Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1904-02-12


Mrs. Bevans lying on the door and
her husband standing beside her,
both shot.
Frank Wilhelm was going to
Bevans about Z o'clock, heard two
shots nearly together when a short
distance from p. Smiths where he
lived.
Elvin Smith lives about 300 yards
from Bevans house. Heard the shots
and in a couple Of minutes was
called on the telephone by Bevans.
1t was 7.O3 o'clock. He went with
his wife to the Bevans house.
DR.. NJ. ID. Hughes attempting to
telephone from Dlngmans to his
home at Layton heard some crying
for help and then started for the
Bevaus house. Arriving found Mrs.
Bevans lying on the floor moaning,
her face covered with blood. Mr..
Bevans was also bleeding. Treated
them both and extracted one shot
| from Mr.. Bevans. His wife had six
shot wounds, one above right ear,
one in right cheek, one in her neck,
one in her nose, one in left shoulder
and another near the left breast.
The shots in skull were fatal, others
might have been. She died at FIVE
O'Clock the next morning. He iden-
titled a fiattened shot and said it
resembled one he took from Mr..
Bevans jaw last October.
Lucalla Titman, employed by DR..
Hughes, fixed the time Of his mes
sage at 7 p. m.
Ed. Kintner reached the Bevaus
house about $50 the night of the
shooting, found four buckshot, and
on the porch floor small pieces Of
paper wadding, which being subse-
quently placed together proved to be
taken from a newspaper.
Frank McKeeby said Jaeger lived
about one and half miles from
Layton, was a subscriber last fall to
the Port Jervis Gazet e, the paper
from which it was alleged the wads
were torn.
Warren X. Van Gorden went to
the Bevans house next morning, saw
tracks leading from the house to the
meadow, some in an oat field, and
one in the sod at second fence. They
appeared as if the person was taking
long steps.
II. l.. Briscoe measured tracks
above noted, found one l13 inches
long and A inches wide. Met Jaeger
who offered to assist in the measure
ments.
II. d. Garretson saw mud prints
on rails of first fence, and George
Darragh corroborated Briscoe's evil
dence regarding the tracks.
E. C. Wood with Sheriff Andres
examined the tracks several da Is
after and fitted pair of shoes be
longing to Jaeger in them. The
shoes we're identified and put in
evidence. A cross examination re.
vealed that the tracks did not show a
hole in the sole of one shoe or the
nails in the heels.
I Sheriff gave similar testimong re-
garding the tracks aud shoes, bui
could not say as to the nails in the
heels.
Maria Lifts with her husband wal
at the Jaeger home the night befor'
, his arrest and next morning heard
! Mrs. Jaeger say that she supposed
people and the witness thought hel
very sick, to which Jaggerreplies
"They don't know everything Yo,
and / know something they don't
Don't tell" When arrested he sai'
! to his wife ''If you had been her
this thing would not have happened
Samuel Lifts knew Jaeger had
breech loading shotgun last fall, ha'
seen him shoot ground hogs with it
Jaeger had shells and loaded them
The afternoon before the shooting
between 2 o'clock and half pas
called at Jagger's sud tried toiopel
the door. It was fastened. Knocks
and Jaeger said, "Who's there,
replied, "sam Lifts He said
"Wait minute till fix my FIRE
Entering saw shells on table an
Jaeger said he had been loadin
4 some, but the shot did not suit min
{ Told witness to get box Of shell
! from a shelf, and ia putting theI
= In the box noticed that two ha
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