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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
8
Witnesses recount Emile Amann's last night in Warren with Andrews present only as observer. Testimony covers the revolver, the water valve dispute, the livery ride, and how Amann rented a rig from Warren livery stable owner Wallace.
Tuesday witnesses described seeings of Amann driving toward the reservoir with Andrews entering a buggy and speeding away. George Wilbert faced cross examination over alibi questions while Oscar Thore and Margaret Anderson testified about the 27 January sighting. William Messenger, 74, testified he heard pistol shots and saw Andrews near Liberty Street under electric light, with a lengthy cross examination failing to shake his account.
The Amann murder trial unfolds with sensational Commonwealth evidence linking John M. Andrews to Amann before the crime. The defense weakens the case with cross examination on Messenger’s coat dirt, missing witnesses on Liberty street, and a bribery confession. A second thrill involves Mr Shaunessey entering as Messenger’s informant scene continues.
Trial testimony questions an echo of the first pistol shot and a second shot heard minutes later. Prosecutors cite three bullet holes and a lead fragment while examining the reservoir sequence, horse return time, and possible drag marks to support a single or multiple shooters theory.
Trial of John M. Andrews for the Emile Amann murder exposed claimed motives and financial wrongdoing. Testimony noted a letter from Andrews, employment discharge at American Water Works, and alleged defalcation as a trigger for the killing. Defense objects to certain witnesses while prosecutors argue Andrews sought Amann to cover a pipe shortage and misappropriations.
John M. Andrews faces murder charges in Warren as testimony recounts a 1908 pistol discovery and a January 27 confrontation near the city hall. Witnesses describe Amann's anger, Andrews’ movements, and a threatening letter tied to Andrews' finances with the Warren Water Co. The court adjourned for photos and a hillside viewing by jurors.
Miss Ethel Conrad and Miss Lillian Graham faced a second arraignment as bail was lowered from 25 000 to 15 000 each. Mr Stokes remained hospitalized in Roosevelt hospital and did not appear. The defense faced changes as Herman Phillips stepped aside and a Des Moines theatrical man offered a 25 000 bond for Miss Conrad, which she declined.
Captain George P. Faurdt and George Schwartz compared fingerprints with marks left at Jersey City homes and tied Frank Furman to the burglaries. Common Pleas Justice Robert Carey set Furman’s bail at 5000 in open court as Furman remained jailed and denied the charges claiming only store jobs.
Walter Winans' Mirza won second prize in ponies not exceeding 12 hands. Louis Winans' Puck took fifth in ponies not exceeding 15 hands. Louis Winans won first prize in the novice teams of four in hands. Queen Alexandra privately visited the show and spoke with Judge Moore and Walter Winans in the stables.
Cambridge University conferred the degree of LL D on Earl Minto former governor general of Canada and viceroy of India and on Louis Botha prime minister of United South Africa Sir Joseph Ward prime minister of New Zealand and Edward Morris premier of Newfoundland in London on June 15.
Funeral services for George E Matthews were conducted at the family home Falconwood Grand Island at 2 30 yesterday afternoon. Many prominent men attended the last rites honoring the well known editor in Buffalo.
The battleships Massachusetts and Indiana arrive at Queenstown with midshipmen from Annapolis on their annual summer cruise. The collier Vulcan accompanies them. The event marks the period’s customary overseas voyage for naval cadets.
Miss Mabel Smith of Easton Md aged sixteen at University Hospital underwent X ray diagnosed reversal of heart spleen and liver positions. Doctors say only a few such cases exist in the U S. An operation was successful and she is expected to go home in a few days.
Lightning struck Warren Crissey’s barn in Sheffield for the fourth time in as many years. Nearby residents William Wilcox Benjamin Clark and Edwin L Boardman suffered livestock losses as cows and Holsteins were killed. A visiting geologist linked the damage to iron ore beds beneath the area.
The Redstone Presbytery ordered Rev. Dr. Walter F. E. Price to leave the First Presbyterian Church of McKeesport after charges of conduct unbecoming a minister. The action follows reports linking Price with several young women in his congregation.
Blanche Kelso a 16 year old college girl was held up on a lonely road by two masked highway men. She knocked the revolver from one gunman and turned it on them causing their escape. A posse led by her father and Chief Bana non arrested two foreigners identified by the girl as her assailants.
Judge Young in the United States circuit court of appeals upheld the lower court ruling against Bethlehem Steel Company and the Philadelphia Reading and Lehigh Valley railroads for violations of interstate commerce laws over demurrage charges. The lower court fined each defendant $40,000.
Iran Pitt man and Robert McCastle died and were injured while felling trees near Hick’s Run in Pennsylvania. A falling tree pinned Pittman, causing instant death from a broken neck. McCastle suffered a broken arm and multiple bruises, lingering unconsciousness before recovery. Funeral arrangements are led by C. W. Rishell of Emporium for Pittman through Glenn Campbell.
In Hazleton Pennsylvania on June 15 Julius Wolfe of West Hazleton hooked the season’s largest trout in Still Creek. The 22 inch fish weighed 4% pounds and Wolfe needed nearly half a day to land it before planning to have it mounted.
The Rev. John Smith of Mount Blanchard marked his 109th birth anniversary as more than a thousand mourners gathered for the celebration in Findlay. About two hundred Smith family members attended the event yesterday.
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