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


cant hook ia his hands talked with him
four or &re .minufss and then went on to
ny fathers supper wa just ready when
{ rot there and they asked me TO take some,
1 .ai down az the table and took supper with
them my fafher. mother sni two sisters
were At the table. IsG there for home about
z O'Clock passed Dawes house and saw him
setting al the window did not haye any
conversation with him. when / got home
Z my son Lorenzo had len the house became
I after was Ia about half al hasr; I toll
1 lin to rsit the iishi ont before BE went 70
bed on Thursday morning ven. dowa to
I John Bsrr0a' blacksmith shop Dan Geef-
/ ing was there getting his cant hook fixed
/ james Jones was there and I believe John
/ Geeting, Dawes brother and Joseph Barron
I we're fhere also I was there probably Two
+ hours hrst heard of the Umberger murder
! when was al the mill ou Friday there was
I prayer meeting at Zion church Wednesday
nisht is every "Wednesday night was ar
( rested on Monday the 4th % March ioliox-
ing the Wednesday spoken OF, vas arrested
on the road half WY between my house
and the blacksmith shop we went from
/ there 70 my house; was arrested By John
7 Ranch said tIey wanted u 70 up and
search MY house 7 don't know what they
found, except what I saw Mr. R.ncs take
as he kept me with him foand a peck
Il book IN the bookcase be- took
The money ont and put il in bis vss; pocket.
( there was $500, be has never returned il
found a revolver AID safchel; be put The re-
yolVer in the saschel had not used the re-
volrer for several years (wiiness vas shown
lantern which he said was his or one like itl
never used the lantern hut once; used it 10
cutting down a bee tree; the day was AZ
rested the lantern was on top Of the cup
board il had been there for sometime:
lwitness was shown the brown hat ihe bat
is the color Of mine; il il is BY hat it is
changed there WIS 4 wire rim around my
haf and there was no piece oat oiit the wire
had got loose aud got my wife TO sew it up;
bought two pistols IN Greensburg some
time last fall one for myself and one Cor
my father needed pisto. for shooting hogs;
kept mine until after ! buiehered. think
in January and then sold II 10 my hther;
have never seen it since that time The cart
ridges that we're found were what was left
over got a box with each pistol DID not
have over coat on wien was arrested had
on a gum coat belonging 20 my ftthe- did
not have the overcoai 90 At the time Of The
hearing al Squire Rluchs gam boots
shown % witness and identified as his one
sole wa put on about week before WAS
arrested AMI one ab5ul ~ days before was
arrested; pui on pair OF leather boots after
] vas arrested vas al Jennertown in a bug
~ last summer, either in Juiy or August
went there 90 see Daniel Peterson in regard
70 ere insurance case at Grecnsburg drUye
70 the hotel Peterson lives across the street
from the hotel saw Peterson was not there
again from thai time until the hearing at
Squire Rarrh's- should say the distance
from Jennertown to Iig0nier was about Is
or - miles. ! live 81 miles from ligonieT
did not 20 up the mountaiu ON the 27ih Of
February did not know anything about the
the murder until was told oft
Cross-exanlination- Have lived near my
father for about eight years The farn belongs
20 me; it Is about-Is 10 % acres lived be-
fore that tirae in hoa-e where my brother
Dave lives lived there 3 or years have
lived in the LisDnier valley nearly az my
life have been west was west in 81 Ess
in Youngstown was in 0Aio s or 6 months,
vas arrested when was 10 Ohio was not
arrested i1r ilnpersonadns an ofi Ger 90 the
18th Of February was ai home if. tile Fore
noon. Gilbert Ross brought me d load Of
coaI. he came there after f2o'elock le ieft
5elor-a Q clock it was probably quarter
OF one when he came and quarter
Of tao when he len be was there
about an hour unloading the coal /
vent down 10 Marks about 3 OF O'Clock
was reading at home before that was at
Marks I supplse about one hour il is
about a mile and a quarter from my place
10 Markz got back home between five and
six FED The cattle after got home; have
eight bead 0f cattle. went over 10 my faith
ersa little afler SIX aud got buck about
O'Clock saw my brather Dave about dark
0n Monday evening; oB Tuesday got a
Load % stras from nay Earher. is5 heard Of
the UmbergeE murder at the mill on FRI
Jay; was arrested on the Monday following
FRIDAY that I beard Of the murder; never
told OConnor or anyone else that | bad
never heard Of the murder at the time I was
arrested probably had the bat about two
wears the hat had a wire around the rim
Il tle time I was arrested il bad gotten
loose and my wife sewed the wire doen
about ten days bef5re the hoie was not ia
il " ten had il when Constable Raueh
took the So Ont Of the pockeIbook no one
else was present except myself there were
six tens and one five ] worked some for my
father in last December cannot tell where
worked in january or February the
pocketbook had been in tie cupboard since
last fall ] have had the cupboard for four
or five years bought the lantern for fishing I
never used IL a. a signal ighr my brother I
Dave put the soles on the boots they we're
not put on aiter the g7,h Of February.
Re -direcl-The lantern was not taken (
from home the day that was arrested that /
know Of. was arrested IN Ohio concerning /
a whiskey ease, demanded hearing; no 4
one appeared against ne aud 7 was dis
charged
Gross. exanined-yYas not arrested for as
sImiug to be a government officer yrs in (
jaii for a couple u days
Gilbert fl1ss-Idve in Ligonier township, /
westmoreland county. about one mile from
Ljgoaier, was driving my rnele'= team IN 4
February know JOS Nicely: haulcd load I
Of coaI 70 his house on the 9Th Of las, Feb /
r-lary. his house is aboat 81 or miles from
Liconier, gotthere after u O'Clock saw Mr I
Nicely there; was there about an hour with I
him hx the date by MY memorandum
book the witness produced the nemoran- /
dam book ard showed ihe eairy Ia & have
known Joe Nicely for six years drove fer (
my uncle william Knox; ieis with the coal (
d little after nine and arrived 81 Nicsly'sa a I
little aaer l. O'Clock say from Is minutes
o. - minutes afer Ia lefi there af}er one /
O'Clock told several different storiss about
tlsc flne 70 diiFerent parties zs ! did not I
want to appear in the case
Aaron Marks-I.ige in Ileonier fownship. i
about one and quarter miles from Joe Nice (
ley, saw him in February saw him or tie I
27th Of February he came 10 my place
about 4 O'Clock in The afternoon cane TO /
Sc me about painting my house be remain I
ed there about one hour and then start
- t,~,,... .be-s 49, r,raver rnaetir,- that