Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-05

it Fsnl tie sa.s- A. Wien e le1 our
l.s,ls~ .tae aire n ghs rtn % Hy be-,
s.aa.!s hat had broken art ! stitched
the eu.i- tosefseF & sss! - sreh I''ers'
ass ~ Size lim ; I IaHs Il ~ allsr ee
vas arrested
THE dark lantern vas shown Tie
ailHess.l
Ny husHan1 used lantern ia the fa.l 70
cat \ bee tree Il sas selling on he top
ct the eGpbosrs. aHd was covered Wi,h
dust when ambrose took il down le
brusaed the dust or. 1 know ny has
band had PISTOL he talked q lending
Ia. his father. who gos Il after We had
ba;cberef ; I never took ang notice ofthe
pistols the -ec0nI time they eane &c
search they got his overco4f. overallss
an.i gum boots they g1t the hat Noa-
day night. and gos the other things Wet
nesl8y Mon.Iay night MF. Raarll came
back to the house auI got the hat j
heard him tell mv son his fathers hat
had fallen ont in the mud, and had been
ran over By the carriage they came
back Wednesday ami searched the house
Ambrose and tao other men who ! did
not knox the fourth time they dijnt
search Ranch said he hearl there Vas
q c4ve that We kept our potatoes in. and
that he wanted 10 search Il 1 tO'd him
We bad no cave the 9th time Rauch
and Rean came, Ranch rad . warrant
and said he wanted 70 search the chicken
coop and hog pen; said the warrant vas
to search the out buildings ; ny husband
was wearing his derby bat prior to his
arrest can't say for hos long he had
It on the day be vas arrested.
Cross-examination-Took dinner on
Wednesday, February 9Th, at y O'Clock
Ross came with the coal before We had
flashed dinner; lie stopped below the
barn and threw part Of the load of; am
sure thst Mr. Ambrose got the lantern
of the cupboard; never told John
Rarch that my husband was not at
home or that afternoon and until late At
night; It Is not the same bat that they
took away It was not taken away al
the time they took my husband Ranch
came back after the hat il was hanging
in the kitchen on 2 nail above the wool
box there was TO piece out Of the Ia.
when It vas taken away and there was
wire in the rim; it looks rougher than
the one worn BY my husband there
were three men there when my husband
was arrested John Rauch and two men
whose names don't know
David A. Geeting-Live in Ligonier
about one fourth mile from Joseph Nice
ly; am . years old, have known e
Nicely Z or "A years; saw him on the
27th Of February saw him between his
place and Anthony Nicelyls, his father
met him near The churcil; the church is
about one-founh mile from Joe
Nicely's house; he was going towards
his fathers house; it was between
and o'clock in the evening
had few minutes conversation
with him had been working at the
saw-mill about one and a qaarter miles
from that place he was going up the
road towards his fathers house It was
between six and seven O'Clock hal q
few inmates conversation with him he
was dressed in his ordinary clothes;
brought my eant-hook home that eve
ming to get it ixe'i took the cant hook
the next morning to the blacksmith
shop about o'clock Joe Nicely came
there somewhere between aad ;
O'Clock Joel Banon and John Geeting
we're there; Joe Nicely stayed for about
an hour or more; learned Of the murder
Friday evening or Saturday the arrests
we're made on the following Monday.
Crozs-examined- Have known the
Nicely boys for y or II years; have
worked with both Of them at jobs OF
different kinds. Witness was asked
/ if he was not arrested for robbery
with David Nicely IN the Iigoaier Val
ley. objected to by the defense and
the objection sustained by the Court.
i was mile and a quarter from the mill
where worked until met Joe Nicely !;
Z bad worked ten hours and one-half
tina; day the place where l met him
was between quarter to half mile
from Joe Nicely's; saw the Nicely boys
an Monday after they were arrested DO
not remember seeing them on Saturday ;
DO not recolIect seeing them on Friday !;
saw Joe Nicely often; cannot fix any
particular time wien I saw him ex-
Icept on this particular day Wednesday
night, February 9th; know David
Brant think | saw him the day after
the arrest AM had some conversation
with him; DO not remember saving I
could not clear Joe Nicely because did
not remember what night l had seen
him; was at the meeting Of the wiz
nesses at Anthony NiceIyis two weeks
ago.
/ Re-direct-After the arrest I told Sir
Brant that I was not sure Of the date.