The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-01-16
The Latter so Testifes in
Court.
CREATES A SENSATION
Special to EVENING HERALD.

POTTsvGLLE, Jan, IL, . p. m.
The proceedings in the Briggs murder trial
opened promptly at o'clock this morning.
The most important evidence ELECTED was
just before court adjourned at noon to-day,
when Richard Amour was called to the stand
and after producing the uniform he wore the
night of the riot and the wound he received
the spectators were furnished with a startling
piece of information bearing upon the case.
It has been = matter of doubt in the minds f
the people who fired the shot that caused
Amour's life to hang in the balance for 20
long time. That doubt has been cleared
away by the latter's own evidence upon the
stand this morning as follows
Mr.. Brumm: "Mr Amour, who shot you
that night?n
Mr.. Amour; "a man from Gnbcrtou by
the name Of Larry Keatug."
JAMES BRADLEY
sworn / reside at Delaware, Cass township.
have known John Briggs since l-7Gor 1877,
His reputation as to peace and good order is
good. | never knew anything wrong with
hm.
COL. p. II, MONAGHAN
sworn I have been connected with the Cir.
ardville public schools for 20 years and rrin
cipal Of them for the past II years. have
known John Briggs for : or years. His
character is good. l never heard it question.
ed.
ROBERT BENNY
sworn live at Girardville. / am motor.
man aud ran the dinkey on August 2lst, last.
| was at Gilberton. As we reached the low,
end of GilberOn, Amour was on the outside
of the car. He opened the door and spoke to
the crowd in the car. He told the men not
TO shoot until he gave orders. I ran the car
to where the crowd stood, when some one
hOllered out to stop and stopped the car
One mau on the northeast side of the crowd
hUllered, Now, men of GilbertOn, get your
guns" He was a short man and wore glasses
| turned TO Amour and asked him II he knew
that man. He said his name was jennings
/ said you have got to watch that man; he is
going to make trouble The Chief Burgess
then stepped up and told me / had the cross
ing blocked, | reversed the car, and as ]
thought, got it square with Bussel's house
| asked him IL / was far enough and he said
/ was not | showed the car back three feet
turther and | asked him if | was on the com
pany's property then and snwo one said was
Then some one hUlIeTcd, "Iu4 them off the
car Hang them, and 30 on. Muhuuy
iumpe1 on the car and called upon the Chief
Burr ess to arrest eve y man iu the car The
Chic, Burgess appeared to pay no attention,
but asked, What are you people going
TO do herrY Amour sand We propose
TO- relay this track and he called upon
Reyuol S, Stone and the Chief Burgess to
! assist him IN protecting the men in laying
the track, Then some of the reparmeu got
oil and the Chief Burgess said The first
man who puts a pick in the ground l will put
d ball through nim.' The men got scared
and put their tools back on the car. Reynolds
hollered, Amour you are pretty good
officer, Ouuyou are not in it to night. We are
too many for you and you had better take
your car and 90 hOme' stone stood in the
center of the track. He said, 1--WE tore up
this track and we mean o see that IL stays
up and send up your men 10 morrow 10 take
that overhead wire down. We want you to
take il down ana take il ont of here Itod
Amour | thought the best Thing we could do
was to get out, as l thought it was getting
too hot. ! took the levers on the car
Amour was standing 10 the left of me
and Dooley was standing ON the right of me
DUOIey stepped of at the south end and as
turned around TO 60 into the car John
Sweeny stepped on the south side of the
platform, facing MahsuOy City. Then
walked into the car towards the west end and
as l got about the center of the car | heard
some cries of Homestead sc8bs,' "Grard
/ y
don't they come oulY aud so on / about
hat time gottO the door at the west end of
the car John Briggs jumped up and walked
out au 5ho east end and said, Here is one OF
them, what do you WsutY Amour turned
towards Briggs. Ipaid no more attention,
Then / heard the shot before / had the lovers
on the west end OF the car. i was knocked
over the dashboard of the car into tho street
by the rush of the crowd from the car
When l got up was five OF
tx feet from the ear. / looked at the car 10
see what the chanc. we're TO get into it again
and as they looked blue / started off, The
shots and stones ere going IN all directions
/ only saw one flash coming from the west
1 then went to the north end Of the street and
left l didn't see the dinkey again until the
next morning When ! saw the diukey then
it was pretty well battered. The windows
were smashed, there were rocks in the car
and the tool box broken open. l heard Amour
saying that night that If he couldn't lay the
track quietly he wouldn't put it down at all
The Chief Burgess was as bad as any Of them
He dared Amour to get of and said, "If you
do ! will put bullet through you" There
were between two and three hundred people
there, 10 looked to me as ifthey were hall
druuk-half the crowd
GROSS EXAMINATION.
If said went 10 tho north side Of H.
street when / left the dinkgy that night 1
made q mistake. I went TO the pavement on
he south side and then went west. / wen
into o. house on the south side OF the street
chat night. I don't know whose house 90 was
The people i'm the house were upstairs / don
know how long i remained there; uuidn
say whether it was O. half hour on less. i lel
the house by the back door and walk ID down
he railroad TO Giurdyillo. 1 did not have
my firearms with me i'm the house and did
not occupy position in that house so / could