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

him did not know. this conversation
was on the 2bth Of MarcA
E2hraim Engle-Knos Grant Dean /;
had some conversation with him about
i the robbery; was talking to him on Eas-
ter Sunday was talking and joking with
him; he said he would sell me his pock-
ct book for SO; he then opened the
I book and dill not see anything in it
he then said will sell it to you for s.,
and opening It again showed me some
bills and said this Is some Of Yoders
money ." saw $40 and $40 bin but am
not sure as to ang more.
W. j. Fisher Know Grant Dea5
helped to arrest him at Joseph SIvage's
in Fayette county, about mile from the
Hill House, on Monday morning follow
ing the arrest Of the other pirties found
revolver on his person did not have =
warrant
I John j. Reproductive at Conhu-
ence had conversation with Dean about
the robbery; he was in charge of Mr..
Woodmancey at the time he volunteer
ed to talk to me about the matter told
me he knew the parties who committed
the robbery at Yoder's and that he was
about getting up a party TO arrest them
I but they were little too quick for him.
Marcel!us Fike-KneT Jere Thomas /;
| had no particular conversation with him
about the robbery; did not say anything
about provisions met Hill on the road
| the last Monday in March he says to me
"hold up, would like TO have a little
talk with you" he said, you fellows are
hell of a purity set, coming up to my
place looking for robbers and shooting
through my house. I'll find you or any
other man in my lot looking after robbers
will shoot him down like dog" We
had little further conversation, and
left him.
| Samuel Pullin--Live at Summit Mills,
half mile from Yoder's have butcher
ed for Yoder recognized hams shown in
court as belonging to Yoder owing to
peculiar cut which he explained to the
jury the hams were the ones taken out
of sacks carried by Lewis and Tasker
IN. Miller-Live at Meyersdale, am a
merchant; have been buying sugar from
YOder for the past 10 years witness
| identified piece of sugar taken from sack
at Augustine's house by mark he had
put on it at that time also hal fitted it
into mould used by Yoder and was firm
iy convinced that it was Yoders sugar
Edgar Kyle live at Meyersiale; help
ed to arrest these people on the 18Th Of April,
on Sunday; helped to arrest all except
Dean we went 10 the house about two
o clock on Sunday the 18th of April and
arrested Decatur Tasker W. L. I'LL, Chas.
Lewis, Jackson Sullivan the other young
man, Anderson. was arrested near by + |
didn't see him arrested Marshall Sullivan
and Thomas were arrested at Boss Deans
Anderson was arrested at the house of man
by the name OF Fisher; we organized three
different squads to q out on different roads
leading to different houses in close connec-
ton with Hills; one came in from the south
on the Boss" Dean house where we sup
posed Marshall Sullivan was, and the others
to come in on the Hin house We came to
or near the Hill house and the squad was
coming down above the house across the
fence a rail broke and the dogs barked and
Hill and his wife came out of the house TO
see what the dogs were barking at; the
boys were pretty close to the house and they
covered him with their guns and told him
to hold up his hands aud come up, and he
walked up and then they surrounded the
house; Lewis, Tasker and Jack Sullivan
showed fight; it appeared that way they
got up on the loft of the house. but finally
the women prevailed on them and they
agreed to surrender; they came out on the
porch and surrendered and were handculf
ed the house is a story and a-half part log
and weather-boarded in the first room,
called the kitchen was an old stove in the
room back of that was an old bed and bu-
reau and there was a bed on the floor there
were only two beds in the house ham
laid on this bureau, partly cut up; in the
hallway running nearly east was trap
door which they used as a cess pool there
was a cellar to the house there WAS no
stairway leading up to the loft, simply holes I
cut in the floor aud ladder set up; in the
kitchen part was place 10 get up o. the (
loft by climbing up the logs the house was
very filthy up stairs we found gun with /.
both hammers cooked and two shells in the I
doabIe barreled gun with twenty slugs in
each shell, and a lot OF lead shot we found 4
up there three Smith and Wessen revolyers I
and one was taken or one Ofths women in I
the house We f0uni also bundle ofla1ies /.
hose those shown that bundle they hal /.
here to-day was got at the house Peter Al /
bright pulled them out from a shelf in the [
kitchen; l didn't arrest A A.derson; my men /
arrested him near MIrkleysburs a pair Of I
steel knuckles, a handy-billy and pocket /
knife were found on him; I have the knuck- I
les in my possession; | didn't So the knife /
myselfbut saw the steel knuckles and the .
billy.
Cr0ss-ex xImination--There WIS q rubbish /.
room in this house, on the first floor il was
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