Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-05-22

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Ing painted i some tine before.
By Defenes. The head vss u11er he
door. never saw The prisoner q tie sesrs
Of deceased. Seo6eld M esutieus nan.
woald not open his door afier retiring. he
slept mp stairs. the cash drawer MS char
red on the inside. there uss stovs II The
store.
By the State. The bed of deceased uss
some distance back from where the door
opened. the position Of Tie cash drsuer
vas under the post-ofiee desk, ffseea iesa
back from the door and the store vas %
the outside Of the counter and nearer The
donr.
DR.. Bronze called By the State. knew
Scodeld we'll. was q the ruins asehs nom.
ing Of the 4th. the stills Of the honss we're
s,ill burning. saw the remains behind
where the door was. they we're lying trans
versely. knew them 10 Be human boses,
they we're the bones Of . man about the
size Of Sco6eld. sas the bones Of dog 10
another part Of the building.
Dr.. b. Jones called by the Ssass. had
known Seo6eld for long time. sav The
remains at the burial. they were the bones
ofa human being. knew then q DO the
bones Of white man from The oceip;tns
portion Of the head being smaller Sian thst
a. colcRsd man oHan.lndiaA and larger
, than that OF . woman, n0eieed an indenta.
ton on the LEFT parietal bone - IL made
BY hammer or the eye Of . hasehcs and
at an sn.lc Of Is degrees upwards. 10 il
inflicted By party standing below his
victim. and also Evidences Of blow on
the back Of the head ~ il made BY club,
the blow on the oecipital portion of the
head would have stunned but not have ne.
ecssarily produced death, Seo6eld had
rather large head and the skull seen was
large. discovered hair on the pelvic region.
showing that he must have fallen on his
face. the hair was that of white man.
BY Defence. The falling Of timbers.
etc.. Of the house would not have made
such regular indcntation.
George Barber. colorcd, called By the
State. has known the prisoner 6 or s
years. in the latter part Of last Summer or
early in the Fall was at prisoners store,
that prisoner said he wanted word with
him and took him outside of ct re and
proposed to witness to join with him in q
raid on Mr.. Sco6eld. giving as reason
that they could get goods and that rs be
(Sco6eld) had killed young man. West.
ley Thomas, some ac ilent should happen
to him.
BY Defence. I stated this conversation
to James Beale about two weeks ago, had
escaped his mind until after the murder
Of Sco6eld.
james Bealc, colored, called BY the
State, has known tho prisoner long time,
rented store from witness. sometime du-
ring last Fall prisoner said to witness that
he thought Sco6cld was not properly pun
ishishcd for killing Thomas. and there
ought to be raid Of some kind made upon
him, and proposed to witness to join with
him.
BY Defence. Why did you not tell Of
this conversation before? Because Jack
son was a friend Of mine aud l didn't
think he meant it.
By the Court. George Barber told me
about two weeks ago of his conversation
with prisoner, Barber did not know ut the
time that prisoner had'made any PROPOSE
ton to me.
BY the State. Prisoner made the pro-
position to witness two or three times to
raid upon Sco6eld and said also they could
get some things from him.
BY Defence. Told prisoner the first
time that would consider it, but at last
declined.
Benedict Biscoe, colored. called BY
State. Knows prisoner well. met him at
Mr.. Jarboe's store sometime after Christ
mas when prisoner called him aside and
asked him If he (witness) did not want to
knock around to get something to live on.
witness asked him where. prisoner replied
on the lower course. about Scofcld's. say
ing that he (Scofield) had plenty Of mo-
ney, had knocked man in the head and
cheated people and ought to suffer for it,
witness said that he might get himself in
the penitcntiary or Sco6cld might kill
him. to which prisoner replied. that he
need not be afraid. that they could crack
Sccfcld up and as he opened The door
they could knock him in the head.
BY Defence. Never spoke Of this con-
versation until last Saturday and did no.
speak of il before because he was not cal
led on. never had any difficulty with oris-
oner, had no ideas about this converse
ton, did not know whether he meant il OF
not.
BY the Court. Prisoner lived about 4
or miles from witness, but they did not
visit each other.
VIM. F. Ford called BY the State. Am
a constable. seached prisoners house on
the 7th inst. and found therein certain
goods, (the goods we're here shown wit
nessl. the goods presented are the same
found in prisoners house. the ribbon.
stockings. betting and some ccppers were
tied up in sort Of wooden bag. witness
produced sample Of a piece Of calico
which be had bought from Sco6eld short
time before his death. compared it with q
piece which was being made up BY pris-
oner's family. and found they eorrespon-
ded.
By Defence. Some Of she goods were
in trunk and some in bureau drawers.
all were locked up, the keys were handed
| to witness BY prisoners wife.
james Il. Thomas called BY State.
bought piece Of goods from Sco6eld two
days before the murder. bought IL yards.
(thc goods found in prisoners possession
we're here handed witness and he compar-
ed remnant smong them with sample
from piece he had purchased Of Sccfeid)
believed the sample and the remnant to
have been parts Of the same piece Of goods.
after Sco6eld had cut the goods Tor him.
Sco6cld remarked that there Vas about