Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-25

to Brown to get it. Brown said he
was going to try to get credit and
gave me the money to get the cheese.
| went into the store and Brown came
in right after me and shut the door,
After Lacob cut the cheese for me
Nubs came in and asked for can of
beans and a small pie. He gave him
bill to pay for it and when he got his
change started to argue about it He
said it wasn't enough. Lacob was COM
ing around from the counter TO get some
string to tic up the cheese for me when
Nubs pulled gun and Brown said No
you're not treating him right
Just as Brown started TO pull his
gun from his belt Lacob grabbed him at
the elbows. Brown threw up his right
hand and shot at Lacob. | rushed to
the door and saw the pistol flash up and
heard the shot Then we all ran"
Threatened His Life
Cross-eXamination failed to change
the youths story of the events that
occurred in the store. He said that the
next morning when he told Brown he
was going to report 1t the latter threat
ened to kill him if he told. At the
preliminary hearing he testified that
Wilson had shot Lacob. but on the stand
to-day he admitted he lied about it and
insisted that Brown fired the shot. He
identified a revolver shown to him as
the one which Brown carried.
The evidence of the witnesses living
at Riley Browns house in South Fourth
street, was alike. They were Riley and
Annie Brown, his wife, Ethel Pitts
Helen Fortune and Eugene Welsh.
All of them said that on Thursday
evening "Nubs" and "Spotball' told
Brown about the store, and on Friday
evening Wilson came for Brown.
They admitted that until last night
they had said Wilson fired the shot that
killed Lacob. None of them had been
at the store but told what Brown said
when he came back to the house after
the murder. Last night, however, when
at the office of District Attorney Mich
ael T. Stroup, they said they were told
to tell nothing but the truth, and then
they said Brown told them he had shot
Lacob. This statement each one made
on the witness stand to-day.
Brume, whom all of them called
"Spotball" testified that he and Wilson
saw Brown on Thursday night, January
2S, and spoke of the store in Harrisburg
street. Friday evening" the night of
the murder, Brume said he was PLAYING
drum at a dance. Martin also de-
clared on the witness stand that Brume
was not with them that night
Chief of Police Longenecker, Con-
stable John H. Glib and Warren j
Daniels were among the first witnesses
called. Mr.. Daniels made diagram of
the storeroom which was given to the
jury.
Heard Shot and Fall
Mary Price, who lived in the back
part Of the store building at 216 Har-
risburg street, said that on the night
OF the murder she was in the basement
when she heard disturbance upstairs
in the store, heard Il shot fired and
someone fall. When she came up
large crowd had gathered out front and
when they went in Lacob was living To-
ward the door, dying, shot through the
eye.
DR.. j. Harvey Miller told of the post
mortem and said that death was caused
by shock and hemorrhage, of the brain.
The bullet entered the right eve and
was found at the back of the skull
which 1t had fractured
Juror Excused
When court convened this morning
John w. Fisher, Middle Paxton town
SNIP the third juror to be accepted,
said that he was suffering from neural
gia. Judge Henry excused him. The
last three jurors needed were selected
IN less than an hour. The complete
jury includes:
William e. Brosius, Lykens township
william o. Stroud, Lykens township
David F. Bauder, city; Charles A.
Fornwald, city; c. o. Clemens, Swatara
township; James Gotshall, Uniontown
Charles I. Barry, Jackson township
Frank p Steiner. Washington township
William j. Garman, Dauphin Isaac r
Ponenberger, city; Amos Myers, Derry
township, and Peter Hoffman, Wayne
township.
Bills ignored by the grand jury were :.
Virginia Atticks. serious charges; Jen-
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