The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-17

inquest in the great murder case took place at
the County Prison. A large number Of wit
nesses we're present and examined, among them
the boy Willie" the only surviving member of
the Dearing family.
The murderer was present during the entire
investigation, which lasted FIVE hours He ex-
hibited entire self-possession during the entire
proceeding, and did not vince in the least when
confronted with all the evidences of his guilt
The jury returned verdict that all the mur-
ders were committed by Probst.
Below we give a full account of the inquest;-
TESTIMONY OF THE WITNESSES.
Mrs Elizabeth Dolan sworn-My first name is
Elizabeth; live now in Burlington, New Jersey,
in Pearl street, at Mr. Tracey's; 1 lived at Mr.
Bearings pnce last September; know the pri.
sOner; he came there SIX weeks ago last Friday; l
was there all the time that he was; asked my
hIm; ne used to wear his hat all the time in the
house, and always broken down; / never seen any
bad habits IL him; L lett them about o'clock on
wednesday afternoon; my daughter came with me
to Burlington; che went home TO get some clothes;
she renamed with me till Saturday; she cit me on
the O'cock boat on saturday morning; that was
the last saw OF her until saw her IN tine ice-boX
at the undertakers; she was my daughter; she was
dressed in thin back dress with q white flo yer in
it, a b ack velvet bonnet Ia bonnet was shown to
the witness, which she recognized as the onel;
on black cloak (coak shown and recognzedl;
those things she had on when she lett me (Another
witness as belonging to her daughter.) Sne had
some compound interest notes when she lett me 1
gave them TO her TO get changed; she had them in
her pocket book, in the satchel when she LETT me;
1 handed them to her; she had a gold chain rings,
little things that she bought Tor the children
nuDla cover ed with blood and Dirt, was mere shown
10 witness, which she recognized as belonging to
Mrs Dearing. The pocketbook which witness gave
to h>r daughter, with the money in, was shown her
and recognized; also, another purse belonging 10
Mrs. Dea ing A snuf-box was recognized as be.
longing to Mr.. bearing also, neckte whicn she
said she herself: she further ca
pet-bag as her Own 1t was the one, she said, which
her daughter took with her; SHIRT in 1T
was recognized as one that she had made for
Ar. DeerDg; she also recognized razor box, pow
der flask, slx-shootlng revolver, comb and several
other things; the revolver, she SAID, Mr.. Dearing
kept by his bed; he frequently fired it Off irIghten
away the rats; he a so mad another reVoIver about
the house; he a so had TWO long guns coat was
here shown witness, but she did not recognize 1t
be Ongng to Mr. Dearlng; she recognized another
shirt as belonging TO ar Dearng; thus one sne made
herself; another one she recognized as seeing about
the house; shoe brush was recognized, also hand
keIchIe and Ilnen collar of Mr. Deanng's spool of
black cotton, breastpin OF Mrs bearings; spool
OF white cotton she recognized as the placed
in her daughters satchel.
witness thought she recoIlected the large axe
which found at tine back of the house with blood
on IL; II not long the mousse she said another
axe with smaller handle was recognized (; plush
cap shown was recognized as Corneus', and . black
KOssuth hat Mr.. Dearlng's; she further recO0-
nized light coat and pants as belonging to the
prisoner; the pair OF heavy shoes found in the mouse
were recognized as belonging to Mr., Deanng.
1he witness cOntinued.-l have seen Mr.. Dearing
thousands OF dollars before that man (pOlntlng to
prsCner); Mr.. Dearing sometimes kept money IN
Dear1r last October when he was gong down the
road 1 heard Dim swear; ne looked very angry;
said then that If he was 10 catch ChrIsy by himself
he would be gone sucker; this the remark 4
made; knew the boy Cornelius; saw his Dody; he
was iylng beside Nh Deanngj 1 have seen Anthony
ana the boy (Cornehus) together; they worked to-
gether; never knew them 10 have hard words Cor
neus was a quiet boy; l had d cad OF the pri-
soner ali the time; no one in the house would speak
the prisoner eXcPUt Mr DeaFQV. he ODlv mi
in to his meals and then went out again; he never
took his hat of; never sat at the table with him
my dauR Rhter has done 80.
Theodore Mitchell, sworn.-I reside at No 1929
Arch street knew Mr.. bearing, and am the owner
Saturday morning, between eight and nine
O'Clock; was IN the habit of calling at least once
week; he rents the pace OF mej gave MIN nalf
the place, with the VI derstanding that he was to
carry 1t on, by my hndng the capital TO make pur-
chases and do has general trade in the way of cat
tie, ana whatever net profit there might be was to
be equally DIVIDED; about quarter before mne
o'clocK on saturday morning he observed to me
that he was to meet young woman at the steam
boat; as soon as he mentioned this, observed TO
him Inat the sooner he left my house the better AZ
1t was a quarter of nlne, and he would have no more
than time TO get there; then lett; ne reported to
q sale OF two cattle, for which he was 10 receive
plneLy-fye do lars; ne brought 10 me eighty. K
dollars; ne remarked Tor me to put dOWn toe
ninety live, and h. wOud give me the other
nine afterwards; he then observed that he wanted
some money; asked him how much; he said about
ten dollars; / counted out ten dollars and
charged it; he had pocket-DOok with HIM then, but
i r. DeaTlQQ
no bank account; his whole financial operations
were transacted by me; he brought large sums
of money to me; h would frequently make pay
ments OF a thousand dollars, sometimes two thou
sand and sometimes three thousand; these were o
frequent occurrence; M books win show every
tTaL saction; l visited his place often when the
weather was peasant; the last time 1 was there wal
about TWO weeks before tine murder; recollecC see
ing some person there who appeared to be about the
Hze and general buld OF tue prisoner; Ia watch wa
shown witnessl y can't saw that do recognize it
believe thst he mad silver watch with white dial
on that morning Mr. Dearing wore a dark grey suit
hnk he had sloUeh hat; nay interviews with hln
would PROBABLY average weekly.
Mrs DOlan recall d lWatcn and chain shOWnl-l
donpt recognize the watch the chain was my daugh
ter's; / handed IL to her Saturday morning; !
came from Dublin; Mr bearing had small watch
piece; saw 1t the last day was there; there nc
cham to IT. ln
lane, Ia the next house to MI Deerngj 1 knew
him; guess my place is about quarter OF a mile off
saw him allVe last on FRIDAY morning a week; wa,
on the place on Wednesday morning; my wife wa
the family away, as she could not anyboa,
about she said that they lad not been for the paper
SINCE FndaYj when came home on Wednesda'
mOTning she told me and went over to the stablC
where the horses were; IOund them a state o
starvation; erey went TO oOk after the condition
OF things; It was about II o'clock dnoIng that tn
ANNALS were so thirsty, went TO the trough an
found a bucket; there water in the trough
it looked as II there had been no water in II TO
some time; took the bucket and filed It wit
water; when / opened the door on the south sid
OF the Darn, ana thew one OF the horses som
water, he nearly jumped on me, because h
was so thirsty; and another horse drank nearly te
bpckets OF wateT took the old horse 10 the d,tct
and l suppose that ne drank there about af ee
minutes, straight ahead this was the bay horse;
the noises were 'Ooss Ius one the young colt Whic
thouOht would not give him ans more; gave int
three forks ull OF hayi then got down into th