The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-06-02
home Of thelr sister. Mrs. CharIey Ar.

John j. Felix. gave substantially IN
same evidence he gave at the foriDe
trial, the exception being that he admit
ted be had been mist ,ken when he SAT-
that James Roddy and he had attends
church together on the evening OF Ma.
2S;h.
George A. Felix, a new witness, testi
fed to having met the defendants abou
three quarters of a mile from their hoin
between six aud seven o'clock on the Of
ternoon of June 21. Fixed the date be
Cause he worked double turn that day.
Mrs. Nancy Green, who did not testif,
at the first trial, sworc that she saw
James Roddy and Henry Fie between
going towards Charley Arnold's. who
lives two doors from her in Morreilville
Knew 1t was on the I'd of June because
she had bought new hat on that day, a
Updegraff's store, on Main Street,
| Johnstown.
Edward Bingell, Morrellville hotel
| keeper, who was i'm a very conyivial
Jackson sitting on his cellar door on the
evening of June ID, and between 8 and lC
o'clock that night had seen John Roddy
at Leonard's saloon.
Andrew Leonard, Morrellyille sa-
loon keeper. gave practically the same
evidence as at the former trial in regard
to John and James Roddy visiting his
saloon on the afternoon of June ID, and
of John having returned in the evening.
William Otto declared that Fred Nau-
| gle, who testified in regard TO Jim Rod
| dy's having wanted to borrow a pistol
from him and rs TO his having destroyed
a counterfeit note in his presence, had
admitted in the presence of himself and
several other witnesses that the Roddys
made mistake in not subp@naing him
as his evidence would have cleared them.
He said that Naugle had reiterated this
statement in his presence in the court
| house last December after he (Naugle)
had been on the witness stand.
William Burke corroborated Otto's ev-
| idence. Counsel for the Commonwealth
were anxious to show up Burke's record,
but objection was made and sustained by
the Court.
Mrs. Burke also testified to having
heard Naugle make the same admission,
as did a witness named Brockumier
The latter said Naugle claimed he would
| have been the best witness the Roddys
| could have had.
James Walker testified that William
Otto and Richard Jackson dug a well for
him and OIL the 2i day of June; at the re-
quest of otto, he had given Jackson an
order for 81 worth of merchandise at
Harry Anderson's. Witness remember
ed the date because was not working,
having sprained an ankle.
Mrs. Ella Walker, wife of the witness
above, said that she had written the or
| der for her husband and delivered it TO
Jackson about o'clock in the afternoon.
Harry Anderson testified to having
given Jackson goods to the amount of 81
on Mr.. Walkers order, but was unable
TO liz the date
Samuel Barefoot, who formerly lived
in Scalp Level, said that he was at Ber-
keys at the time the officers brought one
of the prisoners there; that they tied
handkerchief over his face before they
took him into the presence of Mr.. Ber-
key; the old man said: "Now why don't
you say what you said the night when
you were here?" Roddy asked "What
did say?" Berkey replied: money, by
God, and we're going to have it," Ber-
key refused to say under oath that the
man before him was one of the robbers.
Witness was unable to say whether the
prisoner was James or John Roddy, or
Richard Jackson, but said the officers
called him John Roddy. They kept the
prisoner outside of tho house for - min
utes before taking him before the old
man.
Mercer Schrengrost said that he had
accompanied James Roddy to the Rescue
Mission church, in Morrellville, on the
night of May 18th. He fixed the day
because his sister had intended giving
birthday party that night. The witness
got badly mixed in regard to dates on
discrimination.
l.. q. Rager testified that the Mission
church was sold by the Sheriff on May
in it for the following two or three days.
Porter X. Miller, repeated the testi-
mony he had given at the December trial
in regard TO having seen the Roddy boys
about noon on June I'd, in Morrellville.
Sylvester Coughenbaugh and a young
man named Stotler. said that they had
visited the Berkey homestead following
the robbery, when the old lady said that
the latter looked like one of the robbers.
Jacob Fox, Of Ogle township. testified
that about q o'clock on the morning AFTER
the robbery TO men came two his house for
breakfast; they told him that a party liv-
ing down the road had been robbed the
proceeding night they said the parties
robbed were an old man and woman and
a young lady. Mr.. Fox recognized the
Beraey family from the description. Be
fore Mr.. Fox left the stand counsel for
the Commonwealth called a witness
named Bagley, from Bedford county,
whom Fox declared was one of the men
who had been at his house.
jeremiah Shaffer, of Paint township,
told of meeting two strangers on the road
between Scalp Level and Rummel on the
evening of June %, but could not identi-
fy them.
for the defendants at the former trial,
was next called and repeated the testi-
mony he gave at that time in regard to
John Roddy's having worked in his coal
mine on the 26th, 9th and 2sth days of
May, and on the 81 day of June. Witness
of the men at work in his mire in addi-
ton to entries in his book, which was Of
fered in evidence.
John Solid ~ testified in regard to hay
ing met the Roddy boys in Morrellville
on June 81, between and o'clock.
Charley Arnold and his wife, who is a
sister of the defendants, were the two
first witnesses called at Tuesday morn
ing session, and gave substantially the
same evidence they did at the former
trial, in regard to the Roddy boys having
been at their house until about 10 o'clock
on the night of June I'd.
Morris Roddy, brother of the prison.
ers, testified that James and John were
at home on the morning of June I'd, up-
Ill about noon, and that he had slept with
James that night.
Joseph jackson, q brother of Richard
Jackson and hrother-in-law of the Rod,
dy's, declared. that John and he had work.
ed together in Hills coal mine on May
2d, q and ., and on June al. Witness
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