The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-16
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

seR ADDITIONAL LOCAL ITEMS SEE FIFTH PAeEl
THE TRIAL OF ALBERT TRUFEL FOR THE CREME
OF MURDER IN DoYLEsTowN.-Our readers will
recoliect the account we gave. on the 9th of
November last, of the murder of Captain James
Wiley on board of his canal boat, by man sup
posed to be Albert Teufel. Teufel was arrested
soon afterwards, and after preliminary hear
ing, he was committed to answer the capital
charge OF murder.
It being announced that his trial would com
mence upon last Monday a week ago, the court
. room was densely crowded by an excited gather
ing, whom personal interest or the qualification
of morbid curiosity had brought together.
The trial, however, did not commence until
Thursday, the prisoner requesting through his
counsel, that delay in order to hunt up some
important testimony for the defense; After the
usual difficulty in selecting a Jury, the trial was
commenced. Long before the hour OF opening,
the court house was surrounded by tremen-
dous crowd, all eager TO gain admittance. When
the doors were opened there was one simulta-
neous rush, and IL was only through the eHer-
tions of the officers that no one was hurt.
The first witness called was Mr.. Wyker, who
resides at Narrowsville. He testified to hndlng
the corpse of Captain Wiley lying In the CABIN
of the canal boat, about 8 o'clock in the morn
ing of the 25th OF November. He then looked
INTO the cabin, and saw the body lying on its
back, with coat and hat on. The mouth and eyes
were open very wide, and there was blood upon
the floor. There was piece of blouse in the
mouth.
Another witness testified to the fact that when
the corpse OF OhpJdlu WlISy was uIoJ
there was rope around the neck and hole IN
the back part of the head, little above and
back of the ear.
From the evidence elected it appeared further
that there had been q scuffie in the room, as the
clothes were scattered around the cabin. The
only evidence that would go to show that there
had been any shooting going on IN the ca0ln
was the finding of an empty cartridge on the
floor. There were two wounds on the head one
in The front and the other as above mentioned.
The principal witness for the Commonwealth
was Harman Rick. He was one of the en-
ployes on Captain Wiley's boat. He testi-
fed to the fact that Teufel had gone down into
the cabin with Captain Wiley, and that soon
afterwards he heard sharp sound, or sounds
like that produced by chopping wood. That nc
met Teufel afterwards, aud the latter told
the witness that he had killed Wiley, and took
him to see the latter. 1t was then pretty late
in the evening of the oath, and Wiley was theI
lying on the floor of the cabin gasping iol
breath, They continued tor some time, anC
stopped at what was called the Narrow's Lock
Teutel made no secret OF killing Wiley, and tol(
Rick's sister the same thing when he went t
the latter's house.
Teufel was arrested By Lieutenant Franks
and Sergeant j. I. Murray. at the house
which he was boarding, Oh Third street. nea
Buttonwood. There was considerable difficult,
in arrestng him, as his vile resisted the officers
and Teufel was armed,
Last Sunday night the prisoner made des
perate attempt to escape from the Doylestowl
iail. BY some means or other he had, in spit
of a guard that had been placed over him, go
rid of his shRckles, had SAVE ed the door-latch OF
and had torn down the window frame an
loosened the stone work around the window.