Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-05

xEea I gss.s a tie raiii On Fridls tllc7s Tas
pr4yer Haeetiaz q. Zi0n chEr,s y5eiaes'Asg
( NJ sht = every weines,lag might xas ar
rested On Monday the an q Hsseh fa5loE-
7 ing tbe Wedaesfsy sp5zea d vas arrested
( On the r0sI hslf wy bs-#asa ny hoase
and the blacks11i5h slsep ~e weas from
there % nv Eouss- W4- a-T=sesI by jobs
I Ranes said they Waasei % 90 ap saii
( -eascd 1ay house. don't knox whas taey
souad, ererps vhss sEw 3If at1ch take
az be kept ne with him f,;.at q pock-
e box IN tie b0Jkca5s he tosk
I lie alcsey oat and pat il "a b. vest poekst ,
there Tz= $500, lie Las usver rt,aTnsd / /.
s5rnd a revolver ard szieaei, he pui the r.
( volyer 10 the saiehei ha.I Bof tIsssi Ihs re-
volvsr for several years twitaess Wa shown
.antern, Wss.eh be said va his Or one Ike g.
never used the lantern bat once used II IN
cutting down bee tree the day ] va Ar
{ rested The lantern Eas on top Of the emp
bgani Il had been tiIe7e for sometime
witness was shown the b-own has sbe hat
IS the color Of rhine if II IS my hat i =
/ ehangzI there w4s Eire riu around ms
hsf and there vas no piece oEt 0fis the Nife
had ct looee and got my vie 70 sew i up
bought Two pistols in Greensisurz some
tine last EAH ore for myself aad one fsr
my Giler; NEEDED pistol ~ shooting hogs
kept mine until after bafchesed think
in January aad then sold II 10 my father
have never seen It since that time. the cart
I ridges that were foani were what was ieft
over ! got box with each pistol did not
have over coat on when 1 was arrested bad
on a gum coat belonging to ny flshsr did
not have the overuoat on at the tine 0f tie
hearin, at Squire gsachs gsm boots
shoEn to witness and Identified as his one
sole was pat on about ; week before ! was
arrested. and one. about 10 days before I was
arrested put on a pair Of leather Boots after
I was arrested was Al JenneTtOEn in a bag
" LAST sunf-ue-. either IN July o. August
vest there % sre Daniel Peterson ia regard
4 70 FIRE insurance c1se al Gresnsbu-y drove
to the hotel Peterson lives across tie streei
from The hotei saF Peterson vas not there
srain frora ihst time Until the hearing a.
squire Raacls's; shouId say the di-;anca
from Jenaertown 10 Iigonier was about y
orI4 miles: live 3 miles from Lisonier
did not go up the mountain on the z7th o.
F -brusry: did not knox anything about the
the murder until was told oft
+ Cross-eGauination- Have lived near ny
father for about eight years the EARN bc.0nss
10 me i = aboas y 10 - acres lived be-
fore that time in house where my brother
I Dave lives. lived there Or years; have
I lived in the Lsgonier valley nearly ali my
/ life have been wes; was west in = wss
y in Youngstown vas - Ohio 5 cF monshe,
was arrested when aas ia Ohio was not
arresie,l FOR iuipessonatins an OF ser on the
9Th of February vas AZ horns ii the fore
I n1o1. {. !hc-s Ross brought me 4 load o.
cosi he eanie there after i clock he left
ltcf,re , o'ciock il Was probably aqnartef
Of one when lie came and a quarter
Of t0o when lie lefi lie was there
about an b0ar unloading the coal
went doxn to Marx 8 about ; of O'Clock
vas reading at home before that; was at
Marks / suppose aboat one hour; il Is
about mile and quarter from my pisce
10 Mark ; got back home between i've and
six: fed the cattle afier ] got home I have
eight head Of cattle went over 10 my faith
er'sa a little after six and got back about
ocIock saw my brother Dave about dark
Oh Moudiy evening on Tuesday ! goi q
load Of strsg from my father iirt heard oi
the Umberger murder at the mill o. In
day, wss arrested on the Monday following
Friday ths, heard of the murder; neye'
told OConnor Or anyone else ih-i hal
never beard Of the murder at the time was
arrested probably had the hat aboai twc
, years the hat bad wire around the nm
: al the time was arrested il had gotten
loose and my wife sewed the wire down
! about Ten days before the hole was not IL
+, Il when had il when Constable Rancl
took the - out Of the rocke;book no on'
, else "a present except myself; there wef'
six tens and one i've, worked some FOR my
faiher in last December cannot tel wher'
I worked in January or February th'
pocketbook ha rtlcen in the cupboard sinc'
las; fall llaye hal tie eGpboafd iJ- fou
. or five years bought the lantern for fishing
+ never used i as a signal light my bso,ae
e Dave put the soles ON the boots they wer'
not put ON after the 2.Ih Of February.
Re ,Iircci-The lantern was not takei
from licsue the day hat was arrested tha
/ know of; vas arrested IN Ohio concernin.
a Uhiskey case demanded a hearing ~
: one appeared ogainst me and was dis
I charged
CrUss examined Was not arrested for as
: suming to be government OH .-r was it
jail for couple Of day.
r Gilbert Ross-Live in L'gaa.er township
il wesimoreland county about one mile from
= ligonicr was driving my uaele's team i.
i February know JOS. NiorIy iau.el loa,
d ofcoal TO his house on the 27ih Of last Feb
Z ruay his house ia a5ou. 81 OF miles Iron
D Ligonier got there after = O'Clock saw MT
Nicely there; was there about an hour witl
] him; lix the daie by my memorandum
; book the witness prodnezl the memoran
dun book and showed the entry in il hsv
known Joe Nicely for six years drove 70
my uncle William Knox lcf. with the Goa
d little after nine and arrived at Niceiy's
o little afler Il O'Clock say frvm Is rsinute