The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-01-25
he Propo.ed Federnte Council.
Legal TCTTNhGxanNcH.
The Trial of DIR. Neville.

Court Of Oyer aud Ter7niner-.Jtldges Aaison as
PdGSOn.
This morning the Court resumed the trial q
DR.. w. IL. II. Neville upon the charge of I'd
murder of female infant by throwing it In
Cohocksink creek on the 18th of last October
Mary Haines sworn-I am daughter of Wn|
Haines, who was examined last evening; l Ii,
with my father at York road and Islugton Ian
on the morning of October 18th ! was washIi
on the porch, when | saw fall-top buggy driv
by our house coming from Ridge avenues;
was single seat buggy, drawn by one horseI
the horse was a dark sorrel, with two whit
feet, q can. say which two,) and had a whit
stroke on its face; there was but one person |
the buggy, a man, and as he drove by at q mod -
rate pace noticed him; the prisoner was tA2
man; after he had passed and gone over TIL
bridge, don't know how long, Mrs. Taylor,
neighbor of ours, called me and we went dow
TO the bridge; she stood on the bridge. while
went down to the creek and found the box wit
a live child in it; the box was in the middle O
the creek, but the water did not cover the topI
l called my father from the garden and thI
child was taken to the house.
Cross was washing on the porch
which is only ten yards from the lane; l hs
two tubs on settee, and the tubs were betwee
me and the lane; my sister helped me to wash
but no one else helped me; | did not see an
other vehicle pass along the lane that mornin
before the child was found; l heard my fathe|
say that he saw two brick carts pass that morn
ing, but did not see them; l saw slop-car}
after the child was found; / know the boy VIII
drove the cart; don't know whether he had
coat on or not, and can't tell whether he had
hat or cap, but he was not bareheaded
don't know whether he had a whip in his han
he has two horses that he drives in the car
changes about, first one and then the other;
don't know which one he drove that day.
never saw that horse or carriage before; t
slop-cart passed soon after it, | know
Fisher (Mr. Brewster said the gentlemans nan
was DIR. Posey);I did not say to him that
couldn't recognize the man who passed there
a carriage; he came with another man after q
finding OF the box; he told me his name was l
Fisher.
Emma Haines sworn-I am sister of the la
witness and reside with my father on Islingta
lane; ! remember the day the baby was foun
/ was standing on the porch wa ashng, with
sister Mary; the tubs were standing on a set
facing the road; my attention was first attract
by man standing on the bridge by the side
his horse; the horse was standing on the brida
| saw the whole of the carriage; they we
standing on the bridge when | first MOTTO
them; at that time there was nobody in the ca
riage; next saw the man, horse, and carria
coming up the man was then in the carriag
driving; he came up facing me, and | saw hi
as he came up; noticed him from the time
was standing on the bridge until he got by;
saw him get into the carriage after he got
our house he turned into York street on Il
right hand side going up; then he went over d
lot to Broad stTeeta from thence don't knd
where he went; this carriage was low fall-td
horse was dark sorrel, with two white hi
feet, and white stroke down the face; VIII
on the bridge the horse had q way of shakiI
its head as If IL wanted to go al the tim
While they were coming up from the bridge
stopped washing, rested on the washboard, al
looked; the next day when the man was q
rested | saw him and the horse and wagol
again in Bolton street. west of the Ridge;
Identified him and the horse and wagon then&
the defendant is the man; after the horse and
wagon had driven into York street the neY
thing that attracted my attention was the chill
in the box.
Mrs. Taylor called my sister just as the call
riage had got by the little shed along side of th
porch; my sister went down with Mr. TaylorE
and l followed afterwards; when / got dow,
there the box was by the side of the bridge wall
lying on the ground; my sister brought m
father, who came and opened the box and foun
a live child in it, he put it in the sun beside th
shed, after which we returned to our work, an
saw no more of ii; it was between 9 and
O'Clock when this occurred.
Here the court took a recess.