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

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at the hotel about half past eight or
nine o'clock in the evening we walk
ed around the streets till we went in
to the house he stayed with me that
night | saw him on the I4th of
November 1896 wrote to him
prior to the explosion asking him to
come to Reading just at this time
Mr.. Wlntersteen was called in order
to prove that the above letter was
destroyed looked for the letter but
cannot find it.
Cross examined.
Can't say on what date / received
the letter, don't remember what /
did with it l keep a great many
of my letters but unfortunately
there are a great many which l did
not keep there was no particular
business mentioned in the letter.
Mr.. HAYMAN recalled.
l said in the letter that he should
come to Reading soon as wanted to
see him he came to Reading on the
I4th, l met him on Ninth Street in
restaurant told him in the letter
that would meet him there we left
the saloon together we walked down
Penn Street; was with him till
about eleven o'clock l went home
and he went in the direction of the
depot train leaves Reading for
this direction at about 1890 in the
morning; remember Oct. 24th, 1896;
that was the day that the convention
of County Commissioners met in that
city l saw him at Hotel Penn he
stayed with me that night it was
about twelve o'clock when we went in
the house that night he slept on the
lounge that night l wanted him to
go to bed, but not wanting to make
my family any trouble, as they were
all IN bed, he slept on the lounge.
| Cross s-examine.
l saw Wintersteen at Reading in
July 'o5 l know it was after the 4th
but cannot fix the day; also saw
him about the I4th, it was on the
14th of September, l recall the date
| from the fact that 1 had some legal
business to transact with Mr.. Winter
steen on that date.
| Adjourned to p. m.
2:I5 P. M. Hayman on the stand.
1t was on the night of the a4th of
November 1895, at the saloon in
Reading l met him at the same
place in September the saloon was
run by one Christianson l did not
meet him at Christianson's on the
24th of November, if l said l did l
made mistake, because l met him
at Hotel Penn, and went there /; l
don't remember the exact time l
live at 4a5 Schuylkill Avenue, Read
| ing we went into several places on
the night of Nov. a4th l recall the
date owing to Commissioners Con-
vention being he'd that day Winter
steen stayed at my house on two
different nights the first time he was
there was in July g; ; no it was IN
Zoo we'll, I can't say whether he was
there on the 24th, IS, 26, 81, 28, or
aoth of July F; all know Is that is
was after the 4th and hot weather ;
on the I4th of September met him
at Harry Chrlstianson's saloon +; l
had wrote him a letter previous to
this, telling him that if he came to
Reading, l wanted to see HIM he
did not come to Reading on this oc-
casion just to see me, as | had men,
toned no date in my letter as when
he should come when / met on that
night, it was about nine or half past
min. o'clock when Wintersteen stay
ed at my house he never went to bed
he slept on the lounge no member
of my family saw him he left before
my family was up; | left the house
about half past five in the morning
Wintersteen left about five O'Clock
he did not eat breakfast at my house
when | met him at Hotel Penn, he
had his satchel with him.
t Mrs. HAYMAN sworn.
= am the wife of the man who wa:
lust on the witness stand | was sub
penaed by the commonwealth Mr.
, Wintersteen was at our house one
night in the fall of 1896 can't re
' member the month, it was cold we
I had fire in the house l did not see
. him l heard my husband come ir
about twelve o'clock and some on'
was with him we have a son, but ht
: was not at home that night ; l didn'
!, talk to my husband till the next da.
noon l asked him who was in th'
y house with him the night before, ant
he said it was Lawyer Wintersteen O
Bloomsburg asked my HUSBAND
d why he didn't put him to bed and no
have him sleep on the sofa and h
d said he did want to give him a bed t.