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MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1889.
Wz man on the inside pages of this
siosorgnes GAzzTTE Second page
Postry, , Ephemzis, iliacataneous t Third
and Birth pages: Fijanciai, Caturiercial,
Markets, Imports anti Riper News. Seventh
page: Various items of interest, Amuse
ments, 4-e.
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PETROLEUM at Antwprp, 531 f.
GOLD closed in New York Saturday
it-1881. _
• Tim President will visit California
before the close of the present year.
*THE Coneff Ftzvotarnozr is regarded
as a failure, in our own Administration
circles.
Oirio has established a Reform School
for Girls, at the White Sulphur Springs,
near. Delaware. "
;Etraorzsn advices announce the for
iailion -of a triple alliance between
France, Austria and Italy.
Tan adjournment of the &mate leaves
four foreign missions i unsupplied by new
appointments, These are Spain, Sweden,
Brazil and the Sandwich Islands.
NiST is preparing the illustrations for
• a new edition of the old story of "A
Monkey, in a China-Shop." The artist
nuide the, preliminary sketches in the
gallery of the Senate, last week, and will
. issue his littlework from a Rhode Island
Caw our neighbors of the Post recon
cile, with theii• usually just sense of the
proprieties of journalism, their adoption,
on Saturday, of a discreditable, para
graph which first appeared in a distant
print, and had no application to the
press of this city?
THE total assessed value of property
in Ohio, real and personal,,is $1,143,461,-
308. The actual value of the total is es
timated at $ / t,912,472,400. Even at these
figures, it is claimed that Ohio comes
nearer than any of her sister States to
the fair representation of property in the
diet
Tax Indian ring succeeded in defeat
ing
one.half of the Quaker nominations
by the President. The trick was en
gineered by Senators THAYER, HARLAN
and Poxicmov, each one of whom thus
contrived to retain some relative pr friend
in office, unless the President shall sus
pend them during the recess.
Tam Parkersbargh rit7l6B says that
"five•sixths of the Republicans of West
Virginia are opposed to the appointnient
of .Mr..OABLISLS, because he interposed
every obstacle and used every effort to
prevent the samiegion of the State into
the Union; also, because he turned his
back on the Republicans 'during their
time of severe trial in that State." -
Fnom- the general appropriation bill
passed by the recent Legislature, we ex
tract the following items concerning West
ern Pennsylvania : Allegheny County
Judges, $25,000; Western Pennsylvania
Hospital. $87,587; Western Pennsylvania
Penitentiary, $69,950; Western House
of Refuge, $20,000; New Brighton Re
treat, $2,000; Marine Hospital, Erie,
$20,00
OUR Representative in Congress, Gen.
NEGIAY. is warmly received, ea his re
turn home, by hosts of Mends, who
unite in congratulating him on hie remark-
ably successful debut at the Capital.
None of the new members in the lath
Congress has made greater prdgrese is a
career of influence and usefulness than the
Representative ftom the XXild district of
Pennsylvania. •
Tax New York Bun enters into an al.
Douce 'with I against President
Mu/pr. Everybody knows what's the
matter with the Ex-President, but the
difficulty with the mugger of the Now
york luminary , was this, • that not getting
what he wanted from this Administration,
he wonld'nt take what was offered tohlm,
and, naturally for him, goes Into opposi.
tion. It is not the first time in his pub
lic career, that -Mr. Dr►NA has gratified
his enemies Mitts own expense.
• Cameo has a milk eicgement. Sev
eral venders of poisonous adulterations,
under the natio and appearance of the
_lacteal fittid,have been placed under arrest,
and chemical analysis are being Made
'with other spccimenit. What has become
of the
,oidinatiCe introdgced in Councils
here, o:miffing Or tie 'appoints:* !if a'
sink inspector Ftniiipo pa ally in" the
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Editors and Proprietors.
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country Would receive greater benet)ts
from a milk excitement than Pittsburgh;
for we think many dealers are not above
playing the tricks of the trade with im
punity.
BY THE resolute action of her State
government, Kux-luxsism has been for the
present altogether suppressed in Tennes
see. With only five or six conipanies •of
her militia in the field for active service,
and as many more encamped near Nash.
Ville ready for detachment to any disor
derly district, the entire State has been
"pacified." There has been little or no oc
casion for the use of military force in bring
ing about this salutary reform in the
effective administration of the laws. It
was enough for the disorderly element
to know that the force was held well in
hand, for instant use when required, and
the most lawless districts of Tennessee
were quieted at once. The State is poor,'
and the cost of even this small armament
embarrasses her treasury, but her author
ities find their policy approved by all good
citizens.
RAILWAY NEWS.
The Cincinnati Commercial states that
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
obtained the control of the new line just
completed between that city and Louis
ville, on the southern side of the river.
The stockholders of the Lake Shore
road will vote, at Cleveland on the 18th
of May, on the contract for consolidation
with the Michigan' Southern.
A new line to connect Binghamton,
New York, with Williamsport, Pennsyl
vania, is projected and likely to be built.
This• road Would open to the New York
ers a latge coal-field In our counties of
Sullivan and Lycoming.
A Convention, to be composed of dele
gates from New York, Maryland, Wash
ington City, and the counties of Blair,
Huntingdon, Centre, McKean, Cameron
and ELIE, in this State. favorable to the
St. Mary's route for the Buffalo and
Washingtin Railroad, will be held at St.
Mary's; May 12th, 1889.
THE FOREIGN MISSIONS. • r
The adjournment of the,Senatejeaves
four foreign missions taumpplied by new
appointments. Theie are Spain, Sweden,
Brazil and the Sandwich Islands. The
post at Madrid is vacated by the accep•
tance of Mr. iimat's resignation. Mr.
SANFORD will not be renominated, Gen.
Sicutazs having been flied upon for that
mission. He will be duly appointed
thereto, at a very early day'
Minister HURBURT (of New York)
may remain for a few months at Stock
holm, but is likely to be recalled during
the summer. There are said to. be scores
of applications for this post.
General 'Warm is sure to be called
home from Brazil. The Administration
recognizes the reluctance of our people
to expose that distinguished diplomatist
'to the slightest risk of peril, for the lofty
reputation which he acquired' in bringing
about the French exodus from Mexico.
The President, with the most considerate
delicacy, desires to protect the laurels of
his successful championship of the Mon
roe 'Doctrine, mustering him hon
orably out from further diplomatic ser
vice. Returning honie, he will again be
summoned from private life, only in the
event of a threatened French interven
tion in Cuban affairs, when his country
will not fail to appeal once more to his
vast personal influence with NAPOLEON,
in the interests of peace. In that view
of the postible situation, the Admiidstra
non purposes to have the right man
handy for the emergency. It is consid
ered certain that General PHA the re
jected nominee, will not be re-appointed.
Specials to opposition journals intimate
that Mr. CAntisLn, whom the__Benate
do not want at Stockholm, may now be
sent to Rio. Stich correspondents are
quite likely to be aware of that gentle.
man's expectations, but we doubt if they
are equally in the President's confidence.
We doubt, still more, the hinted incline
.
tion of General GRAN - T. to renew any ex
pression of his contdence in that unpop
ular politician. Missouri claims the
place, and offers the name of Mr. IL T.
Binw for the appointment.
The Hawaiian mission is expected to
be tilled by the re-nomination of Mr.
Hirrcnrusozi.
THE OHIO RIVER BRIEGES.
It is but simple justice to either branch
.• of Congress, to say that &majority of the
members were convinced of the need of
restricting the railway privilege of ob
structing the channel with these' bridge
piers, and that they were sincerely favor
able to such legislation as would meet the
wishes of the people. The real difficulty
—that which defeated our efforts at the late
sesaion—was, that the paid lobby work
ing fur the railway corporations, and co
operating with a very few - Senators and
members who are believed to be equally
in the pay of those corporations, were
sharp enotuth to ensure such delays in
the action of Committees, and of the two
Houses, as to cause our Anal defeat under
the technical rules regulating all' Con
gressional business. Had there been
another week to operate in, the naviga
tion-interest would have triumphed. Agit
was, the defeat was due to sharp engi
neering, and not to any actual want of
votes on the _floors. The lesson will be
remembered at the next session.
The P a blo Senate bag amended the
Bridge b ; from the .Botiee, uto pro.
hlbit any Indlvidnsl or company from
consonant I bridge 'erre" tie Ohio river
70 1 AO • 04,1 1101 %. ef . lest VIA WA
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PITTSBURGH GAZETTE : MONDAY, APRIL 26,..1869.
four Itlntlted feet across the main 'chan
nel, under penalty of $lO,OOO fine. The
concurrence of the House Is anticipated.
As Ohiolegislation has no validity be
yond low-water mark on the Ohio shore,
this law can have only an indirect bearing
upon the question of the channel-piers.
There ate also doubts, in some quarters,
as to the right of a State to prohibit the
construction of any post-route which Con
gress may legalize. Without expressing
any opinion upon this suggestion, we
must frankly admonish the friettds of a
free river not to , expect too much from
State intervention in their behalf. The
main issue is to be =Wei and will be lost
or won, at Washington.
The merits of this question areengag
inn a general attention in this great wes
tern valley, and the result is to rectify
and give direction to public sentiment.
In the discussion, the facts and the law
are on the side of the people, and the
people begin to see it. A free river will
have more friends at Washington in Der
cember than it had in April, and it only
needs good management to secure our ul
timafe recognition.
Some of our daily journals seem to have
capital punishment on the brain. Al
most daily, articles of some sort appear
on this subject. Especially just after the
infliction of this penalty, are efforts made
to influence the feelings of the people.
As an opportunity will soon be offered in
this community for a fresh supply of these
touching editorials, we wish to say a few
words on the 'strong arguments adduced
in favor of abolishing this penalty,—not
to argue the question ourselves. We
haie recently "seen it stated that, just in
proportion t 9 the diminution,,of the se
verity of punishment, crimes diminish.
Reduce it, then, to the lowest possible
roint, or cease to inflict any, and we may,
en this reasoning, expect crime to cease
!s-the Milleniuna to dawn.
Then, after a statement of thel possibil
ity of the innbcence of the criminal,—
Evans for example,—we are asked 'what
reparation can be made on such 'a suppo
sition. No class of persons accused of
crimes had more fully the benefit of any,
even the least doubts, than the class re.
ferred to, and no one is less likely to be
convicted if innocent. Very many
guilty ones escape, to, one innocent one
convicted. All laws re imperfect, and,
in the execution of all, innocent persons
are liable to suffer. Shall, therefore, all
penal laws' be removed from We; statute
book 4 1 1 Hardly* day passes in our city,
on which, in some form,' some innocent
person does not in some way suffer. A
suspected, though innocent person, Is
arrested by ' the police, and suffers
_in feelings, money and reputation,
What 1 reparation can be made ? A
man* lis accused of perjury, and
subjected to a long and expensive trial,
and his a verdict of not guilty. What
reparation can be made? We have known
a young man to be accused of a high
crime, arrested land thrown info jail, be
ing too poor to furnish the required bail,
and.there shut out from the world, -with
wealthy insurance companies who have
large sums depending on the issue, and
the government against him, compelled to
make such defence as he could. After
one yeit's imprisonment and suffering,
and a protracted trial, with the beat legal
talent arrayed against him, he was pro.
flounced • not guilty." Worn out by
anxiety and confinement, he goes to his
home with reputation injured, the little
money he had, or could obtain from an
old and poor father, expended, he dies,
leaving wife and child penniless. What
reparition?
Again, it js said dug crimes are in
creasing in this country. Why? Does
not every one know the demoralizing ef
fects of war. and did not every thinking
man expect what we see and even hear,
when the hundreds of thousands of sol
diers should return, a proportion of them
reckless and without employment? is It
not absurd to charge this increase of
crime on the death penalty?
Then, Maine has been referred to in
illustration of the effect of abolishing
this penalty. No bill to effect this has
ever passed the Legislature of Maine.
Besides, every one who knows that State,
knows well that the cause of so few cap
ital offences there is the absence of the
great cause of all crimes, 0 - nine-tenths
of all crimes—alcoholic liqbors. The pas
sage of the Maine law, and not the re
moval of capital punishment, Is the cause
of her empty prisons and no executions.
Will these papers, so zealous to abolish
this penalty, advocate as warmly the
putting away of the great inciting cause
—the closing of rum shops and the pun
ishment of those who madden the brains
of their fellow men and lead them to
murdei wives and children and others ?
Does not every one know that so long as
this evil exists, crimes of every kind will
be committed? Will not some of these
journals give us some articles on this
subject? Surely such being their argu
ments, their cause must be weak. Z.
The feeling in Cabinet circles relative
to the annexation of Cuba does not ap
pear to be very strong, and there is not
the slightest ground for the supposition
that the President is anxious for an ex
tension of our territory in that direction.
One of the strongest arqumenta against
the annexation of the Island is In the
fact that the United States derives a rev
enue of thirty-siX millions annually from
duties on imports from that country alone.
In the event of annexation there would
be exactly a deficit to this amount, which
would go a goad way in wiping out our
surplus. All the talk on this question
appears to be the interest of some large
importers, and the Government Is looked
on In exactly this light by influential
parties here.
The Cabinet meeting decided that where
a man Ins been 'ejected on any decision,
and adverse action was had in the Senate
aga i ns t him, that be should not be reap
pointed to that office, but could be given
another; and when a man bad not been
reached on the calendar, he'should be
reappointed.
Sones, who was laid. on the table as
Minister to Belgium, will be given mute
other position, and Mr. Carlisle who was
'confirnied and then *moonsidereti as. Min.
ISter,t6 Stookholni, tells his friends that
the President Will p.appoint him, and
hits tholime. ' •
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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
Washington Item.
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whom he proposed to prove an alibi. He
is reported as now in Missouri. Witness
was at the inquest and recollects the sub
stance of what English swore in that
examination. Was asked to state. vrhat
it was. Commonyrealth objected--ob
jection sustained. I
Court took Ave m nutes' recess. 1
The mother of the murdered girl sits,
day atter day, facin and looking at the
prisoner.
TESTIMON RESUMED.
Mr. Thompson ar. . se to read the object
of questioning witn -.. as to what Win.
English did swear. When he came to
English's statemen ~ as found on the
records of the examination, the :court
stopped him, would .ot permit them to
be read aloud. So t• e paper WWI sub
mitted to prosecutin • attorney.
The Commonwealt - , having proved by
James Wilson, their •• tness now on the
stand, that the priso . er said he theught,
William English bad seen him at church
the night before (the . fight of the homi
cide), that English w : . called, sworn and
examined by the wit . ess, who states he
was one of the inqu ..t jurors, the age,
size and mental chars .ter of said English
having been partic . arty called; and
proven, the counsel' for the prisoner of
fers to prove by the witness, as cross
examination, and as part of the transac
tion already narrated, connected unin
tentionally with the narrative o 1 the
facts and circumstances already,
proven by the witness, and /es art
of the re., gestae, that William j ng
lish, the. person referred to by the wit
ness, stated on oath before the inquest,
and in presence of the prisOner ? ighat
he was at church yesterday evening; m ,
mother and sister were with me - fat•lfie,
church; the moon was just up whettiwe
come to Robert Allen's going to church.
When we got to the church we went
into church as soon as we net our horses.
I saw Taylor Bockenburry at church. I
did not see him when we first went in.
Don't recollect how long a time it , was
till I saw him there, but it was not long.
Mr. Woodruff was Drenching when I first
saw him. I could not tell when he; left
chni ch.". i
The offer is objected to on the part of
the Commonwealth.
.A'irat—Because it is hearsay evidence,
and incompetent. i
Second—lt is not legitimate crass-ex
amination.
Third—William English, the person
referred to. was not examined before the
inquest, and his testimony is no part
thereof.
Fourth—The person referred to is irt! fall
life, and could be produced, ands his
statements, declarations or • evidence
coulkl not be given - in evidence in any
stage of this trial.
Court overruled the offer and reftised
to receive the evidence. • 1
First—Because not a proper subject for
cross-examination, nothing having been
enquired by the Commonwealth M to
what English had sworn to on the Boca.
sion. ,
Second—lt cannot be introduced now as
part of tho defence on cross-examination
of the witness when tie Commonwealth
was only giving evi dence in chief of
the admissions of the prisoner. ( -
The hush and anxiety in Court -N
;coti-
Linnets. The attention is what we call
breathless, and there has been very little
mirth among spectators this morning.
There is still some quiet laughter and
jokes among the boys, who are here tak
ing lessons on the sacredness of hcussart
life
•
Examination.in-chief resumed—Defen
dant said he sat about the third or fourth
pew from the door; a fourth or fifth,
couldn't say certain that ho located him
self in any particular pew: caunet give
his words. (More confusion, and faces
turned round). .
e Shannon, recalled—l Defonce re
newed objection. Consultation of Prose
cuting Attorneys. Witness proceedi to
give defendant's admissions before the
corpse]. Can't remember all the ques
tions and answers. "Well remember
asking some questions myself and the
answers." Asked Mr. ilockenbutry
what door he went into the church
by; he said, "at the* upper door;"
asked him what side of the aisle he sat
on; his answer was "on the right hind
side." Then asked Mut if he sat in the
back seat; said he did not, but "about
the third or fourth seat from it." Next
asked him if he saw any stranger that
night in the pulpit with Mr. Woodruff.
His answer was that he didn't mind of
seeing any stranger. Asked him, then,
if he beard any person that night make
a prayer except Mr. Woodruff: said he
didn't remember that he had. Then
asked him if he noticed who diamissed
the congregation. He stated that he
thought it was Mr. Woodruff'.
Witness did not remember which.
ACKNOWLEDGED THE LETTER..
Defendant was asked if he had written
any letters to Miss McCandless. He
stated that he believed he had written
two to her. Then he was asked why he
wrote such letters, or what he wrote In
them letters? -Thisantiver was, "l wrote
what I meant ,", or meat what I
wrote," witness does not remember
which. Witness was at church that eve
ning; recollects where he sat; sat on the
right hand side of the aisle of the upper
door, about the middle seat. Went/ in
at the upper door; sat In the seventh Or
eighth seat; got to. church about dark,
before' the people were gathered; re
mained until the services were over; was
there before the services began; did not,
to his knowledge, see defendant there.
Described the order and incidents of the
meeting. A Mr. Davis was on the pill
pit with Mr. Woodruff, and assistedin
the services. Is confident Davis dia.
missed the congregation. Services began
just after or about dark. Was a pretty
good turn out that evening.
Orosa-examined—Was not particularly
acquainted with 'Taylor. "There might
have been twenty young men there that
night that I was acquainted. with, and
yet not noticed them."
AN INCIDENT.
Rev. Woodruff, sworn—While he gives
details about the church services, that
evening, let the reporter notice the be
reaved mother's steady stare into the
pale face of the prisoner, her slater's or
phan eon! Her little face, round and
rosy as a winter apple, is lighted by
small dark eyes sharp as gimblets, and
with them she b ores defendant throu gh
and through, steadily, vindictively.
Hoar after hour.day after day, she sits
and bores, and no shade of regret, or
sorrow, or sympathy, or compassion ever
crosses her features. When one reflects
that this boy was a member of her fami
ly, on good and friendly terms up to the
hour of arrest, It is beyond comprehens
elan.
WANTED TO TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH.
Rev. Woodruff after talking about the
church Is asked to say what was done
there on the day - after the murder.
Defence objected; objection sustained.
Witness rose and made= a speech, insist.
ing that he must toll mthe whole truth. ,,
Court explains at considerable length,
and great clearness. Witness stands on
his conscience, and
,insists; prosecution
aids Court to repress witness, who is
severe on the “felloitTs", to be Ibund in
Courts.
VICTIM'S MELD RIDDLED.
Dr. Richardson, nwora—Andited Dr.
M9ollldlotll lOUs •Polt : inoiteal
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nation: found wounds o.'t deceined's head,
made by from twenty.tiVe to thirty•tive
small pieces of lead. Gi'eat force had
been applied to create the minds.
,had
been
was shattered and one eye destroy
ed. During the sickening discription of
the mangled head, the mother wept and
laid her head on the back of her chair.
The prisoner kept his hand to his fore.
head and that deep purple shade spread
over his face. He never raised his eyes
from the table. Witness thinks the
wounds were inflicted by a shot gun.
They would cause instant death.
Cross.examined—The large , wound
might have been made by a large ball. or
several small ones. By saying a shot
gun, meant that a large gun must have
been used, that a pistol would net have
given sufficient force.
THE PREVIOUS THREATS OP THE PR'S.
ONER.
Eliiabeh Scott, sworn—Was living last
fail with Squire Graham. Is acquainted
Iwith defendant. Heard him say* that if
be did not get her no one else should.
We were plaguing hiin. I told him if
he did'nt take care Isaac Branbon would
take her from him. He named three
young men that went to see her, and
none of them would get her, and that if
he did not get her none of them would.
The young men were Isaac Brannon,
William •Curry and John MciNnnis.
This was not very long before Annie was
killed. Mrs. Graham was present.
Cross.exaramed—H was about three
weeks before the murder; it was before
witness heard of the Man being in Mr.
McC.'s house; believe It was six weeks;
knew the young men named. Curry
lived at Mr. Brannon's; does not know if
they were going with her but knows
Thaw Brannoh was. Mr. GiIIEII/3 was
lmarried three years - ago.
l Examination in chief resumed" She
said there were three young men went
th see Annie and- none of them - got her."
It was singul to.note 1 :,
the expression
of prisoner's fa during the giving of
this testimony. He looked up at her,
smiling. .A wild light in his eyes
must have been iiitherunnsual pleasure
13 1 3,
at seeing and earing witness, or tri
umph in the t ought that no one had
got his beloved. Twice before this time
his face has suggested monomania, and
at each time it w when witnesses were
testifying to his eying made this decla
ration. His ey are large, well-formed
and well set, m ch the „ best feature in
his face and very e xpressive. . -
AFTER 00N SESSION.
Bereaved moth r took her seat and re
sumed her bor . 3 ,
i
John White, sw rn—Lives in Franklin 1
township, about a mile from church. 1
Was at chruch o that evening. Does
not remember- if gone went with him,
i i
or If he went alon . Went In at the up
per door; eat on he right side of the
aisle. Wm. Engli h eat in the third seat
behind him, in th end of the seat next
his aisle. Kno Wm. English. He.
came in after witness. Murphy's ,boy
came in with him: Witness left before
servioe was over. I Left. English there.
Did not see Taylor Hockenburry that
night. Does not remember if any one
went home with hiin.
Cross-exiimituad-4Dld not hear any one
say anything in the pulpit, except -Mr.
Woodruff; knows I nothing about ear
mon, or Wims. Any one passing in
the aisle would be nearer him, English,
than to witnems. f .
Edward White, sworn—Was at church;
went in at the upper door; sat on the
right side of the aisle, third seat frotn'the
wall; no one was in the lame seat but
John St. Clair. Did not see defendant;
,
would have known him.
Cross-examined—could not say all the
people,
or how many, were at church;
cannot give the text, or subject of ser
mon, or hymns; allow that the text was
in the bible or testament.
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In Chiet—Couldn't say why he and St.
Clair talked over this matter.
John St. Clair, sworn—Hiram Albert
sat in the first pew from the door; Jacob
Albert, in the second; witness and Ed-
ward White In 1 the third; three, whose
names were given, in the fourth; John
White in the fifth, alone. A little boy
'he cannot nark°, and a little Murphy
boy, in the sixth. Did not see defendant
that night. WOuld have known him.
Cross-examined--The front of the pul
pit is three feet; above the pulpit floor.
There Is a reading desk. Mr. Davis is
not large. Remembered the words of
the text, "sever man spoke as that
man." Could not remember the hymns,
or all the people, who were there.
In chief, resumed—Stand in prayer;
man easily seen in the pulpit; Mr. Davis
is not like Mr. Woodruff; witners' atten
tion was called•to the fact next day that
defendant had said he was in church.
TEEL P WAD POUND.
Conrad Double, sworn—Live a mile and
a half from the house of George McCand
less; witness told when and how he heard
of the murder; went over; got there
ablut ten o'clock; saw Miss Annie Mc-
Copdless lying on the floorastill bleed
'lug from wounds in the head. Examined
the sash, now in Court; when be saw it
the glass was all shattered, but the hole
was only large enough to admit _his two
fingers to the first joint; was Called on
the inquest. The inquest was closed.
and they had .signed their verdict
before Wiliam English was brought
to the house; witness found a wad
beside the bead orthe corpse, between it
and the window - that bad the bole in it,
about, two feet from the bead; has that
wad; has kept it since; (presented it and
a slug which he cut out of the door;) wad
was larger than it is; had to dampen it to
get it open, and it tore off a little. It was
blood stuck it together; thinks this was
the wad that was on the top of the shot,
or it would not have carried so far in the
room. The other pieces of paper were
nearer the window; thinks it was on top
of the shot, for it was cut in little holes,
as if the shot had passed it; other small
bits of paper he picked up further back;
law no marks of fire on any of them.
Cut the slug out of the door, on
the opposite side of the room. It
was buried; had embedded it
self. [Witness pronounces it a "alug;"
by this means a piece of lead cut out of a
bar.] Noticed other slugs in that door;
five or six. Some had gone deeper.
There had been one taken out of the op
,
polite side of the door. It had gone al
moat through and splintered the other
side. The door is poplar, an inch thick.
The paper of the load had just , been.
mashed together. Looked as if it had
been a wad on top of shot or sings. • Wit
ness made examination as to the direc
tion in which the shot had come. Out
side weal' bunch of shrubbery. A per standing beside it would be in a very
likely position. •
This witness 'described the premises
lust as Mr. - McCandless did. Examine&
and found no tracks. Shrubbery about
six feet iron the window, a little to the
one side, probably as high as the gun.
Window faced the north, and the shrub
bery was to the east. Annie sat .at the
west side of the table, just' in range. be
tweeu this shrubbery and where theshot
struck the opposite door. The shruh
bery is on the bank. A man would have
to get down 'on one knee to bring a gnu
on a level with the hole in the window,
and the marks on the oppceite door.
Thinks the muzzle of the gun , was class
to the:window, mike glass would' have
had;a larger hole, and striking the glass
would scatter.the shot. The smoke and
porde.. must have been blown: the
the
house. far there was no Marken the ant.
•
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M9NOMAN/A
Side of the window. This is the wit-,'
news' views Of the matter. The shots on
the opposite wall were from two To four
feet apart. The woods on the road toy
Shafer's come up to about seventy rods
of the house. One going to Mr.Granam's
could keep in-the woods up near to Mr.
Graham's. The distance woould be from
a mile and a half to a mile and three
quarters. Is an out-of-the-way, unfre
quented road. The creek was low, and
a foot log on it. By crossing on it, going
Le Mr. Graham's, one could keep the barn
between him and the home. I get to the
barn without being seen from the house.
Went home before prisoner was brought
to Mr. McCandless'. Is sure the inquest
was closed before Mr. English wasesum
moned. -
Cross -examined.--South of -Mrd Mc-
Candless' house is a dense, extensive
thicket known as the "Big Swamp."
This thicket in about one hundred and
twenty rods from Mr. Motkrialess'; is
the densest thicket in that eanntri; the
upper end extends ahnost to Unionville.
Did not look in this thicket for marks.
If a man went into this thicket he oould
stay there forever; no one would aver
find him. Saw some small bits of paper
that night picked up by James Wray.
Witness has had this wad in his posses
sion except for a few hours. Left it with
Mr. Wray. Mr. Riddle saw it some time
in the winter. Did not leave it with him.
Examination in chief resumed—ls cer
tain this la the same paper.
WHERE THE WAD. WAS FROM.
Recess of, titre minutes. Reporter com
pared the naper he,had with a Me of the
Pittsburgh Weekly Dispatch. It is from
the top of the second and third columns,
first page of vol. 8, No. 47 of Feb. 2, '6l.
It bears part of the heading and the
lines below, and a portion of an account
headed "Agate though venerate deceiver
caught at last."
James Graham, recalled—Was one of
a club who -i'took ' the Pittsburgh
Weekly Dispatch. Does - not know
the day or month be subscribed, but
it was in 1860. Took it ,one year.
Preserved copies; used to hang them on a
rope up stairs; some were laid away
down stairs—were hung in the front
room, the room the prisoner passed
through to go to his room. Thinks some
of the numbers are in his house yet.
Defendant had access to this room. The
paper came in a club to the Prospect
poetoffice. Defendant need to use pa
pers about the house and was not tor
bidden to use them.
Cross-examined—May be more of those
papers in the house. Sent one of them
to prosecuting attorney. Made no exam
ination for any particular number. Is
not able to say what numbers of this pa.
per may be in his house now.
Prosecution offered copy of Dispatch
in evidence. Objected to by defence.
Objection sustained.
Samuel Davis, called—l f ive two miles
from Mr. George McCandless; was at the
house after the murder, Was one of the
inquest; with others m ade all the ex
amination he could. [Here followed a
minute description of the locality.]. The
woods 'are about forty rods from Mr.
Graham's barn. [lt seems strange that
after all these months the Common
wealth has never measured the distance,
and that none of the witnesses 'have
stepped it off.] '
.—Tbe 'Morning New, office in Paugh.
keepsie. N. Y.; was destroyed by fire at
three o'clock Sunday morning. The loss
is covered by insurance. H. W. Morris,
auctioneer, „Daniel Mitchell, gas fitter,
Chas. Wilkinson, news agent, and 13ar
thold Myers, furnishing goods;a11 doing
businlin the same building, :were also ;,.f'
sufferers but were fully insured.
.
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