This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JanSlater12 Surnames: DITCHER, WORKMAN, WELLS, SEATON, CLIFFORD, WORKMAN, SUTTLES, McCONNELL, LINDSEY, PURMAN, BUCHANAN, BLACK, PHELAN, DOWNEY, MINOR, FLENIIKEN, WILEY, PLANTS, STONE, FORDYCE. ELBIN, THOMAS, BELL BLCK IAMS, RAY, SELLERS, LEAR, GROVE Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/11086/mb.ashx Message Board Post: On December 20, 1859 DANIEL DITCHER, WILLIAM WORKMAN, ALFRED WELLS, GEORGE SEATON, DANIEL CLIFFORD, JAMES WORKMAN, HENRY SUTTLES and ROBERT SUTTLES went on trial for the murder of William Sealy Zimmerman on the 25th of August of the same year. Over the course of the next seven days, excepting Christmas day, 107 witness testified between the prosecution and the defense. Attorneys for the Commonwealth - R .A. McCONNELL, JAMES LINDSEY, A. A. PURMAN, A.J. BUCHANAN, C.A. BLACK AND JOHN PHELAN Attorneys for the defendants were R.W. DOWNEY, LAWRENCE L. MINOR, JOHN C. FLENNIKEN AND GEORGE WILEY. The court appointed attorneys for George Seaton and James Workman were W. E. GAPEN AND E.M. SAYERS Jurrors - George Plants, Elias Stone, Lucas Fordyce, John Elbin, Gilbert Thomas, Levi H. Bell, Henry Black, Jeramiah Iams?, James Ray, George Sellers, John Lear, Jr., Samuel Grove. See Lists of 100 witnesses in other posts. A complete list and a link to the trial transcript published in the Waynesburg Republican can be found here: http://home.comcast.net/~janslater/List_of_Trial.htm Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.