The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-01-30
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT-JUDGE GILES
Nothing done. Court adjourned until March.

UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT-JUDGE GILES
Nothing done. Court adjourned until March,
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CoURT-JuDGE BREWER
TRIAL OF JOHN d. DAVIDSON FOR THE MURDER OF
A. BARKLIE KYLE.
ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 29.-James Revell, ESQ. Attor
ney for the State, prosecuting, assisted by William
Ii. G. Dorsey.-State US. John b. Davidson,
jointly indicted with James Logan, Augustus Ford
Joseph II. Edwards, and others, for the wifu muir
der of Adam Barklie Kyle, alleged to have been
committed at the fifteenth ward polls, in Baltimore
city, on the occasion of the election held on the I'd of
Nov, 1853, betweenthe hours offs and g. by shooting
was resumed yesterday evening, and the following
gentlemen sworn to try the cause, viz : Isaac
Nichols, Edwin f. Gott Watkins Richardson. Levin
Hardey, Richard Baldwin, Robert L. Thomas.
Henry ID. Plummer, Burnham Crumpton, George
Haws, II; Hall, Ben amin Ware and DR.. George
Hammond--The jury was then charged bv the
clerk, and MIR. Revell made the opening statement
of facts on the part of the State, while the
defence reserved their statement until after
the witnesses for the State were examined
John s. Hoofnagle testified substantially the same
in this case, as he did in the former trials in regard
to the riot, shooting, &C., but could not identify
the prisoner as one of the party who assailed the
Messrs. kyle.--Conrad Dochtermann testified he
resides short distance from the place where the
fifteenth ward polls were held in 1859. A man
came from the direction of the polls and asked for
Gods sake to let him in, which witness did;
crowd pursued the man, broke down the door and
entered, beat witness, and said kill the s-n of
b-h for letting him in; Kyle went up stairs, and
from three to five followed him. one fired and KYLE
Tell down stairs MORALLY wounded in the head:
witness does not recognize the prisoner as one of
Ine party who broke in his house.--Mrs Regime
Dochtermann testified that about hafpast eipht
o'clock she heard the firing at the fifteenth ward
polls, and saw crowd of men pursuing a man To-
wards her house, witness was up stairs looking out
of the window, and her husband down stairs who
let Mr. Kyle in; the crowd broke down the door and
entered beat her husband, and came up stairs
after Mr.: Kyle; James Logan put pistol at
kyle's head and fred witness did not
recognize the prisoner in the crowd who en-
tered the house, but there some three or four
others on the stairway when Logan shot KYLE
Ihe remaining testimony in this case, as elected
by the State, was in fact substantially the same
as given in the cases of Logan, Ford and Edwards.
and published in the Exchange, with the exception
that VIM. FL. Hartman, Frederick Hines, and Philip
JunSer recognized the accused in the crowd, but
did not see him commit any overt act-Mr
franklin, in behalf of the accused stated in sinh
stance, that they would be able to show that the
prisoner was merely present, after the riot COM
menced, as were some hundred and fifty Others
and not participating in any way Whatever
Jacob Treay testfed-He has known the nrisoner
LOT two years, and when the party breaking
down Dochtermanns door the accused came IN to |
witness, going in the direction of Dochter- |
mann's; witness was standing nearest Dochter- |
mann's, and the accused came up behind him;
The accused was not in the crowd at Dochtermapn's
out, on the contrary witness asked him to go and |
try and persuade the party to desis but he did not
go; the reason witness did not go himself he has |
family to support, and was afraid they would make
a victim of him.--Mr. Kraft desired to mt the |
prisoners father the stand to testify that when
it was reported his son was implicated in the muir |
der he came in from the farm deliver himself up
to the authorities; but the State objected, and the
Court ruled the evidence as nadmissable
Chapel testified that yestesday he was nresent If
a conversation between Jacob Treay and Frederick
Hines they were talking about seeing the prisoner
In the rot Treay was confident that he was not in
it, and Hines thought he was, but was not so posi
tive as Mr. Treay; this witness testified to the good
character of the accused--Dr BaItzelI rs
titled to having known the accused ever
since he was child, and Mr.. Wilson. since |
1916 both witnesses testified to the good character
oil the accused fTederick Hines was recalled
Cowen, witness in Adams case, that he did not |
know the prisoner and knew nothing about the |
murder.->Mr. Taylor was then called, and testi.
he'd that he was present yesterday, and heard Hines
say to Cowen he never knew Davidson and knew
nothing about him.-Mr Atwell testified he was
present at a conversation, at Annapolis between
Frederick Hines and Miss Emore, both witnesses,
and heard Hines say he could get plenty of money
from Mr.. Kyle; Miss Elmore remarked. if that was
The case, she would get some too; Hines told her
'he could not get it because she was a witness for
Edwards; witness thinks Hines was in earnest and
Miss Elmore jesting.-The defence closed, and
ne State called Philip Junker to rebuff
me testimony of the defence, who testified that
1e saw the prisoner and man named
BROOKS coming up Light street, near the
'olIs, with guns in their hands.-Adam Bidde
llso saw the prisoner and Brooks; the prisoner had
gun, but does not know whether Brooks had one
" not; there were others in the crowd with onnS
Lieut. Short testified that he has known the
prisoner for three years, and his reputation for
'eace and quietness is bad.-Polceman Marshall
estifed that the prisoner is regarded desperate
" his associates; witness knows where he goes
mt does not know where he lives.-Mr. Revell
allied WIN. Fl. q. Dorsey to the stand to testify
hat Frederick Hines on the trials of Logan,
ord and Edwards that he saw the prisoner, Da.
idson, breaking down Dochtermann's door with
be butt OF gun, but the defence
bjected. .--After quoting several author-
les, the Court ruled the testimony
s admissible, and Mr.. Dorsey took the stand and
ssti6ed that Hines was examined on the three pre-
ious trials and swore that be recognized the pris
ner of the party who broke in Mr.. Dochter-
,ann's door where Mr.. Kyle was murdered. The )
was here closed and the Court took recess mn.
Il $50 o'clock, when the case will be argued he.
're the jury; Messrs. Krafe and Franklin for the
are informed by the counsel in the a
asesof Augustus Ford and Joseph e. Edwards. :
onV'csed Of granddaughter in the case of the muir,