The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-06

IN addition testified that he had
threatened to blow up the church.
and that the people in that neighbor.
hood were all afraid of him.
Mrs. Charles Dollman testified that
she heard him say that he would blow
up the church, kill these mer. and
then kill himself. The defendant on
his own behalf testified that he had no
recollection of the circumstances.
That if he had made these threats he
did not know it, or mean it. That
the people of Eyersgrove had been
kind to him, and he bore them no i'll
will.
TUESDAY MORNING.
Court opened with much larger
audience than was present Monday
morning. Upon petition James ].
Grant and A. Barret were appoint
ed overseers of the election for the
E. N. election district of Conyngham
township. The case Of Susan Cooper
VS.. Daniel Miller on the trial list for
next week. was owing to fact that the
present counsel had been in the case
only few weeks continued over the
term. The Grand Jury having re-
turned true bill in the case OF the
Com, VS.. G.. w. Gearhart, Incest and
Bastardy, w. H. Rhawn Esq. repre-.
senting the defendant, moved that it
be continued until May sessions,
owing to the fact that the information
was laid only January 2Sth and the
defendant had not had sufficient time
to prepare his defense. The case was
continued, and the recognizance Of
the defendant was forfeited to be
respited by his appearance at the
next sessions. The list of traverse
jurors was called and the following
excused, Stephen Knorr, Frank
Myers and James Magee Ist. Ber-
jamin Pennypacker was reported sick.
The case OF Com. VS.. Shultz and
Watts, larceny, was called by the dis.
trict Attorney. Col. Freeze represent.
ing Watts moved the Court for a
separate trial, and after some argu-
ment, the Court granted the motion,
and the District Attorney called up
the case of Com. VS.. Hiram Snultz,
This case comes from Mt. Pleas ant
township and the prosecutor was the
trustees of the Kitchen" M. f..
Church. w. II. Chrisman Esq. repre-.
sented the defendant, and the Dis.
trict Attorney looked after the inter.
ests of the commonwealth. In open.
ing the case MIR. Hanly informed the
jury that on or about the night of
December IL, last past, the defendant
in company with Watts attended
meeting at this church, and when they
departed two robes were missing.
That the robes were traced to the
possession of the defendant. The
first witness called was William Nc.
Mahon who testified that he attended
church at the place in question on
the evening of Dec. IL, 1895 That
when he entered the church he left
robe valued at $4,000 in his buggy,
and that when he came out to 20
home the robe was gone. He said
the next time he saw it, was on the
2Ist of December when it was brought
to him by Hiram Shultz. The robe
Of Rev. Smith which was taken the
same night, was returned at the same
time. When questioned as to the
conversation he had with Shultz, he
said, Shultz had told him that he had
gone to the meeting with Charles
Watts, and on the way home Watts
asked him if ne was cold, saying he
had two robes, which he got out from
under the seat of the buggy.
Rev Smith testified that he had
robe taken that night valued at So 90.
That when he next saw it, a piece of
sheep skin which had been sewed on
the bottom had been cut off. c. R.
Parker, a Justice of the Peace, said
that he knew the defendant, that he
had made an affidavit before him
stating that he had not taken the
robes, and did not know they were in
the buggy until they were half way
home, when Watts asked him if he
was cold, saying he had something to
keep them warm.
Lloyd Watts testified that he was
the father of Charles Watts, one of
the boys implicated in this trouble,
He testified that Hiram Shultz told
him where he could find the sheep
skins, and two tails that belonged to
the robe in his fathers barn. That he
went and found them just where
Hiram said they were.
Charles Watts, the other boy i'm
plicated, was called, and said that
they had been at the church only a
few minutes, part of which time Shultz
was on the opposite side of the church
from HIM that he came to him and
said, come on if you are going home.
Denied knowing anything about the
robes. This closed the Common.
wealth's cases.