Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-06
THE ARSON CASE.

The prslimin.ries Of this case a. reported
yss'erday, were oil settled, and the dsfen.
dant I'D mittsd to bail in the sun Of a. coo.
At loa o'clock this morning the ease VAS
called. Msssrs. J. B. Lsaks, J. D. Campbell
and s. Z. Brown appearing on the part Of
the State. and Msssrs. Geo. E. Hubbsl and
j. o Bills for the dsfencs. Long before
the hear set for the trial. the Office Of Jus>
ticc David, whore the case was to be tried,
com mnencsd to fill up with . curious and
interested crowd, and whom the principals
in the suit finally made their appearance,
thsrs was hardly standing roem. There
we're several Witnesses fer the State, hich
had been su6posnci, but were no: pres
ent. ". L.onagd. r. Moses, l.. j. Centre
Il N.wby and wifo were sworn. Ths.frst
witness called was Richard Moses, who
testified substantially az follows: live
on Locu,t street road, about four miles
west ofths city have lived there 10 ears
known Robart McIatesh for 13 years. On
the morning Of Nov. Sd, 1868, at little
after 8 o'clock my men who were a. work
for m.-called me out Of the house, saying
the grain stacks were on d.s. I ran out,
half dressed, and raw it was 80. There
were three stack yards five stssks 10 one
four in another. and four in the third, (wit-
ness here mode diagram Of the position of
| the staeks.) They were burning very
lively, and | should think had been on Hre
| about three hours. The wheat stacks we're
burned the most. No Ere mad ever been
near them, nor any wagon road-it was
plowed ground all around. In my judge>
msnt the gram was worth nearly $4,000.
The ground had been plowsd about two
| weeks before, and Was dry and hard The
frat thing I did the next day, was, to
come into tswn snd zee . lawyer, E.
Brown. Then went hems, and remained
there until Detective Centre came out and
examined my premises that aftssnssn. W.
found tracks leading from one stack to an.
mother. The man had taken one step
Longer than the other his right foot being
in advance, and his left fost dropping two
or three inches behind. We alss found
marks Of stick or cane on the left side Of
the tracks at different plaess across the
field. The left foot often made but slight
impression on the ground. The man had
evidently walked stsady-ns running Or
hurrving. We went down to the road,
Il ocus. ssrse,) and found q post whore al
horse had been hitchsd, he had paved up
tis turf considerably, and it locked - il he
had bssn standing there some time.
have had difl:ulties with Mcintosh. |
For the last two years We have owned the |
place together In 1852 refused to sign
apolcy Of Insurance on the buildings, &c. /
ws had some words, Mcintosh said Cd
d-m yeu, would burn you in the middle
Of the buildings if could. told him not
to come there again with such language. or
would hang him to = tree BY the roadside |
J. @. Power was the name ofths Iul urancs
Agent, who came cut with McIatosh to
see abeu. the insurance.
Here the State announced that they
had finished examining the witness, where. |
upon tho court adjourned until IT o'clock. |
At two o'clock, the trial commenced |
again. Tho examination Of r. Noses was
continued by the S,a.s. He Was question |
el still further about the foe. tracks, and |
answered substantially the same as before |
recorded. The defense now took the wit
ness, AMI Mr.. Hu5holl proceeded to quss.
tion him. The witnesss answered substan-
tally the same as in his direct examination,
and i! had no particular bearing on the
case. He had told his story once and
couli not be made to deviats from it. Next
wi,nsss for State was Cyrus Buck walter. |
who testified as follows. live on Locust
street, absu, miles west Of the city, and
saw the fire at Moses first about Al o'clock
in the morning Of November Sd.
Went over there about 0 o'clock
and took rlc with me 50 as to
measure any foot prints that might bs
there-thought it would be o.
some service 10 Moses in helping
hun 10 fad cut the incendiary,-|
The stacks looked as if they had been burn
ing since IL or l o'clock. Found astrack at
the stacks neares. the read-it measured |
IL inchss long and At wide. The right
track locked 90 il it had been run over at
the heel The impression Of the left boot
was very much fainter that of|
tho right. The tracks showed that
tho man walked slowly--not hulrisdly.
Cross examined by uubbel. The witness
was closely questioned about the imprint
OF the track which he measured, but an
swsrsd ia substance the tams as above.
The testimony Of this witness csnHictsd
somewhat with that Of the first
relative to sems Of the smaller details Of
the ease, but otherwise Vas the same.
He was dismissed from the stand.
The next called was Richard W. Moses.
His testimony did not differ materially
from any Of the preeseding witnesses. in
regard 70 the time Of burning. the situation
Of the stacks, and the description Of tracks
seen BY the sthsrs. Witness gave practical
illustratisn Of the way in which the
man would naturally walk He
wss also cross examined BY the defense
The trial was progressing - We 80 to press.
TIE preliminary examination will probably
continue oil day tomorrow. If net longer.
The interest Of the public 10 csusidsrsbly
excited, and The court room crowded.
DBAru OF FArBsn DsnouonUs, OF Do.
BuovE.-A telegram reached this city last
evening, from Dubuque. stating that Father
Donoushue, Vicar General Of the Diocese
Of Dubuque, shs founder Of the present Or
der Of Sisters Of Charity In this State, died
at his residence At New Nslary, ten miles
fran tha eiiv of nnhuoue an vaatardav