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EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY; SEPTEMBER 21, 1865.Reported especially tor The Alleghanian.

THE PAUL-SUNDA- Y MURDER.

Trial or David Riddle Tor theUlurder of IIIss Folly Paul, InCroyle Tp., Cambria County,June 7, 1SG5.

In the Court of Oyer and Terminer for CambriaCounty, Sept. Term, 1865. Hon. Geo. Tay-

lor, President Judge; lions. II. C. Devine andO. W. Easly, Associate Judges.The Jurj iD this case was empanneled

on Saturday, 9th Sept., and was lockedup in a body, in a prirato room, until theconclusion of the trial of John Ream for

murder. Roam's case finally , disposed of

Tuesday, 12th Sept., and the case of theCommonwealth vs. David Riddle, indict-

ment murder, called up.The names of the jurors are as follows :

Robert Botle, Elbbidge Stiles,Thos. J. Davis, David W. Lewis,Joseph Daly, Robert Evans,Joseph Geis, Rees J. Llotd,David Roland, Thomas M'Breex,Lewis IIoovkb, David Peter.

THE COUNSEL.

The counsel appearing in the case are:For the prosecution, District Attorney P.S. Noon, R. L. Johnston and GeorgejNI. Reade, Kqs. ; for the defense, JohnFenlon, John fcj. Rhey, and A. Kopelin,Esqs.

FIRST DAY TUESDAY, SEIT. 12tH.The prisoner, David Riddle, brought

into Court at 2 J o'clock, p. m. Arraign-ed in the usual form, and pleads "Notguilty."

District Attorney Noon opened for theprosecution in a speech ot about niteenminutes Icng'h.

THE PRISONER.David Riddle is a man 33 or 40 years

of age, rather tall of stature, and slinilybuilt. He is blind of the left eye, whichgives his countenance a somewhat unpre-possessing aspect. Rcyond this, there isnothing peculiar in his appearance. InCourt, he is nervous and uneasy, appa-rently noticing tho minutest circumstancetranspiring.

THE EVIDENCE PROSECUTION.

Michael Stibolisky, sworn : Live inCroyle township; was acquainted withPolly Paul ; she lived near me ; saw herdead is her own stable on the 7th June,1865 ; 6l.e was lying on her back ; therewere wounds on the back of her head.

uc. uaraner, amrmed : Assisted in ma-king a post mortem examination of thebody of Polly Paul; found wounds onher head, &c. ; suppose them to have beeninflicted with a club; the wound on theback of the head would cause almost instant death ; this on tho 8th or 9th Junelast.

Cro?s-examine- d : Judge the woundswere made with a club because the kinwas not much broken.

R. S. Bunn, M. D., amrmed : Made apost mortem examination of body ofPolly Paul ; her death was caused byblows inflicted with a bludgeon or club :found wounds on the back part and rightside of head ; wounds sufficient to causealmost instant death ; thi on tho fore-noon of 9th June.

Jos. W. Myers, Esq., sworn : Held aninquest on the body of Polly Paul ; shewas lying on her back in her stablewhen first saw her : from what I couldsee, judge she had been knocked down inthe front part ot the stable and had beendragged to the back part of it; Riddlewas brought before me to receive a pre-liminary hearing; he told me he had notbeen in this couuty for six years.

John Funk, affirmed : Have been acquainted with David Riddle for ten ortwelve years ; was at bummerhill on 7thJune last ; the road I went is called theJackson road: it was between cne andtwo o'clock when I left Sunimerhill ; meta man on Leidy's hi'l, about two milesfrom Polly Paul's house; ho had on aslouch hat, pulled down over his eyes;bade him "good evening;' he did thesame, and went on ; cculd not sav positively that defendant is the man ; holooks like him ; arrested Riddle in Jefferson county ; he did not say anythingabout the murder to me; found' him onNorth river, about seven miles aboveRrookville.

CroBs-ex?.mine- d : Have seen no one sincethat looked like the man I met that day ;arrested Riddle on the 22d June last ; hemade no resistance. -

Elizabeth Slonaker, affirmed : Was acquainted with Riddle some time ago ; hada conversation with him, John Ream andNewton Jones one Sunday afternoon sev-eral years ago; they said that Polly Paulhad a heavy pocket-boo- k which theywould like to have; told them to marryher and get it: Ream said he could getit an easier way than thit he could killher ; Riddle said he would go halt towardkilling her.

Cross-examin-ed : Ream said Polly Paul

was too old and ugly for hinv to marry ;that he would rather kill her and get herpocket-boo- k that way ; this was whenRiddle said he'd go "half with Ream.

Mary Burket, sworn : Never saw Rid-dle before.

Rachel Wagner, amrmed : Was in Eb-ensburg on the 7th June last; knowRiddle ; met him thai day opposite Mr.Fen Ion's ; had no conversation with him ;

he was going towards Crawford's tavern ;

it was between 9 and 10 o'clock in themorning; he had soldier pants on j didnot see him afterwards.

Cross-examin- ed : Live in Jackson tp. ;had been away for some time, and wasgoing home; had seen Riddle five or sixyears before ; don't know what kind ofcoat he had on ; he had on an army capand striped vest; he had no mustache; Iwas about thirteen years old when I sawhim before ; told persons before he wasarrested that I saw Riddle in Ebensburgthe 7th June.

Mrs. James, sworn : Live in Cambriatownship, on the turnpike; was at homeon the 7th June last ; two men passed myhouse that day; ono was in his shirtsleeves; the other had a blouse on; theono in his shirt sleeves had soldier pantson ; it was between 3 and 4 o'clock in theafternoon; live four miles from Ebens-burg; know where DaviV mill is , live aquarter of a mile from that; there is aroad from there to Polly Paul's place,which is about fix miles distant.

Cross-examine- d : After I heard of themurder, thought these men might be themurderers; they both koto black hats,noc very tall ; did not see their faces ;they called for a drink; told them to goto the next house for one.

Lewis Rodgers, sworn : Believe I sawRiddle, in Ebensburg within the last fourmonths ; never saw him to know him tilllast Saturday.

Cross-examin- ed : My impression is theprisoner is the same man; a blue hat hewore and his blind eye attracted my at-

tention.Joseph James, sworn : Was in Ebens-

burg on the 7th June last ; couldn't sayI met Riddle.

Timothy R. Davis, affirmed: Came toEbensburg on the 7th June last; abouthalf a mile beyond M'Vieker's, saw twomen sitting by tho roadside; one of themlaid down on his faco as I approached-- ;

when I saw Riddle before 'Squiro Myers,thought ho was the man I had seen lyingon his face; it was between one and twoo'clock ; know where Miss Paul lived ;from where I met them, would take theroad they were traveling to go to herplace; the man sitting up bad on a kindof black scuffed coat.

Rebecca Leidy, affirmed : Never sawDavid Riddle before they brought himto Summerhill; was at home on"the 7thof June last; one man overtook me on theroad just above our barn; hadn't time tosee if he had a bliud eye ; this man hasmuch the same appearance of tho one Imet, only that one was heavier, I think;this was about 4 o'clock.

Cross-examin- ed : It is 8 miles fromEbensburg to our place.

Samuel Paul, sworn : Lived in Jacksontp., about 4 miles from Polly Paul's, onthe Jackson road ; on the night of the 7thJune last, two men called at my houseabout eleven o'clock, and asked the roadto Johnstown ; one was in his 6hirtsleeves ; they said they had come to theforks ot the road, and didn't know whichone to take ; they came from the directionof Polly Paul's.

Cross-examine- d : Was in bed when theycame. Further examination elicited no-thing of importance.

Mrs. Jackson, affirmed : Reside inJackson township; Was at home the 7thJune last; two men stopped at our housein the night; they inquired the road totown; reside at the cross roads; it was 12o'clock at night; one was dressed in darkclothes, and the other was in his shirtsleeves ; the one that spoke to me wasover five feet tall ; the other appeared tobe taller ; told them to go straight on ;they started and took the wrong road;called them back and told them they werewrong ; they were carrying something likea carpet-sac- k ; it was a nice moonlightnight ; it is 7 or 8 miles from there toJohnstown.

Martin Funk, sworn : Had never seenRiddle till I arrested him, on the 22d ofJune; Riddle then told me he hadu'tbeen iu Cambria county since the year ofthe frost about 6 years ago.

Martha Morgan, sworn : Live adjoininglands with Polly Paul; recollect the dayof the murder; there were no men at myhouse the night of the murder; think Isaw Riddle the Saturday night after themurder at my place; he was just goinginto the cellar of my house wheu I sawhim; didn't see any ono with him, butheard talk in the cellar; do not knowwhat they were doing there; we had no-thing in the cellar; live between Summer-hil-l

and Miss Paul's, about one-four- th ofa mile from her house; the murder occur-red on Wednesday ; this was the nightPolly Paul was buried ; it wa just at dusk ;I think that is the man (looking at theprisoner,) that I saw going into the cel-

lar.The cross-examinati- on dieted nothing

material, except that the witness saw twomen leaving h?r barn in the morning,early, after sleeping there, as she thought,all night, one of these men being thesame she had seen enter her cellar.

Capt. A. M'Vickcr, sworn : Reside inCambria township; was at home the 'af-ternoon tho murder took place; therewere two meu came up and asked me fora drink, and one of them asked for a"piece;" one had a blouse on ; Riddle isOne that was there ; they said they hadbeen soldioring ; were paid off; but out of

money again ; am satisfied this man is oneof them ; they went west, on the pike ;it was between one and two o'clock in theafternoon ; I know about where Miss Paullived ; you could go by Davis' saw mill, orby Peter Berg's ; Riddle was in his shirtsleeves j bttt had a coat thrown over hisshoulder.

..Crots-examine- d : Am certain this man

is one of them ; knew his face as soon asI saw him ; I wouldn'tswear he was blind ;h had a cap on ; he had blue pants on ;heard of the murder the next morning ;was not in town that day.

In chief : He tried to keep his facefrom me all the time; when he reachedfor the piece, he turned towards me more;I am satisfied he (ths prisoner) is one ofthe men that were there.

Daniel Dunmire, affirmed : I reside inCroyle tp., within a mile of Polly Paul's;think I saw her on the 7th or 8th of June,killed ; she appeared as if she had beendragged in the stable after being killed ;she was lying under the trough on herback, and her eyes open ; she lookedfrightful ; we found Catharine Mundayunder an apple tree; she appeared to havebeen struck by a right-han- d 6troke ; founda club on the ground uuder the apple tree ;(clubs shown and identified;) the beds inthe house were all tossed, about on thefloor; the top of the bureau wa3 torn off,the drawers taken out, and the contentsstrewed on the floor.

Commonwealth rests.THE DEFENSE.

John S. Rhey, Esq., opened for the de-fense at 7.30 o'clock iu the evening, in aspeech twenty minutes long.

George Davidson, sworn : Reside inWarsaw township, Jefferson county;have been acquainted with David Riddlesince early in the spring ; he lived in thesame house I did, most of the time ; sawhim on the 7th June last, in his ownhouse ; he was sick then ; saw him everyday from the 21st May up to the time hewas arrested, except on the 8th June; hewas arretted on the 22d June, about 3 a.m.; we resided in the same houe all thattime ; went for a physician for him on themorning of the 7th June ; he resides 4Jmiles from Brookville ; they say it is 80miles from Brookville to Ebensburg.

Cross-examin- ed : First met Riddle onClarion river, in Elk county ; ho is amarried man ; so am I ; aln married to-iiis sister."""

William Blake, sworn : Live at Mr.Carrier's, a mile and a half from Riddle's;went to Carrier's in May ; remained withhim till the 5th June; on that day, wentto Riddle's ; Carrier had given Riddle ajob of clearing; he went away from homeon a visit on the 5th June, and sent meto Riddle's, where I stayed till Wednesday or Thursday of the next week theweek after the 7th June; then went backto Carrier's ; boarded at Riddle's ; waschopping in the clearing; the clearing isabout a mile and a half from Riddle'shouse ; my dinner was carried to me; theday after the 7th June, Riddle brought itto me.

George W. Shaffer, sworn : Live iuJefferson county, Warsaw township ; havelived there about thirteen vears : was inthe army till the 7th June last, when Iarrived home, after having served ninemonths ; live about twa miles from Rid-dle's ; know Riddle ; was not acquaintedwith him before I came home; was atRichardsville on the 8th June; met Rid-dle on the road that day; inquired whohe was ; the prisoner is the man ; sawhim the next Tuesday and on the morninghe was arrested ; Richardsville is seveumiles north of Brookville.

Cross-examine- d : Riddle lives betweenBrookville and Richardsville ; it was be-

tween 2 and 3 o'clock in the afternoon ofthe 8th that I saw him; he was on foot;arrived hme from the army on the 7th,and saw him next day.

Elias Miller, sworn : Reside in Jeffer-son county, Warsaw township ; camethere a year ago last spring; am a chair-make- r;

Riddle lives near our shop; havebeen acquainted with him ever since hocame there, in the spring ; was at homein the early part of June last; saw Riddleat different places; saw hira on the 3d inBrookville; think I saw him on the 5thor 6th at our shop ; think I saw him onthe evening ot the 7th at the house I wasboarding at; saw him timo and againafter that.

Lewis Evans, sworn : Reside in War-saw township, Jefferson county; followfarming ; am acquainted with Riddlehave been since last January ; reside aboutthree miles from him; saw him on the8th June at my place ; he came there toborrow a scythe to cut brush ; it was aboutnoon; had not seen him immediately be-

fore that; he complained of his healthwhen I saw him.

Joseph M'Cracken, sworn : Reside inJeffersou county, Warsaw township; knowRiddle; live about a mile from him; sawhim on the 8th June; fix the date by theday the month came in on ; it was a weekfrom the first ; on the 8ih he passed myplace, carrying dinner to his hands; theclearing is about one hundred rods frommy house-Cross-examin-

ed

: On the 8th, Riddlestopped awhile and talked with me; hepaid he must hurry back home, that thedoctor was to be there to see him.

Benjamin Crow, sworn : Live in Jefferson county, Pine Creek township;, saw

Riddle on the 5ih June, in the evening,in his clearing.

Charles Anderson, sworn : Reside inJefferson county, Warsaw township; havebeen acquainted with Riddle since 23dMay last; baw him on the 24th and 30thMay, and on Saturday, 10th June; sawhim on 11th June; ho complained of hishealth.

Defense rests at 9 30 o'clock, and Courtadjourns till 8 o'clock Wednesday morning.

SECOND DAY WEDNESDAY.Court called at 8 a'clock a. m., and case

resumed.Commonwealth re-ope- ns.

William Wagner, affirmed : Was atBlair's tavern, in Ebensburg, on the 7thJune last; 6aw a man, and trtaled him;he paid his name was Riddle or Ridley ;he resembled this man, except the eye ;he wore a slouched black hat; woreit on the side of his head.

Cross-examin- ed : Am positive he hada black slouch hat on ; did not observethat he had a blind eye ; told my fatherthat the man I treated had such a largemustache that he had to put it aside toget the glass to his mouth, &c.

Commonwealth here closed.Defence re opens.Chas. Anderson, again : Think Riddle

had a small beard about the 7th June.Geo. Davidson, recalled: Riddle had

no mustache from the firat to the tenth ofJune.

Elias Miller, recalled : Riddle had nomustache Irom the first to the tenth ofJune last.

Wm. Blake, recalled: Think Riddlehad a light mustache about the beginningof June.

Evidence here closed, at 9 o'clock a.m.

TIIE CONCLUSION.

The District Attorney addressed theCourt to the effect, that, as in the case otReam, the counsel for the prosecutionagree that there is not sufficient testimony to warrant them in asking the jury fora verdict ot guilty. Ilssaid the case wasnot made out beyond a reasonable doubt,and that therefore he did not feel it tj behis duty, nor did he look upon it as proper,to occupy the time of the Court in argu-ing it. At the same time, he added, hefelt that in instituting the investigationIn the-matte- r, he had but done his duty,and that the proceedings were warrantedby the testimony in the case, which toEay the least showed cause for suspicion.

In a few words to the jury, the Courtexpressed its concurrence iu the view ta-k- eu

by the District Attorney; approvedthe action of the .latter in instituting pro-ceedings against the prisoner, and saidthat in so doing he had simply performedhis duty ; told the jury it was the duty ofthe officers of the law to use every effort,as was being done, to discover the guiltyparties in the awful crime charged uponthe prisoner; but, since guilt must beproven beyond a reasonable doubt, hefully agreed with tho prosecution thatthey had failed to show cause for a ver-dict of conviction, while, on the otherhand, the defense had shown by witnessesunimpeached that the defendant was inanother county at the time of the mur-der. In view of these tacts, therefore,the Judge directed the jury to return averdict from their box of "Sol guilty!"

The prisoner was then remanded tojail, where, with John Ream, he will re-

main till the December term of Court,when the two will be tried for the murderof Miss Catharine Munday.

New-Bor- n Love for the Soldiers.A few days ago, the members of the

Eighty-sixt- h Illinois regiment held theiranniversary at Peoria. Col. R. G. Inzer-soi- l,

the commandant, made a speech,wherein he paid his respects to the mennow professing to be the best frienda ofthe soldiers in this wise : "This is not apolitical meeting, ytt I cannot forbearsaying a word or two concerning the poI-die- rs

friends. There are men here inour midst pretending to be your dearestand best friend?. They belong to a partysome of whom (I will not say all) werenot your friends when you were fightingthe battles of your country. They laugh-ed at your wounds, sneered at your scars,and mocked the corpses of your comrades ;they prophesied your defeat ; they hopedfor your disgrace ; they prayed tor youroverthrow and death ; they despised thecause for which you were battling; theywere the allies ot your murderers. Nowyou have reached Lome covered with glo-

ry; you are welcomed by the true peopleof the North ; you are radiant with suc-cess and the very men of whom I speakcrowd around you and say they were andare your friends. Beware of them all!They do not want to help you. Whenthey come to you, tell them that you canhave no confidence in their sincerity tillthey bring back the thirty pieces of sil-

ver, the price of your blood ; tell them togo and follow to the bitter end tho exam-ple of their illustrious prototype."

CSsF Artemas Ward says when he hearsthe eoDg, "Come where my love liesdreaming," ho don't go ho don't thinkit would be right.

JEST" Don't go there ! A "season" inSaratoga is said to cost a man about

NUMBER 49.One Pair of Stockings

An old wife sat by her bright fireside,Swaving thoughtfully to and fro,

In an ancient chair whose creaky crawTold a tale of long ago.

While down by her s;de on the kitchen floorStood a bag of worsted balls a t core.The good man dozed o'er the latest news

Till the light of his pipe went out, 'And unheeded, the kitten, with cunning pawi;Rolled and tangled the balls about ;Yet still sat the wife in the ancient chairsSwaying to and fro in the firelight glare.But anon a misty tear-dro- p cam

in ner eye or faCeci blue,Then trickled down in-- a furrow deep

.Lime n single arop oi aew ;So deep was the channel, sj silent th. ctro.r.The good man saw naught bat the dimmed

Yet he marveled much that the cheerful UghfcOf her eye had weary grown,

And marveled he m'ore at the tangled balls-So h said in a gentle tone : '

"I have shared thy joys since our marriagevow,

Conceal cot irom me thy sorrow now."Then she spoke of the time when the basket

thereWas filled to the very brim,

And now there remained of the goodly pileBut a single pair for him.

"Then wonder not at the dimmed eyclightThere's but one pair of stockings to mend

to-nig- ht.

"I can not but think of the busy feet,Whose wrappings were wont to lie

Iu the basket, awaiting the needle's tideNow wandered eo far away ;How the sprightly steps to a niother dear;Unheeded fell on the careless ear.

"For each empty nook in the basket old,By the hearth there's an' empty seat ;

And I miss the shadows from off the wall;And the patter ot many feet ;

'Tis for this that a tear gathered over rar'sightAt the one pair of stockings to mend to-nig- ht.

''Twas said that far through the forest wildAnd over the mountain bold,

Was a land whose rivers ad darkening tateWere gemmed with the rarest gold ;

Then my first-bor- n: turned from the oaken:door,

And then I knew the shadows were only four.'

"Another went forth on the foaming waves,And diminished the basket's store ;

But his feet grew cold so weary and coldThey'll never be warm any more ;

And the nook in its emptiness seemeth to meTo give forih no voice but the moan of the

Fea.t

"Two others hate gone toward the Settingsun,

And mads them a home in its light,And fairy fingers have taken their share

To mend by the fireside bright;Some other baskets their garments fill ;

But mine oh, mine is emptier still.

"Another the dearest the fairest the best,Was taken by angels away,

And clad in a garment that waxeth not old,In a laud of coutinual day

Oh, wonder no more at the dimmed eye-lig- ht

While I mend the one pair of stockings t."

Murder.To the Editor cf The Alleghanian :

I have juat read'your remarks on theabove caption, in your issue of the 7thinst., and I heartily thank you for then?:You remark, "Truly ,'it is getting that lif ais held very cheap among us." Now, theremust be a cause for this increase of theworst of all crimes. You very properlyintimate that it is found in the false sym-pathy that is generally bestowed upon theperpetrators of this crime. This is; no"doubt, the real cause. We would notignore the fact that the war throughwhich we .have just passed has had a de-moralizing tendency. War is always de-moralizing much more eo, that of civilwar, wheu its influences are felt in everycommuuity, and where all are accustomedto talk of slaughtered thousands as buttan ordinary affair. But aside from this;there is a misplaced pympathy bestowedupou the guilty that is telling fearfullyupon our people. The idea has becoinaiprevalent that it is wrong to execute caritaliy auy offender, no difference howdark and damning his guilt ; that it isopposed to the spirit and teachings of theBible. Such persons, I remark; coulduot have read their Bibles carefully uponthis point, or they would have been led todifferent conclusions. If we turn to Genesis 9th chap. Gth verse, we read, "Whoso sheddeth man's blood,' by man shall hisblood be shed. Wa3 this law ever abol-ished " If so, when and where ? In thalaw of God as given to the Israelites,the murderer forfeited his own life; andit was only when tho Jews enforced thislaw, with a'l other edicts of Jehovah, thattbey secured 11 is approbation. If weturn to the New Testament, we find thislaw recognized. Paul is arraigned beforeFestus upon grave and serious charges, toail of which he pleads, "hot guilty." liedoes nut put in the plea that they had noright to take away his life, but on the con-trary he clearly recognizes that right, ifguilty. He says, (Acts 25th chap. 11thverse,) "For if I be an offender, or havecommitted anything worthy of death, I re-fuse not to dis." The fame Apostle else-where declares that rulers are a terror toevil doers, and that they bear not thesword in vain. Notwithstanding all this,there are thousands who think and actdifferently. Hence, in many places it isdifficult to find a jury willing to convicta man of murder in the first degree, andif convicted to find an officer to execute

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