637 Page – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document

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ROBERT McCONAGRY, 605

The prisoner is charged with the murder of John Brown with a rifle; the bullet entering the right side of the breast and penetrating through the breast. The fourth and fifth counts charge the prisoner with the murder of Elizabeth Brown; the fourth count by giving her a mortal wound with a stone as described, on the back part of the head; the fifth by giving her a mortal wound with a stone on the forepart of the head. The sixth count charges the prisoner with the murder of George Brown by a stroke on the back part of his head, fracturing his skull, and by a mortal wound inflicted by a stroke on the left jaw with a rifle gun. The seventh count charges the prisoner with the murder of Jacob Brown by shooting him with a rifle through the head. And the eighth count charges the prisoner with the murder of David Brown by strangling.

THE EVIDENCE FOR THE COMMONWEALTH

William Brown testified, "I was working at the Furnace (Matilda); started away; looked at the clock, it wanted twenty minutes of one; tied the skillet and sledge to the rope, and started over the river; saw this boy, Fisher; caught up together at Pollock's; went together to this side of H. Ricket's; stopped and took a drink; we sat there some time; one of the name of Boblitz came and went on; we went on to Brewster's; the boy went on to Cisney's; walked on to Eli Taylor's; when I came to Cornelius' there was a small girl at the door; came near to the line of property between me and Wakefield; heard my dog bark and howl. I got to my house, and reached for the handle of the door; found the handle was not there; looked towards Robert's house, over the fields; as I straightened myself up facing the barn, the first shot..."

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Biographical Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania, 1874; Souvenir Edition, "Historic Huntingdon," 1909.

Calvin, Samuel (1811-1890)

Born in Washingtonville, Pa. Educated in common schools and Milton Academy; Principal of Huntingdon Academy for two years, then studied law at Huntingdon under James M. Bell; admitted to the Bar in 1836 and began practice at Hollidaysburg; Member of Congress, 1848; declined renomination in 1851 and resumed law practice; raised a volunteer company, 1863; Member of the Constitutional Convention (Pa.), 1872. Died at Hollidaysburg.

See Sell, J. S., "20th Century History of Altoona and Blair County," 1911; Africa, J. S., "History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, Pennsylvania," 1883; "Historic Huntingdon"; "Biographical Cyclopedia of Pennsylvania," 1874; "Biographical Congressional Directory" (1774-1911), 1913.

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