The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-12
TUNKHANNOCK MURDERCASE
Weaving the Net of Evidence About
Fred Wall.
NINA SHOCKS DAMAGING STORY
She Hears Conversation OF u Peculiar
Character - Detective Richmond
Gives His Experience - Ply.
sietaus md Others Testify.
NINA SHOCKS DAMAGING STOR

Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Tunkhannock. April ll.-When court
was called this morning Abram lde again
took the stand and the defense resumed
the cross-eNamination For two hours
or more the witness underwent a terri
bic battering in the effort to break
down his testimony. 1t was u trying
ordeal and the witness was worried and
nervouse Though. in some unimpor-
tant details he crossed himself he
stood up TO the main facts and the au-
dience were inclined to believe that he
was telling the truth
A. w. Feldman recalled: | was down
TO stevens Tuesday morning and saw
a lot OF people out in front examining
something In the road. | said to Fred
Wall, Fired. what's the excitement? 2"
He said. "Oh. Il lot of ---- fools are
out examining where Sherm's horse
bled." He had on Il pair of dirty over
alls. The next day he had on Il pair
of new ones-or at least thought they
were new-they were clean.
Theodore Streeter recalled-The dirt
in the wound on Waterman's temple
was dark loan. not coal ashes or Gin
ders, 1t was not deeply imbedded I'm
the wound as 1t would likely have been
If driven in by fall from some height,
il washed out easily. In one end was
gravel about the size of a pea. had To
open the wound to get that out
E. b. Phinney-I was at the Wyom-
ing House about 10 o'clock on the night
of Jan. s. 1894 Staid about five min
utes. William Waterman and Wescott
We're there. Westcott started out to
look for q. W. Waterman. while was
there, and had not returned when
left. Fred Wall and another fellow
came in while / was there and asked
for Tom. They went out again. The
lamp in front Of Stevens was out when
| went home.
Nina Tells Her Story.
Nina Shook-I worked at the Stevens
house in January. 1894 Bert Pratt.
Alva Pratt and Mr.. Buchanan were
stopping there during court Fred Wall
was about the hotel on the night of the
Sth. | noticed him and Pratt going out
and in several times. Next day they
were all there. | was sweeping in the
dining room and hail. next the bar
room. They came in between 10 and
II, and heard them say IF they search
us they won't find anything, not even a
jackknife." He came in several days
after, when Mr.. Stevens had discharged
him, and wanted some dinner. | gave
it to him. While eating he said some
thing about their suspecting him of the
murder. l said, IF you know any.
thing about 1t, why don't you tell?'
He said II don't want to hang myself
He further said IF they hang me /
won't hang alone I'll turn states evi.
dence. and some of these fellows will
have to hang with me-" Up to the
time that Fred left / noticed no change
in his clothing, didn't see any blood
upon him. l told Mrs. Stevens abou,
hearing them say what they did about
the jackknife soon after Ii occurred
while We were getting dinner. Did not
tell it to anybody else except my moth.
er. About week after that | was out
in the back yard and the boy called ms
to the barn door. when I saw Fred's
knife on the barn floor behind a post
Inc Doy was sweeping the moor aho
uncoVereu "a IT, .'oh H. hneW 1t "aS
rreu hhiie' anu earrieu II INTO the
mouse
MrS' ,. D. heatihg-l KNOW freu
Wall. He frequently came to our
house. He came there one evening
about two months after the killing
Asked for matches and / gave him a
handful. He had two or three pints OF
whisky. Said he had 81 in his pocke,
and staid at certain house in town
and lost It, tried to get out Of him
where he staid, but he wouldn't tell.
said, Fred, where did you get so much
money? hope you didn't have any
thing to do with that murder" He
said, "Well, not exactly, but l know
more about 1t than ought to- He
said at another time that Nina Shooh
knew more about the aHair than she
ought to. He said he would get ever
with her yet Along In April ne came
to the house with steve They nae
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