The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-03-21

| lIcIc WAS IL CtiiiphicctinS dp nuu-
densville and on that accout there
was an unusually large number of
persons about. Quite lot from
Broadtop, and it was one of those
fellows who was taken mp stairs to
bed. There was quite a number
went up into the room. up stairs.
John was in there. There was
nothing out of the usual until /
was struck and knocked down, and
did not see anything until saw
the light in the bar room. Did not
see John until the next morning.
My eyes were blackened. | had.
been hit on the head several times.
| did not know John had been shot
until | was out of the hotel. Then
went up to my son-in-law i
had no trouble with either Miller
Jones or AdolphusJ ones that night.
The next morning about daylight,
| got back to the hotel, and found
John lying in the hall, with bull
let hole in his forehead. We then
put him on q cot and carried him
up to his sisters about 100 yards,
where he remained from the 10th
of August until the Sth of Sep
tember, when he died. DIR. Hill
and DIR. McClain attended him..
Cross Elk. John was a single
man and lived at home. l have a
son George, about II years old.
| was IN Llttleton from about sun
down. l was on the hotel porch,
when John and some other young
man started for a drive. | would
say shortly after 10 o'clock.
When Miller asked some one to
help take a drunk man up, / help
ed to take HIM part way up stars
far as the landing. Miller Jones
had the lantern, and was on
ahead. There was another light
10 the hall. | don't know who
helped to take the man up. He
was carried. | went up into the
room. My son and son-in-liw
were IN the room. There were
two drunk men in bed. Some
with their coats off. | commenc-
ed talking to Welsh, Some 10 or
Is minutes. There were some
Broadtop people and some 9th
ers. | don't know how John got
up into that room, and dun't
know how George got up there.
was, to certain extent, under
the influence of liquor. l can't
tell how many drinks had. l
don't think | had more than four
or five drinks of beer and whis-'
key. John was standing at the
foot of the bed in that room. l.
don't know what he was dong.
4 After the man was taken up, Mil.
Ter Jones went TO another part OF
the house and came back after
some time. George and Sheffield
went out of tile room. | was
standing quietly by the bed.
There was not word of quar-
rel. l was hit. 1t was dark. l
lost a knife IN there that night.
did not try to get back to the
hotel after / learned that John
had been killed. My daughter
went up to the hotel. I had been
drinking with the men from
Broadtop.
Albert Neuder, Is years of age,
of Robertsdale, sworn. About
twelve of us came down from
Broadtop. Started to go to
campmeetlng, but got to Fort
Littleton and concluded to stay
over night. | had not been drink.
ing. | was in the room where
the drunk men had been. l
heard the Huslers talking in a
loud tone. heard Miller Jones
tell them "Now those who are 60
ing to stay over nIght-I want
them to go to bed, and those who
are not must go down and out"
heard Miller Jones tell this two
or three times.
Miss Cora Fraker sworn. /
heard Miller Jones say he would
take care of his house. Saw him
take his pistol from the shelf.
From time he went upstairs with
pistol, 1t was about three minutes
until boy came down, and from