The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-11-09
Examination Of the carIisies.
Personal Appearance of the Pris
~ Oners.
THE TEsTIM ON

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Parrett. of the Circuit Court,
Motions made upon calling the
Docket occupied the time until near
IL o'clock, when the accused were
brought into Court, and took seats
behind their attorneys.
The elder of the prisoners appears
to be about So years of age, dark hair,
light eyes, and grey whiskers on the
chin, face rather oval, prominent nose,
with countenance by NO means re-
pulsive, but portraying but little in
telligence. He was dressed in a
jeans suit Of regular butternut color.
The younger Carlisle appears to be
about % to 25 years of age, with his
dark hair scrupnlously combed, with
moustache and side whiskers, dark
eyes, nose prominent and running
straight down; had on brown over
coat. The old mans nose was slight
ly crooked. He seemed ill at ease,
and was constantly looking around or
talking to his son. rs ad
Lieut.. Governor Baker, Colonel
Butterfeld, and VIM. p. Hargraye APP
peared on the part of the State, and
Col. Crockett, John Young Brown,
and AFRO Dyer appeared on behalf of
the accused. Tie examination was
conducted by Governor Baker and
Col Crockett as le1ding counsel for the
respective parties There was large
crowd Of spectators present. A large
number of witnesses were introduced,
sworn and separated.
Robert Smith was the first witness
sworn. Is an undertaken; resides in
Evansville !, was called on about the
18th Of july, to remove a body from
the river; am not certain as. to the
exact date; drew the body from the
river, and after the inquest by Coro-
ner Bischman took the body in a
poplar coffin to the cemetery aud gave
ii to Mr. Rhsder, who buried it; the
body was taken from Lamasco wharf;
did not see it buried; had onilight
linen coat and dark pants; do not re-
member any vest; had on white shirt;
/ think coarse brogan boots and wool
en- socks; not positive about knife;
four or five days after, at the request
of two men from Kentucky, helped
disinter the body; Rheder assisted;
was not present at any other disinter-
ment; saw him put back in the grave
by Rheder the same day; had sandy
yhiskers, think, all round his face.
Cross Examined-Am not conf
dent as to vest or neck-tie; did not
take particular notice of bo4yi think
it was much swollen, and consldera
bly, decomposed; about six feet high
aud twenty-five inches across the
shoulders; filed the coffin closely;
was buried with clothes on thought
his eye had been shot or otherwise
injured; eye out; ran my finger into
the socket half the length felt no
eyeball; this examination was made
when the body was taken up; am not
certain. as to date; think it was about
the 25th Of July; saw nothing taken
from the body, t..a saI 80
w. H. johnson testified TO finding
the body in the river floating; was on
the jury of inquest; knife and small
piece of cord taken from the body.
b Cross Examined--Was a large
man, light hair, and stout built; had
been in the water four or FIVE days;
saw knot on head, supposed had been
struck by steamboat. Described
clothes much the same as the preccd-
ing witness. Did not look at knife;
there was no evidence taken; sup
posed he had been drowned; thought
him a middle-aged man.
John Bishman He gave an
account of the inquest, but did not
seem to have very vivid recollection
of The case. Did not recollect any
knife. When the knife was shown
him recollected he had seen it at his
grocery, and gave it to a man; re-
cognized wilkins as the man to whom
he had given it.
He was closely cross-examined as
to the identity of the knife. Was
pretty positive it was the same; had
never seen another likeit.
Christian Rheder sworn-Is keep
CIR of the Poor House; buried the
body; helped disinter it twice; once
at the request of two men from KY;