The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-02

luis nOIulnk JObepu ". dOluneS was In6 lltSb
witness on the stand. He testined-I live at
Reading; In September, 1866 WAS appointed in
specior a. keller,s distillery; In March, 1868.
storek eeper nntii the 22d of uly 1865 there was
arecl1fying establishment about 200 yards from
me me dihniieTy; hole was dug under the floor In
me rectifying house about the 10th of April. a
luo was put in the excavation, and liuuor nut
IN the tub; Colonel Alexander was about while
ander at the distiliery; Keller and mvself were
tnere; were afterwards at the rectifying place:
rcd and measured "a. - NO., -, -, ,,iras
tnl! at that time; Alexander said it was n good
after that q day or two had a &c co1versa.
of lion -, aoont S,1t,,, moneys, Keller came out
T psid he aSsnSay Gis5iery and said that he had
THvHnnueIi - ssW w MIN at b. - home; told him that
up ptueIs.ood ne was dnsh;" he ackno wIedged
not state the an ouni. left Withont Settip% anV
Of 1hcy i,"ip aim; saw him three or fonc lines
dns. .,Illery; three times after the uole was
.dght from the distillery; Keller and the men
employed about the distilery brought it over;
1t was afterwards pumped out into barrels, and
taken TO q cellar near by; IL was removed about
the time that Detective Brooks was there; 81
barrels were tax en- to the cellar.
Levi X. Meixell testified-Live' In Exeter
township, Berks county: was assistant assessor
appointed in August, 1867; held the. office IN
Coloneli Keller made returns TO me; he did not
swear to them; about the 18th of April 1 went
sSw coonss %ezdhSer hS r1yfRss prVse Office
asked me II I swore Keller 10 the returns
then said thai sbon,d not ,hsI H. vas nG, me ne
cessary; that was all that passed at that time;
he gave me instructions In September, 1867,
Wheh was sworn IN, TO go TO the disClllery
every other day, and report upon tue number
of bushels OF mash, etc; fifteen bushels of mash
were then put in every other day; Keller said
so; they only ran for q short time; then
stopped to repair; about November they began
running again; visited the place as before;
FT,F ogh nA.N.,N
latter part OF February or March he told me To
visit the distillery every day; was to get half
p0y; was TO stay there three hours, from to IL
A M; carried out bis instruc' pms until the dis
t1lleiy stopped; the distillery ran every day; II
ran pretty regularly until some time in May;
at the time had these Instructions.
Cross ss'examined-Keller said that the pre-
Ylous assessor had never sworn him to his
returns.
Samuel Barto testifed-Live in Reading with
my father, Sheriff BaTto; recollect last spring
that the defendant was at our house in com
pany with Keller; IL was at night; ned gone to
bed; father got up and opened the door; also
went down; Colonel Keller, Alexander and nv
father were in the sittipg.room when l got
down; stood in the entry; the door was stand
"Barto, you've made no money and l. We IN ade
no money. want you to make up what you've
lost;" Colonel Alexander said this; as my object
In coming down was only to see who was there;
/ then went up stairs.
Revenue Detective James ]. Brooks testi6 ID
I'm March last was special agent of Treasury
Departments; made the affidavit upon which
the defendant was arrested-upon the 24Ch day
rant; the warrants was issued for the arrest OF
George w. Alexander, Della b. Croft and Frank
Morritt; went to Reading to serve the warrant:
Alexander was on the same train; had a con,
versatton with him; told him l was going to
arrest some important Individuals; ne didn't
ask me who they were, and L didn't tell him;
that night went TO Keller's house, saw him.
Here an exception was made by the defend
ants counsel that the character of the evidence
being given was not relevant-and, after con-
sultalion, the prosecution Withdrew it.
Had an intel view with Alexander some time
after meeting him in the cars; called him out
of the house and informed him of the warrant:
it was about the Both Of June: told him must
plead SO hard that | did not at once
do IT; l really pitied him until
had thus taken Oh; didn't serve the warrant;
told him to come down to Philadelphia, waive
an examination. and give bail for his trial at
defendant didn't come down; went up again In
July and told him that he must come down; ne
he then went back; next saw him when the
final hearing TOOK place.
Here the prosecution closed and the Court
took recess.
The Keenan, Homicide.
COURT OF OYER AND TERMGNER-Judges
PeirCe and LudlOw.-The case OF Gerald Eaton,
the morning of June 18th last, was resumed
this morning. In the course of the exam ma.
TO prove by him the dying declaration of the
deceased; but the defense made continual ob .
jections, and finally the Court decided that the
evidence OF Beenan's consciousness of his ap-
preaching death was not sufficient for TN adj.
I iicSathtliiY OF what the deceased may have said
regarding the shoe ing. Dr. M arcoe. or the
Pennsylvania Hospital, who attended Heenan,
was also examined on the same point, but vas
unable 10 lay proper ground for the admission
of the dying declaration.
John Welsh sworn-Was examined this
morning and corroborRted he.statements of
Alderman Dougherty in every particular. eX-
cept that OF the shooting, he at that time haV-
ing gone TO procure policeman. He added
that on this night Heenan had been drinking
slightly, but was not drunk.
Joseph latham SwOrn-Detatled the Crcun1-
stances of this night, as did Alderman Dough-
when the fourth shot was fired, Heenau, who
VAS following Eaton, TTainor, and Ewing,
after them; the prisoner, and those VINO were
with him, after firing more shots, ran away,
and Alderman Dougherty crossed over to
are shot;" and The latter replied, Squire i be
lleVe i am; we Will see when l get to the
tavern" they went to the tavern, and found
weapons; when the witness first saw Eaton at
Fifth and Spruce streets that evening, he had a
weapon of some sort. q knife, pistol or black.
Jack, he could not tell which. On trial
Bowers Case.
In the case of Young Bower. against whom
the Grand Jury found a true bill OF IN an
slaughter, bail was entered In the sum OF $500
DISTRICT COURT No. ID Judge Thsyer. -
Adolph Becker vs.. Charles Tully Co An
action on promssory note. Verdict for plain.
tiff S203 10.
Joshua r. Evans VS. Alexander De Haven
An action for the difference alleged TO have
heen agreed upon in an exchange OF horses.
DISTRICT COURT, No. 2-Judge Hare.-Prlee
/ and others VS. Logan and Davis. An action to
recover the price OF Oil sold. Verdict tor plain
Jacob M Ellis VS.. John p R0denbush. A
feigned issue TO try the ownership OF certain