The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-09-25
COMMONWEALTH

10, 1891, case CALI
ELLIS YOUNG. ed at 4. 80 p. m.
Mr.. Darte District Atty, Mr.. Nc.
CARNEY and Mr.. James l.. Lenahan
for the Commonwealth.
Mr.. John G.. Freeze, Mr.. John r.
Lenahan, for the Deft.
a jury was obtained at 11.45 on
Thursday the 18th, and was as follows:
Richard Jordan, William Claring.
Daniel l.. Davis, Samuel J. Morgan,
James Brennan, NJ. ]. Tigre, Roger
McGarry, VIM. Bittenbender. Philip
Cragle, Morgan Boyle, Soloman
Hirsch, James M. Boland. o.
James l.. Lenahan Esq, opened
for the Commonwealth, and the Dist.
Atty. called DIR. John f. Chaplin, who
testified to having been called to at
tend Robson on the sIst of July,
1864, between I2 and 2 o'clock at
night. He found him at Peter Lau-
bauch's wagon shed, wounded on the
right side, with 3 wounds, two in the in
guinal region and one little above,
not quite triangle punctured
wounds and seemed as if made with
ball or buckshot, and he supposed
them to be gun shot wounds. Robi-
son was moved from there to Samuel
Krickbaum's, and from there to Har-
vey's ct Harveyville. Subsequently
peritonitis set in and after some
time an abscess formed upon the oppo-
site side near the backbone which was
lanced. DIR. Chapin gave it as his
opinion that the death was caused by
peri,onitis, induced by the wounds.
Robson died Nov. 3, 1864.
Capt. Robson, brother of the de-
ceased testified to the date of shoot
ing and of death and the nature of
the wounds, &c.
VIM. Montgomery, testified to See
ing the wounds, to the removal to
Harvey's and to the abscess. He also
testified that on handling the body
after death a buckshot dropped from
the body to the floor, that he picked
it up, that it was slightly flattened,
that he gave it to Mr.. Harvey who
gave it to DIR. Barrett, the attending
physician, now dead.
Charles Dodson testified he was at
the shooting, that they met at Fair
mount Springs, that the. party there
was Solomon Taylor, Stewart Robi-
son, Russell Buckalew, Isaac Harrison,
Robert Montgomery, Eli Buckalew,
Chas Dodson; that Taylor and Robson
are dead and the others in attendance;
that they were mounted and proceed
ed to Dyer Moss and there they were
joined by James Seward, and Philan-
der Harrington and Dyer Moss.
From Moss they went to Raven
Creek, visited Silas Karnes' house and
from there to Jos. Hess. house and
from there to Tom Smiths house.
-Four or hve) Dodson, Taylor, Eli and
Russell Buckalew surrounded the
house, Smith got out and got away
from them, they went back to where
they had left the horses, heard a party
coming towards them, Robson, Bucka-
lew and Dodson stood on right side of
road, Taylor, and others on the other
side. Three men came up to within
IL IS feet. Robson says SHALT"
Taylor says mo firing, no firing"
The men hred three shots right at us.
The men ran, Russell Buckalew and
Dodson followed them, that he saw no
signals, but that after they got to
Smiths house, horn was blowed,
nothing else.
Cross s-examined he said that he left
home before sundown, that he had no
weapon then but went back home and
got one, that Russell Buckalew, Robi-
son, Taylor and witness Dodscn had
an arrangement to meet there, that
they went by Moss and by his, bod
sons, where he got his revolver, and
that all the party was armed, that 6 of
them surrounded Smiths house, that
he did not see Smith, but heard some
thing in the cornheld, that he, Dodson,
had six Chambered revolver and that
he fired FIVE of them.
Isaac Harrison testified that he was
with the party, that he saw lights, that
he heard some one hollow. That was
all until the firing, that he was holding
the horses, could not tell who fired
first, that there were seven of them
and that Robson was wounded.
Cross examined, he said that he got
to Fairmount about S o'clock in the
evening, that Robson and Taylor and
Buckalew were there, that Dodson
came afterward and that they met by
arrangement, that r. Montgomery
joined at Moss, and Seward and Har-
rington met by arrangement. Went
to Silasa Krnes house and some of
the party dismounted, would not say
they did not surround the house pro-
ceeded to Jos. Hess, and thence to
Tom Smiths house, came back in IS