The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-05-27

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& Wise were the counsel in the parti-
tion, / didn't employ nor pay them.
The deed was executed in 1895, it
was prepared at Wintersteen's Office.
Deed shown witness) This is the one
l refer to, it was acknowledged before
Wintersteen as notary public in Jan.
1895, after the proceedings at Harris
burg which were begun in August
1894. Deed is dated and acknowl-
edged June 9, 1894, it was ante dated
to enable me to defeat my creditors
who had judgment against me; the
dates were filled in by him. The deed
is made by me to Mildred Smith, my
sister she gave transfer other stock
in the Iron Company to Wintersteen
for this property; Wintersteen gave
me $1,000 for getting the transfer. l
took the deed to my sister in New
York, stopped at St. Nicholas hotel
and Wintersteen met me there next
day; he stopped at Hotel Bartholdi
while | went up to my sisters ana
she signed the transfer of stock to
Wintersteen l took it back and gave
it to him. He gave me S25 then, and
gave me the balance afterwards. He
said he wanted to get mothers stock
and wanted me to write letter to her
that night, which l did. Wintersteen
gave me a paper for my sister to sign,
to end the equity suit, she refused.
In July, 1895, Wintersteen came
to Reading and stopped at the house
where / was living in evening we
walked out and had a talk about our
finances, and I inquired how l could
get some money. He said, if my
mother would die could get four
or five thousand dollars. Said an
arbitration would be held in August
and l should come up as a witness;
he would beat that - Waller
some way.
Saw Wintersteen next when ar
bitration was held in August. On
August 27th he came to Reading;
stopped at the house, up stairs he
saw knife in a bureau drawer and
picked it up and said he would like
to run that through Waller ; he
wished in some way he could get
somebody to put Waller out of the
way. Day of arbitration he said
something had to be done to remove
Waller, this case had been going on
long enough, and he was losing too
much money. Saw my mother, he
sent me to her to get her to sell the
stock to me; she refused. l went
back and reported to him. He was
angry and said it would give him
great pleasure to hit her in the head
with an AK. He said that if the
suit wasn't ended soon he would
hire somebody to kill both of them,
that if she was dead I could take
out letters of administration and
transfer her stock to him. He told
me to stick to him, and he would
take care of me. Next saw him in
October, 1895, wrote me letter
asking me to meet him at Espy, at
7 in the evening. / went there and
registered at hotel under name of
]. E. Langdon, met him there, got
in buggy with him and drove up
over the hill and back again to the
river road. He said something
must be done, and wanted ME to
slip in the house some night and
kill her. said 1 couldn't, every
body knew me. Then he wanted
me to go to New York and get a
man to do it, and gave me $25 but
l didn't go. went to Reading,
about 10 days later, met him again
at Reading; he said 1 should come
up and bring that knife along and
put Waller out of the way. Gave
me S. and promised to come, he
said the son of bitch must be got
out of the road somehow, that Wal
was hurting me as much as him.
Got as far as Sunbury and my mon
ey gave out and 1 wired him for
more, got no reply saw friend
and borrowed dollar to get here.
Saw him in his Office, sent card to
him, asking him to meet me on
Market street this was on Oct. 26,
1895. Met him and he told me to
go to Catawissa and come up nights
and lay for Waller; he gave me S.
then. l went to Catawissa and
stopped at Susquehanna House,
registered as ]. E. Langdon, but
didn't come up to waylay Waller,
Then came to Rupert as Winter.
steen said l could walk up and down
nights. l paid my bill but Winter
steen gave me the money. Stayed
there days. Came up and met him
at his house after supper, he gave me
$40 and told me to go to Danvills
and buy revolver pistol shown wit
ness.) That is the one. Met R
Buckingham there at City Hotel, talk
ed with him. Came back to Bloom