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Continued from page 1.) Clyde Harding was placed on the stand in his own behalf yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and gave a detailed history of his life up until the time he moved on to his farm In Mill Creek township in May, 1921. He stated that he had been mar ried to Pearl Ross, of Akron, Ohio, March 11, 1916, and that they had seven children, the oldest boy of 1¢ and the youngest child less than a year. When questioned by Mr. Wheldon as to why he had come to Mercer county, he replied that In a paper of a young man named McClure he had read of ax -small farm for sale near Stoneboro, and when he came on to investigate he was unable to locate it and he was directed to Bart Minnis, of Sandy Lake. ‘One result was that he bought the R. 1a. Day farm in Mill Creek township duringg August, 1920, but did not move onto it until the following May. Ile had lived on it continuously since that time until arrested on June 18, 1026, charged with the murder of Wiley Mouck, when he was placed in the Mercer jail, and where he remained until removed to the Wranks in “art due to the remodeling of the Mercer county jail. Harding testified that when ques tioned by the officers he had told them that he brought a gun with him from Akron, which he got from his brother-in-law, Arthur Cross. He did not seem to be exactly clearly to the calibre of the gun, nut testified that he was almost positive that 1 was a 32-calibre, single barrel Rem ington life. He said that he had borrowed it from his brother-in-law to butcher pies with and that he lat er bought it from him, that this took place four years before he had moved to his present farm, or Int 1917, he said his farm was located In Mill Creek township, but he did not know what township Mouck's farm was in until after this affair. He said that he was home on Sat urday, September 6, 1926, date of crime and that on Wednesday after Wiley Mouck had been killed officers came to his home and questioned him. When questioned by Mr. Whielden he said he had been at home all day ,Saturday September 6, 1925, and that he set up between 5:30 and 6 for they had never been in the habit, of getting up early. He got the milk ready for the milk collector, which consisted of milling, cooling and put ting In cans. The milk was collect ed by a Mr. Shuck, who delivered to the Harmony Creamery Company at Sandy Lake. Tie did this work be fore breakfast. He said he believ ed he had four cows at that time.
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Greenville Record Argus
Greenville, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Jan 27, 1927
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