The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-10-25

could mot tell whether h went on m his hanl
or whether % fell on the floor and went on
Charles Stein swofn-Liye In Welsspou
Campbell asked me 90 20 Go Lehighton With hin
Clint nights hc told me he wanted 20 fetch rn
don't know who De wanted to get % from; dh
not go with hlm
Mrs. smct recalled Gertc had two ring
That She received frem Campbell: one he CAV,
her and the other belonged to him.
When court opened on Saturday Afternoon
Dr. ,. A. Horn was recalled and described th
course Of the bullet lie said It entered th
head behind the ear ON the left side and passe,
upward through the skull and brains at az
angle of about 80 degrees lodging under thi
skull above the right eye or rather where On,
hair of the head commence, straight up from
the cheek. Questions by MI Freyman; As.um
ing That the girl gotup from her chair in the cor
ner and passed the bureau, knocking of tn,
pistol as she passed, would the bullet hav,
made the same course it did2~ To Mr.
Craig, he said that the wound could have beei
made as she was passing the bureau by tn,
pistol being held In Campbelrs hands but ~
such a case She must have stopped after get
ting opposite the bureau and her left side musl
have been turned towards the corner iron
which she started
John Walters, Mary A. Sumet and Ed Rawortl
We're the next witnesses in order above named
nothing new was offered,
MI Craig then opened for the defense and
spoke in part as follows; Qf course This is d
/ serious case is is a serious case because life
was taken, which is a fact that all regret, and
none more than the defendant az the bar. lhe
question 20 determine is In what manner was
the life taken; we VIII not deny the taking on
Of the life of this young woman at the hands Of
Webster Campbell, but will show that II was
purely accidental; that 1t was the kind OF an
accident to which no crime is attached in the
eyes of the law; we win show that there was no
motive for the deed. and the very fact that
there was no motive for the deed VIII bear US
ont that It was purely an accident nOttlone with
the view of doing the woman a bodily harm
then we shall ask at your hands an acqtltal.
Webster II. Campbell, sworn-Iive at Weiss
port am the son of Henry Campbell; knew
Gertic Hiskey she lived at Lehight0n, knew
her for about two years / was her beau for
about three months had been to her house
often, sometimes twice week; met her that
night at her mothers house got the pistol at
home; don't know who bought it; it belonged to
my brother; took the pistol along to defend my
| self; had been attacked previously on the
LehiglltOn bridge when ] knocked at the door
Gertie opened it and came out we stood there
talking a long time, afterwards we went into
the house; her mother was in the room; / sat at
the door; I pulled out my watch to see the time
She showed the watch to her mother; when she
brought it back she sat on my knee; had no
quarrel with herr we were on good terms
had my oyercoat on; the pistol was in my
oyercoat pocket after Mrs Somet had left the
room pulled off the oyercoat hung it ON the
chair on which sat- took the pistol and laid il
on the table; when we went to the chairs in the
corner, we passed the table; don { know which
of us picked up the pistol and laid It on the cup
board; after We had been in the corner for some
time she got up and walked over towards the
rocker; stood mp to follow; noticed that the
pistol was lying close to the edge of the cup
board; picked itup TO lay it further back on the
table; it twentoG in my hands and killed her;
never intended to kill hers did not point tn,
pistol at her; did not run before Mrs. Sonnet a
any time md say to her won't You say that il
was an aocident?n
CrosseNamned iy Mr., Freymm-I got tn,
pistol in our houses it was kept in u trunk; m!
brother took it ont Of the trunk; Tsgot it out of
{ bureau drawer; don't know when I carried i
before might have carried It dozen times; ma,
one of my own which | carried often; that
/ sold. How many shots did you fare that even
e ing? fred only one the other went OF acci
I dentally. ] sappose was excited when thre,
1 the pistol away; don't know when il was that
y was attacked ON the bridge; it was this yeal
e was attacked only once; the pistol fell on tn
S floor and lay behind one of the chairs in til
e corner; picked it up OFF the floor; had to eros
Gertie's feet where she was lying to get it; Mr.,
t Sonnet told me to throw II away and said ha
l. done harm enough; do not know where tn
Oyercoat is; have not seen it Since Mr.. Ere,
II man continued the ss-eXanination at grea
. length and it was very rigid. Whenever til
4 witness got out of the beaten path Of his test
n mony in chief, his answer would invariably b
r 81 don't know" OF 81 don't remember"
II Frank r. Sharkey, sworn He testified to til
n correctness of the stenographic report of Mr.
d Somet's testimony before the coroner ndues
e Her evidence before the coroner and in the hi;
IS did not agree in every particular, and why NJ
d Sharkey was placed upon the stand was ey
D. IDENTIFY for the purpose of discredting her test
1t mony.
,r Henry Campbell, sworn-rhe pistol was IN nj
s. desk in the store for long time, fully five
E. six years; 1t had been left there by a man in e
er change for pair of shoes; l heard Mrs Som'
lie say she told Webster to throw the pistol ava
lie She said it the day the hearing took place
e. Squire Boyles office; it was after the hearin
at she did not say It TO me but overheard her tt
p TO some on the pavement along side the con
I'd house.
ID Mrs. Sonnet in her evidence had testified IN
DO she never seen the pistol and had not said an
id thing to Campbell about it.-REPl
ed Dr, J. G. Zern, II. =. Levan, Thomas r. ArnG
e. Hiram Rickert and Fred Messenger were CALI
til and testified to Campbells previous good ella
NO acter
he Miss Mary A. Sonnet and Mrs. Sonnet we
ot called in rebuttal and both testified that Cdm
ck bell had no oyercoat ON that evening.
e. The attorneys ON both sides made their pie
nd to the court and the ease went into the lur,
nd hands at 7.45, and few hours later, II oclo
ne they had reached verdict of guilty rs indlclt
en- Campbell was sentenced on Tuesday, to
to months in the county prison. pay a fine OF
and costs OF prosecution, Following the scnteI
ed Mrs Somit, the mother of the dead girl, rush
tie before the Bar and began vehement tira
his against Judge, Jury and attorneys, calling do
nv the yengence Of heaven for what she consider
nd the insufficient punishment of young Campb'
Ian She was taken from the court room on stretcl
,o having completely exhausted her mental q
'eh physical strength.
rel II Looks Bright.
'eh 1t does fos a fact James 7. Mulheal
ha' of Lansford, VINO is making the canyi
'So for equity treasurer on the Democra
red ticket, reports prospects bright all over