Ligonier Banner., Volume 18, Number 50, Ligonier, Noble County, 27 March 1884 — Page 3

)@h ‘ 2o ant . 3 : ¢ Ligonier Piner, J. E. MeDONALD, Loeal Editor, N b NOTICE ! NOTICE ! A ; S¥! .. « 5 | v' I - ? [ tf ? - 'NOTICE! % RT S R NSRS . —CORN AT RETAIL~— : —CORN AT RETAIL— 4 ;e ,\,\,\,\MN\,{/\,-\,\NVV\ANVW | The best quality of seed corn .-_......:.... Sefes alaeengiyie oed cean v } at the very lowest market q..---ou--..--‘otonin\‘l-----.tu i Price. For Sale by STRATUS 8R05.,! : : "y ' LIGONIER, IND. | S ———— Attention Voters. .- é The Democrats as well as all others who have the public good at heart will meet at|j Town Hall in the Central School building| on z : \ il Naturday Aftermoonm, April 3, 1884, at 1.30 p. m, for the purpose of placing in|s nomination & ticket to' be voted for at the|y election on the following Monday. Alsol} the selection of a township committeeman ¢ to Berve for the ensuing two years and-the transaction of such other business as may ] come betore the‘convention. 18

J. E. McDONALD, Chairman.

—Now clean up. .~ .- i -Bargains at Higginbotham’s, : —Bargains at Higginbotham’s. ° —~Enco‘i'|rage the manufactories. — A war is on between the feather renovators. : : b

-—-Five dollars will get you a set cf teeth at Dr. Gants’. =~ . ° |

—Several - large flocks of wild geese have been flying northward, = | —Will the question of buying a fire sngine again go by default? g —The best, finest and cheapest shoes at Shinke & Sons. Go andsee. = °

—Several fine dwellings will be erected during the coming summer. -—-We will sell tin ware cheaper than any house in Indiana.— Bazaar.

—Draine & Bouse still continue to sell the best of groceries at low fignres. - - o SN G e

—i'i‘ﬁrvy Madoe Stomach Bitt&rs for dys: pepsia or indigestion. For sale by D. 3. Scott & Son. | o 14-6 -

—A complete line of silverware, all triple:plate, warranted, at cost, at Higginbotham’s. i ' —A fine line of upholstered goods at prices as low as any dealer in Ligonier'at R.D.Kerr’s. =« = “"Modoc Bitters is a positive cure for dyspepsia and indigestion. For sale by D. S.Seott & Son; . . 14.6m’

-—Do" you know that E, B. Gerber handles all kinds of lumber? Lath and Shingles a specialty. = —lsaac Ackerman has _openedji new stock of goods in Weir’s building north of the hardware.. Call and see him. 00l

—Now is the time to gét spectacles at Higginbotham’s. Every pair, properly adjusted to the sight, at one-half the usual price. : o] " —The first installment on thé stock of the Ligonier Mahufacturin};‘ Company has been‘called in. - The money is due on or before April 1. i —LUMBER! LUMBER! ‘ . SHINGLES! SHINGLES! at Gerber’s Hardware. Call and see them before you buy. : :

For Liver and Kidney Complaint ther¢ is nothing better than Covert’s Modoc Stomach Bitters. Foc-sale by D. S. Scott & Son. 14-6 m

—Some little excitement was occasioned at Syracuse the other day by the announcement that a well-known young man of that village had forged a note for $65 upon his father. Discovery was imwminent and the young fellow made immediate settlement with the individual to whom the note had been sold. Report has it that the authorities have the culprit in charge and a term at Michigan City is on the progtamme. . .. ‘

- ~The SONG FOLIO contains 115 songs, sheet music size. A choice collection with accompaniment for organ or piano. . Paper cover; price 50 cents. For sale at Hoffman’s Book Store. ‘

—A magnificent eollection of popuSUPERB SONGS lar songs with accompaniment for piano or organ; contains 124 songs, duets, ete. Sheet music size, paper cover; price, 50 cents, For sale at Hoffman’s Book Store.

FOLIO OF MUSIC Eignty chml nspt’qmental pieces for piano and organ. Marches, waltzes, polkas, etc., by p%lar composers, Sheet music size, papér. coyer. Price 50 cents, When

ordered by mail 14 cents should be added for postage. For sale at Hoffman's Book Store, Ligonier. . m

2 O WALL PAPER! NSRRETISER oo e ee. L ; e TRV TE R B oy K 8 I take pleasure .in announcing to.my.patrons..and the public generally that | have ‘just received and - have ready for inspection a complete line'of ' - Wall Pager, ‘Borders, Celling Decorations, Window Curtains, Bt Great care has been taken in the sélection, and 'the variety in H-andsome. New and Artistic Designs in Wall Papersurpassesany assortmentever , St shown in Ligonier. g Tl . . 2 i o e I have the Largest Assortnent--200 Patterns. e i, 1 furnish Bpécial Destgns for, Ceilings. ~ 1. ili ), I have a large and ehoice selection of Borders, .= | X have a large stock of Window Curtains, '~ " Imalkeand fiteurtaing 1o windows at resonablepiives ai am p: “20 ” rate Churches, Halls, Stores, or M'-‘ “n .‘f‘i)?‘i & 9laasatyle' iy okl wv;ﬁ vt} 5 - Tguarantee ws 10w prides for sanie qualtey of Goo as any one in Northern Thdiana. e | mﬂ"mﬂ%’“{%‘“ @s soldotted. Sll i Uy il ;‘“"‘h 27’ 13.«8!“] ’“‘wm‘m @“ngg‘l”};’f ; ﬁﬁ%@" ﬁ“" 1

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‘[ —Buy Pelton shingles of Weir & COWle’s_ y- ad ':: i im, A:’Q —Other countl!swr&-«ﬁéglﬁiﬁg,w:i i - A s ta k, umﬁ;l i e ; : f | -f“fest towe!l in America forloc at’ the Bazaar. ' fei

" —New Goods and New- Prices at Mrs-"COII!ﬁm,' & e & el e —Court s fald 't bé Feal “iiitorssts xng”g pieeds. & & @B § -~Wartanted all ».lix§n towels, gnlf 100 Bbthe Bazaar. || |G| ‘—Five dollars will get you a set of teeth at Dr. Gants.’ B TIW

’ -—The roller-skating rink is now the center of attraction. LYY

—The..place to get your wall paper is ab.Mell Stansbory’s. .. . - ©BO-3t

:.=—Great bargains in tin ware at the Bazaar in Casey’s store, ' . —The :&plg sugar season is not going to.be & successful one, .. | . ~ —The Banner Block Millinery is the place to buy cheap Hats or Bonnets.

' —The best assortment of pine lumber in Ligonier is for sale'by Weir & Cowley. i

—As a literary‘ ‘marvel the April number, of Harper’s Magazine stands at the head. = Mo

—For a cheap bedstead call on Belts, the' popular and low-priced furniturée man.. - il

—lsaac Ackerman has opened a new stock of goods in ‘Weir's building, north of the hardware. Call and sée him. CT XY ' —No one can vpt‘é‘gga}ﬁsg,qeofge Keehn, if he i§ nominated; on-the: ground of his taking too good care of thepeor. '.- : . 1 '“The Republicans of York township held their caucus last Saturday eveningand nominated William Price for trustge. | . & . ~-J'M, Belts- makes all of hig upho!qﬁtérd}( furfiture, and can thus warrant his goods. ~Anything'in thatline made to order. - :

—Draine & Bouse are daily increas, ing their trade in the grocery and bakery business. They believe in largé sales and small profits.. * ' —The néw hardware store in the corner room of the Banner Block iy now straightened up and business has commenced in earnest. ¥ o

'—Since the fire Dr. Gants hgs laid in full and complete sets of tools" for doing the very finest dental work. Still yow can get a set of teeth as low as $5. e o

—Mr: Sol. May will erect a fine resl‘dﬁ’bce; on’his lot south of The Banner office this sprieg... Work will be commenced as soon as the weather will pérmit, - i '

- —LADIES :-- Mrs. Collins is now settled .in her new quarters where she* will._be. pleased .to. see_all her: old frieids. She has a-beautiful line of " Millinery and Notions. e T

< Wits: All Fits stol;%ped'free by Doctor Kline’s great Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first day’s use. ‘Marvelous cures. Treatise and s2.oo.trial bottle free to Fit cases, Send to Dr. Kline, 931 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. a? & o ALY

—Those who contemplate building, this spring, should call on E. B. Gerber and get prices-on:lumber, lath, shingles and other ‘building. material before purchasing elsewhere. ¥

—See that good men are nominated in the several townships. Do not select a man because he is a strong partisan, but will use his office to further the interests of the public. - . —On Monday last Walter Carr sold his north third of the Mier Block to J.C. Zimmerman, taking in exchange therefor Mr. Z’s three residences and 8 acres of ground on the north side, . .*Chas. K. Greene, Wawaka,lnd., has tor sale Covert’s Modoc Stomach Bitters, the best medicine in the market for the cure of dyspepsia and kidney. troubles. - 21-y1

—Mrs. Samuel Smith, east of town, near Kansas school house, called at Dr. Guerrier's rooms and took “Vitalized Air.” She had a bad molar extracted, and was delighted. - Ask her about it. o i bt

~ —The publishicg of the names of poor people’of this county was an"out= rage upon them and should be rebuked by all who have & spark. of manhood in thejr make-up. We venture the agsertion.that no other county in ;ﬁe

State thus humiliates and disgraces the poor people who argm:foqua_l,to lgsk charity at the hands: of the public:. Who is to blame for this state of affairg ? L :

—A petition to the Lake Shore road: has been numerously signed by traveling men, and out business,men, asking for an'accommodation train to berun between this cily and Teledo. Mr. Mitchell received a letter this week from Supt. Curtiss, stating.that.in_ all probability the train will be put on when the nevg ti}?e carii g(;eg into effect in, April,~Kendallville! T'iapes,— This &‘a?ifrodght Me‘éﬂem to Goshen, to connect with the morning train from Eikhart. We:haye no fa~ cilities for going east except in the aftermoon and night, and it takes longer to make a trip to Ligonier or Kendallville and back than to go to Chicago. —G@Gashen ZLimes., :

} The )citizenaﬁqf.;v;[{jgghieggwilﬁl';,a{gre-@‘ ciate the “putting on” of such'a train.

. Higginbotham’s for low prices. ‘“lMgginbotham’s for low prices. ' ~A.aumber of new subscribers this week., : -v—Fiye dollars will get.you a set of —Buy your lumber and shingles, at Gerber’s hardware. ' . ¥.. ¢ —Don’t fail to see the 10c and 18¢ hoge at Caldwell’s Bazaar. : ‘@e—rg:turday night last there was a rféct rash af'vhe skalingrink. . "X &b linch an o sesared st Draine & Bouse's grocery and bakery. . —Cheapest place in Ligonier for ‘building mateaial at Weir & Cowley’s. .#=The-trial of the case of C.G. Kistler against the Grimes brothers is set for next Mondays:! sisf nron 4. | . —Belt’s lounges cannot be excelled for beputy of Afinish, style orwear. A warrant with each and every article.

—The chief advantage in buying your wall paper at Mell Stansbury’s is that yeu are shown none but new designs. - L _ -50 3¢ —A;mp&’:mg;: siréet toilet is not complete withiout'a stylish hat. ‘Come and see the immense new stqck just received at - .M. Jacobs & Co. —The low, dirty abuse heaped upon the writer by an,individual who has, been time and again branded as a coward, falls as the water npon a duck’s back. S

—The “visiting statesmen” did not come to ‘a vote' on the court house questien. : As far*as they were con‘cerned it'was-like a jug-handle, all-on-QUOSIde. e e _~From /priyate souicés we learn

that Alex. Winebrenner Has beén acquitted of the charge of complicity in ‘ the wrecking of a train on the B. & O, railroad, | am ol *Chas. K. Greene, Wawaka, Ind., has been appointed agent for that lace " for:#Covert’s “Modoc Stomach: g:ters.tﬁé onl€ reliable regpdy for yspepsih and kidn@y trouble in the markeby & o 22-y1 ‘—Sheets.\& Wertheimer have sold the middle room of the Mier Block to ex-sheriff N. P. Eagles, receiving in ‘exchange the -Simamons faim on Perry’s’ Prairie; s valued: aj 96.000, and 81000 Incash. ¢ o : "—Olur ‘on-coming ‘stock” ‘of ‘spring goods, comprising.dress goods,notions, bgots and:shoes .and. carpets will be the. most: extensive ever displayed ia thistown. E. Jacobs & Co.

—J. Mi Belts:now oecupies. his.eld’ room, one deor north ‘of Zimmermah Bros.’ store. and has things in a real presentable shape. Fine furniture is a specialty, and he will-now be able to make prices as low ‘as the lowest. .

—April_lst our friend Robert Fox, of Elkhart township, will open a livery and fecd stable at Rome City. He has leased the Sylyan Lake House barn for a year. and Ed. Cook, of Al‘bion, w;ll oversee things. . 2 * —I ‘am agent for the celebrated Kensington- Patterns. Two hundred designs' on hand ‘and for isale; All kinds of stamping done to order on short notice. Initials of different Bizes and designs. J. B. PEARCE, . '—Dr. Bourie pridesv‘imsglf a 8 being one of the most successful chicken raisers in this phrt of the county. He last week ‘sold a hen of a fine breed that weighed 11 pounds. Several othérs of the same brood weighed from 8 to 11 pounds each, —Roller skating is all the rage with young and old at present. To-night there' will be a prize offered for the best lady and gentleman skaters, and on Saturday there will be a grand iasquerade skate. A new supply of skates reeeived, so that all will be supplied; s oh . ' —G. W. Elliott, the gentléman who sprinkled the streets so acceptably last season, has announced his ihtention of ‘starting a sprinkler as soon as the rpadq need his work. He has purchased a new outfitand will do even better “work this season than last, if that'is possible. : :

7y 7 Ihe poor‘ef the sounty werd outraged‘'when their ngmes were heralded forth to the world through the medium of, the “official paper.”. * To whose door is the blame of such outrageous: treatment to be laid. We certainly think the poor and the friends of .the ‘poor will resent dt. 1T [ .

—The new billiard hall in the Kann building was thrown open to the public‘last Friday. ( Mr. Sax bas a Gde lot of furniture and has his room fixed up in splendid style. No intoxicating .drinks. will be sold, at Jeast not for the present, but ample preparation is being made for a fine lunch ¢ounier and‘other attractions, ~ * [ L 1y —A birthday party was given to Mrs. James Di'ley, at her residence, ‘two miles west of Ligonier, on last Thursday evening. Quite. a number of invited guests from|the Hampatch were present, and the delicacies of the season were.indulged in.te an unlim-. ited measure. Allenjoyedthemselves hugely until the wee sma’ hours, when they adjourned to their several homes, wishing the lady many more as happy birthgeys, .ygw g 0;4 413 | ~~The great book, “Orthodoxy in the Civil Courts,” is now ready, This book is a verbatim report of the trial in the Noble circuit court, June 19-21, 1883, |in which ,was involved. the issue of “religious orthodoxy,” and to which is appended an-argumeént by W.D.Owen. No one .should be withoat this great ‘and . unique book. It ecan beordered through the editor, J. H. Edwards, | Ligenier, Ind,,{Drop & postal gard, or otherwise. Price, in cloth, $1; in paper éovers, 500 eents. ’ :

.—Last Wednesday the town of Al'bion ‘contained more representative tax. payers.than. .will .be .gathered.to-

gether again in that town for some tine to come. The following are the gentlemen who were invited to confer with the board on that day:

- W'&g’pﬁqg@‘dy Towhiship—Geo. Piper, T. eo 1 e Joh R, Ktk a v ar 3 ” Gx?ee:—ﬂenry C. Bugﬁ?? Geo. Ott, Swan—John Whan, John Renkenberger. ) Sparta ~Jos, Calbeck, W. Schlabach. Qork——()rlando Kimmell, Jacob Beard. Albion—Able Barnum, Owen Black, i Jbﬂ‘eriom—W!ﬁ“Hﬂs&hb‘l.fOs»Barhln. " Allen—E. B, Sé)encer,'l‘ 08. Story. | Perry—E. oyon fraus,, Wuumli Hays, Harrison Wood. Wayne—John Mitchell, Jokn Gappinger, John m&% agAtn 9% 1 RIoOR] sl - | Orange—Henry F. Dyer, Wm, Imes, | jo ELESrt—~lohn Zimmeriaan, John CoppTwenty.aix of the twenty-sight per: sons above mentioned were present, ‘and twenty-three sxpressed themselves as being opposed to the building of a éourt -house at this time. Quite an 0 ?“igfn ‘was. also Wﬁuﬁ DY, ook TR Bpon the old building, At present the matter Lgtands Just as it did before the meet-

fog, and it 1s snppoié&'fﬁ&m;& tion will be taken by the board of commissioners until the June term,

.2-The finest cigars at Draine & Bouse’s. . !

- —Prices o suit the times at Higginbotham’s, . ’ Las —The birds are hard at work building their nests. - ; b —Call at Belts’ old stand for bargains in farniture. —A large nunfber of our citizens are attending court this week. > —The revival meetings are still progressing at the U. B church.

- —We are ifoing a large amount of printing for the Ligonier Manufacturing Company. ' .

~ —The April number of the Century Magazine is the most interesting published for many months. ~WANTED--A baby eab -secondhand—in good condition, Call at The Banneroffiéé for particulars.

* —Do not _fall to call at The Banner job 'roems if you want sale bills, liorse bills or any other job printing at low rates. ;

—Dress goods already arriving at E. Jacobs & Cb’s. Come and look at the £oods snd get prices whether you buy or not. |

—The school children are having a good time this week, as school in no way interferes with the play and sports. : &

—There is no use in- talking, if you want to save money on a cdrpet, you must look through the immense stock of ! E. Jacobs & Co,

—A set of teeth, full and complete

upper or lower, as low as $5 at Dr. Gants’ dental rooms, over Green’s meat market.

—Quite a number of the young Goshenites were to be seen on our streets last Sunday. They seemed to be gen—tlemen in every particular and rather a nice looking set of boys. —The walls of. Ackerman’s warerooms, in the “burnt district,” have been torn down ‘and the brick cleaned 80 a 8 to allow them to be used in the building soon to be erected. . . —The people of Noble county do not certainly uphold the action of the Republican board of commissioners in publishing the names of the poor people who leceive aid at the hands of the township trustees. : . —All:of those new neckties worn by our ‘young men in town and admired by every one were bought at our store, Come and take a look at the finest line of neckwear ever kept in town. : M. Jacobs & Co..

—The establishment of the Ligonier Manufactory in our midst will be a source of profit to many of our citizens, as it will give employment to quite a number of hands and furnish money to many merchants. -

- —ln the future as in the past we will not be undersold on well-made and stylish clothing, as also anything else in our line. New goods arriving. Come and see us and thereby save money. - M. Jacobs & Co.

—We would most. respectfully inform Taylor C. Shobe, and all other such foul-mouthed bullies, that silence is sometimes a virtue, and that we are not made of such stuff as to be in the least scared by any'of his foul and filthy language. :

~—llt is a gratifying fact that Noble county has 28, and even more, wealthy men, “largest taxpayers,” and also that there are quite- a number that do not pay such a large amount of taxes who are good business men and fally competent to guide public policy. - . —J. M. Belts ‘wishes to inform the public in general that he has fitted up his old rooms, one door north of Zimmerman Bros.’s dry goods store, and placed on exhibition a fine stock of furniture, all of his own manufacture, which he will sell at prices to suit the times. % S 0 :

—An efforf is being made by the friends of good government and those who have the interest of the poor at heart, to induce George Keehn, the present worthy trustee of this township, to again’ allow his name to be used. If nominated he will surely be elected." ' ‘

—Not to be behind the times in any senge of the word, Mr. L. Schloss has been fitting up his business rooms in fine style. The walls and ceilings have been neatly painted and artistically orpamented by W. R. Allen, and the appearance of the establishment is greatly improyed. The home is the seat of human civilization and human love. Give to the ladies whe reign there everything that.is possible to add. to their happi-. ness, We think most of them would be’ profoundly grateful if they were always supplied with- DeLiand’s Saler-: atus.and Soda, as they are gnaranteed, to be equal to or superior to anything on the market. e ]

—Our town was' visited last week by Mr. L. P. LaFrane, the representative of. LaFranc Steam Fire Engine. He entertained the several members of the town board with a fine description of the merits of his engine.’ Upon one thing he is sound. He says that no town as large as Ligonier can afford to buy a hand engine. ; | = Some miscreant went through the dwelling of Benj. Kitson, near Cedar Beach, last Sunday while the family were absent.. Everything had been well handled and a thorough search made, seemingly for money but it was unsuccessful. - Nothing was missed excepting a good silver wateh, A strong suspicion attaches to-a certain individual, and a close watch is being ‘held upen his actions. :

—That trite old saying, “chickens will come home to roost.’ is now being exemplified over in Whitley ' county. Some years ago while under the Ja’ra of a Republican Sheriff, Jack Murray,’ & noted criminal, escaped and the Post took advantage of the fact and made political capital out of the oecurrendée. Now thetables are turned. A democratic officer, and flve criminals at large, and the Commercial chock full of reflections on the Democratic Sheriff. ‘ln both instances this was wrong. Neither one of the officers were much

A Genuine Suxprise.

Many persons when suffering from rheumatism or neuralgia remain indifferent to what will benefit them, bécause they have tried a multitude of remedies in vain. Let no man or woman despond till Athlophoros has been tried. Says Rev. Charles E. Harris, of New Haven: “Was advised to try Athlophoros for acute rheumatism; -but paid- no -attention to it, regarding the specific as. among the thousand.and. one_other things advertised a 8 oures, But after a time I tried it, and found that it acted like a charm, Have been quite free from the disease ever since.”

- ' m«—*o.-———— . Publie Sale of Fruit Trees. I will séll at Public _Bale on Saturday, iApﬂi' g,“:)t 1A o’ollock, I.l;l., m,vth,rrom-ivn‘-ng - pple and Evergreen on myWwnplacesn D, lmnt&. ey o g;':,!’:a’ Rgh 3 7 £ ;

Trial of the Train-Wreekers, Crowded Court Room ,Each Day. —L ® . ~ CIROUIT COURT—-MARCH TERM, The present term of the Noble Circuit court opened in due form on St, Patrick’s day, Judge Mcßride on the bench, and a full line of attorneys at the bar. The first day was devoted to probate business, which possesses little interest to the public and need not be particularized here. Some seventysix cases, principally for violations of the liguor law appear on the criminal docket, many of which were disposed of by the parties coming forward, pleading guilty and paying their fines and costs as the easiest and cheapent\ way out of the clutches of the law. The Cain murder case was continued on the aflidavit of defendant until next term, and Cain put under bail in the sum of $6,000. 'A number of judgments on contracts were entered, but of no interest to others especially but the parties themselves. Issues in several other cases were made up and will be tried by the ‘court or jary as arranged on the calendar. With business thus disposed of, or arranged to 'be disposed of, the court was ready on IThursday to get down to‘workv on.the case that has since November last occasioned no little talk in the county. I refer to the train-wrecking case. The grand jury at the last term returned: an indictment against Jack Ryan and Alexander Winebrenner for removing a rail from the track of the B. & 0. R. R. one ‘mile east of Cromwell en the 7th day of November last. To this indictment Ryan at the last term pleaded. guilty, and sentence in his case was suspended until the present term. Winbrenner at the last term was also arraigned and pleaded not guilty., At 2 o’clock p, m. on Thursday the case was called —Henry C. Peterson, prosecuting - attorney, L. H. Wrigley, deputy prosecutor and | Judge Newbegin, attorney for the B. & O.R. R., appearing for the State, and Judge Morris, of Fort Wayne and L, W. Welker, of Albion, for the defendant Winebrenner. Before trying the jury, defendant, by counsel, moved for leave to withdraw his plea of “not guilty,” made and entered at last term, which was granted; thereupon defendant moved to quash the indictment, which was overruled, and defendant again pleaded not guilty. After rejecting for several causes some thirty-eight. or forty persons called to the jury box, at 8:30 that evening a jury was made up and sworn, composed of twelve “good and lawful” citizens. :

Deputy Prosecutor Wrigley: made the opening statement of the facts the State expected to prove, introducing his remarks by reading to the jury the indictment in the case, and the section of the statute under which it was brought. He detailed briefly the wreck of the freight train on the B. & 0. road, one mile or so east of Cromwell, between 2 and 3 o’elock on the morning of the7th of No¥ember last. He said the State would show that Ryan and Winebrenner were together in Fort Wayne on the sth day of November last; that together they started for Auburn Junction to take the west-bound train on the B. & O. road, and that Winebrenner paid Ryan’s fare from the junction to Cromwell, and that Ryan was to remain at Cromwell, stay all night at Winebrenner’s house, and that the latter would take the morning local at Albion and meet Ryan at the depot. That pursuant to | this arrangement Winebrenner got off ‘the train at Albion and remained all ‘ night, and Ryan went on to Cromwe]l ‘and stayed 81l night at the house of Winebrenner, whose liome and family ‘were at that place; that Winebrenner stayed that night at the famous Commercial house in Albion with Wilson W. White; that on Tuesday morning, Nov. 6,as had been arranged, Wine‘brenner took the morning local at Al- ' bion, going west, and got off at Crom'well where he met Ryan; that the two passed the day together in and about Cromwell, Ryan eating his dinner at Winebrenner’s and visiting the saloon during the day; that in the afternoon somewhere in the neighborhood of 4 ¢’clock, Ryan and Winebrenner went on to the railroad track and walked together some little dis-: tance east along the track to the place -or near the place, where the wreck afterwards occurred; that on the night of the 6th Ryan and Winebrenmner broke into the tool house of the railroad near the depot and took therefrom crowbars and monkey-wreunches, such as are used by railroad hands to unfasten fish-plites and draw-spikes from the ties on railroads; that in this work Winebrenner bore an active part, and that injthus removing the rail that early morning hour the freight train going east first after the rail was thus removed, was caused to be wrecked; that providentially the passenger train that was due that morning about half-past 2 o’clock at Cromwell was late, and that thus it happened that the freight and not the: passénger train was badly wrecked; that the freight train wrecked had been waiting at Cromwell for -the passenger train to pass, but the latter being late, the former was ordered to take main track and move on east; that in pursuaoce of such order the freight train, as stated, pulled out from Cromwell and was speeding along for Albion, and when about one mile from Cromwell the engine and several cars were suddenly thrown off the track and wrecked and piled in a shapeless mass along the track, causing loss and damage amounting to $30,000 or $35,000, and seriously injuring some of the handson the train. That the object had in view by the train wreckers was to wreck the east bound passenger train and rob the dead and wounded passengers, which extraordinary pieée of wickedness was | preveuted only because that train was behind its regular time. That it would be shown that Winebrenner, since the wreck, had made many contradictory statements and told many positive falsehoods, and that, too, under oath; that it would be impossible to fitly describe the enormity of the intended crime, and the horrible consequences Whieh might have resulted had the devilish plot as concocted been successfal. But an overruling providence frustrated the cruel and murderous intent of these infamous ‘wretches, and the innocent and unsus‘pecting passengers, who were the in‘tended victims, to-day owe their lives to the faet that the passenger that November morning was behind its regular time. That it would be shown that, after t&e' wreck, Ryan and Winebrenner slept together in the house of the latter at Cromwell, and ate their breakfast together that morning; that Ryan left Cromwell, after breakfast, for Whitley county, from thence fleeing from place to place until finally arrested in Ohio and brought back to this county to answer in this court tor his share in this most infamous crime, e - After the State had thus presented ita case, court adjourned until next morning at 8:30 o'clock. : 7k ... FRIDAY MORNING, L ‘Court having opened, the' witnesseB for the State were sworn 1n a body, and the first witness was, . u&htgtg Li%dorfer-—l live at G"?." t, DeKalb Co.; am an engineer én thahm. R I wa‘.:Jt vsi‘bmfwell: the morning of the wreck with my | train; the train wrecked that morning ‘was the train of which I was then | engineer; we pulled out of Cromwell, el o e S {ingy it was Y &y morning, Nov.

'7th last, abont one mile east of Cromwell the train was wrecked; 1 was badly injured; some fourteen cars made up the train that morning; some ten or twelve with the engine were ‘badly wrecked; were thrown trom-the track. ' Cross-examination—The road is called the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad; the train wrecked was a freight train,

Re-diiect Ex.—l was ordered to take the passenger train’s time; it’s time at Cromwell was 2:30; the passenger train bound east was late—behind time; the rail that was removed from the track was taken from the north side of the track; the wreck occurred in Noble county, Indiana.

Re-Cross-Ex.—Saw no one that night at place of the wreck; it was dark and foggy; saw no robbers. : J. P. Bailey—l live at Garrett, Ind.; Nov. 7th last I was conductor on the train that was wrecked about a miile east of Cromwell on the B. & 0. R.R.; it_.he train was No. 91; twelve cars were thrown from the track; I was in ‘the caboose at time of wreck; one ‘Tail was removed or taken up from the track, as the burs or nuts were all ‘taken off; several rails were torn up by the crash and wreek ; saw clawbars, monkey wrenches and fishplates laying near the track; the passenger was 30 minutes or more late; it was due at Cromwell at 2:25 that morning; the wreck ceccurred on the morning of Nov. 7th last, in Noble Co.. Ind.; the passenger train that was due at Cromwell was No. 3; going east; some 20 minutes or so after the wreck happened N 0.3 got to Cromwell going east; I'had got orders to'let No. 3 pass me. Cross-Ex.:—My train was loaded; I run at 18 miles an hour; possibly the rail might have .been broken by the train, but I don’t beliéye any such thing; the rail was taken vp; it was not broken; it was bent some by engine and cars crushing and smashing on it; I have been on the B. & O. road about two years; I looked about and saw crow-bar and wrenches neart where the rail had been taken up. Re-direct Ex.—lt was neither hot or c¢old 'weather; there were some four or five rails torn up by the wreck; the weather was ‘not such as to either expand or’contract the rails; I say that four or five rails were torn up by the wreck. : : .

Supt. Britton - I reside at Garrett, Ind.; am superintendent of transportation of this division of the Baltimore, Ohio & Chicago R. R ; the Co. has a road running through Noble Co., Ind.; I remember the wreck spoken of; I got notice of it at 3 o’clock that morning; I left as soon as possible for the wreck; it was one mile east of Cromwell; found the engine on north gside of track; 12 cars were badly smashed up; rails torn up and bent; more rails off on north side than on south part of track; one rail on north side of track had the fish-plates taken off, and the spikes had been drawn out of the ties; the fish-plates are flat pieces that fasten the ends of therails together by means of boits and nuts; I saw bolts that had been removed and laid near the ties; the rail that had been taken up was nearest Cromwell; the thread on'the boits was not breken, and that showed they had been removed. by some one; the rail that had been removed before the wreck ‘was taken from the north side of the track. I have been sixteen years in railroad business; the track was badly torn up by the wreck; the engine | weighed 35 or 40 tons; 1t was thrown 'on its side, and on north side of the track down a bank some 10 feet. (Here witness gave the time of the various .passenger and freight trains on the road.) 'No. 3, passenger, was. late half’ an hour or-more that morning, going east; No. 91, the train wrecked, was running on the time of No. 3, a 8 the latter was late; I was acquainted with the track about Cromwell and where the wreck was; it was in good condition on the first of Nov. last; the road is divided into sections; the section .in which the wreck happened was then, and still is, in charge of DPatrick Fitzpatrick, the section boss; I found no tools myself at the scene of the wreck; saw some there that had been found around there before I got there; I only know Jack Ryan and Aleck Winebrenner by sight; first saw them in Fort Wayne; I heard the talk between them in tke jail there; their first talk was about money that each claimed the other owed him; disputed over -it;. Ryan said to Winebrenner: “Aleek, you know I could put you here where I am, if I wanted to;” Winebrenner made no reply to this; if he had, I certainly should have heard it; I know he made no reply; Ryan did not know I was there listening; Winebrenner did; Brooks and I were in a small closet, and I was not five feet from them; they were' sitting close to each ot.ger. Rl ross-Ex.— Winebrenner,Brooks and myself were at the jail to hear what Ryan had to say; Brooks was a detective in the employ of our road; Norris is a detective also; Norris wanted Winebrenner to go and talk with Ryan; I was there 1n the interest of our road; we had Winebremner to aid us; but he rendered none that led to Ryan’s arrest; no letter of his was of any importance to us; -Winebrenner said to Ryan, “Jack, I am sorry to see you in jail;” In answer to Aleck’s question, I think Ryan did say that he (Ryan) alone wrecked the train; there was no grumbling among our ‘employes last fall about wages; I never heard of such thing; would have heard it if there had been; saw conductor of the wrecked train and some gection men at the wreek when I got there; two brakemen were on the train that was. wrecked; sometimes freight, trains run as high as thirty miles an hour.® : - Re-direci-Ex.——The rails on eur road are steel... . - ;

Thomas Bly—l am foreman on Sec. 33 on the B. & 0.; Filzpatrick has the section from Cromwell east four miles; I have been about nine years in employ of the B. & O.; my section | runs west from: Cromwell; our business is to keep the track in good condition; our tool house is some 200 or 300 feet from the depot at Cromwell, west; the wreck occurred three-quar-ters of a mile, perhaps a mile east of Cromwell; at night' we always keep our tools in the car house or tool house; at the wreck I found one of 'my bars and monkey-wrench laying on the north side of the track; the bar 1 found there is such as we use to draw out tne spikes from the ties: a monkey-wreneh can be used to remove nuts from the bolts in fishplates; I was often over the track where the wreck was; the track was in good and safe condition; it is down grade at.the place where the wreck ‘happened; ‘I got to the wreck about half-past 4.o’clock that morning; I ex amined the rail; the spikes had been drawn out; the rail taken up was on the north side of the track and moved outside; the rail was somsewhat twisted; the track, so far as rails ‘ ‘were concerned, up to the place where the rail was remeved was in good condition; a board was taken off my car house sometime that night from' the wes! side; a man could get in through the place where the board had been taken off; thereis no switch light at Cromwell; the side of the car house from which the board was taken is in shade so far as the light at the station is concerned; cannot see my car house from the office window at the station; - Fitzpatrick’s car house is very near the station, and a light in the office would shine upon it; the bar and wrench found at the wreck belong to'my car house; I don’t know Ryan; I know Winebrenner; 1 saw ‘Winebrenner about half-past 4 that afternoon before the wreck about 200 feet east of the depot on the track with a tall man; they were walking |on the track and going east; have known Winebrensner for two years; 1 also saw them sitting on the ‘track; | can’t say how long they #at there; |some twenty mmﬁ% ‘after I, saw | Winebrenner and Barcus ‘ﬁbfg,ﬁhbt; afterwards saw Winebrenner, Barcus

and Ryan together walking on the track some 200 feet-away and going east; I was on platform atthe depot at the time; when I saw them last about three-fourths of a mile from where the wreck was next morning; I found a square bar, about three feet long of iron, at car house; it did not belong to my tools; I took it down to the wreck: I don’t know who got it. Cross-Ex.—l went about 4 o’clock that afternoon east from Cromwell on hand-car; we went east of the place where the wreck occurred next morning; I talked with Rufus Barcus after I saw him and Winebrenner together; we were on the platform together: Winebrenner was not there; Barcus was on the platform with me at the time 1 saw Winebrenner and a tall man some 300 feet east of station and going east. Winebrenner lives about quarter of a mile from the station. The wreck was little over a mile from: the station.

Oscar Rogers—l live at CromWell;‘ am section hand under Bly; I helped | to put our tools away on evening of { Nov. 6th last; was at the wreck next! morning; saw our bar there; our foreman sent me back to see if any of our tools were missing; found a beard off west side of ou. car house; found crow-bar 3 feet long and an inch or so square, that did not belong to our tools. Saw Winebrenner that afternoon; he was 'talking to Rufus Barcus; am acquainted with both of them ; don’t know Ryan. I bhad some talk with Winebrenner; saw him last between 5 and 6 that evening; this was afternoon before the wreck; he told me that he was going to Albion that afternoon cn loeal; the local was late; he did not 'go. on local; saw him and Barcus up_ in town together that day; the townfs about half mile from depat. - - : | - Cross-Ex.—l saw Winebrenner and ‘ Barcus talking together that after—noon; saw’ them together short time before up town; I quit work that day about 6 p. m. S ity A Henry G. Tucker—l live at Crom‘well; have lived there about 17 years; am physician; Cromwell is south of the depot’ about one-half ‘mile; there is a sawmill east of main road or street that goes frem depot to town;. have known Alexander Winebrenner for about a year; don’t know Jack ' Ryan. : : John Ry'an-]gy name is-John Ryan, I used to live in Green township in this county ; lived there two years; before that I lived in Whitley county and worked in saw mill; by trade lam a brick-layer; was raised in Whitley county, and lived there until 1866; lived. in Ohio from 1866 to 1874, when I went to Columbia City; my mother is still living; was a married man and mother lived with me; I pleaded guilty last term to train‘wrecking; I know Aleck Winebrenner;; got-acquainted with him a year ago last (igober; he was then living on a farm south Albion, in this county; we have bee i together a great deal ; I paid his boardat ahotel in Huntington, Ind:, in the summer of 1883 ; ‘I then came to Albion; don’t know where Winebrenner was then ; I came to Albion last October to see about work ; from Albion went in November back to Huntington; the wreck was night of 6th of Nov. last; on 3d of Nov.l met Aleck and his brother John at Avilla; Aleck and his brother came there together and I met them there; I had just come up from Huntington; the meeting was a mere accident; next morning I went down to Fort Wayne ; had | a talk with Aleck at Avilla; he was to write to ‘ me in care of the Robinson House at Wayne i never talked with Aleck before that time about wreeking a train ; next morning I met Aleck in | Fort Wayne, and were together most of the day; saw him again on Monday; he a.ndlletL[ Wayne on the ‘Jackson & Saginaw railroad tor\ Auburn Junction to meet train on the 8..& O.; he paid my fare up to the junction ; we took the west-bound train ‘on the B. & 0. that afternaon; at Avilla we drank together; he paid my fare to Cromwell, and he was to get off at Alblon ; he did get off at Albion and told me to 20 on to Cromwell and he would come on there next morning on the local ; I went on to Cromwell and stayed at Aleck’s house that night; he had told me to go to his house and stay until he came on in the morning. Aleck said he wanted to see some friends in Albion. When he came-to Cromwell next morning he ‘told me that Wilson W. White had ‘got back from Chicago and wanted to see me, At Avilla he handed me a bottle of whisky and I drank some ; we had got a drink of whisky at Auburn: Junction the same day; I was notdrunk. It was Tuesday morning, Nov. 6 last, that he came to Cromwell; we were together all that day; I went to the depog to meet him; we went to Kreager’s saloon and got a drink; I got my dinner at his house ; he gave me a revolver on that day ; about 4 :00 or 4 :30 that afternoon we went to the depot and I told him I was going to Rarick’s, two miles off; we walked down the railroad track east to a woods; he said he had to raise $lOO for his girl ; he handed me a bottle ot whisky; I drank, had drank several times that day, and felt pretty good; Aletk paid for my whisky every time that day; he gave me no reasons why he had me walk with him down the railroad track; after that time nothing was said about wrecking a train; he said nothing as to how he proposed to raise ‘the $lOO he wanted ; all the time since getting to Cromwell I had eat my. meals at Aleck’s ‘house ; after we left the track, saw no more of him until he came to me later; I don’t know Rufus Barcus ; I saw Jim Maggert that day; I did not go to Rarick’s that afternoon; later in the evening, being pretty full; I laid down: Winebrenner came to me on the north side of" the track, and we drank again; I don’t know the time, but it, was after-dark; I got into a a rail pile; some time afterwards he came to me again; I have known Wilson W. White as long ‘as I have known Aleck Winebrenner; Aleck woke meup; can’t say what time it was; I was pretty full; he then tBtd me about the plot to wreck the train; White was there, Aleck said : “We are going to wreck the eastbound train, and you must help.” Aleck and I went for the tools, and: White said : *‘Go out around, as the light shines on-the car-hotse ;"* we went out around and west of depot to the car house there and tore off a board and got out a-crowbar and monkey wrenches; all three of us were there; we wentbaek and they handed me a whisky bottle ; White and Wine- | brenner carried the tools; they took.off. the ‘nuts from the bolts in the fish-plates; there were two other:men sitting on the track; don’t know who they were; Itold them I was sick, and went and laid down; they began to work on a rail on the north side of the track; I only recognized 'Whi'te by his veice and size ; he had on a mask—we all had them on; did net hear the others speak; there were four men besides myself ; I fell asleep or was dead drunk; heard nothing more until I kind of roused up and saw headlight coming and heard a train; the train seemed to suddenly stop ; don’t think I saw the train go off the track; heard no crash or noise; I.left at, once for Cromwell; I think I must have crossed the fields; I was too dggnk or something else to know just what did happen? I got to Aleck’s house ana the old lady let me in; I gotinto bed with Aleck ; got my breakfast there that morning; Aleck, his mother, daughter and two boys were the family ; Aleck and I did not talk about the wreck; .don’t know what time I got up or eat breakfast that morning; up to the time we had breakfast no one had heard of the wreck; after breakfast Aleck and I went up town together; I said I wanted to go to Cold Springs ; we went to the postoffice and inquired the way; after we left the house we said nothing.about the wreck; I was going to see my mother, who was at my uncle’s, some 3% miles from Coldspring; I went to my uncle and saw my mother; from there I wentto Co-' lumbia City, thence to Fort Wayne, thence to Blufiton, Hartford. City, Muncie, Neg Castle, Richmond, Eaton, Ohio. where I was arrested, brought back to Fort Wayne, and from there to Albion. It was about the 12th day of November when I got to Eaton. The next time I saw Aleck, after leavinf Cromwell, was in the jail | at, Fort WaXne; Aleck shook hands with me, and we sat down and talked about our moneg matters ; be said that I owed him $4O; Idenie ‘it and said I would swear before any iéusuca 1 did not owe him a dollar; and I said to him that lying would not now do, for I could put him just where I then was; he then said he -would drop_the subject. I nextsaw him when | he was under arrest at the preßLnulnary trial here in Albion. (Some unimpo! £ matters were brought out on direct exanmlnattotgl. but possessing no- espeelal interest, are omitted tor want of space.). Lo £ Cross -'E’;.&-Tﬁo ‘weeks or 80 before the Wreck: I'went to Cromwell to see a woman—Mrs, ﬁn‘-; nie Weade, wife of Charles Weade; I was then -a married man; my wife atxd,éh,ud were,_then living with her folks in Whitley county. I was: oing to help Mrs. Weade get a divorce; I have Been intimate with her; liad.rflvm, hei toundelmand that I was a man of me 53 it was. salne, however, for lgg nomeans; L Haxe imen: with her to u‘,z,lélju n. . ;0 : ng. eross-examination was turned loose on Ryan by Judge Morris, which the wrecker stood with “WP"‘"‘“%‘ elased trom the {udges orrible t Wﬁm.xﬂl& 'S eviaence 32;:131 9&.“%‘0 hilon pßsyed Q?{h%’ e T seorched, and , _plece of it was yonieey cuumiand;. Wi uadyetmy nov ;I»ick hers;?n:is,e' OhE: o e I did 3&?& VUG g *;-; Seryeq me m By s oV i, W a 4 dhe S ner fusband und White came (o Huniingion L got-her away romme. . o Lo f% CL .J.lgi_g.i;lg‘é\:xf;’ R vi‘f-sa &‘&r*‘ 508 ond Hlom Ine 10 WEIReY Sountr. ANedE

PR PRI SR R AR e e Winebrenner knew of my attentlons to Annie Weade; he knew I had a wife: at Ms_a,ufgeeﬂ!on I gave her to understand that-1 had plenty of money. PR S Re-cross-ex,—l told Mrs. Weade‘ﬁmt’l alone wrecked that train. - ; ee B :At th% p:'tnt John I‘l. Nomn Ohio detectve, whe was very anxious away, was put on the stand for the defense, and he mlgé‘g in substance as follows: ve " John T, Norris: lam employed by several railroads a}sua d?tegglve. ﬁg:m _da_;ﬁty U. 8. marshal; Ilive in 03 n and Alexander Winebrenner are the onl‘oueq who assisted me. in getting Jack Rys.n.». inebrenner ﬁ:’ me the clue to Ryan’s wheréabouts and connections- with the wreck. I. was sent by the B. & O. to look up this wreck business; hunted | :gowmebrenner. and he gave me information ut’}?'an; he gave me a letter he hadre—' oeiveds from Ryan; aud I then went to Salem, O.; Winebrenner. gave me the necessary ﬁO- - to get his.mail, as Ryan might. to him ; defendantand I went together to Salem and thence back te Albion or Fort Wayne, think it was the latter plltwe; thenee #0 ' Columbia Cl%nd out to see Ryan’s mother ;| thence back: to Fort Wayne, thence to Canton, g}theloe back to Albion, and got out circulars Egn's arrest; defendant went with me on these trips. Ryan, after his arrest, told me that four men and hewreckaduﬁe train ; they were, he said, "rexae'.%‘oo," “Slin ngi:;.)ohn%mmd —— “‘Wood ; Ryan told me this at Eaton, Ohio: 1 saw ‘Jack Ryan and his mother in togzmerat Ft. ngnei his mother said: “Oh, John,-are g')tlli ty ?” he said, “Mother, I did it alone;” m she said, “My dear boi, tell who hw.you? ﬁ:hn.het%h mé the-trutt t{-'l he slatj% “Mother, 1 ve enough abou! 5 self,” - . Cross-Ex. by the State—l was sent by the B. & O. to ook up the matter 6f bleing obstructions on the track near A.bion a short time before the wreck add reported at once'to Supt, Britton ; a few days afterwards the wreck o%gﬁrred; I had been told that Albion was h quarters for the parties trying to wreck trains ; Winebrenner’s name was mentioned as one of thems Isuspected him and I knew the | officers of the. road suspected him; others were susg;ogted'and Ryan was one of 'them; I went to Cromwell to hunﬁp Aleck Winebrenner as he was one of the' spected.ones; I was -also on look-out ‘for Jack Ryan: I suspicioned ‘Aleck and told him a big reward was offered, and if he-would give me ¢lue to the names of the gang I would give him-$2.500 : I intended to keep Aleck withme and if ~possible,fet Ryan, and having them both together I could be rea: sonably surﬁ of my game; all this time I sus‘Becved Aleck; I thought it best to get Wine--reaner away from Albion, and by 5;‘:“"8 him and el’:i'an together I thought y ' -might “squeal” on the rest of the gang, as I believed there were several in.the gang;-i fonnlgggan at Baton, Ohio, in ‘custody of the city hal of that town, whose name also was Ryan; 1 asked Ryan at Eaton who wrecked the train: holding up h._s hand he said, “I alone wrecked ‘the train, 1t .is God Almighty's truth that Aleck Winebrenner had no hand in it.” Ryan did mot have a drop of liguor while with me, excegt that, on going to dinner that day Ryan said he had been drinking hard and was ,veriy nervous, and I got him a drink ‘and paid for it myself; I had intended to hun_d-cus him, but he begged menot to, as he would make no attempt to escape; I told him thatif hedid make any effort. to escaﬁe I would shoot him en-the sggt; I did not dpu out twe revolvers to intimidate him; I did take them from my‘pockﬁt and lay them on a table at the other ‘end of the room; it was then that Ryan said it was “God’s truth that Aleck had nothing to do with wrecking the train;” I got my first cluc from one of the section . hands; I ot ‘some. hints from Brooks and Cofner e Iﬂgot most-of it from Winebrenmer; -dg:‘é'.' think Aleck Winebrenner anyﬂl‘ln 2 0 Wl'fkin‘ etrun;_ Winebrenner's counsel telegraphed me to know if I could come here; I answered I could if ng eXpenses,were paid ; ‘but I have not received. anything or the promise of it, (A questich or two on re-direct ‘éxamination’ were asked, b of .ngd f;specm importance. The State then sum : A 2 S Robert Blackburp—l live at Fort Wayne ; on the 6th and :7th -of November last I was a conductor on the B. & O.road; I know the spot Wwhere the wreck took place on the morning of. the Tth of November last; my 'train passed along there between 1 and 2 o’cloek that meorning going west ; the track was’ then all right and in good order ; my train was the lastone that passed over the :road that night or early morning; I got to Milford Junction and soon after the eagt-bound l}Smst;em;rer came in, ‘& Cross-Ex.—¥ am still in the employ of the B. 0. Co. S :

Patrick Fitzpatrick—l ‘am foreman of the section’ commencing © one-half mile- west of ‘Cromwell and running thence east four and onehalf miles 4 Ilive and have lived at Cromwell nine years; I was ‘at the wreck; it wason my seetion ; it is my business to keep my section in good erder; the track where the wreeck ocecurred was in good order and safe; I knew it was; the tool house of my section is a short distance east of the depot at Cromwell; it..-was about 3:30 that morning when I got to the wreck; it was freight train- No, 91 that was wrecked ; the rails are stesl, were then, well fastened and in good order; . S Ercinbrt vt Pk Waia s M . E. He ve at Fort Wayne ;am acquainted ’withsb Aleck Winebrenner and have met Jack Ryvan; have known Winebrenner since March fast; saw them together the forepart ofjlast. November at my place of business; 1t was bßefore thé wreck—think it was the Friday before-the wreck ; had a ftalk with Aleck that day; they were at my counter about 9 that morning ; saw them tpgsther again about 2 in the.afternoon; I saw Aleck han,gasßyan $2; 1 had just before that changed a $56-bill for Winebrenner; he said-he wanted to tg,;lve a friend §2; I had loaned Winebrenner the $5; saw them no more together after Saturday afternoon; I saw Aleck in Fort Wayne at my glnoeafter the wreck; bad a_talk with him; he said he was looking for Jack Bran the train-wrecker, as $5,000 reward was offered for him. 'Afterwards Aleck told me that he was the first man that got to the wreck, and that he found Ryan there; that the wreck was one m’jlle east of Cromwell, near his farm and that he saw the wreck from his place and . was the first to get there; I told him that he ought to be careful or he might be implicated in the matter. (Here followed some evidence dbout a young woman in Fort Wayne, after whom it would appear that the witness and Winebrenner were “struck.”) { R Cross-Ex.—l am clerking in a restaurant near the Pittsburgh depot; 1 don’t say I have not been keeping this woman and furnishing her with money ; 1 don’t say I have no wife, Re-direct—My wife was not there, is not now living in Fort Wayne ; she lives in Cincinnati; have applied for a divorce ; Winebrenner and 1 went to .see this woman';he was acquamted with her before I was;-so far asl know, her character is good. i & ; Simon Pollock—l live at Cromwell; keep a meat market; well remember the time of the wreck ; I know Aleck Winebrenner; was keeping meat market at time of the wreck ; know Rt;zm only by sight ; saw them bogether—“night ot the wreck between 8 and 9 o'clock at my meat shop,i Aleck ‘bought some meat; he and ‘Ryan were in my shog. ! Cross-Ex.—To -thte best of my knowledge it was the night of the wreck Aleck bought ‘meat at'my shop; I know it was at”least two hours after dark, and I was about to shut up my shop;, my shop is fifty or:sixty rods from Aleck’s house ; Ryan said nothing while Aleck was m ting the meat; 1 knew who Ryan was "f L. i seen him a number ‘of times before; I don’t seé¢ how I can be mistaken -as to the night; a detective came twice to see me about these men., S S o §

- Joseph Deßruler—l live at-Cromwell; am a wagon maker by trade; have known the defendant some three years; haveseen Jack Ryan a'number of times; remember the night of the wreck ; about 9 o’clock that night I saw defendant and Ryan near Pollock’s: meat shop in Cromwell; can’t say they went in,- . Isaac Hart~-Livein Qrange. township; know defendant ; he told me in the jail at Albion that if he had to go over the road, there were others who would have to go. : % Cross-Ex.—l am no‘(];}a detective; thistalk was the last of January; Jacob. Couch and Dick ld.dings were present:when he made theremark. K, J. Amspaugh—l live in Albion; haveknown defendant many years; was present at his ﬂe—liminary examination and had a talk with him in the court room; he told me that he wasinnocent, but if he “had to go over the road for it, the thing had hardly budded yet.” 5 _Cross-Ex.—l heard- himr say this at the preliminary examination;.the examination .was ‘part of three days; I think-it was the second day of last‘January, and the second day of the examination beforé Mr. Felkner; 1 amnota de-: tective; am acting as constablé in this township ; have known defendant 25 years. - Alexander Moore — Live in: Albion; have known defendant 4 or 5 years; talked with him in Albion jail, after relimlna?',trl&l +'he said to me; *I am not g-uEty. but if I have to suffer for it, others will suffer t 00.” Cross-Ex.—White was present when defendant made that remark. .. - = ] Joseph Copper—l live in-Albion; know defendant; remember wreck last Nov.; had several conversations with defendant; on 14th or 15th of Nov. last, defendant came to Howard’s saloon .in this town, where I was at the time; when I went out he followed me, and ssid: “they are talking about rhe in conneetion with the wreck of that train; about my being with Jaok Ryan 80 muchy’ defendant further said Ryan had told him he got up so early that morning because he had a long walk to make, and said peogle wondered where I. got so many good clothes to wear, and said: **l will tell you, oe, where I get them; lam a government detective and get $5O per' month, and am/getting & soldler'sifension of $8 per month.” = Cross-Ex,—l have worked in this case in the .em;;}oy of B. & O, R. R.; board at Bradley house in t dils town; had that talk with defendant when we came out of Howard’s saloon; the talk took ¥lace on éast side of court house square; am not : riendlg -with Norris; déefendant said it looked “scaly for him: about that wreck.” :(Here considerable sparring between counsel and witness was indulged .in about Annie Weade, and her frequent visits to the jail to s‘eeß,yan.} : s.uqexgltmr MORNING, MARCH 22, 1884, ' - Court being .duly opened, the trial was resumed. . Defensg waived making any og:mngstatenient of case, and their witnesses vin% been ‘sworn in a body, Judge Morris, chge counsel for defense, read the evidence of M Barah Winebrenner, def’ts mother, given at the preliminary trial of the case. It will be reméembered that durjniethe ‘last term of court the ‘defendant’s - ‘mother sickened and died, her . death nio doubt being hastened on account of grief over the unhappy suspicions and surroundings- that connected her sor with the -wrecldnggt the train, Her evidence was: My n&gég ig Sarah ' Winebrenner, and am sixty-six years old; live at Cromwell, and have: for five years; own houseand lot there; Aleck and his children live with me; he is my son; heard of the wreck but don’t now know when it was; let Jack Ryan into our house late that nlghtihe rapped and said “Grandmother, it is me.” knew hig voieas; I lit ‘the lamp, let him in and saw by the clock that it was near 5 o'clock; Alfck came home that night. about 8 o’clock-}he go home before his boys did; the boys went to ed before Aleck; it was about:lo when Aleck | went to bed; kthen locked the door and -went tobed; no on# could go out of the house at night without my knowled; have such a ‘cough that I don't sleep walﬁo one up stairs came &oazix tlrlw.t n&clét,.;n never knew rl&y&nto come e house A dnlﬁn before; never let him into to the house bu 2ﬂoq once he cat;eto.see Annie but stayed only a few min- . On cross-examination at'the time witness ‘said: Havelived in Cromwell five fp-.rs:'my*oon ol S P et e ‘he don* now; L slept,a the low: _!rontro%xg; th X two rooms: ;(13 Bml‘s-:%lv wﬂw ﬂl,gm 'k door the night of Yook et him in at back door; he knocked: g ol out, ecarm, 5 e o ek did not lirotgh my room % O Up. scatg it wais not. us Wﬁbm : ﬁ ur door. e, is voice, and "et«?tht let bim E.!ﬂ%‘ pleagwtgé ck; he 7 where to.go; he-had: s}gﬁ tn_erellon might; it was well on'to 10 that o *m@u?e nt to. the wreck was on, n 5 o oYV Lt 1o vl ”‘.,L that day; I am su m;g home-that gghb hjf:ﬁ; Alectg Iﬁgﬂnk Aleck *'k"‘*?" T nee e LI B "" i n -:‘ 00 U . W’iﬁ ."v‘\","‘ﬂ’ couh tuediclng Hyen MM‘% e g e Rt ot Tl

Ryan was up quite & while before Aicck came ‘down; not & word was said about the wreck at bmki‘ast;i 3%«36 Mumt ﬂ;m Deßnuer'szl‘iKtlle %li'rl ; came in and- ere was a wreck on the railroad: don’t know that my son A]eckﬁ%un pected of concerned in the wreck. S | -direot it was hedf an hour afterlet- - ‘ting B{lnh that I looked at the cloek, andthink it was 10 minutes to 4. X

Owing to want of space we have been compelled to omit from this issue some of the most important testimony, especially that of Mr. Winebrenner, the defendant. It will ap-° pear in connection with the closing of ' the trial, R@ronxx@ AN EXPLANATION.

Last Thursday the ink upon’ths first < impressien of ‘THE BANNER had haraly. got dry, when it came to our ears .. ‘that the writer was being roundly abused upon the strest cornérs "By’ Taylor C. Shobe, who had borrowed a ° copy of the BANNER of some friend and read the following, taken from the Goshen Independent: .. HST _*One day last week Taylor Shobe and" Jacob Smalley, two well-known horse buyers and traders fremy Ligonl‘e'r—,_ came to Goshen’ amd bought a horse of Simon Stutzman and then sold him one they had, warranting- it to be sound in every respect. Mr.:Stutzman learned that they had misrepresented the matter to him, astlie horse had a fit, and was subject to them making it totally-unfit for any purpose whatever. Mr. Stutzman. went to them to have them fix the matter up, but this they refused to . do, and a‘{ the tirst oprormnl'vy left at a good speed, so they would not have to make the. matter “gooj. On ‘Bo.turd%yﬂ Sheriff Thompson. went. to Ligonier and arrested Shobe and Smalle{, who gaye bonds for their appearance atthe next term of court 'g the .sum of §l,OOO each. Ifall reports - e true, this_same horse has served them many -a good-turn, as we hear of a couple of fnstances happening here befere when the parties gaye Shobe $5O to trade or take the horse-back. While at Warsaw.Shobe = . left the town ‘uneeremoniously for a similar trade not long aﬁo. Probably they thought Stutzman would give them *'blocd money”’ to take the horse back, but they got hold of the wrong man this timo, 11 if it is true that they have been wir r fhi’s’ game they should be punished s i y- o

.- A little later in the ‘afternoco: o had occasion to visit the postoffice 1 had hardly got inside until Shobe -

costed us and began a tirade of ab *: All the low epithets usually t 1 by a blattant, feul-mouthed cow. I, were heaped upon us. The p 1 -

ence of ladies and children did not « - ter him from repeating cowardly a: | infamously dirty epithets, which \ » took, considering the:souace, as w» would the barks of & cowardly cu . As ‘this Jindividual took upon himse ¢ the' task of going from place to placo and calling us a liar, falsifier, etc.. th ‘writer took a trip to Goshen, Wawmz‘ and North Manchester on Tuesday ‘for the purpose of finding whether we had in any way-done Mr. Shobe an injustice, determined, that if the above had in any way misrepresented him to. make amends in this irsue.

"At North Manéheiter:it did not, take - long to find out that our friend (?)had been there, and to enter into'an.ex‘fended statement of what we learned would take oo much of our space. Perhaps our friemd(?) remqgugqr;:_g, gentleman named Harvey Serber, Tiving near North Manchester,and a ride made by a minion of the law in pursuit of a fellow that came north:via Liberty_Mills, or when this “same old brown horse” did such good serviee in a trade: with Samuel Stair; or the difficulty 'with an old man named Wells regarding a sum of noney that was $2O “short” when counted-by a reliable’ party.. ‘At Warsaw we found that Mr. Shobe is well known and it is a notorious fact that the same tricks haye been played in that vicinity., At'. Goshen a scrutiny of the records in the Clerk’s office discloses the fact that this very indigoamt individual .has been indicted in two separate and distinct findings of the grand jury. The first indictmert has three counts: Ist count, grand larceny; 2d, obtaining moeney under false pretenses; 3d, obtaining money by lying, cheating and swindling. A = The -other indictment charges him and a. partuer With conspiracy with intent to defraud, cheat and swindle a citizen of that county. . From the Clerk’s office we wended our way to the office of a justice of the peace, where we found that s settlement- had been made by Shobe and his partner in-'the civil action brought b 3 Eir, Stutzman, by paying all the'cost , - - torneys fees, and the pricepaid b~ . Stutzman for the “old brown hors " all amounting tosl4o. Why this - - ried settlement! wasa query that - tered our mind, ¢ oy We might refer this individud- ° several gentlemen living in Washi - ton township. In fact the cases: so numerous in which this fellow 1. ;3 operated that it is hardly necessa ' ‘for us to make any explanation. : - In conclusion. we -would most.: - spectfully inform Mr. Taylor C. Shotg that he waked up the wrong passei - ger, as we can not and never will by scared by the loud-mouthed abuse of & fellow of his calibre. Ta,ta. . '~ .. A 820 Biblical Prize. . : - - 'The publishers of Rutledge’s Monthly offer twelve valuable rewards in their Monthly for April, ameng which is the following: - ° 1 1 We will give $2O. to-the person telling us how many words there‘are in the Epistle of Jude, as recerded in the New Testament Scriptures (not the New Revision) by April: 10th, 1884. Should two or more correct answers be received, the reward will be di'vided. The money will be forwarded to the winner April<lsth, 1884." Persons trying for the reward must send 20 cents in silver (no postage atamps taken) with their answer, for which they will recelve the May Mouthly, in which the name and address of the ‘winner of the reward and the correct answer will be .published, and in which several mece valuable rewards will be offered. ~Address Rutledge Publishing Company, Easton, Penna. - NOTICE. :linvli‘ dl.ponod.of my busi- ' mess to Mir. William McDonald, I requestall persons indebted to mie to call and settle without delay. </ ¥, C. Cunningham. Ligonier, March 25, 1884. £ : - In New Quarters. .« .. I wish to inform the ladies of Ligonier and vicinity that I have removed my dress-making cstablishment to the rooms over W. N. Beazel’s harness shop. ",rh,,-suuf_ them for their favors in the past,it is hoped that they will @M,utquqr me with a share of- their patronage in the future, ey Frwr 2ok <+ SoFA E. WINTERS. ' "Ligonier, Ind, March 13, 1884, ' ! soe o e 0 ﬁ%ﬂ. ﬁ Tes D m;ly.thomu%m permanently, all eoughs, coids, “f“’é ip, W "mﬁw .. €Ot E. Anflaer 2, eases, beallng 1o the lungs: suf. ~ | [Ble Seial Bathiet San of Codbidt:i ot it s ekl b SRR