U3SON PEACOCK. Editor. - VOLUME XX.---NO. 15. EVENING .BULLETIN. iz :1 , EVERY EVENING, (Sundays excepted) at 1.21) Chestnut Street, Philadelphia CM= "Evening Bulletin Association," PROPRIETORS. GIBSON PEACOCK, [ERNEST 0. WALLACE. 7. L. PETHERSTON; THOS. J. WILLIAMSON CASPER SMILER, fr., FRANCIS WELLS. ,The REM=Mr is served lio subscribers in the city at IS cis per week, payable the carders, or fa 00 per Stumm A NOTICER AUCTION LOT of CURTAINS at One .Ll. Dollar. ap2Olt PATTEN'S. 1408 Chestnut street. MARRIED_ BARRINGTON—CIIMMINGS.—On the 26th inst„ at St. Matthew's Church, by the Rev. J. H. Ecctenon. Mr. Francis Barrington. to Mia Clara C., daughter or Thomas Cummings, Esq., all c• this city. HART—HORSETELD—At ew.Orleans, April 19th, at the residence of Rev. Dr. C, S. Hedges, Eugene Hart and Isabelle Horsdeld. IticKENNEY.—Suddenly, on the 24th Mt John, son of Owen and Bridget McKinney. aredl iears. The relatives and friends of the family. a (respect folly. invited to attend the funeral. from the residence 43f his parents. No. 16'3 Germantown Avenue. to-mor row .(Friday) morning, at 8% o'clock. Services and interment at St. Michael's. s STEEL—ROBERTS: on 25th Inst., by Rev. Luther E. Albert. Lilburn H. Steel and See H., daughter of Speecer Roberts. all of Ger mantown,. Pa. W.4.b.n , L.BR—FARNL - 11.--Ort Wednesday, Aptil 25, 18e6. in Christ Church. by Right Rev. Henry B. `Whipple, D. D , Bishop of Minnesota, Charles Wheeler .and Susan, daughter of John Farnam. DIED. - - - BATTIJRS.—On Tuesday Evening,24th inst., Harrie Mee, „only daughter of Richard M. E. and Julie L J3atturs. Due notice will be given of the funeral. Brooklyn Eagle, please copy. MITRE a LANDELL are prepared to supply feral 1:a Dm with Dry Goods, at the lowest prices. LINENSH - FRTINGS, , VRSEILLES QUILTS. TABLE LINENS. DAMASK TOWELS, • •• HOUSEHOLD GOODS. TI IND 0 W SHADES One Dollar. More of them a V PATTEN'S. 1408 Chestnut Street. 'ATM. MUCOUS. GENERAL FURNISHING I' V - - UNDERTAKER, No. la North Ninth at - eat. above market, ap2l-Im* ,nAIIPETs CLEANED AND RENOVATED IN the cheapest and tmst, satisfactory manner, at the PRESTON STEAM. LAUNDRY. ap26th,s,tunt 1520 South NINTH Street. SPECIAL NOTIVES. [U. OFFCE OF THE MINERAL OIL COMPANY 524 WALNUT STREEP, PHILADELPHIA, Apri 2,5 1866. The Annual Meeting of e Stockholders will bwheld at tLelr office on FRIDAY, May lith, 1866 at 12 Xi , for The election of Five Direct - ,rs to serve the ensuing year. THOS, R.. SEARLE, Secretary. ap26-th,s,tu-tmylll IWUNITED STATES TREASURY. PHILADEL. ritrA, April 20th, 1866. I ' ders of twenty Coupons, and upwards, of United States Loans. due May 1, 1866, are hereby notified that they may present them for examination and count, at this Office, on and after the 23d inst., to be paid on and after May let, 1866. Bland Schedules may be ontamed at this Office. N. R. BROWN, ap2o-6trp Assistant Treasurer United states. OFFICE SHERMAN OIL COMPANY.— PHILADELPHIA, April 26 1866,—A special meet ing of the Stockholders of the Company will be held at No. 142 Soutn Fourth street. on Mon day, May KJ:It twelve o'clock, noon, to consider the exped eau of mortgaging a portion of the prop=rty of the Company, for the purpose of raising a working capital. By order of the Board of Directors, ep26'2awtrnyill S. DUI', Secretary tie' OFFICIO OF THE PHILADNLP HIS. AND COt ORADO GOLD MINING CO m.PANY, No. 35 South THIRD Street, PHILADELPHIA, A.pril 25,1%5. A Special Meeting of the I . :lot:I:holders of " he Phi ladelphia and Colorado Gold Mining Company' will Ise held at the office of the Company L No 35 South 'third street, Philadelphia, on FRIDAY, the llth day of May nt...5t . (1866), at s o'clock P. AL, for the purpose u of taking acon upon the supplem ist. to the charter of the Company, and upon a proposition to issue a new Capital tatock, and to provide for an additional 'work ing capital, and such other business as may properly come before the meeting. By order of the President, ap26-th.m.so GE,. NICHOLS, Secretary. IlUz ILEA LTH OFFICE. PHILADELPHIA, April '24t11, 1866. PROCLAMATION. Whereas, The appearance of the Cholera on board of - vessels coming from Europe to the port of New York hes occasioneA much anxiety and hl rm among our citizens; and, whereas, it becomes our deity, as the _guardians of the public health, to observe all proper measures.in order to prevent the arrival of this disease in our city; therefore Resolved. That on and after May Ist, pros ., all via eels arriving from foreign or American ports, as direeteu in'the second sec tt m of the Rea' th law of 1818, shall stop at tie Lazaretto for a visit, and that all pas senger yes- els shall be detained at the pleasure of the board for purification and ventilation. By order of the Board of _Wahl , . HORATIO Ei. SICREL, Health Office. ap2s-7try 11- - GERMANTOWN GERMANTOWN ! ! GERMANTOWN !! ! the undersigned are delivering to the residents of Germantown and vicinity the nest quality of Lehigh coal, preparee with care for Amily use at the follow ing greatly reduced prices, viz:: Stove or range Coal .$7 75 Broken and .Egg for furnace, 7 50 Chesnut 25 It is believed coal cannot decline further this seasonsn, therefore the present time seems the best for purcha aing the winter's supply. Adhering to one price, orders by letter will procure .coal as low as a visit in person. Address Office. Franklin Institute Building, 15 South - Seventh street, Philadelphia. Box 62, Germantown Post office, or at the yard. Green Lane Station, on North Pennsylvania railroad. ap2-26trpi BINES & SHEAFF. Iq:PROCLAMATION. HEALTH OFFICE. Philadelphia.A.pril 24, 1856. creas, The anticipated appearance of Cholera within our city during the summer umnths readers it necessary for the Board of Health to- take measures for the effectual removal of all ordinary sources of tile disease in and about the premisesof private citizens: And TV/terms Among the numerous iocalizing c,u,es of Cholera may be named the keening of cows, hogs, and goats. together with the fever producing filth, both in the premises themselves, and in the yards _adjacent: And TchereaX, Yn order to prevent danger to the pub lic health from a contaminated atmosphere , arising from the accumulation of impure - meats and dec , ying veeetables, Welch are often found la the vaults or cel lars occupied by the butchers and trucksters in, or in the vicinity of our markets: And whereas, All odors arising from animal or Vega =table substances in a state of decomposition are, to a greater or leas extent, injurious to those who inhale them: ..e.nd whereas, The frequent landing at our wharves of taus, fish and vegetables, in warm weather, in a state of partial decomposition, is a cause of unhealth fulness and discomfort to the neighborhood, as well as -detrimental to health, and a source of disease among those who purchase the latter; iberef•re Resolved, That the Health Officer be instructed to -carry out the following section of tne act of the Legis lature passed April Stti,lB49: -anywhere Whenever jurisdictione shall be found within the of the Board of Health, by reason of the keeplog of begs or other _animals. the Board of Health, In addition to their power of destroying the pens or other enclosures con -raining such animals, or of otherwise abating and re x:roving such nuisance, be, and they are hereby em powered to seize such animals, and deliverer them over as forfeited. to The Guardians for the Relief and Employment of the Poor of the city of Philadelphia, - the District of Southwark and the townships of the Northern Liberties and Penn, for the nee of said poor, and it shall be the duty of said Guardians of the Poor. on notice from the Board of Health, to receive the said animals • and pay the expenses of their removal: -Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be -construed to interfere with the kee of well-regu- Sated markets for the purchase and sate of cattle, ex- Cepting swine." And that,notice and after fifteen daye from the publics .tion of this . the law be rigidly and strictly en forced Resolve e xamine Ward Inspectors be Instructed to 'Visit and carefully all vaults or cellars occu pied by the butchers and trucksters in or in thoroughly of our market houses, direct them to be -cleansed and whitewashed. and repot to the Board of Health all infected places from impure meats or de• caying vegetables, together with all cases of refusal to Comply with this order. Resolved. That wharves, either vegetables shall be unladen at our in the Delaware or Echnylkill rivers,lintfl a permit shall ha ap lied for and obtained from the Board of Health, in accordance with the following extract from /section 3 of an act of Apiterobly, passed April 2,1821. ' And If any master, captain owner or owners con signee or Conde Dees, or other persons, shall presume to unlade, from on board of any such ship or vessel, any vegetables, fill or hides, without first having rio phed for and obtained a permit from the Board of Health: every such master, captain, owner or owners, consignee or consignees, or other parson so nffanding, shall pay a fine, not exceeding five hundred dollars." By order of the Board of Hettith• HORATIO G. SICKED, Sealth Officer. , . .. ...,.. , ••• r .. ....._..,..... . 1 ... , . ~ . ~ • -4..; • :.•-,... .:.;:,,-.• •-• ~ . . , . . . . .. . • , . . ... . .... ', ..*:.-...- -..,:-...•.',... ~-.-....:. :,,.....:•••. • -..-::::. - , i. - -.::::, -- ~.. ::::-: --..-';-..--:::-.,-•• L . .. . , . -1x,,, ..._ .. .... ~.: .. .... . , . ...„. • ....., . , , , . Probst was escorted to the court-room by Chief Ruggles, followed by a strong squad of policemen. Near the court-house the Chief turned aside with the prisoner for a moment, in order to enable the throng gathered in Sixth street to have a look at him. This expedient had the effect of re lieving the street of many persons who went away after having had their curiosity gratified. A large number of persons lingered about the building during the re mainder of the day. As on the first day of the trial, the court room was kept cleared of the crowd, and when Probst appeared a few minutes before ten o'clock, he had no difficulty in reaching the dock. By eleven o'clock, the court room was uncomfortably filled, but the greatest order was preserved. There was no apparent change in his countenance, and as he sat in the dock he wore the same listless air that has been so marked, where he has been subjected to the gaze of a crowd. A few minutes after he was seated, the little boy Willie, the sole survivor of the Deering family, came into court, and in order to reach the place assigned for wit nesses, passed immediately in front of Probst. The two exchanged glances for an ins tent, but Probst betrayed not the slightest E-motion, and he appeared to be no more affected by the sight of the boy than by that of any of the spectators in court. The Return of the Special Venire. At ten o'clock the special venire for forty jurors was returned. The names were (tailed, and of those summoned,37 answered and the effort was made to secure the two jurors needed to complete the complement. 22. Daniel R. Knight. This gentleman presented a certificate of a physician that he was physically unable to attend in court. 26. Hiram H. Webb, sworn.—Have no conscientious scruples on the'subject of cap ital punishment. Have an opinion; could toot try the case impartially. Challenge by Commonwealth sustained. 1. Dennis Fitzpatrick, sworn.—Have no particular conscientious scruples on the sub ject of capital punishment; according to the published reports I must consider the pris oner guilty; could not try fairly. Challenge by Commonwealth sustained. 20. Benj. C.Homer, sworn.—Have consci- Claus scruples on the subject of capital pun ishment. It was discovered that the juror was very deaf, and he was excused. 27. Michael Bright, sworn—Have not formed or expressed an opinion of the guilt or innocence of the prisoner; have no consci entious scruples on the subject of capital punishment. Cross - examined—Cant't say that I read much of the case; heard read some little of the evidence taken before the Coroner; it did not occasion me to form an opinion. Mr. Bright was accepted as a juror. 28. James Watson—Have formed an opin ion; it would have to be very strong evi dence to change my opinion. To the Court—Am not sure that I could lay aside my bias. Challenge by Commonwealth sustained. 3. Walter Livingston, sworn Have formed a general impression; could try fairly. Cross-examined—Read some parts of the murder; did not read the evidence before the Coroner; the case has been talked about in my presence. Challenged peremptorily by prisoner. 29. Nathan Taylor, sworn—Have consci entious scruples on the subject of capital punishment; it would not prevent me from uniting in a verdict of murder of the first degree. Challenged peremptorily by the Comixton wealth. 2. Lewis Bitting, sworn—Have formed an opinion; think I could try fairly. CtOSs-examined: .Read an account of the murder; read all the accounts;' formed an opinion; that remains; expressed that opin- Ion; evidence would have to be submitted before my opinion would be changed. To the Court—l could render a, verdict EXTRA, PROBST! THE TRIAL OF THE MURDERER The Jury Completed. Opening Speech of Chas. N. Mann, Esq MORE EXCITING SCENES Yells. of Execration from the Crowd. This morning there was the usual crowd and excitement around Independence Square. Thousands of persons gathered about the enclosure (the space inside the railings being kept clear), but by far the greatest crowds were gathering about the Sixth street entrance to the Court room, and at the main entrance to the square on Walnut street. . At the last described place there was an immense throng, as it was very properly guessed that the same arrangement would be observed as was carried out yesterday. At half-past nine o'clock the appearance of the prison van turning into Walnut street from Fifth,was the signal for a general rush to the neighborhood of the entrance to the square. The gates were thrown wide open, and a strong posse of policemen rushing out, bludgeon in hand, surrounded the van, but not without considerable equal . 4..,ng with the excited and eager crowd. The appears -<e of the prisoner as he emerged from 1 I prison wagon was the signal for a universal shout of execration. Hoots, groans and maledictions were freely uttered while Probst was in sight, and the miserable wretch seemed to experience a feeling of relief when he was secure inside the gates of the Square. The prisoner pre sented no perceptible change of appearance, his manner being stolid and unimpressible as usual. It was easy to see, however, that he is restless and uneasy, notwithstanding his peculiarly undemonstrative demeanor. In the Court Room. The Jury Completed. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 26. 1866. uninfluenced by any opinion I now have, according to the evidence alone. Challenged peremptorily by the prisoner. 23. James Bates, sworn--Have formed and expressed' an opinion; would be go verned by the evidence submitted to the . Court. Cross-examinecll-Read an account of the murder; formed an opinion; it remains until changed by the evidence. To the Court—l would be influenced by the evidence alone. To Counsel for Prisoner—Would not be prejudiced for or against the prisoner; after I was sworn I would perform my duty ac cording to the evidence and nothing else. The juror was accepted by the prisoner. This completed the jurors. The Jams s Sworn. Mr. Moore, the clerk, next administered to each juror the following oath: "You do swear that you will, well and truly try, and true deliverance make be tween the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Anton Probst, the . prisoner at the bar, whom you shall have in charge and a true verdict render according to "theevidence, so help you God." The Prisoner Presented to the Jury. After the jurors were sworn, they were requested to rise. Probst was directed to stand np and look upon the jury. While thus standing, the bill of indictment was read to the jury, and the jurors were in structed that the prisoner had pleaded not guilty to this bill of indictment, and for trial had put himself upon his country, "which country you are," said Mr. Moore. This completed the task of obtaining the jury. Opening Speech of Chas. N. Mann, Esq. May it Please your Honors—Gentlemen of flee Jury: An imperative sense of duty has led the Commonwealth's officer to call this case for trial at this early day. It has been heretofore, somewhat of a reproach to our criminal justice, as contrasted with - that of other countries, that it is attended by unne cessary delays. We have determined that no such reproach shall attach to this case. On Saturday, the seventh day of April, less than three weeksago, this fiendish mur der was perpetrated, and we are, now, called upon to try one of the bills of indictment in which Anton Probst," the prisoner, is charged with the murder of Christopher Deering, the father of a family of seven persons of whom only one is now left alive, he rest, together with Cornelius Carey and Elizabeth Dolan are now, sleeping in un timely graves, all hurried into eternity on the same day, by the same means and evi dently by the same bloody hand. Scarcely had the public mind recovered from the shock occasioned by the brutal murder in Germantown, scarcely had the, affright,' produced by that dark deed of blood, subsided, when some most cruel and inhuman wretch, some monster of iniquity, entered the threshold of an humble dwell ing, in a secluded neighborhood, and with one fell purpose, murdered a whole family and with it the entire householl2kof that family, a father and a mother, their four children, a poor boy who had worked in their fields, and the family guest, including the very infant in the cradle, all perished beneath the brutal blows of a monster. The enly one of that family, now surviving, is the little boy—Willie—who will be produced before yon as a witness, and who was absent from home on that fatal Saturday. The spirit of bloody mischief is again abroad. It must be sternly met and severely rebuked. As ministers of the law, we must look such appalling danger in the face and earnestly and sternly perform our duty. Would it not be reprehensible, if under any circumstances, such as I have detailed, and possibly, with other villains in the midst nil3B, ready for rapine and murder, we had omitted to call this case up for speedy trial? The Commonwealth's officers w ere determined not to render themselves eenstirable, in this respect. It is my duty, in the opening of this case, to state the facts on which the Common wealth relies, as proofs of the guilt of this prisoner and the law as applicable to these facts. Murder, in 1794, was, by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, divided into two degrees —murder of the first, and murder of the second degree. The circumstances under which this offence was perpetrated, exhibits such a deliberate, wanton and cruel disre gard of human life, that you are relieved trcm all considerations of the different grades of homicide, except murder of the Stfrst degree, which is thus di - scribed by act Assembly : "All kinds of murder perpetrated by means of poison, or lying in wait, or by any other kind of wilful, deliberate and preme ditated killing, or which shall be committed in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate any arson, rape, or robbery, or burglary, shall be murder of the first degree—and all other kinds of murder shall be murder of the second degree." We charge, and shall prove to you, that this prisoner is guilty of murderof the first degree, and I will proceed to narrate to you the facts, that will show, beyond all doubt, the prisoner to be guilty . of that crime. The house where this inutal and fiendish murder took place, is situated on Jones's lane, about a quarter of a mile from the Point House road. It is in a lonely and ob scure section of the Frst Ward of the city. There is no other dwelling house, probably, nearer than one hundred and fifty or two hundred yards. In this humble house Christopher Deering resided, with his fami ly, at peace with all the world. His house hold consisted, at thetime of this occurrence, of eight persons, his wife, - Julia Deering, John and Thomas, his two sons, eight and six years of age, his daughter Annie, about four years old, and an infant, Emily Deer ing, about fourteen months old, the occu pant of a little cradle, in a warm and cozy kitchen, where she was rocked at intervals by a loving mother and husband, by her song into her cradled slumber. One other person completes this house hold, the only living one, the prisoner in the dock. He had been taken into it, a stranger, at his own solicitation, in a shelterless con dition, pleading want and poverty and his need of work to supply his necessities. He had been, previously to this occasion, residing with the family, for, a short time; and bad been dismissed from - it, because of something in his manner and - conduct, at 1 which the female branch of it shuddered. The master of the house, Christopher Deer ing, more from charity thanany need of his services,took him back liberally with him, provided for him bountifully and gave him his confidence—a confidence which the suppliant had sought apparently, for no other purpose, than to repay by a blow, so sudden, so deadly, that we are compelled to pause and ask ourselves, whether there can live in the bosom of the man that in flicted it, one single human sensibility. Miss Elizabeth Dolan was not, properly, a member of the Deering family. She was a visitor, occasionally, and unfortunately' for her, she selected this particular Saturday for one of her visits. She left her home in Burlington, New Jersey, by the severt:o'dlook boat for Phila.. OUR 'WHOLE COUNTRY delphia. She had upon her person a gold chain, and with her a black traveling bag, having in it a pocket book, which contained two fifty dollar and one twenty dollar coin pound Interest notes. Mr. Deering was a dealer in cattle, en gaged in that business for Mr Mitchell, who furnished the capital. Deering attended to the business and the profits were divided equally between them. On the morning of SaturdaTthe seventh of April, he . was in the neighborhood of Thirteenth and South streets, providing for the wants of his family. Shortly after this, between 8 and 9 o'clock, he called on Mr. Mitchell, No. 1629 Arch street, transacted some business with him, and received the loan of ten dollars. He went to the wharf to wet Miss Dolan,buthe seems to have missed her. He then drove down towards his home, and at Second and Mifflin streets, was seen to take Miss Dolan into his carriage, and to drive down' with her in the direction of his farm. After that neither he nor Miss Dolan were seen alive. From that Saturday until the folloWing Wednesday none of the family were seen by any one, not even by the neighbors; but es they bad but few visitors and kept to themselves, their absence attracted little or no attention. A neighbor to whose house Deering had been in the habit sf sending for the papers was led, in consequence of the failure of any member of the family to call for them, to go over to the premises. He went to the house and found no one there. Be went into the stables; he found the horses in a state of starvation and nearly dead from thirst—the pig in the pen so weak Irom hunger that it was unable to rise. He administered to the wants of the animals and then went back to the house, looked into the window and saw things in great disorder scattered around the floor. Be then sent for a relative who went into the barn near by, near the end of it and saw something jutting out from under a heap of hay which he, at first, thought was a stock ing. On examining it more closely, he found to his amazement and horror, that it was a human foot. He looked no farther; but rushed to the door by which he had en tered, called Mx. Wiles, who was working nearly opposite. They immediately sum moned aid and uncovering the bodies. saw a horrible and sickening sight. There lay a :roan who was recognized as Mr. Deering. Be was extended on the floor cross-ways with the length of the barn. He was dressed in a snit of dark gray clothes, the same in •N‘ bleb be had been seen and known on the last day of his life, his skull was crushed in by repeated blows and his throat was cut from side to side. Besidehim was ayoung woman, unknown to these neighbors, whose appearance showed that she bad met her fate in the same way. Her head and throat revealed the same wounds as were seen on the man by whose aide she was lying. At that time they made no further search. One of them came into the city immediately, and in formed the authorities of what he had seen. These officers, as early as they could, went at once to Mr. Deering's premises, and be gan a careful search for the rest of the miss ing family. But a few feet from the place which I have just described and at the ex treme western end of the barn, there was a li• de crib or cuddy, about eight feet by four. This narrow space was half filled with hay. On removing it they found that for w hich they were looking ; the mother and her four little ones heaped together, each of them with the same fearful wounds in the; head and the same fatal gashes.in the throat." It would be in vain for me to attempt to give you any idea of the horror which filled the spectators as they gazed on this piteous sight. There was the , mother with her skull completely crashed; around her and upon her were laer four little ones. The little babe, in death, lay upon the mother's breast es it had done in life so often, a sight to make strong men weep. Indeed, gentlemen, no one incident of these atrocities has envemoned the popular fusy against this ruffian somuch as the use less butchery of this infant. Was there no pity in the heart of this wretch, no shud dering there, as he deliberately took that pure innocent babe from its cradle, and brained it whilst smiling in his face? The two boys and their sister Annie were beside their mother and were not separated from her even in their deaths. The mur derer bad done his.work completely. He bad put his mark upon them all and by his work and mark he shall be known. Father and mother, children and friend, from the oldest to the 'youngest, died from the same wounds. The same instrumentwas used in boating in their skulls, and the same instru ment severed their throats. 'We shall prove to you gentlemen , that all the wounds were made by the same wea pons, that an axe, or some deadly instru ment like an axe, grasped in the bands of the same person, brought blows and cuts to all this entire household. But, gentle man, this was not all. At a distance of about 300 yards from the house to the south ward, and in the direction of the river, stands one of those large hay-ricks which are common objects upon every farm in our vicinity. This one is about 40 feet long and 20 feet high, and bears at such an angle from Mr. Deering's house and Mr. Wiles's, the one next east to it, as to conceal effectu ally, anything that might take place on the side toward the river. There, in an unsus pecting moment, the same hand that wrought death at the barn, struck down Cornelius Carey too. Like all the others!, his head was. broken into fragments, and his throat was cut from ear to ear. Intoa hollow of the rick, at the bottom made by the cattle when they •fed there, the mangled body was thrust and covered over with hay which the murderer palled down from above. So well did he do his work of concealment, that sometime elapsed after the family had been discovered, before anything was known of his fate. An officer who had been searching up and down, in every quarter, to find, if might be, what had become of the poor boy, learned by chance, that some one had seen pieces of a man's under-clothing near the stack. He. went to it and after diligent search, found the body in the condition which I have described. From there it was removed and laid along with the bodies of the family. We shall show you, gentlemen, a hammer found in the entry of the barn, a few feet from the door by which you enter from the house; a new axe,with blood upon the blade, which was found in the wood shed, and which we shall prove had been but a little while in Mr. Deering's possession: and a smaller weapon, half axe and half hatchet, which bad come to be the property of the little boy Willie, perhaps on the day when the new axe was brought home. This weapon wasfonnd in the ditch that runs be tween the house and nearly under the nar row bridge which you cross as you go from one to the other; and we shall further show you that the officers of the law were guided in their successful search by the prisoner at the bar. If, now, we turn to the house itself, we find abundant explanations of this awful tragedy. When it was first entered by Mr. Everett, he found everything in confusion in the different rooms, as he went through them. A stricter survey and examination made it evident that there was scarcely any thing of value that could be taken away, which had been left behind. And the same thing was made plain when it became more fully known to the authorities what had been in the possession of the Deerings and Miss Dolan, on the day when they were last seen alive. We shall show you, that a watch, which Mr. Deeringwore, and a large leather pocket-book, which he had with him in the city, on Saturday morning, could not be found about his person when his body was discovered. We shall show you, also, that no traces were apparent ofa heavy watch-chairt which it is known Miss Dolan was wearing when she came down from Burlington. We shall show you that ber portemontaale containing the compound interest notes already re ferred to was missing. We shall show you that Mr. Deering's large wallet was found in his house empty. We shall show you that some hand had gathered up another watch belonging to him, two revolverswith their flasks, his snuff-box, some of his per sonal clothing and his razors. We shall de tail to you that some one had ferreted into every nook and corner,had opened bureaus, had cut into beds, had cut apart the leaves of books, in short, had left no quarter un searched for plunder, and left no plunder remaining when the search was done. Perhaps no family of the same means and substance as Mr. Deering's was " ever more completely stripped of its valuables than his. His wife's trinkets and jewelry were carried oil; and the same disposition was made of similar articles which Miss Dolan had owned. The little savings bank with which the thrifty father had encouraged his little children to economy were broken and rifled of their scanty deposits. And worse than all, the wretched mur derer stripped off his own bloody garments, left them behind in an upper room, and dressed himself in the clothes of the man whom he had killed. What can shed a brighter light on the motives of the assassin than the unvarnished description of that desolate house? The prisoner was a laborer on the farm of ?.Jr. Deering, but, as I have said before, being generally disliked by Mrs. Deering and other members of the family, he was discharged in October last; he came back in February, and from that time until the murder no one of the family seemed to have any communication with him, except llt Deering. No human eye ever saw him thei after Friday afternoon, the 6th of April. The bodies of all the former in mates were now accounted for and search was set on foot for the prisoner. As soon as the discoveries I have detailed bad been made, continual, though fruitless, arrests were made of vagrants and tramp ors who could give no satisfactory account of themselves, whose appearance in any respect answered the imperfect descrip tion given of the murderer by the police au thorities. On Saturday night, the 7th of April, at about eight o'clock, a man made his ap pearance at a house of ill-fame in Front street, having in his possession a pistol and a gold and a silver watch. He left shortly, but soon returned and was then coming backwards and forwards until 12 o'clock, when he went to bed and remained through the night until seven o'clock on Sunday morning, paying the woman with whom he :Id spent the night in dissipation and de bauchery a pitiful three dollars, On Sunday afternoon, this same man made his appearance at a tavern in New Market street and Willow, with a slack traveling bag, containing a shirt, a powder flask, two spools of cotton and several other articles. Be remained there but a short time and came back on Monday morning; he then staid there all of Monday night until Tuesday. He then left again, and on Wednesday morning we find him selling the gold watch to a jeweller on Third street; he gees back to the tavern again, and stays there till Wednesday night, when he left, did not return till Thursday morning. During Thursday, while seated in the bar room, with his hat drawn over his eyes, the officers of the law called to search for, as they express it, a suspicious looking man. Alarmed by this ' as is probable, he left on 1 hnrsday night at seven o'clock. At about nine o'clock the same evening, in the neighborhood of Twenty-third and Market streets. Officers Dorsey, Weldon and Atca.nson, with no other light or guide than the Gcd-given instincts which detect mur der, saw a man whom they were, as by a Divine impulse, compelled to arrest. They took him into custody, and as he made many contradictory statements, he was taken to the Sixth District Station House and carefully searched. Two pocket books and a snuff-box were found upon him. That man, gentlemen of the jury, is Anton Probst, the prisoner. All the articles found in his possession we shall show, beyond all doubt, were stolen from the members of the Deering family. Gentlemen of the Jury :—Divesting myself as far as possible, of all feeling. I have sub mitted to you a concise, naked outline of the facts to be passed oxibyyourjudgnaents. You are to judge between the Common wealth and the prisoner, who now stands trial for the murder of Christopher Deering alone. But the facts of this one murder are so inextricably blended with all the others in the category, that it is impossible to state this case without allusion to the facts and circumstances connected with the murder of all—the transaction being a unit. Gentlemen, the case thus imperfectly sub mitted to you. so far as I have peen able to inform myself, has no parallel in the cata logue of mere private murders in the annals of the world. Murders of a wholesale, in discriminate character. during great popu lar excitements, whirlwinds of infuriate passions, with the brutal propensities of men maddened to insanity by,ambition, fanaticism or ungovernable zeal, have oc casionally occurred. But even among these, more properly termed massacres than mur ders, it is in vain that we seek for a similar instance of the destruction of a whole family, singled out as victims to gratify the lusts of one single mind. Gentlemen, it is with a crime so rare and fearful, tbat you now have to deal I conjure you, that While you bring to the in vestigation and consideration of it, every spirit of fairness that belongs to the trial by jury, you will feel inspired with an un flinching determination to permit no such crime—a crime without an adequate name— to pass unpunished, but will so perform your duty as to make the perpetrator of it a memorable example to mankind. Application to Exclude Witnesses. After Mr. Mann had concluded, Mr. Wol bert asked the Courkto direct the witnesses to retire, so that they could be examined separate and apart from each other, Judge Allison—This was not an applica tion to be granted of right., There might be a proper case where the witnesses should be excluded. In the 'present instance thii Court would not make the order Azalea F. I, FETHETSTaN. Publisher DOUBLE SHEET, THEEF C strong reasons were submitted, inasmuch as the want of accommodation .would corn pel the witnesses to be sent into the yard. The Evidence. Dr. Sbap'eigb , sworn—l ern thephysician to coroner; I made a post nuwiem examiumino; first aw the bodies of the Deering family at Cyrus liorne'S: there were seven bodies there; Christopher Deering, Julia Deering. John Deering, Thomas Deering, Anna Imerit g, rmily Leering and Edzsbsth Dolan: mined the body of Ca , t the farm- house; ascertained the cens Cornelius e of deal) e ; injuries inflicted_ on the izead and nets cussed death: em the rtebt side of the head of Christopher Deer big. behind and ;above the ear, there was a contused wound' two inches long from blunt instrument, the wound from oneearth the other formed an angle of 45 degrees. , the skin was divided and the bone was exposed; the bone beneath this wound was fractured; on the left side the frontal bone and the lett parietal bone hid beenbroken Into small pieces by blows from a , blunt instrument; there was a wound on the neck, diagonally from the angle of the jwv on the left side to the prominent muscle on the• right: this wound had been m.tle by three distinct cut and blows; the windpipe, the jugular vein. thedcaroda. artery, the second and third verterbrm of the neck ere divided: wound presented a chopped appear , Ence; bal f _an loch below this there was another wound two ihollto long, caused by the same instru ment. Christopher Dl ring came to his death in consequence of the injuries: I have described; the • wounds on the forehead were such as could be inflicted by a blind instrument the aeon the neck by a sharp instrument; it was not by kife, but was more of of a chop; there appeared io be three chops. Julia Deering was killed in a simi lar manner. fJr li 'W o D me ea n ng. e i c n e adsmou c any e xthme nCato i m on m n wa g lt r h d should be confined to the bill to which there had been a plea, and which was now before thejurY Judge Allison said that the fact sought to be proved °-• s s o part of the re., gestce as the case then atom!, as there was no evader ce yet that the other bodies were fon nd at the same place with Kr. Deer] ng. Dr. t' hapleigh's examination was discontinued for the present. John Gould, sworn.—l live at Mr. Wilds', on Jones's Lane; I knew Mr..neerim s ; had seen his family and hmself; knew the premises. Air Mann announce° that be bad a model ofthe pre mises made on a , male of a qnprtpr o' an inch ro the foot. The model had been submitted to the counsel fag the prsoner. and they a;;reea that it, should ne used on the trial. Witness resumed—On the Friday before the murder. saw Cornelius Carey and the boy at work in front of my hi use; it was about three hundred yard+ from the hay r"ck ; did not go to Deering a OP SaturdaN: went there on Wednesday: about ii o'clock Mr. Everett sent for me to go with him to ihe house; I went there; dui not look in before I went in. We went in together, found the things upside down; from the house went to the barn wits Air. Everett; awt, in the barn; did not notice auyihira.• parthrilar there; we parted and went home. returned' about half past elve; went Into the barn with Mr. Wild, we staid about ten minutes, and then went home to dinner. 1 NS ent again to the barn by myself; that was the thir, time; as I entered the barn from the right I saw ah.t I supposed to be a stocking; it was to my right as toot: I. picked it up and found it was a person's I called Mr. Wild and told him there was a matt In the barn either dead or asleep. Mr. Wild came end then went for Mr. Everett; Mx. Wild went for Mr. Everett's brother John: eon't know who it was who micovered the Deering; hey were Co vered with bay; I recognized Mr there were two bodies there; did not recognize the other body; it was the body of a woman. oss Cr-examined—ldved there about four months; was not acquainted with Deering before the roar months; Brat saw Probst about six weeks before the murder at Deering's, at work: did not know his names was in his company about thr. e weeks before the mur der: it aas at Mr. Detring's. The boy Cornelius was with us; saw him three or four times a day; didn't speak to him; as not on bad terms with him: I saw Probst and C, , t - nPlins at work the Friday be:ore the murder: don't recollect bow Probst was dressed. ex cept he had on a light slouch hat: he was haullig ditch bank,. it was between 3 and 4 o'clock in the .af ternoon; didn't eee him after that; didn't see any one pass the lane to Mr. Deering's tnat Pride/ afternoon and evening. Saw no stranger pass that afternoon; saw no stranger about Deering's premises that afternoon: wou:d have Peen any one on the road; aaw to stranger on Satar say: I was at work that eat:splay from 8 until it o'clock; did not see Protest that morning; people could get to De- ring's by another road than that I,roticed; It can be approached by alfferent was s. [Continued in our Third Edition.] Facts and Fancies. General McClellan says that in a war be tween Prussia and Austria, Prussia must be "driven to the wall." Evidently the Gen eral expects to command the Austrian troops. The Tennessee Legislature has expelled a member because "he took his hat and cane and left the House without a quorum." From which it is to be inferred that if he had left his bat and cane there would have been a quorum, which is nearer universal suffrage than anything we have yet seen. The palace of Malmaison is still redolent of the musk used in large quantities by the Empress Josephine. No wonder that Na poleon turned up his nose at her. A lady who advertises herself as "an or phan, eighteen years of age, and loves the water," proposes, through the Pittsburgh Dispatch, to swim in public, for a reason able sum. She says that "no doubt people will think it a wild idea," but that she "un derstands her business." Oh, these-swim min-folks ! A Naples letter-writer save that several Roman Catholic priests have declared their intentions of marriage, under the new law which makes marriage a civil rite, and one has already been united to a lady of Naples. We don't quite see why they are not justi fied by the dogma which has been formally adopted by their Church in these latter days, legalizing marry-olatry. The editor of a new paper in Nebraska begins his introductory article with the fol lowing sentence: "The object in view in the establishment of this paper is the procuring of means wherewith to buy bread and but ter and good clothes." The ambition - or these Western fellows has no bounds. The idea of starting out in newspaper life on the basis of butter and good clothes! Good joke! Why do the Boat Clubs injure the Schuy lkill ? Because they pull up the river. At a ball at the Duchess of Bojauo's, In Paris, the other evening, her sister, the Princess of St. Ella, appeared as the Press, in a robe covered with the pages and titles of several journals printed on satin'. These various journals were all made up on the same form. The Prefecture of Police in Paris annually distributes pecuniary rewards to any cab man or omnibus driver who proves his bout esty by bringing back to the office for lost goods whatever be may have found in his vehicle. During the past year the number of articles deposited at this office by these poor men amount to 23,971. We wish onr authorities would try the experiment for a year or so, just for fun. Of course, it wouldn't cost anything. A marriage is about to take place between her Royal Highness the, Princess Mary Adelaide, daughter of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, and his Royal Highness the Prince de Teck, son of his Royal Highness the Duke Alexander of Wurtemberg : Miss Cambridge will be a formidable rival to Max, with the native Mexicans, if she comes out. As-Teck. She Cholera Below New York. ['From To- day's the Heraldj In accordance with request of the Board of Health the Governor has issued his proclamation, granting extraordinary powers to the Board until October next. There are as yet no signs of the abatement of the cholera on board the hospital ship Falcon. Twelve additional deaths occurred on Tuesday last, and Pr. Bissell, the Deputy Health Officer in charge, telegraphed that he had been confined to his room for twenty hours from diarrhoea. & FIRE broke out Saturday night in Fin ley's Daguerrean Gallery, over Morris Lewis' dr3r goods and cloak store, in Louis vi.lle. ,The loss by fire and water amounted to about $18,000; fully insured the Sea- ` men's Insurance Company of London Ana LiVerPoo/4
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