The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-01-10

car window, on the north end
Of the car. When | shifted to the north l
could not see Amour on the platform. l
stood beside little tree at Foley's place and
/ heard a shot after remaining there a while,
by whom l could not tell. That tree was
probably to 10 feet from the dinkey and in
about line with the back, or west end Of
the car. l heard the shot and it seemed to
come from the east end Of the car, but ]
couldn't see who fired it. After the shooting
went into the dinkey, 1 didn notice
any body other than Amour in the
car. Amour was lying on his back on the
floor of the car with his head to the east.
spoke to him and noticed he was shot. ltook
two guns there we're in the car in my hands
and Lawrence Heating came in aud asked
me what the - ! / wanted with them and
took hold Of me. / asked him what he
wanted with them. Another man stoo be
hind Eeating. l did not know him. ley
then came in and took the two guns from @.
The witnesses identified two Winche IS
shown him as the guns.
As quick as the first shot was fred that
night the shooting became general. Then l
was making my way out.
O. What time elapsed, if any, between the
firing of the first shot and the next shot, or
Shots if you heard any2
A. Well, can't say positively but to the
best of my knowledge, a second or two. The
excitement was very high. Prior to the
shooting heard some Of the people make
few remarks. They called out the Girard-
Vile military and Homesteaders. l entered
the dinkey about 10 minutes after the shoot
ing was in the car from to minutes be-
fore the shooting.
At this point the court adjourned the case
until 8 o'clock Wednesday morning.
Special to the HERALD.
PorrsvuLE, Jan. 1O.-The trial of John
Briggs was resumed before Judge Weidman
at Pottsyile this morning by Hon. c. n.
Brumm, of counsel for the defense calling
Jacob Gillespie to the stand for cross examin-
ton the Commonwealth having concluded
the direct examination when the cour
announced the time for adjournment last
evening.
The witness testified l am p miner and
keep shoe store in the East ward Of
Glberton. 7 hold no official position in the
borough and had nothing to do with the
resolutions of the Town Council and had no
connection with the tearing up of the electric
railway track further than being a spectator.
The agitation Of the question of tearing up
I a.. I nd j HYrf md
talk Of the proposed work about a week
before it was done The riot has not been
| forgotten by the people of Gilberton.
District Attorney Ryan objected to Mr.,
Brumm's question as to whether the feeling
OF the people of Gilberton, especially those
in the East ward, is not now bitter against
the prisoner and the other men who went to
Gilberton on the dinkey that night, and that
the people have been bitter since the riot.
After quite an argument by counsel on
both sides Judge Woidman sustained the
objection,
| The witness continued: When l said the
people had not forgotten the riot meant
they had not forgotten the excitement and
agitation Of the time, but l don't know that
the same feeling or sentiment still exists. The
evidence of excitement at the time were the
gatherings Of spectators. ! can't remember
any remarks and did not hear any threat,
made. I should Judge there were about 15C
people there that was the greatest number
There was quite a number people there from
the time of the tearing up Of the track
saw nobody under the influence Of liquor
| Lawrence Keating didn't scudle with me il
the car to get the guns, He got hold of me
Between Keating and Foley they got thu
guns from me by force, I don't know tina
Keatng was under the influence Of liquor
have not seen Keating in court while l hav'
been here during this trial. was stand nj
on the north side of The dinkey, but saw nu
shots fired from that side of the car Their
was second or two between the Gred anC
second shots, but don't know who fred them
The sound seemed to come from the soutl
side of the dinkey. 1t might have been tn,
southeast direction. don't know whethe
or not that shot struck Briggs, Paft or Con
Z noIs. ] do not know what became Of tn
, Winchester rife that is missing. l saw shot
, from other directions than from the dinkey
l saw in all about - or 10 and they cam
, from different dire tions. l only speak fror
, the sound. The excitement was high and
q was excited. They seemed to come fror
around the dinkey and l didn't notice an
, coming from windows of houses on the mort
f side Of the street. What shooting was don
3 was done very quick. TWAS something like
pack of fire crackers going off 1 heard peop
holler Hang him" Lynch him" Th'
was about all. 1t was not mentioned VIII
they wanted to hang, but l took it t'
{ Amour, as he was in the car. If didn
# hear the remarks "Chop him NJ" "Hang hin
, the -- - , was perhaps because ! va
running around to get place Of safety
t didn't see any stones thrown. but heal
e glass crash at about the time l ran away.
a didn't see any person with firearms exec
T. | with thoea on the diukpv and didn't lel