Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-04-03


lie had watch, and took il out and looked
at it; he asked me if wanted a watch |
said no; l asked him what time ii was; he
said twenty minutes past four; this was about
10 minutes before he left; silver watch;
thick steel chain; large watch; think he
opened the face to see time; carried the watch
in the vest; was not light vest coat kind
of brown; short coat; side pocket; pants
dark, looked broken as if patched; scarf
plaid, red and black small barred, knotted
two knots and put down in the vest wore
turned down collar; don't know color Of
shirt but collar white; smellcd of liquor; cap
cloth kind OF soldier; flat on head, peaked
out in front; he asked ii | would know him
if l saw him again; | said no, scarcely
know one cOlored man from another. Don't
| you think you would know me? ! said no.
He often asked me If would know him, and
threatened if made an alarm. He was
short youngish-looking man, a little older
than Charles Rider though not much; n smart
| looking fellow; not so tat MS RIDER not very
| large lips; not an ugly colOrcd man; not so
ugly as Rider; slighier built than Charles
Rider He talked like negro; certainly
did not seem TO change his voice; his hands
and face same color, small moustache and
little whiskers under the chin; think they
reach up the sides of his face little, just be-
! ginning to grow; he's about as tall as Charles
Rider; mouth the usual size; eyes not very
large; smelled like colored man; strong
smell; cap on all the time except when
scratching his head, | did not see the knife;
he was feeling his pocket for something; he
said did l see his pistol; lie said well there
it is, putting it to my face; ii you make any
alarm, will put that through you; | can't
say it was pistol he put against my face, or
a knife. He spoke of night cap on my
head; / raised up when he was striking a
match; afterwards ] asked who was there;
he said, hush damn you; he put some
weapon against my face, laid down; got
up again when he lit the candlean remained
sitting up until he struck me; he drew the
knife very hard across my temple can't say
how the first was given; can't describe the
| knife. His fingers were not so long as
| Charles Riders, but thicker; face not so
round as Riders not so thick, but longer
He seemed composed not bit frightened,
| His hair was short, not so much as Riders;
| he was not in disguise; he was a regular
coored man. He scratched his head hard;
could not have been fixing wig on his head;
| he did not turn around ut ALL stood facing
me all the time; there was white rag hang
| ing out of side coat pocket right side; lie
kept putting his left hand in his lower coat
pocket; ! could not see what he had in his
hand don't know which hand lie cut me
with; could see his right hand II was open;
| he had ring, | think ON the third finger OF
his left hand; ii was a bright gOod-ooling
| ring; couldn't say ii it was gold; it was
bright, pretty large ring; no set in it, but
a flat place that seemed to curve some over
the finger; lie stood in an easy position and
did not move or look about but kept looking
at me closely; staring at me and looking at
my neck also; if | caught his eye he would
not shrink or drop his eyes The ring was
| yellow, it was not silver; hands somewhat
different in color inside and out Coat
l IL NJ. Al
| ly; the buttons were not bright; not soldier
buttons; no soldier clothing except the cap;
il looked like a military cap. The gardener,
Edward llaines, has long features, this man
| short not same kind of eyes; their shape is
| different. | have heard the gardener talk;
am positive the voices were different; the
| gardener has stout shoulders, this man
slight the faces altogether different; the
negro's nose short not very thick He did
not ask me for anything whatever, once he
| held over his head and said, kiss me; ! said
| will not, will halloo if you do; he said,
will put the contents of that through you,
if you do, raising his hand; This was after he
| lit the candle, very shortly before he went
down stairs. lie all the time said he would
not hurt me hut that he came after that man
lie was quick kmotioncd man. Il smart young
fellow; he appeared TO be older than Charles
Rider, and a more cute looking face; more
O'Clock. | could see him without match
or candle, but could not tell The color OF the
man, could Just sec Il person, but | would
know lin by his speech; | could tell he
was colored man even ii did not see his
face He did not swear more than twice; he
said, damn you.
The prisoner is son Of the Rev. John G.
Manluff, who is well known to our citizens
4 Sad Suicide A man named Jacob
Koch, a German by birth, residing in Phia
delphia, committed suicide on Thursday
under very unusual circumstances. Hcliyed
in room in the second story of a house in
Fifth Street below Wharton He had served
a term OF three years in the United States
ARMY. lie fought the enemy with bravery
and was alwaEs spoken Of as good soldier
lie saw around him "a tunishing wife and
three little chill rem and quailcd at the daily
torture ol inadequate food and insufficient
accommodate. or those whom he loved.
Yesterday alterhooA he took a niniatlue
cannon, the plaything of one OF his children.
lie loaded it with powder, and for 4 ball used
a child 5 marble. Placing 1t upon the edge
ol table, he took The muHzle in lis mouth
and applied luciter to the touch hole The
discharge that followed sent the marble
through his skull, while the powder shatter.
ed ms Uranium into atoms. Ills death was a
horrible one, Insanity evidently instigated
} '!iV dtt' icTc was no one IN the room at
lho time when the report was heard ana
his wife ran into the lororn apartment. her
I agony can be uetlcr imagined than can hy lis
be described. The man died with hut a
momenary pung The whole cerebelliuni
was shattered 10 pieces, and the brain itself
was spattcred about the room. The Coro.
ner subsequently, performed his melancholy
I duty The unfortunate man was thirty-nine
i years of age. Since his discharge from the
army he had in vain been seeking employ.
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