The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-01-05


Amours hands l told Amour then that if
he had forty guns he could not scare the peo-
pie of Glberton and could not lay that
track that night advised him at the same
time to put mp his gun and take car back.
l explained the excitement that the appear
ance of the guns had created and said that it
would be impossible to lay the track that
night We talked there for while and |
Garrett Keating came out and stood beside |
me. He said he was against the tearing up
of the track, but as they came with guns he |
would stand by the borough and the action Of
the Council. We had quite a long converse
ton and Amour and the other man put the |
guns back in the car.
Q. What was the position in which the
guns were held at the time the conversation
was going on?
A. As near as can recolect they were
held at an angle over us The guns were not
pointed directly at us.
Stone had testified that the guns Of Briggs
and Amour covered him and Reynolds
Reynolds further testified, Amour then
came out ON the platform aud after quite
conversation he admitted that they couldn't
do anything there that night; that they
would 90 home and he would notify the
company of what they had done. He also
stated to me that it was all game Of bluff
their coming there with guns They agreed
to 60 home and they shook hands with my
self and Mr. Keating That was the last l
saw Of them l was talking to Mr.. Foley in
his hotel when heard the first shot. l went
to the door and saw the shooting out of the
front and north side of the car. l saw one
man fall on the north side of the car and by
that time the crowd rushed and forced me
back into the hotel. 1 saw no more of the
shooting. l didn't recognize the party who
| fell When / left the hotel l met one man
going in the hotel with gun, 1 didn't
recognize him Several seconds elapsed
| between the first and second shots
On cross examination by Mr.. Brumm, Mr..
Reynolds said he went to see the men tear up
the track. He didn't help. When they
started to tear up the rails there were about
% or 30 people there, but the crowd increased
as the time went on and when the work was
! finished the crowd numbered from $50 to 200
people. Then some went away and when the
dinkey came the crowd increased again.
did not remain there after the tracks were
torn up because l expected a fuss l had no
more idea that there would be a fuss there
that night than have of any in this court
room The Chief Burgess was instructed
that if anybody came to relay the track he
should arrest them, Nobody was arrested
and no effort was made TO arrest Amour OIL
Briggs.
Mr. Reynolds examination closed the
morning session and when the court recon
veued after the dinner hour NJ. J. Reynolds, o
Mahanoy Plane, the clerk Of the Gilbertor
Borough Council, was called to the stand
During most of the time he was there he wa
kept busy reading minutes and ordinances O
the Borough Council. This examination wa
very tedious and dry. His readings went t.
show that the Mahanoy City, Shepandoah
GimudyiIe and Ashland Street Railway Com
pany had been notified that its tracks woul'
be torn up if it did not comply with the or
diuance.
Cross examination by Mr.. Brumm.
i @ The resolution of Council passed Jun
q .. 1888 threatened to tear up the road uules
q the company complied with the conditions O
t the ordinance in broad terms.
s A. 1 think So
Q, It did not specify wherein they faile
O to comply with tho ordinance
e A. No, sir.
Q. The resolution passed August 2nd ws
to remove all tracks from the streets and sid
ways not authorized by the ordinance.
A.-Yes, sir.
- Q-There was nothing specified wherein
. if at all that they had laid the track on an
part not authorized by the ordinance?
= A.-There was nothing specified.
Q.-Why didn't the Council specify whi
they wanted to have done in these resol
tions2
e Al don't know. The resolutions don
o show it, but the failure to macadamizo al
.e repair the roads was the whole fault
g Q.-Cau you tell why the Council allow,
tine road to lay from December, 1892
August, 1898 without tearing it up?
sc A. The Council expected the railroi
a people would fix up this road right along an
m gave them all the time they could, Nou
Ne after notice was served and if they had fix
/ up the streets there would have been nothil
ot about it. sent them two notices and th
ID were notified by the street committee.
at G. Not one of the notices except the Ia
Te said anything on the subject Of improp
at location of the road, was there?
ID A. That is the only one.
,d Q. Mr.. Reynolds, the ordinance that ga
ne this road the privilege to pass through t
re borough also says that if they fail to repj
d the Ioads or comply with the ordinance
no borough may make the repairs and char
I'd the same to the company with twenty /
,s cent additional as a penalty. Did the b,
Al ough do anything of that kind?