The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-01-08

car ] met the dinkey just about the time
it arrived. Amour said something like, "All
you people not interested in this business
stand ON one side aud he raised his gun and
put it over the rail Of the car and heard
click and / stepped over to the other side to
get out Of the way. Garrett Beating came
out and said something to Amour. l could
not understand what was said. Amour
stepped down on the north step Of the car
and was talking to Heating. The latter said
"Dick. you know you can't lay any track
here with guns tonight" Amour said, 81
know we can't ! don't know what else he
said. Briggs and Weavill had guns. After
Briggs and Amour put their guns over the
dash board of the car when the car
first arrived they took them down.
Briggs went into the car and |
took seat. Amour remained ON the step Of
the car. While Briggs was inside some one
hollered "Now, where are the Homesteaders, |
coming with their guns to lay road, snd
somebody said something about the militia.
| Briggs ran out and said "- ---' and
put his gun over the dash board of the car and
shot Parft As the shot was fired looked
and saw Parft fall. | thought it was only
| blank cartridge but when ! looked down and
saw Parft, I saw blood running from him.
Parft scrambled away and 1 tried to grab
him to help to the pavement, but | missed
| him I hollered to him to follow me around
the corner, but he scrambled under the porch
at the Russell house. l didn't see Mahony at
the time the shot was fired. He was there
after that. He had hold of the barrel Of the
gun, wrestling with Briggs, to take the gun
from him. It was two or three seconds, or
possible four seconds after Psrft, was shot. l
saw other shots that night, but l couldn't say
who fred them. They came out of the dinkey.
I saw no FIRE arms or drunken people, or peo-
pie under the influence of liquor before the
dinkey arrived and ! didn't see any stones
. thrown that night, or see any attack on the
people in the dinBey. I took no part in the
tearing up of the rails or any of the trouble.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
did not shot anybody that night or shoot
at anybody. had no fire arms ] didn't
see any of the Gilberton people have fire
, arms that night, until after the shooting
when I saw Frantz and Foley, who took the
:. guns from the dinlSey. l heard no threats
o that night, except that if Amour came there
with force that night to lay the rosd down
= they would arrest him. I heard the crowC
|. holier when the dinkey was there. The!
A said that if the people in the dinkey got OF
a the car to lay the track they would be ar
n rested. didn't see any of them down oi
n the car except two old men, reparmen, VIII
V were on the north side of the car Nobod
n undertook to arrest them.
N ROBERT PIERCE
y sworn live in Gilberton and was on tn
ct scene of the riot shortly after the dinkey a.
Il rived. l didn't know the men on the dinke
le and l am lot acquainted with Amour {
Briggs 7 saw the crowd tearingu up the roaC
l stopped while and then went back into tn
house. ] went out again when the dinke
nc came and I stood there while it was there.
as was about or 4 yards from it, in the midd
10 Of the track, at the front end of the dinke
,e l didn't hear any words pass. All l sa
y was man come out Of the CT
mr. at the front part and fired the shot, whiC
.r.l struck James Partit. Then / saw him ia
,o down and scramble towards the sidewal
~, That is all ! saw. / didn't know the ma
A who fired the shot then and don't know tn
Az, l could recognize him now. l cannot say
"a have seen him since. He was a perfe
a. stranger to me. The shot this man fired W
= the first | heard that night. He used a ri
or and put it down over the dash board of Il
no car. didn't see Mahony when he took no
m of the rifle this man had, but l saw hi
ot when he had hold of it. That was aft
o,u Parft was shot About two or three secOn
mo after didn't hear any shot before the o
a the man fred and which struck Parht. T
"a other shots were fred right after. l did
nov notice were the other shots were fired fro
; After the shots were fired l went into t
10 house. / couldn't tell exactly how ma
lor shots l heard after Parfit fell and l can't t
os. what made the man come out Of the car a
,oo fire the first shot. Before the shooting
mn heard some one pass remark about Hon
stead and the Girardville militia. l did
ont notice anybody in tho crowd outside the
7 carrying fire arms or see any one drunk
ot CRoss-EXANINATION.
the @. What time elapsed between the fri
md of the gun by the man and the falling
our Parft2
was A. couldn't tell that exactly. The II
end fell moment after the fash went.
ggs' Q. How long after you saw Parft fall '
the it you saw Mahony wrestle for the gum
and A. About two or three seconds
hat O. How far were you away from
any dinkey when you saw this?
g on A. About or yards
nose O. Did you see Briggs put his hand up
his head and run away?
A. No, sir.
less, Mr.. Brumm, counsel for the defense,
'ene called Thomas Martin who responded
and the foling examination took place
tive Q, What did Briggs say when he came
m.