The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-02

. cress-sx ssHloe,l Fsshr.i the largs sounds
don't knew hes msay shot il would take 70
make The large holes made no fost ssassssl
exsminAtioo be never railiea from DE
shock bat kept sinkiug from the tine be vas
. shoG MI ne died never prsscribei ior lsin
besofe: ssel certain tbat the sYinshot wsansis
caused his death be ble1 very prosasely
and freqaensiy vsni IA blood after be sas
dad We turneI him over on his side and
probably from shFce quarts % a gallon u
blood discharged frosi tie wounds.
Levi Lichliter. al -a1ei- I aas Justice Of
TIE Peace as SALISBURY: P4ftszs3n cane %
my house shortly after saaaosn Saturday
evening June 2sad aad addressing me Is
Squire said he had shot nan and cane1o
give himself up; he said this IA the presence
Of ny wife aud daughter I went cat to
spikers ho1ss that evening and took bis
statement about O'Clock in the evening
Thoughts Spiker 10 be in diving condition !:
I don't remember that he said anything that
indicated that be knew the condition he vas
in; be was suffering intensely. Witness
Withdrawn for the present.
Rev J. NJ Evans affirmed Am minis
ter in the Reformed church went % see John
/ spiker Sunday morning after he was shot
got to his house about half past TWO in the
morning; Spiker vas suffering intensely
read passage Of scripture and offered pray
er and spoke to him concerning his spirit
uaI condition he would frequently say that
be couIdn't stand this maaa longer he said
my wife and Henry had besa running things
here for some time; they may run them
now; won't be here long. bat hope 20
God they viii take care Of my poor little
children be said he couldn't get well he
said he left the house and was nearing the
box car when Henry called to him. using
vulgar and prOfane langasgs; be turned
around and f.esi Henry Henry said,
s-OP IN GOING TO SHOOT VoU.
He said / am not afraid Of your gun Pat
terson then Shot him aud struck hiEl on the
head with the gun he said Henry was
about 10 feet from him when he sho. I ask
81 harm why did yol go for the razlr; he
said did not have a razor; got pass
book from the burean drawer
| Csoss-examinsd Didn't see any welt on
his head; the room was dinly lighted Iefs
the house about halfpasi four it was about
two miles from my house to spiker's be
said he got the pass-booS in the bureau
drawer; be said nothing about having
threatened to xii his wife, Henry, or any
body else with razor.
Edward Nimms, recalled Went over to
spikers house about or 6 O'Clock Sunday
morning; asked him if should 90 for bis
mother or any OF his rel.tions he studied
q little. and said guess not ; il is too late
l won't live to see them his mother lived
some distance beyond Grsntsville.
Cross-examined. About O'Clock be said
/ his pain was not 50 great it might DC seven
miles or more to his m1ther's from his
house.
jeremiah McCArty, re called Was at Spi-
kers house on Saturday night and part Of
Sunday morning beard him say to preach
er Evans tha: he e5ulsn't get well heard
I him say several times that he wouldn't be
/ there Iong, and said he hoped they would
/ take care Of his children. and treat them
well left the house Just as squire L;chiitsr
drove up
statement made by Spiker to Justice
Iichli,er and taken down by him At the
time, . O'Clock Sunday morning, offered
Objected to b. counsel Tor defendant. Ad-
nitted as dying declaration. Exception Ia
ken BY counsel for defendant Declaration
read by District Attorney
STATEMENT or THE MURDERED xAr.
I live in Eiklick township. Somerset
county was going up the railroad track.
just above a box car that stands on the track.
and Henry J.. Patterson came running to-
ward me, right straight down the hill with
a gun in his hand when ab0at 80 "a rls
from me he called cut 10 me You Cd
d--d black s. Of b. IN shoot the day
lightsout Of you and when about ten feet
| off from me he fired the gan. the load tax
ing effect in nay stomach just before be
shot me be said to me: - I'll show you who
you are carrying razor for after be shot
me be hit me over the heal with the gun
when he czme running down the hill
toward me he ran as fast IS be could run 1
had left my house just a few minutes before,
and before leaving the house my wife and
had some difficulty, and Mrs Speicher went
10 the door and called to Henry :. Patterson,
I her son. TO come down to the house she
said 70 her son, Henry J. Patterson, that
she wanted to know who was paying the
rent Tor this house that bad ordered her
10 take her things out on Monday She
said 10 her son, don't c0me into the house
for John has bis razor in his pocket. Heury
then went up toward Jacob BGskeys house
from our house, and I went down toward
the railroad track, and as I was going up
the track Patterson came running toward me
and used the language that I have stated,
and v hen within about ten feet Of me shot
me. This occurred lzst evening Saturday
evening-abOut O'Clock.
C. r. Fulmer Went to spikers house
about u O'Clock saturiay night thought
he was dying; he c)m2lainsd sbous the
doctor not coming was there when Rev.
Evans came, and MAS there when he leh
he made the statements about h.s condi-
ton that Mr. Evans tezIidel to he told me
that if the doctor didn't soon come il would
kill him that he coaidns stand it.
Fz1DaY uoRsrxG sEssIoy
David Fuller, affirmed Live in Elkliek
township: saw John Spiker at 10 O'Clock
SATURDAY morning; day he died Doctor
Sp.icher was there when 7 came ir asked
if we should Telegraph fIr his mother he /
said to me, Dave what did the doctor say
about NE: does the doctor say will g-t over I
this I told him the d9csor said he m "a I /
live four hours and that be might ole in half I
an hour he said d you think they viii /
hurt Heary much hope they Ton't; We
had been wrangling and quarreiing for 4
long time and this was my fault | know I
Patterson have known him ever since he /
was born; he i well spozen Of By every I
body.
Cross-examined Heard Urias Folk. Levi {
Lichli,er, Senator Getty aud Others speak I
well Of him spiker said j. was his fsuIL and 1
that be hoped they wOuIin't hust Henry /
much