The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-03-07
MATRICIDE ON TRIAL.


Continued from First Paeel
the house and mother said. she's gone"
That was after the quarrel between my sister
Jennie and I We were in the kitchen
| Mother and 1 sat before the hre There were
mo- words between u.s. Mother went 10 her
room aud then came hack. When she re-
turned ] raised my head. | had one foot
resting ou the stove. Mother had re-
volver in her hand aud | jumped up
aul said, "My God, mother! what
arc SOU going to do with that2n Then |
grabbed the revolver and tried 20 take it
from her She WAS trying TO put the revolver
into her busnm when | grabbed 10. When /
was trying to get II from her it went off
Then moth stepped to the kitchen door and
went out. [ followed her aud. seeing that
she had heen shot | then tried tn shOo- my
self. After hat ! ran over the road and my
flot'c an lht IN the electric railway rail, aud
/ fell Two mCn came along in carriage hut
did not know them. Later | went along
the road to give myself up to Constable
Rowley. Wien the shooting took place
mother was & ,r feet from the doorway.
don't remember coming down with my
brother.
Gross. examination by District Attorney
Bechtei.
Witness said l remember leaving home
on Sunday morning and going TO Mahanuy
City. / had a bottle when | left the house
that filled on Saturday night and | drank
from it. / can't tell of getting any drink at
Mahanoy City that day.
@. You remember everything that hap
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Peaonso norld +al-o battor o,ro ,r Il
than she could
,1I hot ,l,,,,r ratLarS Nv o'0
"a ala ,ot said ,,povs INV ,,o,l,ori q,
shot - ny
~ vyt,, did,,,, ,,,, ,,,,t,;,, ,ti. ,,,. to-, 60
~ WY ulun you explain InlS lnaV'er 70
7 was all evcited The ,Sopiro told me.
7 ,gos cbar,od y,itb a sario1s crime
~ ma rn toII tbis o,.cido,Itai etor,, +, +l,o
'So,,ire W
I wos all avcited becauea or tho cro,vd
that Gathered aronnd me-
bo1Sse '5'' ~" N"O" WY ''"' '''''' '''' ''''
a sppnoso she loft IN On after Con-
stable
a didn't vop On and yat this revolver g, flor
she left to sIovy tbat vo,, yyere boss of tbe
bonse9 y
No civ
o What did Won say tn Reese about the
reyolver9
bollored to Reese To leave the revol-
YER hack bnt Jon't tncv, vbv A ftar
bailed tbe Reese bo1.s T stortod 70 gi,e NV
soif M, tn G,,sfatI, Pr,iat, Gid 9Snt Lrn
nv ,iP,ttor ny ,as Iod ny A''V'
n How is II yo,, mako srcb a rico die.
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do.,,,+ ,o1,o,,,, di.+iro,i,,, ,,
have said shot nv rn3tbar inst os llleiIl aS ss
sa,,nsr nv, ,nntIar ,as ebot 80 In f
. sbot 6or 7 Ala aooiIontaii ''A' -
M ,,itrnss ia o,IoitedIr ,,T. ,,as bo
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, uoI y niio" it tiof %nio1 i 50 az 10
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= LonJs ""'>O 0'' ~ - my
20 Ivb,, Ala ,,,,, ,,,o,,t q, ,or,,,it s,;oido .
e 4 Because / Thought nv hest friend was
o gone. did not care whether shot myself
/ or not Just raised the revolver and said
Up 5Re % goes an ana snot myself
Diu S;9 S9u tIa+ tI @h$ p5tsSH p5ti Deaore you you
dentai9
A. Yes At different times l said did not
l have the heart to shoot mother, and that l
, did not know how it could have happened
q z. You dld say you dld not know how IT
nappeSnneu-theh men why ulu you tell Ineh Iha'
Sog ur Pada'sa mUv ,'+od 80 ,,o+ rid 90 ,ool,
d asking me Questions 7 made nm NV mind
i that nobody but the iury should know nv
story l told my attorneys about it.
Q. Is it not fact that because you quar-
q relied with your mother that you shot herr
a.; NO 5lr. a..
Ii M ,,ar, drnnly IL NTabono,, C;t,, az, +ha 40,
a of the Shooting
The counsel for the defense closed its cas-
= and Mr. Swank, one of the defendant
counsel submitted ten legal points on whicl
be asked the court TO instruct the jury INT
5 DIs'llG. % Avtorney asIeeu upon some Oh @ Inen
siangbtar 7,oI,Id he osiied man
MT Swank then addressed the iurv fo
about fifteen minutes. and was followed b,
Mr.; Dolphin, his associate counsel.
Y. ne caSe win ~ 10 Vne jury aV aOou' NV
. 0'0Ni> '"''
MlNoN oooNI NoIES'
~ T. w. shoemaker Esq" asked lor an orde
at OF publication IN the divorce case oil Kelly VI
Kelly
william Gudlowsky piead guilty TO th
g charge OF malicious mischief and wa
he sentenced TO pay the costs, SlO hne ana pa
es the damages.
Harry kreisher plead guilty to vagranc
and resisting an oihcer' and was sentenced
of pay the costs sl.OO hne and serve sixty day
lie Howell Belch plead guilty to the larceny
fine and serve three months from date
- commitment.
ta- John Williams Michael Hennessy and ia
ly Quinn all plead guilty to vagrancy and beg