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

Theodore Engle afIirmed.-I live in
Elkhck township, about a mile from GO-
der's; have seen Marshall Sullivan before
he was at my place l3 April last in the
evening between and ) o'clock he
asked me for Loaf of bread, some meat
and butter; he went south from my
place, by the road leading to Yoders
that's the only public road that leads to
/ Yoder's.
Cross ss-examinatioE- wouldn't need
to turn Off the main road to 60 to
Yoder's; he would take every left hand
road to get TO Yoder's; this is the direct
road from my place to Salisbury.
James Bonnall swom.-l live in Elk
lick township, about 1 miles from the
Forge road on Sunday 14rh April was
fupon farm three-fourth mile from Forge
road the road leads from Forge bridge
over to Elklick and Ioder's saw a
man about 4 J miles from that road in
the woods perhaps 2 miles from Forge
bridge can't positively recognize that
man here he was not carrying any
thing.
Mrs. James Bonnell-Am the wife of
the witness previously sworn; met three
men on the road leading TO Fort hill /;
they wanted to know the road to Fort
Hill they were coming from Elklick !;
two of them had sacks on their backs /;
they asked me how far it was to the
bridge told them it was five miles; re-
cognized two of the men as Lewis and
Tasker was about 80 steps from them !;
1t was on Sunday, about O'Clock in the
evening April l4th.
Mitchell McClintock.-I live about
three-f -fourtbs of mile. from the Cassel-
man bridge saw two men at my barn
Sunday night, April 18th; they spoke to
me and asked me the nearest way to
the railroad walked with them a short
distance up the road when one Of them
caught me by the shoulders, i broke
loose from him and they began cursing
and swearing at me. Just then obsery-
ed another man coming along with a
sack on his shoulder Recognized two of
the men as Tasker and Marshall Sullivan.
p. +. Hanna-Live in Addison about
one-fourth mile south Of Harnedsville on
the road leading to Petersburg on 18th
last April saw Lewis and Tasker in my
fathers barn they had two sacks and
demijohn the sacks were filled with
something which looked like it might be
ham, chestnuts, or something of that
hands | asked them to hand it to me !;
my father ordered them out of the barn,
pointing a double-barreleds shotgun at
them said they had got there about II
o'clock the night before
Wm. Hanna-On the 18th of A pril last
about 10 o'clock Lewis and Tasker were
in my barn ; they had two sacks and a
demUohn | ordered them out they
told me they went into the barn about II
O'Clock the night before; 1 was talking
with my brother about the Yoder rob-
berry had just heard of it, and spoke of
having driven two men out of my barn /;
just then two men came up the river
road carrying a couple sacks they were
coming from the direction of Somerfeld ;
| told them they would have to go back
to Confluence Walker and Flannigan
came along just then some little con-
versation took place asked them where
they came from, but they did not give a
very definite answer to that they said
they had originally come from Baltimore /;
then asked them where they were go
ing and they said they wanted to go to
the neighborhood of Three Waters that
the were practical miners l asked from