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Ui'-, : - ;fBID DAY FOR KOITSCH(oontiuaed tMj mt tkt time in ito decomposed state. Hit evidence was aabstautiaUy the same aathat of Coroner Hayes.H. T. Hall recalled—Waa district at* Inraqr at the time; waa with Dr. Hayes at the examination- swore oat warrants for of. Goshen and Koitnoh; Koitsch 'Il ia easy to tell who committed the '» I said. “Well, if you know tell He said, “Well, come op into the lobby and 1 wttl show you Cashen’s pants.” I toU him they were not the pants Cnshen ware that day; Paal said they were, and had Heed oa them; this conversation took place after the arrest.Nanqy Haldea recalled—I know George Lebo, well; he ta peculiar from other peapte; thiak be is shorter than Paul ■LaHach; it was not George whom I saw with Edim Crider; could tell by bis looks ■ad notion; the distance away was about 110 feet; he was not very tall; be might be aa toll as I am; (Paul was asked to stand up hy the witoem and compare heights; Paul was much the taller); 1 judged it waa not George Lebo by his sine.Jacob Hcrwitx mailed—called to identify elothing of George Lebo worn on the 6th «f July; dark shirt and light pants; don't think be changed clothing that evening; be went to bed at 10 o’clock.Talks With the Prisoner.Geo. W. Verne* re-celled—Had a talk with Paal in jail, on the 15th of July, be-fere the bearing; was for the purpose of ascertaining who the guilty party waa and to ato him why he put this crime on Cushen; he aaid the reason be ausptcioned Cashen was because Cushen said when the body was found that it was fall of blood and that he found blood ou Goshen’* pants; hemekeef hong with a woman at North Bawl; her name was lire. Price; asked him M he had been out with her that night; said he had Dot, that he changed his pants and the anas he had on when arrested waa toe ooes he wore at Lebo's he told aae he thought be was suspicioned; that Ousbeo had told him not to be fooling with the little girl; Paul said, “Do you think I would do her any harm;” said when on his way to camp that night on toe railroad near Lebo’s, that Edna and Oeetge weradowu the road with toe cows; he told me he went down Herritt’s rail* rand to the Italian shanty; this waa about • o'clock in toe evening; went ou to de-aoribe the condition of toe railroad; said that be aaw Cushen with others and watching him and that was the reason he totoght they were suapimouing him; aaid the taaaoa he did not go out to bunt for EIm was because be was tired; aaid be wasE. P. GEARY.[Pittrtet A Warner of aimon Oonoty.]In the lobbv woen the• toaat, wWah wwt dhwi to a. I task ton toaat aft the hadexhibit “L” toowa witoaaa and atoad to aramtne it; ootnataad doth I got to commoda down atoha to bad room; got theit with latter K;” the toaat noatatoad*■; pat t* la kr. HolPa nd; hi pal tta Holii la tta tan aad MS« ton aoaraodlcaato araaaa tba altar «v;Kr. Kim atoad aw la aaka tta UtmU-H. T. Bill w» allied ad aokad totan ttay got Hmm aad wbat tow wan. Hn. lebo wat called sad fooagniaad toe •bat to tan. and explained bow to* Main*mmm lt;m toe toeel and doto; mid toe? had beau aailed by her; also identified the cloth-ing warn by Gaoiga Lebo aa toe day Edna disappeared—ibe bine otriped ebirt and ltato panto; Oran waa about a ta toaster thaw Paul fcMSamuel Lebo recalled and identified tta clothing George wan oa Joly 6th, all day; baa bo ooarenattaa with Haywood oboat Cnshen aad panto morement, or ab( George and Edna with toe ootn.Jacob Keller again called—Mr. Gaohrig and I ■craped oome Material tram a timber •tick in Lcbo’e barn wblob we tboagbt wa blood, and pot it in an enrol ope and gara it to Mr. Hall; I aaw it opened ymtadoy in toe preeenoe at myeelf, Dr. Cattail and Hr. Fnochcai.H. T. Hall aaid be received the package from Mr. Keller aad gave the same to Dr. Cattell. The doctor stated yesterday that be did not analyze the package or open it in Philadelphia. *C. W. Framrscua sworn—I have made a specialty of chemistry; Dr. Cattell and Keller opened the package to my yesterday and analysed it;GEORGE A. BROWN, ESQ.[ Awodste Counsel tor the Defense.]found no blood; the matter was some foreign substance, about 2 drahms, scrapings from wood, the test was made yesterday afternoon; if there had been blood in the substance, it could be shown if it was six months old; would be darker in color.J. D. O'Donnell sworn—as to his visit to the jail witn Mr. Vernes to corrobnruU' the statement made by Paal Koitsch in regard to the necktie Paul wore on the day of the murder, which had been stated by Mr. Vernes ou the stand.Mr. Franciscos produced the material left from the analysis of the scrapings from the barn.The commonwealth placed their exhibits all in evidence and asked to call Dr. Cattell tomorrow, ou his return to the city, as it an impossible for him to get here today. The commonwealth rests.THE DEFENSE OPENS.Mrs. Lebo Examined a« the first Witness for the Defense.
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Lock Haven Evening Express
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Jan 06, 1898
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