The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-26

OF the house were now found except the boy Cor
nelus and the prisoner Two hundred and nifty
yarOs or more from the house thCre IS iarge Ray
ok about iorty feet long and twenty Ieet high;
Lehlnd this rick poor ateY was found the death
wound is OF the same character as the others
lie was str. cken down, his throat cut, and CON
cea ed ou the south side of tn rick. small ham
mef sUch u ed in the killing the cn dreu,
was ouBu in the entry OF The barn, about ten ieeE
nom the door he email axe evidently used in the
larn was found in dltct by tue side OF the barn;
II had bceu thrown there by tne ulderer as no
leaving the scene OF tne massacre The large axe
was found under smalls ed at the side ol tue
h,ue
he prisoner was a laborer on the farm of Mr..
dislIk eu by Mrs Dearing and other members OF o
lBmIly, he was disc arRed IN October last; he came
back in February and from that time until the
murder no one OF the iamly seemed to have any
communication with MIN eXcept MIR. Dearing.
NO iving witness ever saw hlin there ter Friday
AFTERNOON, the 9th OF April; | the bodies OF the
former inmates were now accounted for, aud search
was made iOI tue prisoner; continual, though fruit
less arrests were made oil vagrants and rampers VINO
cou,d give no Satisfactory account of themselves or
whose appearance in any respect answered the i'm.
perect description gwen et the murderer by the
on SATURDAY night, the 9TH of April at about
o'c ock, man made his appearance at houoe OF
ll-'ame in Front street, having MS possession
pls.o and gold and liver watch He lelt shortly,
put soon returned and was there, coming backward
He renamed through the night, until O'Clock on
sunday morning, paying the woman with whom no
had spenL the night IN dissipation and debauchery
On Sunday afternoon this same man made his sp.
pearance at n tavern IN New harNet and Willow
sireels, with black travel ing bag, containing q
shirt, pow Ger flask, two spools of cotton, and
several OIher articles tie remained there but
sbOr time, and came lack on Monday morning; ne
STAYED there all OF Monday and Mon1ay nignr, until
tuesday he then lett again, and ON wednesday
morning we find him selling tie GOLD watch TO
jeHeer IN third street. He now goes back to the
Tavern again, and STAYS there till Wednesday Ight,
when he lett and do not return unLIl Thursday.
Duing Thur sday, while Seated IN the bar.rOom with
hls hat orawn over his eyes, the officers of the law
called to search tor a. they express It, suspic
looking man. harmed by TINS, as is probable,
he lett on THURSDAY night at o'c Ock.
At about O'Clock the same evening, in the neigh
borhoOd OF twenty third and Market streets Officers
Dorsey, Weldon, and AtchnsOn, with other
hight or guide than the God given instincts which
detect mlrder, saw q man whom they were, as UY
diVlne impulse, apparently without any Will OF
Their own, compe LED to arre't
They ook him into custody, and as he made many
contradictory staten nts, he was taken to tne sixth
District station House and care ullY searched Two
pocket books and a snutfboX were found upon him.
That man, gentlemen OF the jury, s Antoine Probst,
the prisoner All the articles found IN his possession
we shall show, beyond all doubt, were stolen f ON
the members of the Dearing family.
3ehuemen Oh me jury, IL Is with crime so rare
and fearful that you have nov to deal, that L con-
jure you that wnie you bring to the Investigation
and consideration of it every spirit of fairness that
beiongs to the trial by jury, will reel inspired
win an unfnching determination to permit no such
crime, wtth2Gt an adequate name, to pass unpun-
lshed but Will so perform your duty as to make The
perpetrator of it q memorable example to mankind.
Mr. Mann having concluded, and before proceed.
ing with the testimony, Mr. Wolbert, tor the pri-
sOner, moved that during the examination OF wit.
tor the Court the other witnesses be excluded
from the courtroom.
Judge Allison declined to make this order.
The Count then proceeded to call witnes ses.
. .... TESTIMONY. ....
DR.. Sbaplegh sworD-I made post mortem
animation; first saw the bodies of the DeAring
iamily at the establishment of Cy rus Horne in
Hunter street. below Elevenlh; there were seven
bodies theTe-Chrlstop pher Dearng, Julia Dearlng,
John Dearing, Thomas ,Dearlng, Anne Dearing,
Eun1lu alan
amined the body IF Cornelius Carey at
the farm.house; ascertaned the cause of
injuries inflicted on the head and neck; on the
right side OF the of Christopher Dearlng, bemnd
aud above the ear, was confused wound, two ncnes
long from blunt instruments this wound was IN
III drawn from one ear TO the other at al angle of
40 degrees; the SKIN was divided and the bone was
exposed the bone beneath this wound was fractured;
the lett Of the frontal hone and the lett paretai
bone was committed by blows from blunt instru-
menI; there was q wound on the NECK, dIagonally
from the angle of the jaw the left side to the
minent muscle on the right; this wOHnd had been
made by three distinct cuts and blows; the wind
pipe the G3ophsg gus, juguar vein, carotid artery,
second and third Verebre OF the neck were divided.
The wound presented chopped appearance; nalf
an inch be Ow this there was another wound two
inches long, caused by the same instrument; Chris
tOpLer Dearing came to his death IN consequence of
tn, Sc injuries; the wounds ON the forehead were
inflicted by a sharp instrument and those on the
neck likewise; the main wound was caused by at
least three GUS
in ia Dearng was killed in similar manner. OBJ.
jcted 10 by pIsoDeIs counsel, as the case on trlal
was Christopher Dearlng, and not julia Dearing.
Mr. Dwight assistant prosecuting attorney, cited in
stances where similar evidence was admitted.
John Gould sworn-Liyes at Mr.. wild's, in Jones'
lane; knew Mr. bearing; has seen his family and
himself; knows the prisoner. (The District AttOr-
ney here stated that ne had on hand a model of
the premises the scale qulrier OF an inch to
the loot, which,, with tue consent OF the
court, he would place in view OF the
jury IN order that they might understand
the different loca ities.l Witness resumed
saw Cornelius Carey and the prisoner on
Friday the day before the murder at work IN front
OF Jour house; house on Jones lane, between the
Point House road and Dearings, and on the opposite
side of tn anej front OF our house faces the south;
fIom front OF house looked across the meadows,
when saw them at WORK; they were at work about
three hundred yards from the hayrlck at work in
the ditch; did not 90 to bearings on tne following
dlscoVered) "Wednesday; Wednesday
morning, about eleven O'Clock, Mr. Everett
and went into the house after Mr. Everett; found
things in the house all upside down; then went to
tne barn with MIR. Everett from the house. and went
INTO it, saw no hing particular IN the barn at that
time, and then went home returned again that day
about hal-past twelve and went into the barn with
| Mr. Wids; staid about ten MINUTES and then went
home to 0iDnerj then went With Mr.. Wllds to the
| barn third time; entered the barn, and to the
! light saw what 1 thought was O stocking; Mr..
Wlds was at work at this time Tine model OF the
barn was here shown witness, and he showed which
| door he entered.J The stocking was in the
| tar end of the barn; picked IL pp,
and found it wa, was persons loot; then then
was man in the barn, either dead or
asleep; we came, and Mr.. Wilds went after Mr. Eve.
| rett, and all then assembled there IN the barnj
then went for Mr.. Everetts brother John; parties
who came afterwards discovered the bodies and un-
| covered them; the bodies were covered with hay
recognized the body OF Mr. Dearing; there were two
bodies unc0Vered did not recognize the other body
| was body of woman.
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