The sun., 1872-10-22
THE PATEHBURa MASSACRE.
Mesu ming the Investigation - Shrope and
Fatty Examiucd-A Motion for the Dis
charge Of Delay and Bogue Denied.

Hesu ming the Investigation - shropc and
Fatty Examiucd-A Motion for the Dis
charge of Delay and Bogue Denied.
The investigation in Pennington con-
cernlng the patcnburg massacre was resumed
at n O'Clock yesterday morning, but was checked
before tho accustomed time OF closing the ses-
sion In consequence of the absence OF witnesses.
The counsel for the state slgnlHed their inten-
ton OF offering further testimony, and asked for
an adjournment until Thursday next, to pro-
duce their witnesses. These are mostly negroes
who fed to Virginia The arst witness called
yesterday was Charles N. Shrope, who testified
as follows:
am the son Of Theodore Il. shrope. I remember the
SUNDAY morning. / was at james stocKtons the satur.
ins came home but i was before sunrise. don't
,smsn6st whether our people were up q not nnt
Ard ssy MIN mat morning think / s.w MIN q &c
s sSSr o my aeeI Spe gswn s % we're
looking =, mem Went, from he door ont after az
think brought out the ana5 measure 70 my father at
mil mix Up TO Inc Sosfes thInP Pat Delay stood he
gate at this time ate breakfast that nornng u my
father and mother were there.
THE REPORT OF GUN
heard The report Of gun while we were .g .es,isg
iSshsr shSnty Wsomy.sii my br, iSsr aud Pat Delay
hehS wen, .E se |s gate
ge ?Ssy 10 and
stocktons lane think Pa. Delay was WITH me at that
time next saw Pat Delay on tue porch talkhs vita
man named James shields as have hear since thlnk
they were getting ready 90 shave went TO get ready
for Sunday school. don't remember that saw Pat
,crS.s.eSamned by Mr. Allee-The milk wa. eoto
Soui let me- Nv %a al The soSr of tho house @ when
nrst saw the men IRe way came 70 60 g ,se door
What does az that mean" think vas near the stove
Delay were about there at the same time think saw
Patrick Delay there: had not seen him before that
9ss aSoI. a Delay did not 1S ssy Patrick pesy wac
heard them say Pat Delay was not 10 the hot -''
The court at this point took recess until 2 p
cross-examinatIon resumed Nothing new.
however, was added TO the testimony.
MICHAEL FAHY's TESTIMONY.
Michael Fahy was then callei and sworn He
presented "A book containing the names Of the
men who boarded at his shanty at the time Of
the riot. He testified:
Charles Mcmahon left that Sunday morning. Tom
loving, Dents Boaan went away some two days Be.
FOR for, that: and returned Gu the day .e q the
Kelly boarded there. but iet some time after that John
dsa 5SasS asTAsf Win hS0{s Gould ana Gt I
S SocE hs or Bcss Ss sS SS p g c 2e .S
boarding with me. ldid not see ,hc sttack on call
oSfSd noise sss and s1Ss sa: o u o@ as' &c &c
1R'S oSa sSsn and s'Ia saw Oa ne .ss iss bSa ye
Into my own shsnty again and sfcra whil" heard the
are coming right up" | aud my wife selzed the chill
dren. Then saw the niggers ny the light Of the burn
Ing shantlcs took The child, suPposc, and ran 70
MoFaddens house: heard them yelling that the mig.
gers we're going back, and went back TO my own
coored men. heard the shooting when the white
running past my thanty the nigge,s
ing up. don know who did the shooting. Some bOGy
came and said Tom Coil dead Killed, don't
know which. | cannot tell who told me. None Of the
men who boarded with me had guns that know Of
THREE JOIN M'oIsLEYs
boarding with me. think they boarded with me the
time OF the not To be sure cannot to II, One
of the McGlnleys on the works hut not boarding with
me Two Of them went away, but not At the time of the
riot.
To Mr.. Conkling Kelley, whom | spoke Of as
one ~ my boart0rS Il not John Kelley the prisoner.
the riot in particular In bed AZ the time. James
Dempsey came for me about O'clock before got up.
Tom DILLON, Edward BOYLE. and Dennis boyle were
about the house thon. There others there don't
remember who.
Mr.. Allen said, Have you any other witnesses
here to-day. Mr.. kuhlf' mo, sir, - was the re-
ply. ave have no other witnesses to-day" said
Mr.. Allen. Mr.. kuhl asked that Patrick Delay
and John Bogue be discharged account OF
the insufhciency Of the testimony. The Cham
berlin opposed the motion, as they were pre-
pared To- offer additional testimony. other wit
nesses having been subpGnaed. Mr.. Conkling
did not urge the motion, which was denied.
The court ad djourned until Thursday.