
Peter Albright was along when the ar
rests were made found SI15a5 there
was one ifly-dolIar bin aud two twenty
dollar gold pieces. ] found a fifty dollar
greenback and twenty gold piece whipped
up in a little rag anl tied shut and il was
thrown 1 think BY Sullivan 10 the la ly they
called his sister; it was thrown on the pofch
and Reese picked il up and demanded 1t
from him and opened il in the presence of
the crowd and closed on il think thar
belonged to sullivan then / found so
more On his possession after We had him in
the lookup il was a twenty dollar gold
piece; a ten dollar greenback ] f0and in
/ HIS possession got s355 from Sullivan
when ! arrested Hill and put the hand
cuffs on him he wanted opu.l away around
the garden fence; told him 20 stop and he
said he would ike 10 walk down along the
fence, for there was going to be some rough
work, some shooting or something, he said
he would like TO get out Of that that there
was going to be some trouble; arrested
Sullivan at Deans house and when the
other crowd came they had Thomas ask
ed him who he was aud whether he was one
Of the gang aud he told me he cooked for
these men and carried eggs and provisions
to them; / found the stockings on a water
bench in the kitchen.
Cross-eHamined-Only one twenty dollar
/ gold piece was wrapped up and thrown to
| Nettie Sullivan; / didn't arrest Thomas
was the first man at the Hill house
didn't open the door OF the rubbish room
saw bookcase in there I think there
was a clock in there; didn't arrest Ander- 1
son l ordered him 10 be arrested ] think I.
I handcuifed Tasker am sure hand /.
cutied Hill / didn't hear Tasker make any
remarks.
DR.. Fichtner-re-called.
Thomas said he hardly knew what he was
taken up for I says, Amt you interested .
in the natter lie said only as cook for
them and that be had done work for them
I said TO hun, Did you know they were
robbers at the time he said he didn't at
irst but found il out afterwards, bur was
afraid.
K. 5. McMiIlan.-This property has been
I in my possession as Sheriff since the hear
ing the money that was placed in my keep
ing was deposited in bank, it may be in the
bank yet; I don't know that have dispos-
ed Of more than So or So Mr.. Hoibert
had an or,ier for that the money that was
gotten from Nettie sullivan. $3.50, ] gave
her when she was discharged there was a
ffiy-dollar bill and think twenty dollar
bill
Articles identified by the witnesses were
now offered and the Commonwealth rested. /
District Attorney asked leave TO enter a
nolle prosequi as to Thomas and Anderson,
and lease was granted.
Mr.. Holbert then opened the case .
for the defendants, setting forth THAT
the defense set up would be an alibi as TO I.
the sullivans, Lewis and Tasker. and aszei 1
the Court to instruct the jury that there was
not sufficient evidence to convict Hill and .
Dean. This the Court declined 70 do
Jacob 5. Anderson live in Henry Clay
twp, Fayette county; ] am the owner of
the Hill house my business is teaching. /
was teaching in Uniontown last fall ms
family removed from Hill house after Nov.
election; Wm. Hill moved into it: gave
him possession until came back again
retained one room, located in.the front OF
the house: I didn't come back for about
three months; ! found things all right there
are Is acres of land attached 10 the house /
was AT the Hill house the week before this
robbery things there were all right then /
moved into the house since Hill moved
away things were all in pretty bad order
when | went back ] meyer kept cess pool
in the hall Of the house there was board
raised in the ball when ! went back. aud 10
was very unpleasant in there /,
Cross-examinatiOn-I had % clean the
house out when came back it must ave
been used as q privy Hin lived on the Dean
farm with Marsh Sullivan before be moved
into my house.
Marshall Thomas live in Preston Co..
W. Va, and am a school teacher know the
Hill House was in il a few minutes cne I
evening when Hill occupied it; it was bis
regular dwelling.
Cross-examined-I was there the evening {
before Christmas they had a party there ,
Lewis and Sullivan were not there don't
know who was there all the time am
brother Of Thomas, one Of the defendants
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