The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-04-06

Win Die- Ny vile ard my mother we're
there and ! told the story to the three and
gave myself up 70 Berg. He made me go
with him 10 hunt for old daddy and Pritt,.
In the cvening We went down 10 SQUIRE
Millers. When We got ihere. the house was
fall Of people, but they did not know that
had msds confession. They hsd found
the body and were fixing ~ the INQUEST
jury / raised 10 my feet there, stepped for
ward and told the story just as have told
It how. They had me sworn. but they
didn't fake down as much as you have. /
was lei, in BeIg's hands and he lef. me 70
bone BY himself told him that would
stay around home until be wanted me-
This morning had started TO 20 to the fa-
neral and stopped at Allan Forespring's and
ate dinner. Then I went to Nicklov's.
and Joe and me wss just ready TO 20 to the
funeral when Mr.. Scott came and asked me
70 60 With him, aud be brought me here.
/ don't know anything about the moon
shine business and don't know where apy
of the stills are Old daddy and 'Yony'
hadn't been friends for long time, bit /
never heard any threats made don't be-
iieve that old daddy and Priits viii stay
long al any one place; they'll dodge around
eEe-ywbere. They had their repeating rides
with them They may get good many TO
stick to them. There are lots Of moon
sinners down there and they all blamed
Hochsteiler With giving them away and
causing The raid q few months ago. There
may be two Of them, and there may be
twenty. Old daddy has beea spending
most of his time with Bill Pritls of lac.
o,d daddy gets S9i 4 month pension.
When I left him and Priits in the shsnty
that morning think they intended TO go
towards Pfitts' home in Fayeite county"
The prisoner is a fine looking young fsl-
low and would readily pass for Is years Of
age, although he says he Is - and has
wife and one child. lie inquired of the
reporter whether his ofiense was bailsble OF
not, but finally concluded ihet be would
be safer in jail than be would be outside.
ANOTHER wrrxEss TO TIE SUEDER-Hox IT
cAxE TO LIGHT.
The murder came to light in a peculiar
way. James Beal, young man, who lives
near Nj. Pleasant, was iramping over the
Laurel Hill mountain Wednesday afternoon
on his way to visit his sister, Mrs. Lou
Smith. When he bad reached a point on
the road where a new loop had recently been
cut to avoid chuck hole, he was brough;
to stand still by a sharp command OF
Halt r' He thought the command was d.
rectei 10 him and peering through the
bushes he saw man standing in the aban-
dOned road, with his face turned towards
three men standing on sharp bank sbove
the road, partially concealed, aud all having
guns leyeled on the man in the abandoned
road. Halt. was the command young
Beal heard a second time, and accompanying
it came the report of two guns. Then he
saw one Of the men leap from the bank to
The road and rushing upon his victim be
gan TO beat him over the head with the
stock of his rifle.
Beal waited to see no more. lie thought
be was in the presence Of highEaymen, and
be took 70 his heels and started back tow
ards We.tmoreIsnd county.
A mile from The scene of the shooting he
cine to the house Of Jonathan c. Hoch-
stetler He stopped and told the family Of
the bloody soere he had witnessed. The
family little rscked what appalling interest
the story had for them. They directed him
to another road by which he could reach
his sisters house. When Beal reached the
house he told his sisters family Of the trag-
edy he had witnessed. Mr.. Smith deter
mined TO investigate and be and Besl went
70 Trent While BeAl was reeiting his story
there to a crowd who had collected in A. H
Brugh's store, Harvey Hochstetler came in
and asked if any one had seen his father,
Jonathan. The old man had been az Brugh S
store during the afternoon, but had left for
his home, four miles distant, about o'clock
and had not reached it. The description
Beal had just given Of the man he had seen
assaulted on the abandoned road cores
ponded precisely with that Of Jonathan
Hochsteiler, aad the crowd at the store al
once decided to go and search for his body.
Under Beal's guidance the searching party
repaired to the scene Of the tragedy. The
night was intensely dark and the searchers
had to depend upon the faint CLEANS Of q
halfdozzsn lanterns to guide their footsteps
Beal conducted the party to the abandoned
stretch Of road, where the trampled,condi.
ton of the ground showed that desperate
struggle had taken place, and confirmed hi:
story Of the tragedy he had Witnessed there
few hours before. No blood stained the
spot, but footprints led through the dens,
under growth 10 the left Of the road, while
broken ard cruske1 branches of laurel
showed tha, the body had been dragged in
that direction.
One Of the men had worn gum boots Of an
unusually large size, and as soon as this fact
became known, significant glances were e1.
changed among the searchers. No one said
whom he suspected of having committed
the crime, but il was soon manifest that al
attributed it to one person.
On down through the brush the sesrcher:
/ fJllowed the tracks. 1t was evident that
! the old man had been killed or rendered
helpless, for marks showed now that two o
the men had to drag him along. The track:
led down to Crab run, a diminutiye stream
/ forty or fiiy feet from the loop in th'
road. Here the tracks disappeared, but &
/ few rods on tie other side Of the stream
they respPeared and we're followed to th'
home Of .' Jake" Garry. two miles furthel
up the mountain. Here the searching par
~ halted and held a consultation as Il
what course they should pursue. A few
members OF the party wanted TO search Gar
/ rvs house, believing that the murderers ye;e
concealed in it. Others insisted that Carr
vas friend Of theirs and they would not
permit search to be made unless it VA
done By an officer Of the Law.
Afer considerable parleyius i was deci
/ ded to send for constable The eonsiabl'
Joined the party surrounding Garry's aous'
shortly after day-bresk, armed with search
warrant. Mrs. Garry, at hrst refused th,
party admission to the house but finally
permitted them 10 enter. A thorough
search Of the building and barn failed to re
wal the presence of the murderers. HeF'
the party decided TO abandon the search fol
Hochstetlers body until they had break
I tasted and all started for their homes, bay
ing first agreed to continue the search late
in the day.