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

3 name Nifu I f.stiit iit i'''"
4 quite a o5mmolion; ag ii-. UmbergeT
living on .he n,or Of The Kitchen think
he Was dead from l.is aPpearuee; short
Ily afser went out 10 see il Ee caad find
any tracks; found tracks up the Pike !;
followed the tracks or RODS on the
pike only that evening made no further
inqairv or examination that evening
luck, morning weas back 10 Umberger' ;
with sIr. Kline aad from there Mr.
Mowry went up on the LII wi,h me from
the pike saw tracks Of two parties leav-
/ ing pike aboat 20 to 80 yards from I'm
berger's across the field into the woods
on the east side Of the pike tie tracks
were coming towards Umherger's house /;
the tracks led from the pike into the
woods. then back again to the pike near
er Umberger's house from the tracks
would say that one man wore gum boots
and the other leather boots or shOfs; Mr..
Umberger's house VAS IN view from point
in tile woods to which the tracks led !;
the front Of the houss flciug the pike !;
conlI see quite distance on the pike in
both directions. The witness then de-
tailed in full the tracking Of the parties
to point called Burnt Cabin the tracks
were distinct and plain had been made
in wet snow and being fr zen during the
night left them very distinct tracks on
the east and west side Of the JOhnstown
pike were the same length Of steps
we're about the same; did no5 measure
the tracks OF steps from their length Of
stride would Judge that they were going
at rate to make = reasonable speed ;
followed the tracks from bridge over
srream below Jennertown the bridge Is
over stream nearest Jennertown it Is
the first stream east Of Jenneitown We
followed the tracks along the stream on
the n)rth side.
| Cross examination - Come over 20
| Umberger's early in the evening and
made an examination Of the tracks that
night examined tracks Or lords above
the house towards Jennertown ON the
mountain about miles from Umber
gers found tracks going westward; did
not find tracks going west until next
morning the east tracks turned off at
elbow of road above Picking's.
DR.. Walker recalled-lIave two outlets
in my possession they arc both centre
FIRE bullets there s larger cavity in one
than the other.
Cross-examinaiiOn- discovered
that different size bullets came in the
same box Of cartridges they are put up
in regular sizes. The bullets were then
placed in charge ofthe Court Stenograph-
er for keeping
=. Henry Rsuch the bullet
holes in the house saw one place where
bullet struck the joist and glanced two
bullets stuck in the wall between the
bookcase and the kitchen door about
nine feet high from the floor; they were
ahoui i've inches apart have the two
bullets in my possession that were taken
out Of the wall the next day.
Made draft submitted to Mr. Cauflield
showing Jennertown road and pike from
Umberger's over the mountain to West
moreland county. The map IS a correct
representation showing bridges, streams
etc.
Rufus Rauch-I examined for tracks
coming 10 or going from Umbeger's
found tracks going to Umberger's On the
north side Of bridge west of Pirking's at
+ the bend of the road they went through
? the field and bottom: there is stream
there; the.tracks were sometimes close
; to the stream and sometimes further
away followed the tracks three quarter.
of a mile this brought Us TO Walters, they
did rot go any further west tracks were
made by two men, one with leather boot:
or shoes and the other with rubber boots
the leather boot track was longer Than
! the rubber boot track measured them at
different places about dozen times
Gross -examined-W going west and
e found the tracks coming eIst from the
b mountain to the Jennertown pike follow
ed the Jennertown pike north and found
: first tracks at bridge just beyond Jenner-
' town.
Rufus Shafler-Nade an examination
Of the tracks above Mr. Umberger'.
who're they went into the field saw the
r tracks here they came out this side o.
; Jenner towards Umberger's; !. WAS OF
, horseback; went up to Squire Baueh'st tc
put up my horse went from there aeroS
! the bottom and came out on the pix,
y above Pieking's; We lost the tracks a
d the IIaines Church; could not fiui th,
y tracks again until we got 20 Walters
which was about half a mile from th'
7 church followed them up the mountain
and came down the other sidt
until we came to Burnt Cabin O
i Stone Bridge; then We lost the gun
: boot tracks; the snow was partly gone
the one with leather boots OF shoe
e left the pike and went mp behind
laurel bush on the other side Of Burn