The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-06-17

ldlup was burning III lnb' room when we
ente, ed. The house is about 100 yards from
the colliery. Eisenhower could walk to the
house but was about three parts full, but
could talk as sensibly as / could. When /
tried to prevent Eisenhower from attacking
his wife Eisenhower grabbed me and when |
got away from him l ran out. did not turn
the light down in the room that night.
Mr.. Brumm "Who did W
Mr.. Whalen Objected to-"
Overruled.
Schwindt "The wife"
Brumm Didn't she turn that light
down because she sat in your lap ?'
Schwindt "No sir
Brumm: 'Or you in her lap ?"
Schwindt "No, sir"
Brumm "Schwindt, will you swear be-
fore this jury that this woman was not
sitting in your lap that night -
Schwindt. 81 can swear she was not on my
lap, or near me-"
Schwindt also swore that he had no
intimacy with Mrs. Eisenhower that night, or
any other time, and that he was never in her
house before, or after that night.
During this examination Mrs. William
Schwindt, wife of the witness, became so
much affected that she was obliged to retire
from the court room.
Schwindt continued his testimony On the
night of the difficulty Eisenhower's wife and
children left the house after the difficulty.
l saw them standing on the railroad and then
it started to rain and | saw them go under
shed. That was between l and o'clock in
the morning. l didn't see them after. l
| advised her to get out of the rain and go to
the house or the shanty. | went to sleep on
| the timber under a shed. | don't know
what became of the wife after. Louis Gray
and Edward Farrell were with me when
saw the woman and spoke to her ! didn't
notice whether she had her baby with her or
not
Savilla Eisenhower called. l am past II
years of age and daughter of Theodore
Eisenhower, 1 remember the night when
Schwindt was at my house. He came there
with my father. l was in the middle room
with my two older brothers. My father and
Schwindt came in the kitchen first, my
mother was right in front of them. She had
been out to help fetch father in. l heard no
talk. My father wanted his coat, hat, vest,
shoes and stockings off. Schwindt helped to
undress him. My father laid on the floor. l
was sitting with my mother on the opposite
side of the room. Mr.. Schwindt told father
to go to sleep and he would light his pipe.
had the child and it became restless. | took
it upstairs. When l got to the top I heard a
racket and went down. Mother, Schwindt
and father stood at the door, Father had a
chair raised above his head. After the
trouble my mother, brothers and myself left
the house and we remained in the bush
until daylight. When l went back to the
mouse my lather was not there. MY mother
returned TO the mouse at ABOUT O'CLOCK IN
the AFTERNOON / heard my lather make
tnreaus against NliIlalh ochWlhuG the morn
ing aIter the dllhculty and about an hour
aiter got nome Saiu lie would nave revenge,
tnaU ne would XIII my mother ana MT
Scn"lhuV ana hang ior them, She sara she
IeiV Vne house WIN ner pIotneIs ny seuVihg
ouO Oh tne pack WINDOW had the oaoy with
heI. Joineu her hlouner III uhe pack yaru.
MI Nh"leL aSkeu uhe witness why she leit
vne nouse' ohe answered she was AFRAID OF
her lather sne heard MN say he would nave
!eVehse on 9cnWIluU because ne niaue VrouOie
III Vhe Iaiillly' Inc answer was ruleu ouV Dy
tne court
Percy ana Ollver EISENHOWER, aged 10 and
10 years respectively, SONS OF the prisoner
sWore they We're III the house ana up stairs
with thelr sister when the disturbance
occurred Olyer sald he heard his iather
threaten 10 XIII SchWlhdt ana 10 cut MN up
III pieces
Burton holD' OF shenandoah was the next
witness ana testined that he heard Essen
mower threaten 10 take the llle OF Schwlndt.
Sayllla Eisenhower was recalled ana
testlned that she never saw Schwlhdt IN the
house before or atter the disturbance, put
subsequently admitted that up TO tuesday
preceding the saturday oi the disturbance
! she was living out. saw Schwindt at one