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


Of the explosion; they left our house
about 1880; my mother and went
to bed shortly after they left; we had
not got asleep until we heard a slight
report; some time afterward l heard
the second explosion I heard a man
running after the explosion he was
running very rapidly; he went by our
house almost Immediately after the
explosion he was going toward Iron
Street away from the Waller house.
Cross examined.
didn't see the man run, / only
heard his footsteps on the pavement
II. A. M'KILLIP sworn.
l was appointed receiver of the
Bloomsbury Iron Co. l sold some of
the property; I think on the 18th
day of June 1895 Mr. Wintersteen
purchased I3 old lime cars.
RICHARD OSWALD sworn.
Live in Bloomsburg know Winter
steen he is the President of the Bloom
Car Mfg. Co. and l am Secretary /;
on the 9th of Sept. Mr.. Wintersteen
went to Wilkesbarre, requested him
to go; it was on business for the COM
pany I went up on the same train,
he got off at Plymouth, I went on I;
l was in Wilkesbarre, but did not see
Wintersteen there; l don't remember
the Monday after explosion.
Cross-examined 1 was at the Ex-
change Hotel in Wilkesbarre on Sept.
9th, but did not see Wintersteen.
J. X. LoCKARD sworn.
l am engaged in the Car business,
with the Bloomsburg Car Co. Mr..
Wintersteen is the President he had
business at Wilkesbarre on the 9th of
Sept.
GEORGE f. RENTz called.
am book-keeper for my father at
Ashland; sometime between the
middle of August and the ID of Sept.
1897 Mr.. Wintersteen was at our
Office on business can't call the
exact date.
Cross
No sir, can't say that Wintersteen
was at Ashland on the I4th or 18th
day of Sept.
CHARLES F. DEITERICK sworn.
was in employ of Wintersteen in
| June '95 after the receivers sale OF
the Bloomsburg Iron Co., l worked
at breaking up lime cars; l used
dynamite to do the work; the dyna
mite was furnished by Wintersteen,
he brought it in buggy; it was
wrapped up in a blanket.
Cross examined.
1t took four or five days to break
up the cars.
| JAMES WlTrs called.
1 worked with Mr.. Deitterick
breaking up cars for Mr. Wintersteen,
it was after the Bloomsbury Iron Co.'S.
receivers sale; Wintersteen bought
the cars at the sale; we used dyna.
mite to do the work on two or three
different occasions.
| Cross examined.
| We were at the work about two
weeks the cars were broken up an6
shipped away; that was the last work
we did for Wlntersteen.
GEORGE w. PAcKETT sworn.
l live at Dewart, Pa, am engaged
at the Insurance business; l know
Clifton Knorr, but not personally;
have heard people say he had bad
reputation.
Cross examined.
Have been in the insurance bust
ness for two years, previous to tina
was working for an installment house
at York; / was also engaged in q
collection agency at York for abou
one year; it was not bogus collec
ton agency; 1 never followed gamb
ling suppose l have beenin Knorr'
company about ten days during al
the time l have known him; wa
in Reading on several different oc
casions he has been with me a
York ! never heard Knorr's charac
ter as to his trutlfulness discussed.
| JAMES LORD recalled.
l became acquainted with Knorr il
May 1893. my acquaintance with hin
ceased on January sS, 1896; l know
other people who knew him; from wha
other people SAID, l would not believe
him under oath.
Cross-examined.
am hotel clerk at Newark
said that l have had no relations wit
Clifton Knorr since January 2S, IS9:
T. F. HAYMAN.
Live in Reading; miller by trade
, work in a mill at that place move
, there some time in the spring of "a
moved there from Birdsboro reside