The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-08-21

on a garden walk ID, in areclining posture
| his back and head being partly held up by
/ a beard that was around a garden bed.
| The news of Reese's death soon spread
| and a crowd gathered. but the story had
got started that Reese had accidentally
shot himself. so that it was some time
! probably an hour or more. before IL was
! known for certain that murd er had been
| com mitted Leaning on a broken chaiE
| near the kitchen door, was ReeSe's gun,
with the cap exploded and the barrel COW
| cred with blood. This was supposed 10
| have been the instrument of death, and il
was only after Justice of the Peace Kin
| kead had sworn jury of inquest that IL
was discovered that there was load In
Reese's gun. and that the wound that
killed him was made by ball.
The ball was afterwards cut out by DIR.
Dawson and was found to have entered
the upper lip little TO the left of the line
through the moustache, passing slightly
into the left of the mouth. carrying with IT
three upper front teeth. then through the
tip OF the tongue. then under and through
the base of the tongue, and lodging at the
fosterma lateral part of the third vertebra,
severing the internal jugular vein and left
vertebral artery. Death was caused by
hemorrhage- lar SO
About nine O'Clock on Thursday
evening Sheriff Stineman, accompanied by
Jail Warden Young and William Kimball
started in pursuit and drove to Blairsyille,
thirty -one miles west. In starting, the
pursuing party was about three hours be-
hind. and lost some time in making in
quiries along the road. They heard of the
parties they were after frequently along
the road during the earlier part Of the
night. but had no definite information for
some time before reaching Blairsville, and
concluded. when there. that the pursued
had turned off IL 9 pike on some country road
and they had passed them during the night.
Sheriff Stineman returned by railroad on
Friday morning, while Warden Young and
Mr.. Kimball retured the way they went,
making inquiries along the road.
Instead however. of turning off, the Bru-
ner party had kept straight on, and at
Blairsvlle was but little ahead of the
Sheriff. They proceeded on their way to
Pittsburg. passing through Latrobe on
Friday morning, where the boy Charlie
Bruner stopped, Elmer and the woman 60
woman had left Chief of Police Cannon. of
Latrobe, heard of the murder and that the
suspected parties were healing in that di-
rection. He at once suspected the Bruner
party and hunted up the boy and arrested
him. The boy. after some questioning, ad-
mitted that they were the parties that had
been at Reese's and that Elmer Bruner had
shot Reese Chief of Police Cannon then
followed Elmer Bruner and the woman to
Pittsburg where he arrested the woman on
Saturday night. She also admitted being
one of the party that was at Reese's house
on Thursday evening. Elmer Bruner sue
ceeded in eluding the police until Tuesday
afternoon, when a David Acor and his son
stephen marched him into the Central
station On Tuesday afternoon Elmer
Bruner appeared at the Acor home and re-
quested them to send for his mother, the
Bruner residence being in the same neigh
borhood. Young Acor told Bruner that he
was wanted by the police and that he
would have 10 give himself mp. After
some parleying Bruner consented and went
with the Acors 10 the police station.
The boy, Charlie Bru ner, and the woman.
Ann Jackson, who claims TO be Elmer Bru-
ner's wife. were brought to jail on Sunday
evening by Sheriff Stineman and Warden
Young, who brought them from Cresson in
a carriage. Elmer Bruner was brought
from Pittsburg on Tuesday evening, get
ting here ON the evening train. A large
crowd of people were assembled at the Jail
on the arrival OF the woman and boy ON
Sunday. and also on Tuesday evening on
the arrival OF Elmer Bruner.
Elmer BrIner is light built. about five
feet six inches in height. and weighs about
one hundred and forty pounds. He Is very
dark. being tanned by tie sun until IL IL
hard to tell what his original complexion
is. /
The boy says the three. Elmer Bruner,
Miss jackson and himself had been in the
East on a queer expedition that he did not
exactly understand himself In New York
state they stole horse and buggy, drove
into New Jersey where they stole another,
aud at once started on their long drive to
their home i'm Allegheny county AT Dun
cansville they traded horses on Thursday
morning and from there drove through Eb
ensburg. In passing the Reese residence FL
mer remarked il looked as IL no one was at
home and proposed to go through the house
Elmer bursted in the door and they had
ransacked the house when Rees met him
at the door and reached in and got his gun
Reese said What are you doing here, and
W hat have you got?" Elmer said we got
nothing Reese then raised his gun and
snapped the trigger. but the gun did not
discharge Elmer pulled his revolver and
shot him in the head. He reeled and hol-
lowed. Then / started and ran for the
buggy. The shooting occurred just out
side the door.
ITEMS CONCERNING TIE MURDER.
On Friday about noon the County Com
missioners offered a reward of five hun
dred dollars for the apprehension and con-
viction OF the murdercrs of Samuel Reese.
The reward willin all probability be divid
ed between Officer Cannon, OF Latrobe,
and the Acors, of Pittsburg.
Bruner says that he was born near Free
port, Pa, his mother being Irish and his
father German. He is twenty-five years
of age.
The boy Charlie Bruner is nearly sixteen
years of age and is small for his years, but
built.
The horse driven by ,Bruner was driven
from Duncansvile to Pittsburg-ninety-
one miles-without feeding, with the ex-
ception of little grass which they gave it
a few miles west of Blairsville.
Bruner claims that he went into Reese's
yard for drink, and while there was at
tackled by Reese and that he shot in self
defense.
On Tuesday morning Ann Jackson and
Charles Bruner were taken from the jail to
the Office of Squire Kinkead for a hearing
and were committed to await trial.
The woman is tough looking creature