The Monmouth inquirer., 1865-11-16

/ asked her to send him to the door, want
ed to see him. David came to the door.
| brought him to the Jail and locked him up.
Brought Fleming and Oliphapt together.
They live close together. Did not search
him. He gave me revolver, which he took
out of his boot. He mad his pants inside of
his boots This was after he got to the jail.
Did not offer to give me anything else at that
| time. On Saturday after dinner | asked
him if he had anything else, and he pulled a
knife out and gave it to me. Pocket knife
and pistol shown and identified by witness.
/ saw the Coroner get a handkerchief from
him on Saturday night Handkerchie with
spots of blood on it shown and identified /
The Coroner and went in to search OH
phant and Mahar about 9 o'clock on Satur
day night. The Coroner took the handker-
chief from {. side pocket. l had heard before
that he had handkerchief A gentleman
asked me if wouldn't bring his handker-
chief out. 1t was Mr.. John L. Doty. On
1 Saturday night, before had found it. He
asked me if l wouldn't take paper in there
and ask David to wrap the handkerchief up,
and bring it out. He asked me not to look
at it, The Coroner took the handkerchief
There was no other conversation between us
at that time that reccollect Of We heard
there was blood on Mahar's clothes, and we
went TO look at them. This was what led us
TO make the examination at that time. We
found no blood on the clothes that Mahar had
on at that time, nor could we find any light
clothes at his house. Arrested Mahar about
half mile below the first toll gate on the
Blue Ball road, between 9 and 20 O'Clock, on
Saturday. He said he had been to Squancum.
| He had a load of mari with him In wagon.
Said it was his own team. Searched him af-
ter we got him in Jail, found knife. Pock-
ct knife shown and identified. He had on
pair of soldier pants and think a soldier
coat, with an India rubber blanket around
his shoulders. 1t was raining pretty hard.
| | arrested Carney at house in the Peach
Orchard. An old lady came to the door |
| inquired if he was there. and she said mo-
1t was before daylight. asked her to give
me light and let me look, and she said she
had no light. told her | would look with
out light. She said if would wal at the
| door, she would go up stairs and see if he
was there She came down, and he came
down behind her. lie dressed himself and
came down town with me and l locked him
up. | searched him. found no weapons
with him. Found knife at his house on
Sunday morning. knife shown and identi-
ted-a large dirk knife. Iasked the people
at the house if he had any knives, dirks Oh
pistols a5out'the house, and woman said he
had not l fsund the knife in a chest. l do
not knew that it is his knife. This woman
said it was his knife the same woman who
said he had nothing of the kind. The chest
was locked, and the woman appeared to hes
itate about opening it; it was IN bedroom
appeared to Ye women's clothes in it; did not
amount to nuch, whatever they were.
think she tool the key out of her pocket, am
not certain. Said she had put the knife in
there for safe keeping, and that Carney had
not had 1t SINCE he came home from the war
1t was not the same woman who came to the
door when arrested him. The knife was al
the bottom ef the chest, covered with the
things. She searched, and l stood and look
ed at her. Examined Thomas Mahar and
Oiphant in Jail found no blood on their
clothes, EXCEPT what is on the handkerchief.
Did not examine the clothing Of any except
those have soId of. l have had charge Of
the jail since. Sunday morning. After first
locked up Olphant on Saturday morning, he
asked me if j would not send for John l..
poty. This Was between 4 and o'clock
before daylight. did not 20 for him. for
got about it, Met somebody on the street af-
terwards. and told him if he saw Deity to tell
him that Olit hant wanted him. saw Doty
at the Jail at different times during the fore
noon. | think it was pretty early when ]
first. aw him there. think it was after
sunrise; think it was before ordinary break
fast time, half past seven. l did not see
Doty have the knife taken from Oliphant in
his hand at any time. There were number
came to t lie JILL and let all in until had
orders to the contrary. Qliphant was not
locked in cell until after dinner arrest.
ed Edward Ms.har, brother of Thomas, on
Monday forenoon, in the Court room. lie is
now ina confinement. | searched him not
right away; found no weapons on him; did
not examine his clothing.
ELEPHANTS kpife was shown to the jury. il
is pocket knife, with large blade point ed
at the end, the blade much dscolored and
with the appearance of an attempt to scour
it,
TESTIMONY OF CHARLES FLEMING, JR.