The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-05-27

! NOhlh iluN Stt SnlDntns ONY mONhu. Intn
saw Shipper on the keg; Delp came ip an
reached for the revolver; Shipper said. "
wont shoot any more, it is bad enough q
il is. would not have done IL only I
n V my life"
Cross-examination: When Ed got II
and called Say the name, l did not see an
revolver i'm his hand. When Saw charge
on shipper, Ed reached out his right han
and said stand back" when the ahra
was over Edhad the postol in his left hanc
l dc not see Says left hand, he had hol
of Shippers coat i'm front; Ed was retreat
ing when he said "Stand backs" he had n
time to open the door and yet away: tn
door was shut; no ono in the store frou
the time | arrived until after the shooting
except the two Shippens, Delp, Frazier
Say and myself; it was not possible 70
anyone to go out the door without my see
ing them do so; the entire transaction di,
not take more than half a minute.
Adjourned until 2 o'clock.
The first witness called after dinner wa
Horace G. Frazier, who testified: 81 liv,
in Barnett township; l was employed 10y
Shipper Bros. in December last; I wen
into the woods with Say this MONDAY
morning, December 20; il was about 10 oil
10 minutes before Z o'clock when we ar.
rived at the slide; we each had an axe and
a peevey; when we got there Wash said tc
Mr.. Shipper; Where shall we work to.
day2' Mr.. Shipper said: 1T is pretty late
now, boys, to begin work. Say said: IT
is as early as | generally get to work.
Then the whistle blew for Z o'clock, and
Say said, There is the whistle calling men
to work, now. If it is too late to go to
work, II is not too early to quit Shipper
said, IF it is your money you want, you
can have it, Say said, Il don't have TO
work from 0 o'clock in the morning until
9 o'clock in the evening TO make n living,
for any id s. of a b. Shipper said.
DO you mean TO call me a s. of a b.
Il did not call anybody that, but if YOU
want to take it that way, all right said
Say. He hen took of his mittens, threw
down his tools. Shipper said nothing,
and started of. Say picked up his tools
and we went away; we went down to the
landing; then Say and myself went homes;
we live in the same house, about three
quarters of a mile from Shippen's store.
After awhile Say and | started for the
store. Delp and Martin and the Shippens
were there. / went up to the stove; Dolp
got up and j sat down in his chair; Say
stood beside the stove; we were all talk
ing quietly, when l heard some one say
you s. of a b. The voice sounded like
Shippen's; | looked around, saw Say turn
ing around toward Shipper; Iheard words
spoken by the parties, don't know what
it was said; l caught a CLEAN of something
in shippers hand and heard the reports
VI WV oAipANf L dllN COIltltlNtu IL WIS
n revolver. Something struck against the
inside of my right leg and a bullet was
picked up beside my chair. / think there
were five shots fired; there was a lull after
two or three shots and her repeated: il
was dark in the store. When l recovered
my wits saw Say was in a recumbent
position on his side. | picked him IN.
He said 10 me, 1 am done for, pray for
me; | am a wicked man, 1 have been a
wicked man; pray for me and my family
| pointed him TO the Redeemer rs best |
could and told him to pray for himself. |
think he died in about 20 minutes. Delp
came in after Say fell over and said: Ed.
give me the revolver Ed said, L have
lone enough with it,: | had to do il TO save
myself Some one said something about
giving him some whisky; Ed went out to
get him some and shortly after some one
brought in some whisky" The revolver
was showed to the witness and lie thought
it looked like the one that was usually
lying around the store.
Cross-eXamincd: Say was an athletic
man about six feet high. Shipper was
clear back in the ar..ner as far as he could
60; | noticed Say brushing the snow oil
his leggings before the fuss; there was no
one present in the store lut the TWO Ship
pens, Delp, Martin, Say and myself; heard
a crumbiing of glass but can't say whether
it was the first shot or not; to the best of
my hlOWltuBt Tie lltlee ulu not last ndlf
"A minute; the first l saw after the shooting
Say fell over onto the floor and Shipper
towards me. 1t is better to slide logs
in the morning, when the snow is fresh;
Mr.. Shipper said a team wa3 waiting for
one TO load the logs. when we were
going mp to the store from the house, Say
said, "if he could ever get Ed to show Il
grain of sand, he would trample the life
of him." When Say was putting our
tools away, 1 went to the stable and back
for my dinner bucket, and then stopped at
the store, and Ed Shipper said: "Ain't you
coming in to settler" | said: Say
has gone home Ed said: 81 wonder If
he has gone to get something to do me up
| said: II would not like to have
man mad at me, because l consider
him a dangerous man" / got some tlour
for myself and Say, and then went home.
George w. Sawyer testified: / was Sher-
III of this county in December last.-A
pistol was identified by the Sheriff as one
him by Edward Shipper, the eve
ming of December 29.-I was called out
supper, and Ed Shipper said. "Sher-
have killed a man." l said: Have you the
gun? he said yes and gave me this weap-
on. | asked him if there were any marks
upon his person? he said mo, there was
There was two loads left in the
revolver; Shipper said she had to do it in
self detense;' he said he came "a miles to
give himself up; it was about 6-o'clock i'm
evening when he gave himself up.
VIM. Beers testified: KNEW Joseph Say;
know Ed. Shipped; L was at Shippers
store the day this man was shot; when |
in Frank and Edward Shipper, Mr..
Dep and some men i did not know were
there; | stood by the counter; afterward
Horace Frazier and Joseph Say came in;
Say went up by the stove and Levi Delp
out with a broom; Horace Frazier
sat down in Delp's chair; l saw Edward
Shipper draw a revolver, and l went out
the door; heard the reports OF the pistol
Two or three rods away; | ran to the black
smith shop; ] was running as fast as /
could; Shipper took the revolver on OF
the desk he was sitting at; he opened the
lid, took the revolver out, and stood up
pointed it in the direction Of Say; then
ran out.
Cross-eXamined: He lifted the lid of the
desk about eight or ten inches; my brother
not kept a watch over me and pre-
vented the Shippens from talking to me
about this case; | live about n mile from
Shippen's store; | started for Shippen's
about the middle Of the forenoon; 1 had
my gun; my brother Clarence was with
me as far as the mill; we separated there
and met again by the slide; this was Mon
day, December 20; 1 went around and
went across the logs; | went
hunting rabbits that morning; had a run.
4 minute examination of this witness
rs 10 the persons he met that morning, en-
sued. He admitted meeting them, but
when Intercepted as to what he had said
10 them, his universal answer was, 81
ton't mind" When asked by Mr.. jerks
II anybody told him to say ~ don't mind,"
witness said: 81 don't mind ANYBODY
me that - Mr. SbialIg ala MT