The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-01-10
SOME NEW LIGHT.


stepped out and fred the shot Brown got off
the west end Of the car and presented the
gun to me. There were remarks about
Homestead and tho Girordvile military.
They came from the south side of the car and
some from the north. At tho time the
GIrardvillo military was reforred to Briggs
Qua. put his gun over diukey and
fired. exclaiming "Tako that, you --- --- --
-," or something like that. | did not
notice the kind Of gun he carried. At the
time Briggs Cred Amour was talking at the
north step with me about Brown. He said
nobody got Off the car and said there was.
/ just looked up and saw 8 man come ont Of
the car and FIRE. / don't know whether he
shot anybody There were a lot Of people
around at sthat time. ! didn't notice
anybody in particular At the time
the gun was pushed out and
discharged Flo. Mahony was about five feet
from the car. ! saw him grab the gun. That
was after it WAS discharged. 1t might have
been 10 seconds after. After that l saw
shots fired on the north side of the car and
the heat coming against my face made me
| think it was time to go. Briggs fired the
arst shot that night After the shot was
fired Amour got Of the step onto the Plat
form and went into the car l didn't hssr
him say anything As he turned to get upon
the platform he threw his right arm up to
help him get into the car. l was employed
As a special officer that night and assisted in
tearing up the track
CROSS EXAMINATION.
The Chief Burgess did not arm me with
anything that night when he made me q
special officer. did not arm myself ] had
no arms about me. did not shoot anybody
| that night and ] am not the man who shot
Briggs l did not see the man who .hot him
| and did not see James Hullihan that nigh,
until after the shooting. ! didn't see him try
to get on the dinkey and didn't see him on
| the north side of the car at ALL ] swear %
| that. / aoved back FROM the northeast cor.
uer of the car sfter Briggs fired the shot.
Mahouy grabbed the gun before / moved
back, which was probably 5 or seconds and
may be 10 or % seconds after Briggs fred the
shot.
Q. Had Briggs let go Of the gun before you
left?
A. ! couldn't say. Amour was between
me and Briggs and shut OIL my view then,
lie had been sitting on the step and when he
got up to turn around he shut of my view,
When left Amour was standing at the door
Of the dinkey, trying to make his way in.
didn't see Briggs or any part of his gun after
Amour got up.
Q. And Notwithstanding you say there
were 10 or Is seconds after you saw Mahony
grab the gun you didn't see anything Of
James Hullihan jumping up to grab Briggs
and didn't see him at all
A, No, sir,
=. Did you shoot Amour?
A. No, sir; and l didn't shoot At him
] was deputized to keep the peace and arrest
anybody who should make any trouble
Thomas Evans and Michael Cantwell wer,
also deputized. l can't reu ember any more
There was big crowd Of people there
saw Garrett Keating and Lawrence KeatinE
the latter was there all evening. He wa
there before and after the shooting l didn'
see anybody outside of those on the dinkey
with arms. Not a soul, / didn't see anybody
! didn't see Lawrence Eeating with any.
didn't see the man who shot the bullet int,
the Trevethau house and l didn't see any
body shoot at the dinkey and l didn't se
any flashes oumide Of those from the dinkey
] didn't see anybody under the influence O
drink chat night. 1 WAS paid - by the Dor
ough as an official. ] stood around there
1t was impossible to keep peace in tina
crowd. 1t was useless to try. I didn'
hear any of our people call any of the mel
on the dinkey a -- -- -- or before tn
shooting hear them call for revenge, a
Rafferty, swore. after the shooting l hear
some Of them say "hang Amour hang tn
- " l only heard Amour
name used. don't know that / was j
fighting humor that night. l am not
4 fighting man. When Brown got off the ca
I he told me il had any regard for my life
Z stand back and didn't want to fight ma
like him ] stood back from in front Of h
gun. He was standing on the street hesid
the dinkey ut the hind end beside tn
diukey, on the north side. / told him if b
didn't get into the car he would be arroste
and he got into the car Before he spoke
me he cooked bis gun and made a noise as
putting in shell or something. At the tim
Briggs shot I didn't hear Mahony say an!
thing. he could have said something with
y out me hearing it.
WALTER BUTLER
Was called aud sworn and said he lived
Girardviue He said that on the night
August DIST, last, he went 10 bed at o'cloc
aud that he knew nothing Of the case.
The Commonwealth then explained th
ID Buffers name had been placed ON Il
Al subpoena by mistake, but as he attendC
If court it WAS decided to put him under oat
and see if he did know anything about d
case. Butler was then allowed to retire.
ne JACOB GILLESPIE
ea / qtvorY1 I reside in the Fast ward of l1ilbp