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


hrsv ihey d,ia'i sss them see ii'at
III he had hetrd offae muldari -.''i him
about it DE sa,l i' was har'I; tbs was
fetweeu 10 amt 81 O'Clock ia t..c morn-
inc Louxos Goau further au Charley
called u him / looked ue toward tie
sso when I s.4asd TO - aoa.int
recognize anyone from vbeu 7 was
unless knew tham very WI, and taey
womb stop -ad i39& down; I,ras travel-
ing on foot.
Cias. McCmcken Live 10 Ligouicr
remember 27th Of February vas work
ing for Charles Vauesr; rensmbsr shep
Coll Hamilton was arrested ao lived
close 10 where I aas w5rSiug Charlie
and Lon Vaneer told me that they bad
seen a couple Of fellows going up the
mountain walking fast asAed them
who they wers and they sail they did
not know: remember hauling timber
out from whore they were working on
the eth of February. il was near about
fout o'clock when / leh with the last
last load Of timber the place where
loaded the timber WAS about l3 yards
from the pike; they we've there when l
left Lon was down with me and Char
lie was up further. about three or four
yards; they cut some after L LEFT, above
there was wheretimber was cut; there
WAS some cut above there before thai
dav; the nearest that was cut WAS about
80 yards from the pike as near as can
tell.
Cross-examination. Hauled the tim
Der out on the pike the last trip / made
was about four,o'ciock DO not remember
when 1 made tie trip before that, but
think it was about four o'clock; don't
remember haw many trips l made that
day am now working for Watson and
Foster Menoher at Ligonier; they are
brothers.
Charles Varneerrecalied.-Know Noah
Marker; may have told him that ON the
afternoon OF the murder Z bad seen
couple Of men going up the mountain
bat could not tell who they were, but do
not remember havins any conversation
with him.
Cross-examination.- told him that
I could not recognize the men it was
because [ dbl not deem it wise nor pru-
dent to DO SO.
Noah Marks. - Live in Ligonier
know Charlie Yarneer; hal % eonyera-
ton with him after the murder Of Um-
berger. in my store he told me that he
had seen two men 90 up the mountain
that night. but could not tell who they
were; Lou Naneer said nothing 20 NE.
Cross-examination- 1t was before the
Nicely boys were arrested.
IN. Hamilton.-Live in Liglneer
know Lou Vaneer; he told me what he
and his father were saving a cut up the
mountain on the day ofthe murder aud
saw two men pass bat they were toofar
away to tell who they were.
Cross examination.-He told me this
in the barber shop, on saturday previous
TO the arrest Of the Nicely boys.
W. NJ McIlyain, Jr,-On the 27th Of
February met Lewis Belven and FL.
McCracken on this side Of Ligonier;
met them with carriage saw MrCack
en- afterwards on the l2ih Of March he
told me that ne and Beener met a man
on the mountain; that he was little
heavier than myself with sandy hair and
heavy moustache and fair comp eSion
that neither he nor Beeuer knew him
that he had asked Beener If he knew
the man and thas lie said that he did
not he heard bin say on Che DAY Of the
hearing tina; he ds not know the man .
that he was about my size with light or
sandy moustache and hair and light com /
plexion; heard him say this in Mr..
CohrOth's office.
s-examiued no relation Of
defendants went down to see McCrack-
en- on the 4th Of March did not offer
him a drink Of whisSey % come down
and testify about passing man on the
mountain simply offered him a drink
and he refused il Anthony Nicely went
with me ; was subpWnaed as q witness at
the hearing by the Nicelys, but was not
called could not tell whether all the
witnesses were at CoHroth's office
George Nicely, recalled Heard him
say at Mr. CofFroth's Office on the day
Of the hearing that the man ne met on
the mountain was about the size Of
McIlyain, with a heavy moustache. light
or sandy in color, light hair and fair
complexion
Cross-examined-He did not say I saw
man but never saw him before, and
when asked to give q description Of him
say that he could not answer until he went
TO the Jail and saw the prisoners; do not
know that he went TO the jail and came
back and said that hecouid be of no use
do not think he said anything when he
came back,
VIM Y Nicely Testified to the same