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

the partition proceedings were insti-
tuted at Clifton's instance he said he
had been unsuccessful in his former
plans, and he said he wanted these
proceedings instituted in order that
he might be able to transfer his inter
ests in the Harrisburg and Blooms
burg property into money; can't re-
call the time when Clifton gave Mild.
red the deed transferring his stock in
the Harrisburg property; never en-
ployed Clifton to get me his mothers
and sisters stock. I told him that l
would like to have their stock, but l
never employed him to get it gave
him paper once and told him to 60
and get his mother to sign it; / never
told Clifton that he could get money
if his mother would conveniently die
l was in the Cherry St. House Read
ing August a7th, 1895, went down IN
response to letter from him, went to
the Cherry Street House and saw him,
he asked me why l didn't come sooner,
and l told him that l had taken the
first train he told me that Sallie had
been arrested for keeping bawdy
house and selling liquor without a
license. 1 asked him where she was,
and he said she was down having a
hearing before the Alderman he
wanted some money with which to
employ counsel for her think l gave
him fifteen dollars Cliff was also in
trouble at this time think this was
the time when he had stabbed an
officer; that day was the occasion of
our first trip over the gravity road 4;
he called my attention to the fact that
he had sold me his stock cheap and
that he thought l had ought to help
HIM little. told him to leave Read
ing and try and live better life, and
if he could not get along to let me
know and l would give him as much
financial aid as possibly could the
next time saw him was on Market
Street, Bloomsbury he had dagger
with him, he asked where Waller was,
he said he had been looking for him,
and if he found him he would do him
up; l said to him that he had better
abandon the idea l told him that if
he would do anything like that, it
would haunt him all his life, finally
after persuading him to abandon
his wicked idea, he said he had
no money with which to go away;
| then gave him five dollars and told
him to leave town after this he was
at home for about three months one
night he came to my house, he did
not come in my house he just came
to the door he told me that he
guessed his mother would sign the
paper which l had given him for her
to sign and that she would part with
her stock few days after this how
ever, he came to my house again and
said that he had approached his
mother again and asked her to sign
he said she went over to see Waller
about it and that he watched her aud
Waller through the window he said
Waller walked back and forth with
his hands behind his back he said
that iflhe had known that Waller was
instructing her not to sign the paper
he would have shot him through the
window +: l was in Reading on Mon
day after the explosion but did not
tell Knorr that was suspected tor
the crime did not tell Sallie Cast
that detective had followed me to
Reading, and that l had taken a
roundabout way in order to throw
him off the track l went down on
this occasion because Cliff had writ
ten me asking me to come down that
he wanted to see me when / arrived
there Cliff said that Sallle owed her
rent and that he was afraid she would
break up housekeeping he asked me
If l would agree to give her SIC a
month with which to pay her rent
did not agree to do it we did not
talk about the explosion very much |;
/ did not mention to Cliff or Sallie
that had met Paul E. Writ on the
street on the morning after the ex-
plosion l did not read an account of
the explosion to Cliff from a newspa-
per; l was at TIC Cherry Street,
Reading, Nov. "a, 1896, Knorr was
not there I went directly from the
train to the Cast house she told me
where l could find Cliff said l
guessed could find him; l then
went up to Hotel Penn while at the
Hotel Penn l met Commissioner
Swank, of Bloomsburg l registered