Evening journal., 1900-01-27

shoes. He also bought me q watch on
: Saturday night. but was not with
him then. He said he paid $50 for IT,
He also gave me $40" .
rs that the watch?' asked the dis
trict attorney, handing a lady's small
chased gold timepiece to the witness.
This is the watch he gave me" she
answered. The crystal is broken"
Did you see ring on his hand?'
He had ring set with a ruby,
sapphire and diamond, with the dia-
mond In the centre. He said at first
his mother had given IL to him. and
then he said his sister gave il to him.
The ring didn't fit his finger. II was
too large 1t was wrapped with lap
ping yarn to make it fit snugly."
Did you see him have pawn ticket
at any timer
Yes. saw him tear up n pawn
ticket. but didn't see whatit was that
had been pawned, because am net
good scholar. | saw Wilmington,
Delaware, upon it before he tore it
up. He said he had pawned the watch
for S35. and that he had sunk the gun
in the boat. He said the boat was
sunk five feet from where they sunk the
body in Raceoon creek
THE CROSS EXAMINATION.
This completed the direct examina-
ltion. Attorney Broomall conducted the
cross-examination
"Will you be kind enough to raise
your veil2" he said to the witness. She
complied end turned her flushed face
coward him.. How old are you?" he
asked. M
81 will be 90 the 18th Of next month.
! was born In Ireland. was 9 years
old when / came to this country My
father is dead. We first came to.
Rockdale. Delaware county, where we
lived about twelve years. My mothers
name is Johanna Cowan."
Where is she at PRESENT.
She is In the Insane Hospital at
Noristown. and has been since. abdnt
year ago. She is not so insane that
she does net know me. ! go to see her
'egularly | have been living in Will
nington about nine. weeks. ! lived in
lChester before that"
The witness went on to say that she
had worked in a Chester shirt factory
awhile, and named three houses in the
same city Of which she had been an
inmate before she went to Whining
ton.
The witness went on to repeat the
story Of the alarming actions OF Pierce
in the night, when he sprang up and
Exclaimed, Il did It. / did it," and
when she wanted to know what he
had done. She said that at first she did
not pay any attention, until he began
talking about George B. Eyre. "He told
me he killed Eyre on Raccoon creek,
and that 'Pinney" helped him to sink
the body. They sank the boat with
stones.
He said he and George B. Eyre left
Chester in one boat and Pinny left the
lsugar house wharf in another boat, and
that they met at Raccoon creek"
Have you read the accounts of this
in the newspapers"
mo. l don't know how to read. ]
have had the newspaper read to me,
but not at the beginning Miss May
read to me, beginning two or three
days ago"
PIERCES STORY WORRIED HER.
The witness said she first heard about
l.vU0 reward in the matter on Thurs.
day evening, when she went to Chiei
I, Berry's Office in company with Miss
Evans and Mr.. Goslin, the latter be-
!, ing a friend OF Miss Evans. The wit
ness denied that she had ever had any
dispute or quarrel with Pierce. She
! ! said she was worrying about the mat
ter until she told Miss Evans about
Pierces confession to her. The wit
: ness added that she did not know an.
reward was offered until last week, anC
that after she talked with Chief Berr,
she went home.
That's the case for the common
wealth. We have no more evidence 4
(, adduce," exclaimed District Attorne.
= Smith. II ask that these defendant
be committed to the county jail with
out bail to await the action OF tn
u grand jury of Delaware county"
Alderman Smith announced tina
= they were committed, and the crow
= inside and outside Of the alderman
= Office broke up. Five minutes after
: ward the prisoners were taken over I
= = the lookup by policemen almost on
- run, with their father trotting alon
y y at their side.
THE PRELIMINARY TESTIMONY.
a Among the witnesses called befor
r Miss Cowan was heard were JOh
Carney, who found Eyre's body; DR.. {
W c. Laws, who made the autopsy; DR.. I
IN +. Long, who made a microscope
analysis OF the blood stains found o
he portions OF the Bonsell Ladomus skif
ct and said they were from a mamma
N and not from a bird; Chief Berry, J. I
,u Way of Marcus Hook, who saw Jim
Pierce on a trolley car. having none
Id and a valuable ring, two days after tn
murder, and several men who saw II