The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-08

ness for the defense. She was sitting
on her side porch on the Sunday morn
ing i'm question and saw and heard
everything that went on during the
quarrel about the pigeons. Never was
very abusive in his language. she said.
and repeatedly made threats to do
Keller.
once he put his hand to his hin pock-
ct and started to go In to Keller who
was standing on the porch, but halted
at the gate and dared Keller to come
out lie only went away when officer
Laun threatened him with arrest.
Earlier in the day. she says, Meyer
was passing by her house and stopped
to chat with her. He asked her if she
had heard the stones that were thrown
against his house during the night
She said she had not. He remarked
that he would make it warm for the
parties who did if he could detect
them.
He did have Jim Darling's revolver
for a time, hc said, but Darling took
il away from him. However, he went
on to say, he had something else that
would do just as well and exhibited a
Sc. of steel knuckles which he took
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witness remarked to him something to
the effect that the kruckles did not
seem to be very dangerous, to which
he replied that they would kill him if
he was struck with them in the right
! place.
| He accompanied this remark by
striking a blow with them against the
| gate post. He returned them to the
pocket from which he had taken them
| and went away.
MAKING ICE CREAM.
In the afternoon the witness was in
! her front yard making ice cream when
! she saw Keller leave his house and
s.art towards the railroad. A moment
later she beheld Meyer coming out of
his own yard and Fastening in the
| direction taken by Keller who ut this
| particular time was standing near the
foot of the railroad embankment talk
| ing to "a couple of men. When Meyer
was Fastening past, the witness called
to him and said in an advisory tone:
Pete, you'd better not go over there"
| He replied sharply Eyes. I'll go down
| and head the ----- off. IF he touches
me I'll kill him or he'll kill me-" At
| that he resumed his pursuit.
The witness identified the knuckles
offered i'm evidence as the ones which
! Meyer exhibited to her in the morn.
| ing.
. On cross examination Mrs. Burge
| admitted that she didn't tell Detective
! Leyshon ell she knew Of the affair at
! the time he questioned her in August.
/ She said she might have told him at
that time that she did not hear all
/ that passed between Meyer and Keller
| during the quarrel over the pigeons.
| She denied that she said to Nj. Ley
! shon that she did not know to whom
! Meyer referred when he drew forth
| tie steel knuckes and made threats.
Oscar RidgWay, Mark Simpson, ].
| G. Bone, William Lutz Sidney Keller,
! NJ. r. Keller /. J.. Nickerson. John
! Curtis William Lutz and Horatio Kel-
| Ter gave evidence to prove the good
| character of the accused Potter Frank.
! Samuel GlenclosS and James Haddon
! gave important testimony and G. II.
! Bingham said that Keller had never
! threatened his life or made any other
demonstration against him.
KELLER ON THE STAND.
| Keller was put on the stand at 3
| o'clock. After stating in answer to
! question by Mr.. SCragg, that Meyer
/ was a much. larger man than himself,
| weighing l15 pounds. he went on to
| tell the whole story of the e,entful
| Sunday.
When he arose in the morning he
saw twenty on thirty pigeons in his
! yard and having been bothered 50
| much with them he decided 10 take he
! roic measures 10 rid himself of the
bother and getting Il snot gun fired i'm
| among them killing two. He left them
! lying where they fcll and the dog
later carried one Of them away.
About | o'clock Meyer came over to
| tie tence and SAID he wanted his pig
cons. kolle? told him the dog had car
| ried one of them away, but if he Cqmo
around by way of the gate he might
! get the one that was left. Never called
him names and threatened to do him.
Mr.. Davis, the defendants father-in-
law, tiled To- pacify him. bat il only
| made him more vile ia his abuse. Ar-
ter a time officer L&un came along
and told Meyer it was Sunday and that
he would have to stop his auaIreling
and go home. Meyer sullenlv obeyed
but before going he said he would get
| even before night.
! Soon after this the defendant started
! for his fathers home. in Dunmore, as
| was his custom on Sundays. Upon
! reaching the trestling he met skinner
and had short conversation with him.
ResuminG his journey he had gone but
short distance when he saw Meyer
| appear on the railroad ahead of lin.
AFRAID OF MEYER.
81 was afraid Of him and for the
! moment did not know what to do. I
| | finally decided to go ahead and
try TO pacify him if he went at me.
| When / came ~ to whore he was
standing he said: All YOU hereto. YOU
------ A. Z. \, I've got YOU now |
| said: Pete, go away from me and let
me alone. I won't fight you. l don't
want anything to 10 with YOU Ney-
/ or said L car lick YOU / replied:
/ / Erow you can; you're a bigger man
, than | am
Il moved away and started down the
, track but he Jagged after me- rushing
me, calling me vile names and threat
ening to kill me, [ hurried along
| thinking l might get to the round house
| but when l turned to the right at the
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