The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-17

Aristes is the name OF the postoffice
but the town is known as Montana.
The brush along the road runs from
6, 10, II to IS feet. Yes sir, in my
opinion it is sufficiently dense to
shield man from view.
Mrs. Lydia Miner ,--"I live at
Aristes. Was on the road between
Centralia and Aristes on morning Of
March goth last. Saw McAndrew
lying along the road. He was in
bad condition. His pants pocket
was inside out. 1t was about half
past eleven, as near as l can re-
member. Stood there about 10 or
IS minutes, then went home. On
my way home I met Art Honabach
John Kuittle and Ray Honabach.
| told them about the injured man.
They were going III the direction of
where McAndrews laid"
The matter of time had an I'M
portant bearing upon the case, and
the counsel for the defendant tried
in cross examination to get at the
exact time that the witness had met
the boys along the road, and put
several aculeated questions to her
which served to mix her up consid-
erably and her answers were decid-
edly acrimonious and rather anus
ing.
Monroe Rape, -'I reside at Aris-
tes. Am proprietor of hotel.
Was on road leading from Montana
to Centralia on March goth. Lewis
Kostenbauder was with me. 1t
was nearly II o'clock. Found a
man lying beside the road. His
head was toward Montana and his
feet toward Centralia. I looked
around and found the mans cap, a
five cent piece and key lying in
the middle of the road, about twelve
feet from where the man laid.
There was some blood in the road.
There was a fresh cut club lying
near by. 1t was about eighteen
inches long. Kostenbauder picked
up the five cent piece, put them in
the cap and placed the cap under
the mans head. We then informed
Squire Black. When we arrived at
the hotel there were several men
there, among them being Amandus
Levan. There was nothing about
the club to indicate that blow had
been struck with it.
On cross examination by Mr..
Ikeler, the witness said, THE road
at the place was very dusty. Kos
tenbauder spoke to the man but re-
ceived no answer. / did not notice
the condition of his pockets. There
was lot of stone there, some Of
them sharp pointed and some of
them contained spots of blood.
Cannot say how long Levan had
been in the hotel before we arrived. "
The witness was about to leave
the stand when Mr.. Duy exclaimed
"Jujt a minute and in answer to
question the witness reiterated,
that there were numerous stones
where the man was lying, some
sharp pointed and OF good size.
The witness had hardly finished
when Mr.. Ikeler picked up the
point and asked and il was there
that the body was found ?" and
witness answered YES sir.
The testimony of Lewis Kosten-
bauder was substantially the same
as that of Rape, He said he had
tried to arouse Mean drews, that he
had shook him and tried to get him
to speak, but that he only moaned.
On cross-examination he said
that McAndrew's head, when
found, was resting almost directly
against a sharp pointed stone that
was partly buried or embedded in
the ground. The witness described
stone that laid near Nc
Andrews mouth which looked as
though it had been blasted. II.
did not notice the odor Of liquor
upon him" No sir " I don't
know whether Levan was around
there or not, but to the best of my
knowledge he was in Trexler's
bottling works when Rape and I
started for Centralia."