Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-12-15

was, heard her say 'cut loose"
: heard her say so Frank you shot
t me. Jake dropped when shot was
fired. did not take my coat off
| had some words with Yanney he
fore we left the Lake. ibid not say
! we would fix him at Dushore. He
said, wait until we get to Dushorc.
/ Patrick Jordan sworn: / helped
take Yanney to Laporte in the ey.
ening after the shooting. In going
over Yanney said cit was too bad
THAT Jake was shot, Sam was the
man | intended to shoot.
/ Morris Harrington waAaaxtsworn:
| reside in Dushore. 3. MGRfft Ito see
the excursion come 56.a sw shot
fred, do not know8 fired it,
there were lots Of people there, don't
know how many Shooting before
! the train started. I was near the
train, could see the man drop.
did not hear anything until / heard
the shot, was about 80 feet from
the man that / saw the man shoot,
should think that the men were s
or 10 feet apart. I don't know how
many shots were fired, think at the
last shot the man dropped. After
the first shot, saw the flash Of the
others, think they all came from the
same place but could not say posi-
lively.
j. Ii. Bohn sworn: l reside in Du-
shore, and am Justice of Peace.
Yanney was committed by me.
was in RandalPs Office to take ante
mortem statement of Epler. swore
Epler to statement, he made his
mark, was not able to write his
name. Samuel Epler made the |
statement, l read it over to Jacob |
and he swore to it as heing correct.
District Attorney Hill and DIR. Ran
dali were present, there might have
been others.
Henry Wilcox sworn: / heard q
shot, saw a couple of flashes. was
on the platform. Don't know how
many shots, flashes seemed all one
way, and very rapid-shots from
lower to upper side of road.
John Scouten Jr. sworn: was on
car steps. Heard three shots-shots \
1red toward town, all came from
one place, shots were rapid. / was
looking toward the crowd. Saw
three flashes and heard three shots.
| heard Mrs. Epler say, Crank you
shot me, l am bleeding to DEATH"
Oh Wednesday morning after the
court opened the District Attorney
called Warden Bahr, who said they
brought Jacob Epler to his house on
the night of the %, of August. Epler
left Bahr's house on the morning of
the IS, of August. He did not take
his revolver with him that morning,
he left it in Bahr's gun case. 1t re-
manned there until after his death.
On cross examination witness said
Epler was his brother-in law and
made his home there.
Commonwealth rested.
f. ]. Mullen, attorney for the de.
fence requested the prosecution to
call the rest of the eye witnesses
when the crime was committed.
The Court ruled that they must call
Gertrude Epler, it having been
shown that she was an eye witness.
Mrs. Gertrude Epler was called. She
said she was the wife of Samuel Ep-
Ter on the 90 of August, but since
divorced from him. Yanney had
been boarding with her; he was at
her house on the %, of August and
took breakfast there. That she had
leased to live with her husband;
that she walked to the depot with
Frank lanney; he carried the child
there. Saw her husband at Dushore
station that morning. She was i'm
with Yanney in the cur,
aer sister in the seat with her: Sam
IIpler went through the car making !
'aces at her; had no conversation
with either of the Eplers in the car;
rad conversation with Sam Epler
md Bahr at the Lake. Sam had his {
ongue out. Johnny Bahr came up
o the car and said she was Il .'chip-
~ chaser" Yanney heard and said ,
% her to pay no attention to them. :
sam called her names; said she look
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