The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-01-09

tween the first and second and the rest fol-
lowed rapidly. / didn't see anybody with
fire arms up the street that night and
didn't see anybody other than those on the
car shoot, or hear any reports between the
place where 1 was and the dinkey OF the
street abovem me.
PATRICK O'NEuL
sworn; live in the East ward Of Gilberton
and am tea and coffee agent. was at
on the night of August DIST and |
saw the electric railway torn up. That waG
about o'clock in the evening was not !
there when the dinkey arrived. l saw tho |
dinkey and was about six feet from it, little |
south OF the south rail was close to the
east end Of the car l recognized John
Briggs on it. l don't think 1 would know
Amour now. l recognized a stout man stand
ing on the north side Of the car. saw John
Briggs with gun, but don't know that
could tell the gun. Shortly after my srrivsl
at the dinkey 1 heard John f. Reynolds say
you can't scare the GilbertOn people, or
something like that. Heard some one hollor,
Homestead" That is about all can swear
to. I saw, when Homestead was mentioned,
John Briggs walk to the front of the CAT and
James Parit fell with the shot Briggs came
out Of the car on to the front platform with =
gun. He seemed to come on a rush. He
says, Here you are" and take that" and
"-- --." From the time he came
out of the car, until he fred, should judge
about thirty seconds. have made mistake.
misunderstood the question. 1t was Instant
ly. saw James Parft, He was shot that
night by John Briggs, 1 saw Flo. Mahouy
that night and saw him, after the gun had
been discharged, catch the gun and wrestls
with Briggs Briggs seemed to he stronger and l
think Mahony got one foot on the bumper Of
the car, he was pulled up, and with that
ran away. 1t was from 20 to % secon5 s from
the time the shot was fred until Mahony
grabbed the gun. / saw Mr. Amour there
| that night l couldn't say | could recognize
him now. He seemed to be facing northeast.
l got excited when Mahony grabbed the gun.
l ran down Siebert street, south; l didn't see
or hear any other shots. When Parft was
shot he seemed to fall and shouted, ooh 90
and crawled little SOUTH l didn't wait to
see where he got to.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
didn't shoot anybody that night and had nc
firearms. didn't throw any stones or see
anybody throw any. didn't hear any glasl
rattle. l was not too excited. | only heard
one shot. | didn't hear any threats or see
anybody drunk or under the influence Of
a..
prepared for them" either before or since
have said nothing about the case since, eI-
cept that it wss too bad that it happened and
didn't mention it to a soul what knew about
the case.
Q. Can you tell, then, how they happened
to get you here as a witness?
A. No, sir l can't just say.
q What did Briggs do with the gun right
after he shot it of for the 20 or % seconds
that passed before Mahony grabbed it?
A. I couldn't say. II said Brgg held the
gun for 20 or % seconds l made a mistake
q. You are sure that as Mahony grabbed
the gun you got excited and ran away?
/ A. Yes, sir.
q. Just the instant?
A. Yes, sir. No, sir not just the instant.
made a mistake. got little excited and
! was excited that night. I don't know that
there is any feeling about this matter in Gil,
berton. l have none.
ELI EVANS
sworn II was there when the dinkey was
there. was about or 10 feet from it. /
recognized John Briggs as one of the oocu-
pants of the car. couldn't recognize any
body else, | didn't see any fire arms. saw
| shots fred and saw Mr. Briggs fire. got
there about five minutes before the shooting
started. Some person hollered, where il
your Girardville militia or Homesteaders ?''
and Briggs came out and said, Here / am,
you - -- , take that" and the shot
went of. ! saw big man standing on the
north side of the car. That was the man's
position when Briggs fired I didn't know
the man. l didn't see James Parft that
night didn't see any person shot there
that night. didn't see any more shots than
one. That was the first fired. l saw Flo.
Mahony there that night. I saw him grab
the gun about or 10 seconds after the shot
CROSS EXAAuNATIoN.
/ was employed that night to help tear up tho
track by Couucilmen Stone and Kilcullen and
paid by the borough treasurer We worked
from 81 to hours and got SO for it. We
didn't get any drink thrown in. had two
glasses Of beer between working times Mr.
Reynolds went with me the first time. He
treated me both times and he treated the rest
of the working gang. There were or OF
us. l treated back. | took a beer when
treated back. l treated once and had three
beers altogether. l made mistake when
said / had only two beers. That was all
had-three beers None of the others treated
and had no drink after the job was finished.
/ was not there when the dinkey came up.
l went home When / heard the dinkey
coming ] went back. l understood that If
the track would be laid down it would be torn
up again. We were not going to stop them
from laying it, but wait until they would lay