Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-03

kind Of mask that was on the little man
face and ! think described the handker-
chief that was around the tail mans mouth;
my husband was II or72 years old; had
been married to him about 20 year; We had
one child: il 5 dead lohjeeted to as not cross
examinaiion) was a widow before ! mar
red rmbergtr: had children before married
him. had ) children of them are alive
one is girl and two of the boys live three
miles from where Hive and the other one
ives in Lairobe; don't know age OF one in
Lstrobe both are grown men; my daughter
lives about half mile from where | live;
Umberger was widower when ! married
him: he had one child 10 former wife; il
died before We were married; my husband
was collecting in money coming TO him
know some parties that came and paid him
money; be was sickly during the winter
he was not able TO feed the stock or do
anything; one of my grand children, Geo.
Horner, was doing the feeding be IS son
of Noah Horner; Noah lives in Latrobe;
George has been there couple of months
he went down TO the grocery at Westiey
Grifith's litter over mile from our place
towards Forwardstown we live three miles
from Forwardstown and two from JenneT-
town he started litter before dark the
strangers came soon after he was gone he
stayed with me Till after the sale public
road ran past the house where / lived at
that time | don't think there was prayer
meeting that night would know it if
there was prayer. meeting; there's church
in Jennertown; George Horner came back
that night about half an hour after UNI
berger was shot he was back before the
inquest don't know who sent for the
Squire to hold inquest Geo. Horner IS
pretty near Is years old; he is not as large
as a man.
Re direct-I went to the office Of the
lawyers and told my story before went
before Judge Baer.
POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION.
"Never in the forty-seyen years that
have practice Law have | in any case,
civil or criminal, seen or heard better
witness, in any court, than that little
girl whispered "Uncle John" Cessna to
a HERALD reporter, as little Mamie Hor-
ner, the ten-year-old grand daughter of
the murdered man, who witnessed the
murder of her ihtirm, gray-haired grand
father left the witness stand. Her testi-
mony was clear, straightforward and to
the point; and her Identification of the
short" man and ''long," was most posi-
tive.
Never was witness in any case ever
tried in Somerset county court subject
Ell to more rigid, thorough, ingenious
eross-examination than was she at the
hands of General CoHroth, the senior
counsel for the defense, but his failnre to
elicit the slightest contradiction or varia-
ton from her examination-in chief, WAS
most signal She recounted the story OF
the two strangers coming to the lonely
farm house on the fatal February night ;
of their representing that they were Bed
ford county officials on the hunt for stol-
en- goods, and of their search Of Mr.. Um-
bergers house told how the unsuspeet-
ing old farmer had shown them from
room to room; how, becoming suspicious
of the strangers, he had placed his peck
etbooks, containing lifetime's hard
earned savings, in his inside vest pocket ;
their return to the family room, when
the little" man whipped out revolver,
and, pointing it at Mr.. Umberger, de-
manded
HIS MONEY OR HIS LIFE.
She then told of the struggle and the
firing of the fatal shot. Pointing to Joe
Nicely, the witness said "There is the
short man. and, pointing to Dave,
"ihere is the long man."
She described infinitely how both men
we're dressed. She was shown an over.
coat that was found at the house of David
Nicely at the time of hisarrest and iien-
tilted it as the coat worn by the "long
man" on the night of the murder by
Z
LITTLE BROWN PATCH
on the side. 81 know that these are the
men by their size, eyes, noses, voices and
notions" said the witness. Sie said the
"little man" wore q brown derby hat
with piece ont of the rim, and was pos
tive that the hat shown her (the ons
Joseph Nicely was wearing when arrest
ed,) was the one worn by the little man
that night.
While the witness was being examined
the prisoners showed unusual signs o
nervousness and uneasiness, and thei
relief was apparent when she left the
stand.
Mamie Horner was called and testi
fed that she was ten wears old last July
knew and lived with Umberger, and
was there the night ne was killed.
Mr.. Cessna" Begin the story in you
own way, and tell me what happened
that night and hour
There were two men came in ; | heard
a6z ~ them rap; h )
fes- lYAA sat down close t,
- SE the stove, on tw'
4 fz$&A%NsNSM S chairs they sa