The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-06-20


A | was told so.
O. That is all you know about it?
A. Yes sir.
Q. Do you remember when you shot any
body on that railroad
A. When
Q. Yes?
A. (After delay Of 10 seconds) couldn't
tell you rightly any more when the day was
| know that they took me to the lookup
Q. Was it the day you went to look for
your brother?
A. don't know. I am not certain. 1t
may be.
Mr.. Whalen then taxed the prisoners
memory as to what transpired in the lookup
The prisoner said he saw several men in the
lookup. He said he thought he would know
one of the men who talked to him in the
place.
Q. Do you know Mr.. Watkins, reporter of
the Shenandoah HERALD?
A. Maybe. l don't know, He may have
come there.
Q, Don't you remember meeting the re-
porter of the Shenandoah HERALD there and
giving statement of the matter to him.
A. don't know. Maybe.
Mr.. Watkins was requested to step forward
and stand before the prisoner After eyeing
the reporter the witness said he didn't know
him.
The prisoner also sworc that he didn't
remember running away after the shooting,
or saying anything to Smith or Boyer, or
talking to Justice Williams upon arrival at
the latters office. The prisoner said he
purchased the pistol used in Pottsville last
January, as he and his nephew contemplated
going to Michigan. He remembered having
discharged the chambers at least once He
fired the five shots into tree at a distance of
4 or yards. He owned revolver once before
and gave it to his wife after they made up
the last time He did not try to get that
revolver to take with him because his wife
would not let him in the house. The second
revolver was purchased while on a visit to
Pottsville with his nephew
The prisoner also sworne l never threat
ened Schwindt but once. That was after the
fuss at the house. That was in the presence
of my wife and child. l didn't say l would
cut Schwindt into pieces. | said that if |
would catch him together with my woman
inside of my house | would finish the both
Of them.
O. You knew Schwindt right well, didn't
you
A. did. Too we'll
Q, Know his brother ?
A. John?
Q. Yes?
A. | was not acquainted with the brother.
Q. The day this man was shot, did you see
John Schwindt-didn't you see the man 60
ing up the Lehigh railroad And didn't you
believe that was Bill Schwindt? And didn't
you walk up behind him and fire at him?
Don't you remember thatf
any idea to kill either one of the Schwindts,
for the reason that | thought if | would
threaten them the woman would get scared
and be like a woman.
Eisenhower wouldn't swear that he did or
did not, threaten William Schwndt in John
Wagner's saloon, and in the presence of Bert.
Kold and Charles Sturm.
Q. Don't you remember saying in the
lookup that if you shot John Schwindt you
were sorry, and if you shot Bill Schwindt
you were satisfied.
A. don't think that l did Ito the best of
my recollection. 1t might be | did. | can't
remember a word that was said there by me
to anybody else.
By the court What was the first thing
after being at the crossing that you recolect?
A. Was being in the lookup.
Mr. Whalen; Now can't you tell us what
| occurred in the lookup when your memory
came back to you?
A. l don't know. l know the day they
fetched me out of the lookup and brought me
to Pottsville. | found out at the Squires
office why had been locked up.
Q. How long were you in the lookup?
A. | don't know whether l was there a
week, or two weeks.
Q. Is it not fact that your wife was never
away from home, and not except when you
abused her, or chased her away from home,
or when obliged to be at her fathers house
for two nights in RingtOwn.
A. l never chased her of.
Q. You swear you never abused your wife?
A. | swear did give her tip that even
ing.
Eisenhower swore on the direct examina-
tion that when his wife told him her buffer
was to call on the evening they had arranged
to go to the theatre he gave her tip
q. When you gave her that tip you struck
her twice and blood flowed freely from her
mouth and the blood covered the baby's
dress and she went to Hopkins to escape
from you?
A, No, sir l just gave hers tip.
Deputy Coroner Maney sworn;
By Mr.. Brumm Was DR., Church before
the Coroner's jury?
A. Yes, sir.
O. Was any post mortem examination
held2
A. No, sir,
Q. Why not?
A, | didn't think it was necessary l
asked DIR. Church and he said he was positive
that Schwndt had died from the effects of
this wound and didn't think it necessary to
hold post mortem. That was the reason l
declined to hold one.
The first witness called this morning was
John A. Titman, Shenandoah, who swore he
never heard the prisoners reputation ques-
toned before the shooting.
Charles Eisenhower, of Shenandoah,
nephew of the prisoner, testified that he and
the prisoner had made arrangements within
year past TO 90 to Michigan. They visited
Pottsvile together, Witness did not know
the prisoners business ON the visit. Did not
know the prisoner purchased a revolver in
Potssyille that day until the weapon was
shown him ON the train going home. They
didn't start for Michigan on the day
appointed because Eisenhower couldn't draw
his pay, and Eisenhower changed his mind