The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-06-08

I anu Jay NclL nome N tlc evening
LEFT the shanty IN company with Pritts
IN the direction Of his hone; We parted
a. = line quarry and that was the last l
saw Of Pritts; I came 70 Jail and gave
myself up; can't remember the day /;
came TO town on foot; quite q number
Of threats H0chstetler had made were
carried T. me; he said be would kill ne
on sight. John Lands, who worked for
me, told me that was in dan ger Of my
life, that Hochstetier would Kill me on
sight; on the Sunday preceding the kill
ing Fred Barron told me that Hochstet-
ier wanted him 10 spread the report thai
was the man who brought the deteo-
tives into the county in order % ct the
people down on me. Allen FOrsspring
tod ne that Hochs-e.ler lad sid that II
he vas arrested he would follow ne 70
the bottom OF hell 10 XII ne. Wilson
Tinkey told me that Hochststlsr told
him that when BE got hold Of ne he
would sting ne 70 the hesrt, that he was
white headed hornet and stang deep
/ Amos Fletcher told me that Hochstetler
had said he would drop me in my tracks.
John Fletcher told ne that I Was in dan
I ser Of my life, that Hoehststler was max
ing threats against ne. Jake Gary
I told ne one day after the raid was made
that Hochststier said be would cut my
! heart cat and that # I took the law OF
him he would burn me alive; he was
I plotting with my son Albert to get him
drank and Kill ms and thas he would
swear him cut oft Wesley Miller told
Ue that H0chststier wanted him 20 tske
( bis repeating ride and put Is bullets into
me If he could; knoE that Hochssetlsr
shot a. me one tine. Jake" Pitts told
ne that H0chstet'er would cut my heart
/ out or shoot L out these threats had the
eiTact on me that I felt sure he
meant 10 XII me Ehenevsr he got his
/ eyes 0n me; couldn't sleep in eOnse-
I quelce 0fthem- have known Hoch-
stetler for > or 50 years, he Wls q fsro-
ci1us man and Vas Iooksd upon by the
neighbOrs as a very spitefgl man he Eas
4 qu2FreIsome. sighting mza and he w1s
looked upon IS being very dangerous; ! !
had a Spencer repeating rife; II shot
cartridges, there were SIX wads in i that 4
day I shot one of; Bob" had nus
ket and Pdtts revolver that dzy IN
my estimation tie place u Cr-5 run vas
the most open place on the road; Hoch-
-tetler sEore lie would brain me; the
stone he p5cked Up would weigh several
pounds; was On the risht-hand side o.
the road as you % vest there vas big
tree % the right Of the roadt that we stood
beside when We fist went Up there
when started vas n the lead We
STATED 70 g to the empty house where
we were talking Of spending the night
have palsy contracted in Richmond
while in the army; l. cane from sun
stroke.
Csoss-examined BY Mr.. Cofnoth I am
IS years old have lived within Il miles
from Hochsretler fer thirty years.
We had no difficulty till the tine he
wanted ne 70 help XII Or. Hunter
2 You used 70 be good friends? 4
We dill
. You used 10 make m0onsaine whis-
Ky together? 4 We did.
remember Ehsn Hochstetler vas
tired FOR making iliei, whisky bat don't
remember thai EAs 3 witness for him
the d.Eealty between is commenced
ebou, three years ago.
q DID he become jealous Of you be
cause you became the leader Of the
moonshinerse
4. No, he e. mad beca1se wouldn't
help murder detectives that he thought
were &Aer the mOonsbiners-
Q. Did you hear Of YOny Hoehztet-
.er being murdered.
4. heard that he had been found
dead l didn't Sc MIN when he Was
dead heard il the day be Was found
Abram Fletcher told me and said there
vas warrant out for ne for killing him; 4
vas about home on Tuesday saw
Prit-s Tuesday, but DID not see hin on
Monday on Sunday went with Pritts 4
up 70 John Reese's and from there Pritts
vent home I stzyed there til Monday /
morning Ee Eere in the Eoods S1tur-
day f5rensoa; don't remember where 1
Vas Fdday Pitts and were together /
most of the time after the frs. r.id Vas
made, in February think Prtts and I /
vent 10 Bob's" house I went in and /
told aim ne revenue men we're about 4
again ani that they would take him for = /
witness again I told him there was /
man out by the spring Who could tell |
him AL ao9at il ne went out, then I
weni back and got his gun and then We 1
vent 10 the place where this occurred I
We we're san sing there % see II there /
we're any more coming We hId passed /
q lot Of them in b1zzies on the rolI Ee 4
stood here f5E ittie While looking 10 4
/ see i there we're any more coming L I
/ was snoxiHg pretty lively an the other 4
( ra.L there was ; o6i-ers and ve wanted Z
/ % sc hoS many there we're this time
T L va about ,he head Of Crab run Shere I.
We stood i Was about % feet to the
rad il wasn't dusk yst il vas saow-
ins saI mat made Il Kind Of DARK Ike
I doa'l think Yony Vas more than %
feet away from ne when I first saE
him Eas walking out to the road aad
was almost on Il when I s1E Yony
H0ehs;ellsr coming up he rushed up 70 I
me the Eght occurred about the middle 4
OF the hill. be Vas about ffty feet from I
me when he pickei up the frss stone I
s4id, halt, Yony," Esnt to talk 10 yo1, (
and i fired my gun in the air be vas
about > feet from NE when he picked 1
up the second stone didn't E4nt to .
shoot him could have done 50 easily If 4
had wanted TO did not turn 70 run 4
FOR fear he So1ld xii me on tie spot / 7
didn't knoE bat that be had his big
knife under his coat, OF 3 brace Of reFol- 4
veTs that be aiEays carried ! struck
him three tiuss bus can't say which end /
Of the gun Ussd nobody hii HIN with .
. stone Prtts did nothing bat help
drag him Of tie rad Bob did moth
inz; we were scafHing when B5b" got
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