Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-09-24

ALLEGANY COUNTY SpEcIaL COURT
Auousr Tam -ls2o.
rive continue the evidence adducea
on the trial of George Swearingen for
the murder of his wife. They are
mostly given in succession, as thew ware
seyeralIy called Up and examined
John ". Buchanan. II was on the ground on
The Sunday following the death. wasa mem
Der Of both Juries ] was induced to on -,
from the circumstance of beng on the Jury:
lhoughtby going up TO throw some light on The
subiec!; some persons from Cresaptown wen,
Up TO show TIE place where The accident oc.
CURED: Morrison went along. When we po,
up to the place, or before we got there. Ge,i in
with Nr. Hilleary and his son, who pointed ont
the place. We went 10 the tree at which il
was said Swearingcn hitched his horse. we
vent to see if we could track him into ,ha
woods. After leaving the hickory tree. wen,
ashort dis ance up the road and then ,urned to
the left, iato lie thicke,: We seen that a horse
or soHeth'nR had turned into he woods. this
Induced us % turn into The woods: l could nm,
Say 1t was q horse track: tracked something in
the @ooos, got up some distance, came To a log.
something had been iying there, a good many
lMrel mere. some pressure; a horse had been
hfched near thete, from the bark beng knock
ed oil he tree ard a stamping OF q horse: ssw
SORE pressure on the leaves; there was q stone
on the Jog; the sapiing soma distance from the
Dt3t, tp ron the log tewsrds The E. Tegis
quad we found he same impression on the
hs-s leading to the Tevis road f. ON ,hs tree
HAT We found. TO The tree HAT he borse was
brcsed TO in The woods. Don't know any thing
ibout the locust sapiing, nor did | observe il in
t- WOODS at alt. observed a horse had been
htrAad At a saniing on the point or nesr tie
poot ~he'e the Track Came into the lewis road.
There vas a g2od deal more laure. on the
bTer side oftee nest than any other directions:
there was laurel on all sides; a very seuuester.
Ell 1'aeee no eye could penetrate The place more
thal ~ steps oil; more secluded in that place
Hsa any oihsr part OF the woods. lCross exam I
We wen. through the woods on foot. forgot
TO describe the stone found on the leg; it was
about the size ef my fist. | differ with some
About The bleed on il; | thought it was not
blood; nor did I think it was blood on the
leaves; the.gbtI had seen leaves of the same
disruption in the woods before, thought the
c0enrhg Ct the leaves looked like as if il might
hsye haeE oc"ssioned by blood split . few days
before, dark red. While on the %ipuues,. pro.
posed having de horse brought mp and exam
Mediate Sho'e iary examined him, and I
concluded that his knees had been cut by a
sn'rp instrument. and not eccss'oned by failing
On me stones, bscause the skin wss not knock.
d on ! sytmiaed on tuesdar, before the
me 0hcnt "t Mrs >. discpyered I o. . cid
MARKS Oh HE LET knee, the scab bad become
ny shG tard-it appeared not to be done
a'eil-thought the scab wound have been
k"o1SSd oil 1t the horse had fallen. The old
Gao oeiew the cuts Cut On the left knee
I'spe CT an anchor. Blood had issled from
We cut on the right knee, and run down the
KIN. On the rigbt knee there were more thsn
P"e cut, running psraiiei To each other and
FohVerg'ng to a poin'. Shape of ,he cuts not
ne same on both knees.
second exam Jon the day Of the inquest
a. nrs, Cresap's. Ssesringen called me aside;
we we walked m the wood yards obse I'd
rW y"u must have had some pretty hsfd
" Suen Fellows there, ! hope none believe that
nav acted wronSF I replied that an injuno
wv OF secrecy had been istd on our proceed.
%ss and could no, divuige them. Swearingen
~" 90 me how il hsd happened, said he was
s""e up toe road to his aunt Susan's. aud there
N" plsce m the road that had been lately
Tpsred' when the horse fell and killed her
.VT'ieved him and said. I always thought YOU
. az corree, man. lie then requested me 10
t"e IONS brother Frank and TO state 10 him
." &c SAID The accident happened. Ibid so
Ou' a'ief%ards wrote a letter contradic,ing
"to'e' u LoWhon.-I was present with
CC.V"ahan and Hilieary-left our horses at
EEeS'p,oWn, went up TO the ground; gsi lest
W. ~NN'fdty on Juhua3-WShk up w
L"eu"eSday, was at the nest. Did not examine
s s"e 3 Knees particularly. saw a cut so ne v
oSa. we lever part of the cap ef the knee,
T5 r'trIteo - IT cut by somethifg sharp; there
,hs V,Voa on the knee, saw nothing peculiar
,h,~ "'e cuts, 80 as TO induce me o examine
-" pa~ift'oularly-did no, take up the leaves
famine them particularly.
" A'es -(second exam. When I went
~ GeFe. there was only ore horse there; that
NJ Was within q few steps of us-Sen no
wv, on the saddle. l took both horses back
Siessptown, changed ssddles-sent Mrs
g.""e.,' on the sorrel horse5 examined his
tNes mat time; there we're ~ scars on each
~aevi ,he scars on the left-knee were not cut
1'''u, hardly through the skiu,1 reckon; on
49, ~ Hent knee the blood was running down to
"s noel, rather on the inside of tbs legs one
S actually bleeding at that ,imei the hair
eott none knocked of that ! seen. I have
%eh horses that fell end The hair cut by stones
,tese were CLEAR, fair cuts; the hair cut on both
ices and whatever done it must have been
u'pi no dust or gravel on his knees. The
rl came 10 notice was, ! knew he must oe
"uVea II he iell where he told mes as the stones
~ very shsrpi the stones were broke tole
ors'y me 70 fll up q place washed in The rosd
:" 'Ae lett knee the marks were directi!
,aO'--on the other knee they were not across
SseY were s%laRtiDg TO meet each other At INT
s cuts on each kI &c; the hair cub cle@
~1 smooth on these cuts.