Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-08-21

pike, between Howard's Lick and Moore
fl Id. did mol say did not know Elmer
HeatL 3ThOltz Two men with bears came
q rough onr county, they gave NE s. 81
AID let the beArs erform tor the gun.
Mrs. Willism Cwens-I live AK miles
from Moortfe(,. Hardy county, have
lived in Hardy comfy, eyer since he war.
| an he wife Of I'm ONeDs. Have been
married % Yeats. have sem Weather
holiz. On 'oeing requested to point ti "
ont she 81 d: 50 many sitting there, ! oaL't
{, II. dO'a't see him. (Aft'r some prompt
ing as 70 directory she SAID This black
u,ustS ched fe.lnw here. lie has ben al
MY Ou,e several times. He was there
y ben be had his foot cnt 30. He never
sFlpped no more til first Of February-he
as tLeIe L. was ON Monday night. be-
tween 10 and Ii, the clock Was not rui :
ing. NJ husbaad was not at home,
he had gone 10 bargain for horse. He
rrtuILed Monday evening. Weai he'll oltZ
. az there, he had gun with him. He
lett on Tuesday morning. Feb. b. He
rock breakfast, II was n kind of clondy,
ugly morning.
Cross Examined-He got there ahoni
10 OF /! o'clock, at night My husband
got home about a half hour afterwards
lie left after breakfast, the run was
about half hour high. lie went Oh
down with bin. with u wagon to where
We were farming. | didn't notice the
gun lie sold it. to bear man. He
ought Of Mr.. Weatberholiz. do not
know how much, sbont 81 so. Last fall
1 4 - g.. 10 I a..
man. He got part money and let the
hears act
Frank Branuer, test fed that reputa-
iion OF David hOttinger is not very good
On Cross examination. said: | have
been talked to 10y Mr.. Walton since was
| was on the witness stand, \ while ago
Allen " CARRIER testified hat be knew
the general reputation of Dtllmsn Hot
finger, IL is bad
Cross Examination don't know bis
general reputation. have heard people
talk about bin recently aud years ago.
heard Fadsly, John Baker, ". NJ. Wun
der and Bremen heard it this morning
Jacob Downey testified that the dir
lance from FOrestvlle to " here Mr.
Owens lives in abcnt b or 6 miles.
hav~ no idea What The cut offs would be
Int suppose, several miles.
Elmer WraiherbOliz, the prisoner
iesiiied-I did not shoot my wife. IL is
lot a fact. think got out Of "a
Jan. 4th. I had information that off &c q
were IN pnrsuit. was on the North sid
of Branch mountain at lillian Owens
On 4th OF February Owens and bis " lie
statements are correct. had gun Will
me and five cartridges. sold it to HIN
Owens. | hav'nt been on Peter Myers
PREMISES for several years 10 best of my
recollection. recolect of writing on'
letter to my wife " hlle in jail. | did no
have any conversation with ID lunar
Hnitlnger. wss at work for Jas. Toy il
Penn. | hired to Jas. Toy on the ID day
Of April. 1896, went to work on Friday
the Sd, under the name OF VIM. Hall
The first day we loaded two cars OF Gin
ders. next day we cleaned mp the yard
On Sunday. we put in ties. | could prove
that | was not i'm this state. am pool
man and have not the money. or would
have the witnesses here. | did not have
any conversation with Dan'l Sager.
did with Mr.. WolyertOn in June on
stony river bridge. said, il had seen
YOU a moment sooner, you would moi
have seen me. ] asked. is there re-
ward ont for me? He said there is re-
ward for 900 advise you to keep ell the
road. II they arrest you. it will 20 hare
with You. | saw the account at Clifton
Forge, think, in the Stanton Argui
and Baltimore Sun. had conversation
with Geo. Rhodes. the second Saturday
after got out ofiail. boughta quar-
Of whisky of Al. See, Mrs. Henry Sho-
walters sOn-in-law. came along with
me. Mr. Rhodes was there and pretty
full. John Bowman came in. We were
i'm the back room. was telling Mr..
Bowman about my wife being untrue ia
me. when Mr. Rhodes came in. | stop
ped, Mr. Bowman said, 90 ahead, he :
a friend. | think said If would do right
would kill ? or in that neighbOrhood.