The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-06-10

the night before the explosion until
about nine o'clock, I did not see any
body on the street in front of Mr.
Ikeler's house when went out
Cross. examined.
can't agree with her testimony in
the main, because was not in Court
and did not hear what she said; she
did tell me that she had seen two men
standing on the corner of the alley in
front of Mr.. Ikeler's house; don't |
recall who told first about what she |
had told me, don't remember having
told anybody about it until Mr.. Waller
and Detective Henderson called on
me, and asked me what she had told
me.
MRS. KNoRR recalled.
Dora Moharter was my servant girl;
she told me more than dozen times
that she would swear to lie in order
| to keep friend out of trouble she
| did tell me once when we were clean
ling the room that Cliff had told her
to handle this grip carefully because
it contained dynamite, never thought
anything more about it l never told
her that an attempt had been made
to poison me.
L. f. WALLER recalled.
i l talked to Dora Moharter about
the explosion she said she had seen
man the night before the explosion
, standing on the corner of the alley
across the road from my house, that
: he was about my building, had light
: mustache, and that he walked up the
e street alone the distance between
e my house and the DR.. Hess house is
about one hundred feet.
BRILLY SUGLER.
e Am engaged in business in Han
e over township, between Nanticoke
!. and Wilkesbarre, am engaged in the
d fertilizing business, know J. d. Bran.
e ming, he is liveryman in Wilkesbarre
y keep a record of all dead animals
a brought to my place, have the record
d with me; have no knowledge of Mr.
Branning having brought horse there
to be cut up in Sept. 1896 ) he brough
e no horse to our establishment to bt
cut up while was there, am there
about all the time this book con
n tains a record of every dead anima
brought to our place (defts counse
object to the record being offered il
evidence unless the witness made tn
:, entries himself, which was sustain
- ed,) there are about five different pee
" pie who are liable to make entries il
u :; the book all the entries in the bool
;. from the first to the length of Sep
70 1896 were made by me Mr.. Brar
~ ming did not have horse at our plac
between those dates.
-. Cross-examined-There might b
90 dead horses brought to our place an
me not see them but all dead ANNA
~ are reported and a record kept W
" hire Polanders to cut up the horses
the place where the horses are cut u
is about half mile away from OF
ng Office would not swear that M
ce Branning was not at the place whel
rs the dead animals are cut up on tt
Ho 10th of Sept. last.
'er CYRUS FoX.-Am newspaper ma
he residing at Reading; ash the Secreta
ch of the Berks County Fair the Fa
, last year was held on the IS, I6, !
lat and 18th of September
5 a CLIFroN c. KNoRR.-I did n
he write to Wintersteen telling him
Ter come to Reading, that l was in troubl
on- never told HIM that l had struck
ng person over the head with lead phi
or billy.
ALBERT RoTH.-Am in the lin
,ct and sand business in Reading knc
.en Geo. Culver lived at one time rig
lev across the road from him; don't knc
,bt Sallie Cast never said anything
he Culver about her.
,ot Cross. ss.examined.-I have had Fl
,er quent conversations with Culver b
,at never said anything to him abo
lev Sallie Cast.
he LUTHER A. RoTH.-Live at Fl
up and Cherry Sts., Reading; know CT
zen Culver; he at one time kept saloo
md never had a conversation to him &C
~ n I.