Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-03-20

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affidavit was true and that she
signed it voluntarily, the witness
said he heard no promises made in
his presence.
Deming read the last page of that
famous affidavit, and its purport
would have been much clearer had
he read IL all, instead of the closing
paragraph only.
The prosecutor now summed up
the evidence TO the jury in a man.
ner that would have astonished
Jos. H. Choate or Vim. NJ. Evarts,
and asked them to DECIDE whether
the evidence sustained the charges.
Deming called for the vote for the
affirmative to raise their right
hands and all hands went with ma
chine like precision sustaining the
charges.
The prosecutor now read charges
against Mr.. Yopngs that said Young
did on Feb. IA 1898, lead and aid a
mob to defeat the election of suita-
bic persons f6r trustees and there
fore was guilty of malicious mis-
chief. e. Bensley first witness, who
said be was present at that election
was called here by pastor, and that
Youngs did not allow the pastor TO
organize the meeting, and tried to
rule the pastor out. That meeting
was called by pastor, who was first
interfered by John Youngs and that
the mob organized and elected
their Board He said the pas.
tor objected to such proceedings,
which were bordering on a riot, and
that it was with difficulty that we
got a Board elected by regular
voters. Twill say right here that
most OF this witness evidence was
suggested by Deming. the witness
merely being the mouthpiece.
Elijah Lundy meekly corroborated
Benslys testimony. The next charge
was that Messrs Young and Major
had caused a paddock to be placed on
the church door. Mr.. Bensley re-
called, and said he was present when
the lock was being put on by D. B,
Heater. | could not say who bOssed
the job, but think Heater was ad-
vised to do it by Messrs Young, Ma
jor and Vansickle.
Deming here remarked that he
wss advised that the lock was put
on by the three Johns.
Mr.. Lundy corroborated evidence
of Mr.. Bensly susual, Mrs Snider
said that she heard Vansickle say he
would lock the door, 1 saw him
mark the door where the holes were
bored for the staples, and that he de-
manded church key of her, but she
refused because her key was private
property.
Prosecutor now read spec. No.
charging Major and Young with
breaking antl entering the church.
Witness Simpson said he saw them
take off the shutters and break win
dow glass to get in, suppose they
took the lock off the door as no one
else was in there. Mr.. Lundy was
there and said he saw about the
ga me performances, as ne termed II
as did the proceeding, witness.
Spec. No. 4 now read by prosecu.
tor which charged that Major and
Young removed lock placed on the
church door by trustees. Lundy
and Simpson recalled and said that
their belief was that Major and
Young took the lock of. The pro-
secutor now made his usual plea, AN
alyzing the evidence for the jury
and asked them of the evidence sus-
tanned the charges and if SO to
raise right hands, with the preci-
sion OF clock work every hand shot
upward in the affirmative. Deming
then arose and said he had q 'griev.
GUS and sorrowfdi duty to perform,
which was that he hereby declared
John Young expelled from the roll
Of the CentreSille NJ. E, Church Of
Layton N. J..
| The prosecutor now read the
charges preferred against John "
Majors lst talsehood. In that Ed,
McCracken told beming that Major
had treated ssyeral persons to in.
toxicating dt5pks and 6mong them
McCracken himself, =, McCracken
made a written charge, but was. not
present, being excused by Deming
and that McCracken had told the
above facts to Deming in the pre-,
sence Of. John Bevan. 4th, lying
Charged that Major said he could
prove contrary to above by Elijah
Rosenkcrans.
E. Rosenkrans called, and said
that Deming had not mentioned Nc
Cracken's name they were around
getting pastors salary. Nothing said
about Major treating to liquor and
that Majors assertion was false.