Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-13

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little girl if there was no person else
il the house but herself She re-
Piled Lha. grandpa and Nancy was
all. [ looked around and inquired,
"where are they" She answered
that grandpa is in the back room in
bed, and Nancy is up stairs in bed.
Mr.. Aucker then asked us if we want
ed anything l mused little while,
waiting for Howder to answer, when
1 replied, yes. Mr.. Aucker then
arose from his warm bed, and came
out into the sitting room, bidding
US both the time of night, and seat d.
ed himself in his armchair beneath
the clock. It was just % minutes Of
S O'Clock. He remarked that he went
to bed early, and l replied, Eyes 1
see you do" L gazed upon Mr.. Auck-
er, but [ had not The courage to in
form him Of the object Of our visit,
and had made up my mind 10 go out
and go home. | cast my eyes to-
ward Howder aud hc made motions
by nodding his head for Ine to break
the unweicem intelligence to Mr.
Aucker. Finally | took courage,
placed myself on the floor in front Of
Mr. Aucker, cooked my pistol and
said: We'll old man We have come
after your money, and now we want
it. He placed his hands over his
face, and all the reply he made was n
groan. In this position be remained
about two minutes and then said that
there Was not ten dollars in the
house. l then told him we wanted
what was there, and Aucker said:
"we.l we'll see, and got up and went
past me. l turned to Howder, and
said partner bring me that light.
E[e arose and stood ct the door. Mr.
Aucker in gaining The inside Of the
bedroom door reached up in Il hur-
ried manner and took down his qua
and pointed it at me. [ presented
my pistol, bat it missed fire the first
time, and [ had to be very quick to
get the first shot for Aucker handled
himself very supply. I had not
much time to spare. ] fired the sec
ond time, tbs shot taking effect in
his arm, which caused him 10 stag
ger back on the bed. | am not pos
tive whether he went on the bed or
against it. This made him fight all
the harder and he cdmo az me Ike a
savage man, and his gun almost at
lbs cheek, and pointed ut my breast
when made one step forward and
graspeI 1t in one hand and held the
muzzle away from ne, and looked
around for Howder, bat be had gone
out Of the house and closed the door
leading into the kitchen after him.
l then drew the hatchet out from un-
der my coat, aud struck AUcker on
the head jnst to knock him down.
He fell very heavy like dead man,
and not es q person nearly knocked
down. He sank TO the floor like a
child that had no strength as yet inits
limbs. This IS the way Henry Auck-
er fell, aad this is what frightened
ma 81. l only strucl, him one blow
with tie hatcheJ. As soon as I had
accomplished the terrible work of
death, Immediately turned around,
and ran past the little girl who had
all this time remained seated ald
who never uttered n word or mani
tested the least sign Of emotion at
the tragic occurrence With pistol
in one hand and hatchet in the other,
l had considerable difficulty in open
ing tie door leading into the kitchen
for | was very much alarmed and ex-
cited at the deed J had perpetrated.
However [ reached the outside OF
the house, and called "Sam where
are YOU H2wdsr then came to me,
and l said, ".Ny God, let US go as
fast IS we can
HowGer went to McAlistcrville, and
Lowering went to Zimmermans and
remained over night, but they had
been seen on the road and when the
murder became known the next day.
Howder was arrested and Lowering
was followed into Shade mountain to
Peter Warmers where hC was arrest
ed, taken before q Justice il AIcAlia-
teIv;l.e, and there identified by Miss
McElT0y, daspi'e the fact that he had
shaved eff his vhisl,ers.
The murdersju just mentioned great
ly moved the people of this little
mount girt valley, but not one agitat
ed the people like the Carpenter case.
The bond of relationship between
the murdered man and the murder
er and murderers mother, ard the
blindness Of the victim, and the man
ner in which he Was killed, and his
body taken away in the dead quiet OF
a Sunday night, excited the people to
such a degree that the uppermost
topic of conversation was the murder
Of the elder Carpenter.
He had been & useful man, blind
though he was, for he was a constant
cash buyer Of butter and eggs ard
poultry, and he demonstrated to .
certainty that there is money to be
made in that business if it is proper
~ managed, and he demonstrated to
q certainty chat he had more man
aging ability than many men who can
see clearly ost Of both their eyes, and
his business ability revealed by his
murder has induced more than one
party to venture into the business
from which his son Jjm removed him,
because Of Jim's coyetousness, and
because he wanted to get hyId of his
fathers money as was testified to in
the trial, by witness, who over
heard the murderer say 10 bis moth
er; ''Now the cid man is out of the
way, III go to the bank and see how
much money he has there, and ship
the eggs he has in the shop, and
they cannot prove anything"
The witness heard jim tell his
mother that, long before daylight on
Monday morning, December II, 1898;