The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-06-10
WlNTERSTEEN TRIAL.
CONCLUDED FROM PACE A.

to trace his letters don't remember
where / was on the evening of July I, |
1896 know was not on the Light
Street road that night; well now I |
won't say positively whether | was
there or not, / might have been there;
was up there one night about that
time waiting to see Mr.. Snyder, who
expected to meet on his return from
Orangeville, I did not meet Knoir
there that night am well acquainted
with Senator Herring; did not meet
him on the evening of July Ist, 1896
and tell him that l had had great
tussle with woman upon the hill /
did meet Senator Herring that night,
the reason I was coming IN the oppo-
site direction when l met him is be-
cause ] walked up above his house
and then back again in order to see
whether or not he was at home l
met Senator Herring just as l was
coming back and we both went to his
Office and transacted some business !;
as for talking to him about having a
tussel with woman on the hill, |
have no recollection. This closed
the cross-examination ofthe defendant.
REV. B. c. CONNER sworn.
| i am the pastor of the Methodist
Church in Bloomsburg, reside on the
corner Of Fifth and Market Streets,
about half the distance from where
Mr.. Waller lives to where Mr.. Win.
tersteen resides was home on the
night of Sept nth. 1 did not hear the
explosion.
DR.. l. w. WILLETs called.
i I am practicing physician in the
town Of Bloomsbury, have been here
for twelve years have been Mrs
: Knorr's attending physician for goot
many years l remember when th'
|, powders were placed in her cup b,
d her son Clifton the servant girl Dor;
Moharter told me that Clifton hat
y placed the powders in her cup.
Cross-examined.
Il Mr.. Waller came after me on tn
e occasion mentioned above.
I'll Redirect
had been Mrs. Knorr's physical
It for several years previous to that.
o Court adjourned till 9 o'clock.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
ID For the purpose OF contradiction
it counsel for the defendant wished t
ly offer IN evidence the stenographl
. ~ notes taken at the time OF the prelim
nary hearing, the court however, owe
ruled this stating that such notes wei
collateral matter and could not |
is admitted as evidence in this cas-
,e This closed the evidence in so far ;
the defense is concerned.
The Commonwealth then calle
10 the following witnesses for the pu
in pose of rebuttal.
IL. S. WINTERsTEEN recalled.
| have no recollection of describir
ay to Mr.. E. B. Tustin. the appearan'
20 of man who 1 had met at Sloan
alley on Market Street, about tv
weeks before the explosion, nev
a took part in any conversation in Il
It. presence OF w. H. Snyder, in whi'
h. stated my disbelief in hereafter,
never said in any conversation tn
Christ was a mere boy, that he was
OF poor carpenter and that about t
g, only thing about him above any 9th
ok person was that he exhibited &C
Y. siderable knowledge in question:
the doctors.
nj Dora MOHARTER recalled.
III know Lizzie Bowman, did n
=" ask her whether or not she had Sc
~ the two men standing in the all
III near the Waller house on the mig
"y before the explosion. l saw her t
day after the explosion but did n
ask her that, I did tell her at anotf
on. time that l had seen two men tn
as. one stood on the corner of the all
l sls. and that another man came up
ds, street, and that they both walked
,ox ,ox the street together, Mr.. Winterste
md did not offer me gold watch a
money if would accompany him
. a trip to Harvey's Lake, l never tt
Mrs. Knorr that he did, I may ha
said something to Mrs. Knorr ct
cernlng Wintersteen, but | cannot
call Just what it was don't thinl
ever talked to Mrs. Knorr abou
piece OF lead pipe ; l don't KIN
whether l told her anything abe
dynamite or not l did not tell M
\ Knorr that Cliff told me he wo1
! swear to lie ;; Cliff did tell me tn
] Mrs. Knorr told me that she knew
! attempt had been made to poison b
At this point J. G. Harman L
trict Attorney, on the part of
Commonwealth rose to address
jury in rebuttal, it was objected to
defendants counsel, and sustained
.I ~. Al.