The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-06-12

sat in back seat gave Thomas the
I poeket-book At Laugh linstown; there was
no one else in the carriage but Thomas
and I thesl vas lots Of parties standing
around looking at Us; don't know Who
they were Thomas is not a particular
friend Of mine heard him 70 De an hon
est man; there WAS just a round Sl00 IN
the pocket-book; Thomas put It
/ in his vest pocket told him
TO give it to Watson Menoher to give
10 my wife; can't say that any
one saw me give tito Thomas; had my
pocketbook for about six years got it
FROM Dir. John Berkey in Ligonier
wore cap like that wore il year or
more ago; I believe it Is my cap
wouldn't say it Is the one may be one
( like it; have a penknife; was at home
the evening Of February 27th; was
not at Joe's or fathers that day was at
Joseph B4rrons; he lives one-fourth
mile from where live, in the direction
Of Lgonier; he Is married 70 my sister
/ have another broiheE-in-law-Ro
baugh Hettie came to my house late in
the evehing; bad a Little bucket with
milk in Il suppose she came from
home she wasn't there very long prob
ably twenty minutes she then return
Ell we were up stairs in our sleeping
room when my wiie put the patch on my
overcoat l first heard Of the Cmberger
murder Thursday afternoon; was At
home; saw Joe on Saturday after that .
didn't talk TO hlm about it Joe did not
ask O'Connor in my presence when the
murder had been committed 0'Connor
did not speak 10 me about the murder.
Lewis Paine-Iive in Youngstown ;
in February last Was living handy to
Mammoth Coal Works have known Jo-
seph Nicely for - years. saw him on the
27th Of February last at his home, in the
stable yard passed by bis house be-
tween 5 and 6 O'Clock in the evening
the fence was betwixt rs I bid him the
time Of day and asked how his family
was he said they were all well and
asked after my family; have no book by
which can tell the time; Tx the time
by having been working only two days
that week, Monday and Tuesday.
Gross. .examined-Y Youngstown is about
eight miles from Dave Nieely's / Nent
to coal works last fall and wasn't away
from there until April; was on my
way home to get my brother to move
me; was travelling in front; got nv
dinner at my brothers. met people Oh
the road but don't remember who don't
remember meeting anyone near Dave
Nicely's went from there down to Me-
chaHieshurg saw Shofenjs boys there
ami lots Of the boys I know the last
time l saw Dave before this was AZ
StnnaviHe some time last year: Mr..
Nicely brought me here 7 didn't tell
Peter Albright that ! dsdn't see Joseph
Nicely hat day didn't tell him that lie
was paying me more than could make
burnug coke; didn't threaten any Of
the witnesses: didn't say | bad pistol
10 use on Vaneer didn't tell him was
armed with a handy billy and revolver
for this work
Wm- ThOmas-I was called as 4 Wit
ness for the Commonwealth: they asked
me about the poeketbook that had been
given me by Dave Nicely know Mr.
Camp, the detective. Pocketbook in evi-
dence shown wouldn't positively say
it was, or that il isn't the pocketbook
given me by David Nicely To give to Wat
son Menoher; the one GOT from Dave
Nicely was more stiff than this is now
didn't examine the pocketbook close
this lid don't look like the one on the
pocketbook Dave Nicely gave me ; to the
best Of my knowledge I don't believe
This is-the pockeIbook.
At this point Mr. Camp was recalled
and said
] did not 90 to Mr.. Thomas in LigoHier
with a different pockethook and ask
him if that wasn't the pocketbook Dave
Nicely had given him this pocketbook
is the one 1 had and showed to Mr.
Thomas.
Mr. Thomas resumed-1ir Camp drove
up to my livery stable and called me out
said: Bill, here ] have a pocketbook
that want to show yon. to see whether
it is the one Dave Nicely gave YOU it
was a different one from this : he didn't
show me this one he had TWO pocket
books ne showed me told him they
were not the pocsetbooks on the day
these men were arrested went down for
Miss Stearn and Miss Homer Miss
stearn said to me that she couldn't rec
ognize the little man, for he had mask
on she described the appearance Of the
two men
Crossexamined-There was yonng
man in the buggy with me don't
know who he xas, or where he Is: don't
know whether be went west Mamie
Homer is the little girl who was in the
carriage don't think any one was by
when Camp showed me the pocketbooks;
! made no examination Of the pocket
books from the time it was given to me
by David Nieeiy til gave IT n Watson
Menoher; I teld no one that had the
.poeketbook PCT il in my Inside vest
pocket and did not take it out ill I gave
tito Watson Menoher told you Mr.
Cessnal that could not positively say
whether this was or was not the pocket |
book.
Watson Menoher-Ar Thomas hand
ell ne pecket-book this IS not the
pockes-book handed to me BY Bill
Thomas; the inside was not 50 rel as
this. I examined It and know that this is /
not the poeket-book.