The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-06-08
WHOLE NO. 2132.

would produce death If not treated al
once; the thisd was scalp Eound on
the top Of head, with a ssavihg in Of the
skill about OF an inch either CT t3ese
wounds would have produced death !
the wounds were produced by 4 hard
substance, wood, iron, steel or other hard
Object; We lad si0ue AZ the inquest
tAat III very nicely in the wound on the
crown Of the head OF the one IN the From
taI region; the front woGnd couldn't
have helped but produce death the
body had been prepared for burill bat
the blood was oozing out Of the nostEils,
ears and wounds and that vas the oondi-
ton when We hrst saw l.
CrosS examination by ex-Judge Bzer
None Of the wounds could have been
produced by a gun or stone
Dr.. II. D. Moore testified. Live IN New
Lexington; have been practieing for -
yeSIs AZ vas called on 70 make an exam
inztioa Of the body Of Jonathan Hoch-
ste.ler on March Slss and went the nexi
day. DR.. Garlner eorrobOratsd as 10
ehsractsr and eject Of the wounds. etc-l
scalp wound on the front OF the head
Vas inches long, The other had an an
gle IN Il. the one arm OF which vas J.
inches long. the other I inches long /;
didn't measure the wound N the skull,
bit Il extended beyond the scalp wound
It was an inch and half long These
Wounds might have been made either By
| the stock Of gun OF this stone. Wit
ness picks Up stone o. table. I an q
Surveyor; made this islA Al ths re-
quest ofthe Dis.Eic. Attorney. THIS dra1
shows the ro2d from Trent % JoaAtnal
Hochststiers, buildings, etc.
Cross examination by ex-Judge B1er
There were trees b4txsen the maza r01l
ard the side road at the plzee where
the murjer took place the uhderbrlsh
and timber Is less dense than most p.ac-
es along the rozi At some places along
the road there is lsurel the wounds
might have bsen made by . stone OF :
gun The Commonwealth nov oder tFo
drzfts, the ssnne, aad articles found on
the body Of jonathan Hochststler|.
Sheriff Isaiah Goa9 testified an the
Sheriff Of Somerset county; a warrant
Vas placed in Iay hlnis On tle 2ld Of
April; the warrant vas handei % me q.
T ent, q. which place divided my csm-
panyi had quite 4 pose We had about
= men we we're afer Wm- Pitts ani
Wn- Miller; Wm- Gilbert had charge Of
one sq1-I, Fred DlP3nt another and I
had one; I went Up the Coun-y line rosd
TO jonathan Hochstet.er's; two Of tie
squads net At Wm- Fritts's and then
went 70 Paul Mixers for suPper that
night We made q raid on Wm. Ni.ler's
house bat didn't fad NJ. Miller. We
LEFT here on Saturday morning and re-
turned here on Saaily a. , o'clock ?. T.
Cross examination by ezJuise B2sr
On the morning ofthe 7th Of A7ri. I got
uD for the O'Clock train went down
s .ueet and f1an1 Nr. Miller IN the bar
room with Wa Gilbert; vas going
away AMI told Gilbert 70 take care Of
him.
Wm. Gilbert testi6ed. I am Chief of I
Police OF Somerset borouzh I went win I
the She-ilf-s posse On the SIturiay after
the murder the posss vas divided ia,o
three gangs; Tt0ok oae gang AL Vent
doEn the middle roa3 1 arrested Pal
Miller Fletcher went with me and
We went over 70 Pritts's in F4ya-te eoun- I
y there We s-rss.si yoaag P6its aad
took hin with Is; we ssarc.-ei all isht
and retained the next day
Co.'S examination by Mr. Kolse-- .
had 4 warrant fos Abram Fletcher
james Z. Beal recalled I saw the tall
est nan strike With a gun then tusa-
ed away but heard the other blows it
sounded Ike 2 rattle the rattle seemed
rs though there vas soms.hing loose on /
the gun
Cross ex1mination b. ex-Judss BIs-.
When I first saw the man in the road
he was nearly down Afterwards he vas
down on his knees. I only saw him
rliss up once and that Eas after he vas
struck the first time.
wE1NEsDAE MORNING sEs-l0S-
When Court convened Al : o'clock
Wednesi4y morning J. G.. Osle, Esq,
opened tie case for the defense. He
spoke for about one half an hour and
made telling speech.
Wm- c. M,lIer, the defen lans, vas the
SIS. witness called an1 plloe1 u21a the
stand. The General boxed as though
he had spent sleepless night. tie told
his story very deliberately.
Wm- c. Miller testified have lived
ia M.ddlecreek township all ny lie I
was never on: OF the safe, bat once
when vas in the army; enlisted il
Co. X IL Rag, Pa Vol; the ssc1ai
time I enlisted in theSS-a Reg Pa Vol,
have opened out farm At home and
have been connected with the WHISKY
business; an the father Of eleven chill
dren the Younges. Is three Yeas Of sgs,
lived about = nile and haiflr1n H0ch-
stsiler's; was st home on the fore part Of
the dsy HOchs.e.ler was killef that AZ
teru0on Mr. Pritts came 70 me and
said that reysnGe officers we're in the
mountain and thl- be T1s OF tas alert,
objected 70 IS irrelevant We were try
ing 70 keep out oftheir way wzs =. ny
mothers house n the foreaoon5 we con
ciude1 We had better keep on Ofthe way
OF the oticers; We went over - ny son
B5b's and told hin tha, he had better
keep Away a. they miga, take him IS a
witness The three Of us then went up
the mountain to the co1nty line rad,
where we.heard wagons going b. then
We went 70 where the road crosses Crab
run Ve stood there Tor about ten min
utss and concluded that We would % o.
er to Abe Pietcher's empty house and
spend the night as Ee world not be In
terhered With there; a5ol. this tine
saw Jonathan Hochstetler coming, be
vas on the other side OF Crab run he
picked up = stone and sail as he rushed
towards ne Vow, Cd yO1! I've
got you where want yOu-7 Hs threw