The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-11-26
Charged With Arson
Alex Queer 70 Answer for the Burn
ing OF Abrsrs Sevits' Barn.

little CON hunting on the rid<e soufh OF
iogn for some line 70 come Not becA1se
there prozaiss 70 be > scarcity Of ihes gsssty
nighi roazaers bun from the fs1 that the Old
time chief Of the cocn hunters has beea lodg-
Cd in the county jaa on The charge Of inoen-
disrisD. and from the further fact that lhe
evidence ELECTED 81 the preliminary hearing
he'd before squire Hicks vas Of such dam
agiog nz.ure that be vii likely be transpor-
ted 10 part Of The STATE removed from corn
6slds and Wild cherry tres, and where
eoons Iii any there be-Are kept confined
in str0ng iron csges-
Shorsiy befsrs ten O'clock last Tuesday
Night the large new azrn on the fA-n Of
Asrzn sevitr. On tAe mad pike seven miles
sonih Of soxn sAs cOnsam-a By FIRE His
wife sn1 seVezal u their children. had been
sisent from home attending church, and bad
only returned fsw minute, when one Of the
boys, noslcing the bright rsasciioa Of fAnes
on she ki.chen Eiodos, called hi. fAther's
attention. 10 it. Mr. Sssiss ioOk=l oui and
saw tha1 his barn wzs on IRE. asd AZ
once ran 10 i'. slssre his tffJ4ts were directed
20 saving his live stock All OF The cattle
excepting three ooas aud one calf were got
len ,,ut il SAFETY. but By the lime they we're
rescued the IRE had grOEn beyond control.
The Ere Was communicated 70 large
straw sack in front VI he barn. from which
the flames saos Up 70 greai height, lighting
up the country for nilss arOu;sd. and attract
ing he attention Of persons residing several
miles north Of Somerset. Ia shoTi time
nesghbsrs from al dsreczioas gathered
around the taTning barn, and i Eas o5serv-
ed By many that the gr-zEled face Of one Of
ibe nearest neighbOrs-klsx Queer-Szs
missing Queer ozsy lives about thres quar-
s7s Of a mile distant from SeviIs. and all
thought be should have been one OF The first
o. the scene, notwithstanding he walks with !
q c-ippied lsg Liisie kn0ts Of three and
four a-gzn 10 gather 70 discuss Q8esrs sb- /
senee, and sooa sherwsrd II was made
known 10 Mr. Seyits that Queer had frsquent- I
IL made threats to burn his barn. asa that
be was generally suspected Of having kin
died lhe fire The FoiloEing morning NJ.
seviis began making inquiries in regard to
Queer's actions. and The thrests made By
him. with The result that his suspicious
Eere confirmed from day 70 day, and when
on Saturday night he learned TIA. QGeer Eas
making arrangements 10 leave tbst section
Of The county, he swore ont warrant for
his arrest.
Queer wzs taken into e1stodyy and brought
10 Scmerse', where he was lodged in jail
Monday morning ..s was taken before Is
aairs L N. Hicks -. bearing
Abrzm n SeFits was the FIRST witness
called. BE TESTIFIED that between the hours
Of go and 10 O'Clock. on the right Of the
Is.h inst his barn. with COWS, l cali, 80
tons OF bay. sd bashels OF cats, % bushels
of xhezs. 50 bushels OF rye, 50 bushels Of
buckwhezf. snd lot Of harness, wagons,
sleis and sgricalturzl implements were
burned BY IRE. The barn appeared 10 have
been ~ on fire 3; the vest end isrfhesi from
the house. He had been in the barn before
dark. Contin1inF be said I know Alex
Queer sold hin the land he lives on saw
him 81 ny barn that morning between
and 9 O'Clock sad be was ging 10 Somer-
set had words with him lssi winter be
wanted 10 run my business he made no
threats TO ne refused to give him work
making ties about = ysar sSo he knozs ali
about ny barn and fam did not come near
the night Of the Ere Was not there until
brouzh there yesterday; it Is a. miles from
my place to Milford station.
james P. Brani testified: Know Sevits
and Qaeer Queer told me last fall '-Sevits
IS rieh man, and could get ID poor
again his stock and barn could bs burnei
away Cd soon. buI won't say how
We we're talking about the coal bank. He
said Seviis told him he should have the oozl
while fixing il Up, but that when il got 10
paying they would make other arrange
ments that Seviis had cheated him out OF
sloa he repeated fhi. talk several times
sfterw.ri He blamed SeTifs for sending
him valentine ard swore that be would
get even for II said. you wiz see some
thing some day" with curses this wz. this
spring be made these threats often. As
soon as saw the fire il occurred to me What
caused Il was al the FIRE; Qneer was not
there WAS looking for him I told Seviis
one time thai ! would not trust the old
ehap-QGeer: thai his barn was il danger
dsd not come ont plain Aboai it. bad 8
quarrel with QaeeT six or seven years ago,
bzs have nothing against him dOn't know
who SET the barn on f-e-
wm- Brant affirmed Know both parties
One evening this spring Queer told me that
Seviis vas trying 70 get him out Of the coal
bank, and that be might lose ten times ss
much As be cheated him out Of that be
might have lis stock and everything in the
barn and il might al 20 in zshss be srore
vioieaily 81 the tine; beard him rePe.;
this threat in Nay last I vas Al the 6re /;
( QleeT vas not.
Joseph s Humber affirmed ] saw Q1eer
} the evening Of the IRE about hAifpGss Eve
+ AZ Peter Longs. a; Milford he Travelled
/ With ne on foot to ny ban he Szid be
I would no; AXE the s5Ort cut home around
1 BY sally Hoovsrs hGi voalt trsrei the
mud pike around By Sevils. Al AslfOrd ]
beard eaeer say. -SeTiis VIII ct boiss
some day left him about 6 o'eiock be
I vas then about miles from Sevits there
we're b.lf GJz-n people in Longs sore
when I heard il sid, ~In bura The - Of 8
( b. cut do not know who sad 50
Anthony Shoemaker affirmed live
abou; } miles from Seyits'. toward Ailf5r5 !,
4 /, Is four and one half miles from Milford TO
Z Seyiis'. Ias Qaeer Al HUSBANDS store BE-
f5rs d1zk 81 O'Clock saw hin pass my
barn going towards Ssvifs be was Erum-
/ bling to himself when he passed ny barn
Z but Gid not speak 10 M
No further evidence was offered by the
1 Commonwealth. and Justice Hicks commit.
; ted Queer 70 jail IN dsfsnlt Of 81 o0o bail
Facts Worth Knowing.
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brsne the r-msly used rnasi BE non-irTiis-