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Tom McCoy Is On Witness Stand STORER IS SORE AND QUITS; JOB Ambassador to Aus- 1 tria Resigns Because He Had Not Been Promoted. A 4 SNAP SHOT OF CROWD UEAVING'COUR NOON. fVitnesses Found Tracks of Running Along The Rill, Man flARDESTY'S BODY-BLOW 1 AVOIDED BY DEFENSE Almost Told of Trouble Between Him And -Ben But Jury Didn't Get to Hear I I --State Closing Up Case! Tohi McCoy "went on stand Monday afternoon at "2 to the surprise of the audience who did not expect him till Tuesday. An effort was made the defense to defer his testimony till 7 4 rhees could be present. Half an hour As The Age goes to press there is a conference to try ano get A.

Yes an. Q. Dkkerson was present A. Yea sir. Q.

What was thu conversation: A. 1 nude the remark th.it 'there to- i The fourtji week of trial of Ben in the heaviest snow storm of that kept a minimum. was'tmable tw session on account of a bad Juror Huff, who w.as ill oxer jiunday, was better and able to be present -The jurors looked tittr last week. They had had a good day's rest and attenddeti services twice at the Presbyterian church. Miss Landers, the court stenographer, was back and at her post after four days' absence.

Frank Hardesty' was 'on the stana "salt! paled when th? i -f dogs were mentioned, corroborating the testmiony of Hart' Dean. Th- atate made a desperate effort to gel before the jury the reason of bad Wood that had existed between Ben and Hardesty butTnad been patched up. but could not work it in. Hardesty intimated to The Age. afterward, what it was the defense's objection had kept him from saying.

HE ALLEGES THAT DICKER SON ATTENDED REVIVAL MEETINGS.WHILE THEY WERE ON.BAD TERMS, CAME TO HIM AND-TOLD HIM HE HAD MADE UP HIS DO HIM HARM. BUT RELIGION HAD CHANGED HIS luid been some bad work going'' and Dotaon said that there hud been and that tlieic be bloodhounds there at 10 o'clock. Q. What if anything did Dickcrwm A. He dropped his head.

Q. Did he say anything A. No su. Q. What did you notice A.

I noticed he grew Q. What further did, you.notice, if TriiythingV A. he set-mud to be nervou 1 OUOSS-KXAAUXATIOX Judge Roche. March 19. Secretary Root, 'other than admitting that Belay Storer.tho American ambassador to Austiift-1 Unitary, is to retire immediately from declined to make any statement regarding the change in office.

It is known that there bass een some friction with the adr "mis tration which neither Mr. Root nor others conversant with the condition of iff jirs -will discuss. Storer is au Ohioan, in Cincinnati. It is said hf 4 is dissatisQed because lie faled to receive promotion. Mr.

Storer lias been nine years in the diplomatic service, representing tho United Stages In Belgium, Spain and Austria-Hungary. He was bdrn in Cincinnati 1S47, was graduated from Harvard in 1867, was admitted to the bar later and practiced law in his native city. served the representative in congress of the First Ohio district from 1891 to 1895, and after out of public life for two rears the diplomatic service. MITCHELL SAYS MINERS SEEK I -7 4 'A H. Robinson Expires After Valiant Battle ForlLife.

'Rolunsoa died at i i liisi late home cbestjiut Street Sundays) at halt ipast has 1 be.en ail- ference of Hafd- Goal Operators And 1 Bite- miaous opf ratorp tq the number more than are expected to arrlTt to Indianapolis during the day to eoafee the "United i jftne Workers ot America. Tue sltuatioa in the threat- ened coal strike appears to be changed, the outcome now belay tirelria the hands of the miners. Ryan resolution bavins been practically rescinded and tha report of scales being there is every indication govera 'the final failing ing and at the time Of the old '-opera hoiise 'the last day oY Octobter of that'' year, he 'taught 'cold, v.hich meant his death. following he and Mrs. Robinson" wenT west in hopes bracing I air New would restore -'him' -to heaiyi but months stay th4y returned to CoshoctdV'i.

i .1 A month or more after their return March 4, Mr. Robinson went doi-u Asboyille the few tlf6V.e 'wdk as barren of tipns of the miners and operato John of the tJnited "Workers of America George F. Baer. chairman oC.the jp, hii reply jto the committee's tion xejectioe the of, miners' organization. Mr.

Mitefcatt, says: 1 "i longed the longei; one in the iresU and atahe unM of weeks i 3 I turne V' He, 'Ret I I remained jtutil andfi called- hun otlier home; Ilo-hvasi ndvOr sof his ultimate ana aurirrg tlie hist few months his sufferings were in 1 tene; they were borne with great braverj and consciousness remained Who was taken ill Saturday but sticKi with him until tho end. York bn' agreed committees aetea had, te their work taey shouid import committee of fhft stood this to mean submitted' our. demands and, oar sons therefcjr your reply the- jjWnt commlt- reach an agreement. But it wottld seem, from reading-your reply, that all 'our propositions have and thdt yoitr final 'decision I Q. Mi-.

Jninos tltc auie to job as a Juror. hcai sound from his And by Hart Dean you mean the fo( Capping? man that parts his name in the middle? A. Yes sir. Q. And by Mr.

Ben Dickerson you mean plain Ben A. sir. Q. You have been -acquainted with him s-e'Ceval years? A. Ye-s sir.

ami Hen ait- bitter A. No sii. Q. You two have not been on speaking terms for two' years, believe? A. We have been en terms for the last four years.

Q. Are you quto certain that on the occasion of passing' the- Dobson house, jVou stopped at all? A. I a ui positive. Q'. Suppose Jim Dob'-ou and Mr.

Hart Dean should suy you 1 did not stop, would you -still insist that vou stopped? 'Objection sustained. Do you know what and Hart Dean say ith reference to or detective. Q. Was Dobson sitting 1 down up? A. I don't know.

Q. Was he not whittling a stick? A. I don't know. Q. Was JIart Dean nipping hii in the of his saddle? A.

I didn't notice. CHARLEY TRBGO. Trogo was questioned nett. Q. How far do you live from the plaop whom Mrs.

Hughes was found This was not admitted as testimony or even "'told before the 'jury. Hardesty Jthe truth intimates he has not fold rail. 8eru had-a coHar and Viecktie on for the firlt time, and the bests hae yet appeared, 4 the run; that had been man running at good speed, and pointing in a direction away from the spring, going to the roa'l, II afed i leading part in examination. The testimony of Chas. FreMcpurdy was the existence of these tracks, supposed to be made by Ben'Dickerson i A.

I hoy were theie in'the road Tiff 'I'll JLHL-tvotCovrs Q. Where was Dickerson? I A. Pitting on the mowing machine 0. WTiere Tl it. A I don't knou what thcv say about Fi.ink.

th.it on that not slow up, AND TRACKS i MONDAY MORNING iiardegty, was; called wit- for the State Monday morning at I i KPT EXAMINATION BY STATES ATTORNEYS. Do you remember the day Mrs. jhes found dead in the woods? Yes. "ir. Where were'you tliat day?" I was at I.o.indor H.unrs* plaw at Tunnel (:.

With reference, to where Mrs. Hughes was found, bow did you go! came by Tunnel Tli? and passed Snnth-Hill church'." After you passed -'Smith-Hill -to rch what road did you (nke? I oamc on the the cro rosids DirUcrpoTiV, and took the let tl O. That lead A. did you sc. if any one? I saw and r- 11 or not you A Q.

A. Yw. sir. I did. What did you I "topppd 4t you got there what SIMON HUGHES of the Is it not a fait occasion, you did much leas atop? A.

No sir, I stopped. Q. Is it not a fact that, you didn't speak a word, only pawd. tfn- time of day? A. Tt is not a fact.

STICKS IX) IT. Q. After you got a little apasa this placc, is it not it fact that Hart Dean caught up to you? A. It is not a fact. Q.

Didn't you tell Ilart Dean what you noticed about Dickerson being nervous? -V. 'A: I did not tell him thnt. Q. Didn't you call Hart Dean's attention to the foci, as you claim it to be, that JJen Diokcreon iturnod A. I did not (emphatically).

Q. Who brought up the 'sub5ot of A. Dobson. Q. When you saw Tien you vu-n- Mlk- uig abou bloodhounds'' A.

Yc-s sir. A. Yes sir. Suppose xoiir trf.hwt by 'Hart saying ho up with one foofc'eti tho wi clnngc your 1 Xo Ptr. Q.

You to tfir have tnld? 'A. will, SIT. Q. Wbon you tnlkrd fo Jiiji lidn't you hat turn around in the Imgjrr jto look At A. I tlon't whether 1 ilid or did I Ben'Tia-s looking right at Vrtu i i 'A.

Pn'rt of the'timc." talked to' vou Thomas McCoy, Star Witness for state called this afternoon dead A. Q'. About miles Do you remember of going to the fccenc of Mrs. Hughes' death? A. I do.

sir. Q. Where wcic you th.it dayr A. At Cooperdale. Q.

Who went with A My mother. Where did go aftmvurds A. To the hoiw of Simon Hug Q. Whore lid go then? A. Well, sfiycd around there awliilo.

They carried licr Hughes) in tho ami I hauled hci Jbev doing? WWfr A. On his Q. Did you bavt- vritfi i ftl! Of -j up to her Q. What else did von do to A. around thTrr iwliilc went lifting.

What if-nnylhing vou do thn next A. WHI went up in the morning Q. What did you do that morning 7 parHnilar -0-- Do you rememlwr when hounds came' A I do. I The Highest Type uf 'American citizenship. A num wido- ly Known and honored: a man of per- iocc inlcgntj-Jn.

all mattcts of public and private business. His entire life was spent in Coshocton and Uc watched with unfailing interest its growth from the village of half a century ago to the prosperous litUe cib" of today. He played a practical part in that growth too for ho was ono of Coshocton's foremost contractors. lie was born in the old Robinson home on North Eighth February 27, 1842 and celebrated his sixty- fourth birthday shortly before his death- When the civil war broke out ho enlisted with The First Call Men in company A 1C O. V.

I. and when the period of enlistment was over he onlited attain in company 80 O. V. I. He served in all four years and was mustered out with" a record of which any man might be justly proud: during all the time of his sor vice there was never a moraine; when ho failed to answer to roll call.

Mr, Robinson's record as a citizen 5s o.i exemplary as that of a he had the good of Coshocton ever at Iie.irt ami during the years which he served as councilman he laborec faithfully conscientiously for her w'ellfare. He was also a member Mie sohnoi board for fourteen ears, Th position he occupied In Lodge Circles was a. high one his brothors ol the Ma.sonic fraternity mourn sincere ly for tho brother who has gone on before, lie joined the Blue Lodge April 22. ISO was given the rank R. A.

M. October 10. 18S3; was Worshipful Muster ot tho liluo Lodge during the years of 1880 and 1884 aud High Priest of Samartin Chapter No. for seventeen years, the longest time the office has over boon filled by one man in the historv of tiic lodge in Cos'ioeton. Ho was also a member nf St Hornanl Commandary Knichl" of Pythias at l'h Julx 2 TSGR Mr Robinson Was Married I'mncis Louise Johnston given.

We, tKuatithabthis opnoepttoa of your intehtiW is incorrMt. It to our opinion you aor we can aft'ord to bitaV of AesoUatiMU in this abrupt 89 far we and tha interests we to any share of action ther meetittg sh'oufd oe aid we 'should strive eariwTtly -'and scientiuiislv to --reconcile" our it be true that jou expreissiii: this ion vou -lo our onlj lus thei' 1 been criticism the ruineih, but is 'more important, there evicts much, cause for c'ritl. cism aad, To such 4n tent is this true that we feel it bent upon us. to that we with auydegi-uet contentiaeat or safe Isfiictldu, continue to work ent conditions. However, we repeap that involved are that we aiv not willing to break- otf negotiations without first maklngi fun' thr effcjr't to rcconcire" our We, thcrxsforf, that conference or conferences he heli'be tween nov, aad the first of 'April, tt this suggestion meets with your approval, we shall be pleased to with you ji date upon which our committee iirsy be reconvaned." ON WAY HONK Miss Delpha Meyers Repor ed Dying at Her Home Near West Bedford'.

At 12:15 Monday aftert young lady died. The funed held Wednesday at 11 o'clock Carlisle. Miss Delpba Meyers, a s-chool teacher of vicinity is reported as well the this eitv. Six children weic born to, ally ill at her hom? and not expectol the union and all of them i tho do to'lHc. vot-rj wifo and mother, two sislrrs.

Miss Movers accompanied Mrs. Skinner of Chester, W. Va. n- to tfy's city last iSatjird(iy Mrs Hattie Stom-hockor of Broomfield. and one brothor.

How- seemed to take a cold on the' home as she com plained', of not anl (Robinson, of this city nre left to ling well. After reaching home, mourn th' 1 srnrf thar lias rcmi" to crew steadily worse ft thorn fiom the hands 01 an w'sv 1 Providence. Three of tin. cn.i'Jrcu. NTs.

rtoK i 'r Mrs 9' A- vollr on T.oi;isr rl "of Mrs FreV Uobiiuson of awj V. Jho in 4 woods c' ContmueB ftn W9e'our 'llPT. of Astabula Cleveland from homo have Coshoeton ftieir Father's Last Months Mth Mr. Continued on Page Sight. sent f6r.

The physician'. tnf. oaust- for W3R. nouremic has'not mlliert inonr since taken ill from West Bedford morniag sfafcd that'fif r'deafh- wag'only tor of tow hours. Mis a nieop of store will bey closed Mon day and ihe ctoath of W.

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