Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-11-30

him to p! then Manning and Snyder
followed him about 200 hundred
yards as Near as can tell to Spot
where they killed Sead Harvey Blake
there Blake fell and they tooke and
struck him withe But Of the gun till
they Broke the Stock all to small
peaces of the gun and then they took
the Barrel of the gun and Beet him
with that till they had mashed his
head and face into Jelly and Broke
his 2 arms and Both legs too and
they Stayed Down there Some
Length of time 1 cant Just Say how
Long So i started after them to see
What they were Doing and as got
over the fence they were Coming
Back and asked what they Don
with killed Blake and manning Sed
he had him God Dam" him and he
him and he manning then told me
and pearson Snyder to waite there at
the fence where met them that was
about loo yards from where muir
dered Blake and he would go up to
the house and Git the Lantern and
then he manning Come Dowd with
the Lantern and Got me and Snyder
to go along Down the Dead Boady
of Blake and hunted the peaces of
his Gun together then we started
Back he Coaxs and Begged at me to
take it on me and Shoul take alt
the Blame and he would get me out
of the Scrape for they Could Do
Nothing with me and he sed he
would pay me well for it and am q
Own ignorant mani Never was 6
miles from home in my Life Before
and Did Not Know what q Squier
was and a Court house ore Jail
was and Did Not know what he
wanted to DO when he got me to go
to the Squier that Night i Did Not
know the meaning of Squier ore
what it meant he sed Should go
along with him to the Squier Right
away and we would Soon Be Back
again. on the way to the Squiers he
told me to tell the Squier i hal Don
it So they Could Do Nothing with
him at all he told Every word how
i should tell the Squier and that i
Should Sware to it to if had to go
to Court. l Did Not Nnow then
what the meaning of an oath ore
Swairing was. he told me to take oil
the Blame So they Could Not find
him Guilty and he manning would
Get me out If got in prison. L Did
ent know what p-ison ment then and
and he told pierson Snyder perge
himself and Sware Don it to Clear
him and he also told his wife What
She Swore to at Court. he got her
to perge herself to Save him and all
he Sed was lies for ne murdered
Blake himselfe and No one Ellis at
all but him and Snyder knows that
too. He was By and Ssw him Do it
and Suyder told-t5at manning
killed biaks and-told it at Corners
inquest that manning Don it Mrs
--- was the witness at Court
and they no Dident Do it. you
please and Look after at the Record
of my trial of December 1888. while
in jaie he told me to keep to the
Same Story so he got Clear and i
should get sent to the penitentiary
Not to Say a word or they would
arrest him and hang him fer it and
he would Be Shure and git me out
write away and told me Never Say
aneything about it after got out
ore they would arrest him then fer
it andSince l anne hear he has made
my wife Belaeve that was Dead and
told her Not to write to me for he
was afeard it would Com out on him
yet. my wife she wrote me that
manning was on nettles and talked
of going to Canada and She Sed
She hoped the would get him yet
fer his Crime. my wife can Neither
Read Nor write herself and he is
watching her all the time her Name
Elizabeth Baker and if you get her
By herself and Scare her she will tell
ycu all write in this Letter and
more to But she is afraid of manning
he has her afraid and also Snyder
too. Now want you to Look this
Case up and have them all arrested
at once and put to prison as have
suffered Long Enuf for his muder
of Blake. Now pleas and write to
me as soon as possible and Let me
know what you will Do for me in
this Case and By So Doing oblige
yours truely.
EMANUEL BARKER,
A 463S Eastern penitentiary phili-
delphia Pa.
please answer this Letter and tell
me all about as soon rs Won can too.