The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-01-06

'Hoh"huVahf W bhAo me nome. 1 knew
nothing then until the next day. From the
time we stopped the dinkey at the end of the
road up to the shooting was from 10 to 20
minutes l won't swear positively to that.
l told Mr.. Reynolds l expected lawyer and
one of the directors Of the company to come
up and If we could make arrangements with
the Council then the men were to repair the
track. They didn't come up to the time l
was shot never expected any trouble at
ALL
Q. During that time what was the position
Of your armed men
A. They we're inside the car, l suppose,
where I ordered them. Briggs, guess, had
charge Of the western door. / tod him to
take charge Of it.
O. Was Briggs out at all before the
struggle2
A. No, sir.
O. How did you have your gum
A. My gun was Sharp's rife. had it
standing alongside of me. When the car
stopped, or was about stopping, and as / was
talking to the Councilmen, the thought
struck me that the car was short circuited.
Anybody might think pointed the gun to
them, but l did not I simply threw the gun
forward. The motion is exactly the same,
but threw the cartridge out Of my gun as
thought that if the gun was touched by any
electricity from the car it might go Off and
shoot me. l did not intend to cover any.
body.
@. Was there anybody else close at that
time, at that end
A. No, sir. Only those in the car, that I
saw.
Q. At the time you drew that cartridge
out was it loaded?
A. Yes, sir.
@. What became of it2
A. A young man, one Of the repairmen,
Garfield l think his name is, he lives at
Homesville, picked it up The gun was put
back and l shook hands with Reynolds
Q. In taking out the cartridge did it make
click?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. In whose hands did the first shot come
from, do you know?
A. In the struggle between Mahany ana
Briggs. There was no shooting before that.
O. Can you tell how many shots went Off?
A. ! cannot estimate have been in a
good many fights in the last eighteen years
on military and police duty but this WAS the
| liveliest l have ever seen. l thought the
electric lights inside turned pale with the
flashes Of the revolvers outside. After fell
in the dinkey the crowd outside was shout
ing hang him. There were rocks and shots
sent through the windows of the car. Some
of the rocks struck me in the stomach and
made the blood squirt out of the wound in
my chest.
| Q. What became of Briggs?
| A. Just as quick as his gun went off was
shot After got the second shot fell in
the car and got up and walked to the other
end.
Q. Where did your men get their ammu.
milton?
A. don't know where Briggs and Brown
got theirs. didn't supply them.
Q. Did you hear Briggs say anything
when he came out where you saw the
struggle take place?
A. They hollered about where is the
GiraTdvillo militia now ?o can't say who,
but some one said, "Here we are, what do
you want with them?" and that caused me
to turn around, and then saw the struggle
@. Did you give any orders to Briggs to
leave his position?
A No. sir; don't know how he come tc
get there
Q. Did you, about the time of the shoot
ing hear any body say ----2
A. Yes, sir; I heard it right in front Of the
car, but I can't tell who it was. didn't heal
Briggs say it,
O. When you left Keating you had agreed
to go homer
A, "Yes, sir; but we couldn't leave until
the regular passenger car came up and emptie6
| its passengers and went back. 1t was a singl,
track. Haggerty, l don't know his first name
came into the car after I was shot and I told
him l wanted to see the Chief Burgess an(
asked him to get me a drink of water.
don't know Jacob Frantz. didn't see Jacol
Gillespie at all and recollect having had an!
conversation with him. We went to the plac
to prevent the track from being torn up ant
: to arrest anybody who attempted it. w
went by orders of Capt. Bailey, president O
the company, received that afternoon at abou
supper time. The track was torn up whei
we got there. had six men beside the re
pairmeu-John Briggs, Arthur Weavll
Wrenn Brown, Edward Foley, David William
and William Dooley. / don't know just tn
arms Of Briggs orWeavill, and Foley wante,
for special duty-to find out who was engages
in tearing up the track We had seven fire
: arms on board-two springfelds, one Spencer
three Winchesters and one Sharp rifle
+ CROSS EXANINATIoN.
o When / was taken to Shenandoah two doc
S tors examined me. l didn't know anythin
@ Off it, was unconscious until the next day
b DIR. Hamilton did the probing then and ther
4 were seven doctors
Q By Mr.. Brumm. Didn't the doctors tel
, ! Won Won had a slim chance for recOverv9